Played only my 2nd session for the month tonight. Felt I played well but lost an AK < AQ for a stack about 1/2 hr in to put me down and feeling shitty, stuck with it though and kept my head. Won a flip to make me feel better then hit some hands. Ended up winning almost 2 buyins and less than 1/2 a buyin down on EV so all in all not too bad.

Had my 2hr sweat/coaching session with Renton (from the SH forum digest offer) yesterday. Really interesting. I knew what I wanted to focus on (primarily preflop ranges and flop play as well as considering what I'd do in spots and taking note of differences), which I think helped focus me in. I got what I wanted out of it I think. Going to be changing some of my ranges around, tried it both sessions so far this month and just felt much more comfortable. Some interesting spots where my passive play would have made me small pots where his aggression paid off. Mainly stuff where he considers what his range looks like and how that could be affecting his opponents play. Really interesting stuff I need to work on more. Was an enjoyable session, he described a lot of his plays he thought were interesting rather than just wait for me to ask questions, and when I did ask questions he gave good thorough answers. We also just chatted about stuff poker related and non-poker. He's someone I've never really talked to before so that was cool getting to know him a bit and hearing about where he's at etc.

Still a bit too passive preflop, caught myself a few times losing med pots postflop where I get into bad spots I wouldnt have if I'd just 3bet preflop when I probably should have. My VPIP is looking better but my PFR is a bit low still. 3bet is actually decent but I think thats sample size, I know I missed at least 6 good spots in my last session.

Kinda tired, cant really think well enough to give good info. Month starting well with 2.5 buyins from first 900 hands. Feeling good about my game after taking around 4 days off to get away and then last day or so really think about things.


Oh yeah, one concept I wanted to put out there for comment. A common suggestion for improving your 6-max game is to play HU. I've done a little on and off, but not much. I'm feeling pretty comfortable with my 6max game atm, but I wonder if I should start playing some HU as kinda training. If I do, what are peoples thoughts on just going all to HU for a period of time/hands, or just play it occassionally on and off?