Got to improve

$1/$2 NL

Today (Sunday), I slept in, got around and had to go help dad finish up doing some tile work at his best friends house. It wasn't much, just about an hour or so, but it still sucks working any amount of time on the weekends. After that I went home and picked up Tyler and my sis, and met my dad over my Uncle's house to help load a few things into my dads van. Then all of us went to eat Mexican food, which wasn't the greatest I had, although it was ok.

After the meal I got home and put in some hands while Tyler watched the Cubs game (which didn't turn out to great). I played well under 1,000 hands, ran super hot, and picked up a nice win. Lately I feel like when I get stuck, I play really good poker until I break even and pick up a small win, or I win a whole lot within the first 1,000 hands and stop. I need to work on just playing 1,000 hands + everyday no matter what the end result is, and play solid 100 % of the time, put hands in.....put hands in....and put more hands in, is exactly what I need to do. I have to work tomorrow, and tomorrow until the end of the month gives me 5 more days, and I need to finish the month strong. This is my biggest month ever, up a little bit more than last month, but if I finish the month strong, I can have my first $4,000 profit month from poker, and I'm at $3,700 on the month, so we'll see what happens.

A few hands....

This was the biggest pot I lost, and the pot was small, but heres how it went down. I have AK in the small blind with 2 limpers, and i raise it up, one limper calls and we go to a flop. 5s jd qd, I bet $21 into the $35 pot and the limper calls, turn is an Ah, I checked called his $35 bet on the turn and the river is an 8h, so the board is 5s jd qd ah 8h, i check again, he bets $97 all in, and theres just not any hand i beat here so i just folded. After reviewing the hand and talking it over with Tyler, theres 2 ways i could have played this hand after the flop. Sense the flop was so i could have check folded this flop, but i think thats somewhat weak, raising out of position, so I decided to bet the flop. On the turn I went for a check call, which was pretty bad, next time i should just bet the turn somewhat big like 3/4 the pot, and If i get shuved on, i know almost 100 % that im no good, but anyways here it is. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1414306

I have AA , raise it up, flop top set, bet, get called, bet the turn and get shuved on, basically i set over set the guy, and was scared that he had a straight, but when the river paired the board i was really happy because if he had the straight, i had just made full house and i win, but he actually had JJ for middle set and i win the $595 pot. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1414338


+$700