The Bat Cave

What a crazy week. I initially thought I could maybe show up around 9 or 10 AM and get in 20/40 relatively quickly but after getting in at 3 PM for session #1 and 4:15 PM for session #2, I realized this strategy was quite flawed. I took all of Thursday off because I had a vet appointment for one of my dogs and I had plans to hang out with my dad (he cancelled). And then I went back to work with a completely new and insane plan: try to go to bed early, wake up at 4 AM, and be at Fortune by 6 AM.

This plan worked out well. I was in the game by 6:20 AM Friday morning, 7:15 AM Sunday morning, and 6:05 AM Monday morning. I ended up taking Saturday off because our dogs would’ve been home alone for around 14 hours if I played as long as I wanted to.

Overall, I played 69 hours across 5.5 sessions over 8 days and ended up winning a somewhat disappointing $3500. I only got one high hand during the promo, so I didn’t get my fair share there even though I was usually playing in the fastest game in the room. Aside from coming in below average on High Hands, the week also left a sour taste in my mouth because I lost back huge twice. During my first session, I lost back around $1600 from my peak and in my last session I lost back over $2k from my peak. I think the games were far worse than normal all week because on 4 of 5 days there was only one 20/40 game going and I had to play with a lot of rocky day time players I never log hours with and a lot of the splashier players were frequently locked out of the game. However, the game was at its absolute best during my last session and instead of leaving up $3300 after 12+ hours of play, I pushed it to take advantage of the situation and got absolutely mauled. That’s too bad because those last four hours was the difference between a winning month and a losing month. Oh well.

In other news, I broke my epic losing streak in 3/5 at Aces/Palace yesterday by booking a +$1718 win. Prior to this session, I had lost 11 of the last 12 times I’d played 3/5 at Aces and the one time I won it was for TWO DOLLARS. My previous two 3/5 sessions there would have both been my biggest cash game losses of all-time pre-2022. It’s been a brutal stretch. Even prior to this absurd stretch, I was losing in 3/5 in 2023. The last time I won over $1000 in that 3/5 game was April of last year and yesterday’s session marks my biggest 3/5 win since December 2022. I can’t say all the weight of that game has been released from off my shoulders, but it sure felt good to walk out of there with a sizable win.

I’m going to spend May playing as much as I can while also getting ready for the 2024 World Series of Poker. My current plan is to not go too crazy at the WSOP this year and how long I stay will be determined purely on how bad or well I do. I am not going to stay for six weeks if I’m losing my ass off. Unless I fall off a cliff mentally, this is what my schedule looks like so far:

I booked a room at the Horseshoe through June 10th and I should have a room to share after that, but this will be my schedule unless I crush. If I’m doing well, I will stay and keep going, but maybe come home for a break or two. I’m also still TBD on playing the Main Event or not. I would love to, but I can live without doing so. I haven’t even looked at the schedules for the other casinos, so this is what I’m sticking with. Let’s get Team Torch a bracelet!