So far, I feel like having a HUD was basically putting up a wall in front of the other players for me. With it gone, I have made some sick reads---reads I never would have made two weeks ago. It really just surprised me so much. I was able to tell, by timing alone, when a particularly big donk on my right was limp/calling with a big hand like QQ+/AK and when he was limp/calling with garbage like 69o. I saw how one huge donk played a turned straight (c/c, donk the river for pot), and so when he c/raised me big on a 744 duotone flop, I just shoved over him with AQ because I knew he was on a draw. He tanked and called, rivered his flush, but I got it in with 50% equity and he was short to start the hand. Maybe I should have called and let him keep bluffing, though. I will post the hand when I have my other comp up and running. There have been a lot of other instances where I just owned people with my reads, and obv, I am definitely interested in continuing this trend..

Unfortunately, there were some instance where I tilted, too, and so will dedicate this next week to managing that. I picked up some extra shifts at the restaurant, so won't have too much time to play. But the important thing for me to remember right now is that I really can own donks when I am playing my best and paying attention, so I will make that my little project for the next ten days so I can show Matt how far I have come since he has been in Thailand.

Play well. Do good work. Keep in touch.

PFJ