Week 5 Challenge Update 

Total Stats Through Week 4
• Total Profit: $1,460
• Hours Played: 60
• Hourly Rate: $24.33/hour (just under my $25/hr target)

This week should have been a small winner. Instead, a couple of poor decisions wiped out what could’ve easily been a +$100 week. Both hands came from spots where I let optimism override discipline.

Hand 1: AK vs the Action Caller
I raised to $20 over limpers with AK. A younger action-heavy caller came along.
Flop A-3-7 rainbow. He checked, I bet $20, he called.
Turn 9♠ added a diamond draw. I bet $30, he min-raised to $60. I called.
River 5♠. He led $100. I held K♠, thought too long, and paid it off.
He showed A♦9♦ for turned two pair + flush draw.

This is a clear fold for me unless I spike two pair. I let “maybe” creep into a spot that’s never a call.

Hand 2: T7♠♠ on the Button
Action table. I called a $15 raise.
Flop K-Q-3 with one spade. It checked through.
Turn J♠ gave me a flush draw + gutter. Checks to me, I bet $30.
River 5♠. I make the flush. I bet $60, get one call, and then the other player check-raises all-in for $150.

I knew he had the nut straight at minimum. But I convinced myself that if I shoved, the third player might call and I’d win the side pot. That’s fantasy-land logic. I jammed. One player folded top set face up. Villain showed A♠6♠ for the nut flush.

Preflop fold saves ~$15. River fold saves ~$200. Both would have changed my entire week.

I left the session early because I knew I wasn’t thinking clearly.

Live and adjust.
Next week I’m pushing for 20 hours to stay ahead before the holiday downtime.