The Bat Cave

I went to sleep sometime after 2 AM after my Day 1 session and I was planning to be up no later than 8 AM, but my sleep was very sporadic and when my alarm went off I had no intention of getting out of bed. I still managed to get to Fortune by 10:45 and I figured it would be slower on the second day of the promo, but I didn’t get in 4/8 until 12:20 PM and I didn’t get in 20/40 until just after 4 PM.

I decided to pass on 1/3, 3/5, and 8/16 because I was playing 4/8 with my girlfriend and having a lot of fun. Plus, I was able to watch how she’s playing and give her some immediate feedback as she’s trying to learn how to play the game. I ended up winning three racks in 4/8 while waiting for my 20/40 seat.

And then I sat down in 20/40 and first hand I get dealt I raise it up with AhKx and only the big blind defends. The flop is T42 with two hearts, I bet, and the big blind check-raises me. I usually just flat here, but I decided to put pressure on him with plans to barrel any equity improvement on the turn (Q, J, heart, and pairs obv). The turn is perfection: king of diamonds. I bet and he calls. The river is an offsuit 5 and I get check-raised here. I pay it off and he somehow shows me 55. The classic “I put you on AK until a king hit and then I put you on AQ” call down. I do think his flop play is solid but that is a very optimistic turn call and it was a pretty painful start to my 20/40 session. -$220 on my first hand and hours of crushing 4/8 down the drain lol.

I didn’t get much going in this session and was down about $1200, feeling quite exhausted and wondering if I had it in me to try and mount a comeback. Fortunately, the cards started cooperating and I got back to even. My girlfriend decided to call it a session around 9:30 PM (she played for 9 hours!) and I was tired enough that I decided to book a very tiny win for the day and leave at the same time as her.

I took today off because I was planning to hang out with my dad. I had a haircut scheduled at 10 AM and a vet appointment at 3 PM, so I told him I would have to come get him and we’d be hanging out in Tacoma and he told me no lol. So I’ve just been lounging and now I’m going to see Challengers at 7 PM. I plan to be in bed by 10 PM and up by 4 AM and at Fortune by 5:30 AM. The wait is just unacceptable after 9 AM.

Two days in, I’m at 22.33 hours and +$1064. Not great. Long way to go. Definitely could be worse though.