First of all, just as background: July was a really good month, where I was up over $4,000. August, however, was a really bad one, where I was down around $2,000 for the month.

Part of this may have had to do with some scheduling changes. During July, I just drove from my house to the casino whenever I wanted to play (which is pretty often!). In August, the casino where I'm now playing is far enough away that I thought I'd try just checking into the casino hotel and then playing for 3 straight days.

I really didn't like this very much. I feel cooped up in the building and suddenly "obligated" to play. Also, I've noticed that if I play several days back to back, I'm just mentally completely drained for several days.

So, I decided to go every other day as a general rule, and I'm usually feeling pretty refreshed after a day of rest.

Then there's the issue of session length. Actually, the early afternoon game isn't bad at this place, and the 2/5 table usually opens just after noon. Also, I've noticed that it really takes me a few hours to get fully into the game and have detailed reads on various players. So, I feel like it's an advantage to play quite a long time. But it's also important to be fresh at the start, and I have trouble staying fully concentrated for more than 8 hours, which B&M is only about 200 hands (generally just one set for the session if you figure every 141 hands, also one AA).

So, I'd like to get myself up to a full 12 hours of solid play. I think the main trick is just to be rested the night before. If I'm not, then back down to 8.

Anyhow, 12 hours should be about 300 hands, making 2 sets. And it gives me time to completely immerse myself in the game as it develops.

When I was in AC with Briacheck....I think the longest we made it was 9 hours. We played 8-9 hours everyday for 5 days straight. By the 5th day, we didnt know it, but we were completely drained.

I could pull 12 hours if I had too...but I wouldn't force myself either. When you "feel" like you have to play, it kinda sounds like me playing online. It's usually a bad sign. Its hard to play your best when you don't even really want to play.

Well, my problem is that once I get started I really want to play for a VERY long time--even when I left after 12 hours, I wanted to keep going. It's more an issue of being capable of playing optimally.

I think I can go 12 hours or more without a problem if I really start off fresh, but if I start off half groggy, I just can't do more than 8. Seriously, once I get going, it's not at all a problem of forcing myself to play--except when I was checked into the hotel. That was the real problem with that variation. Then, I often felt more like, "Well, I need a break, but I can't really sleep, and that's what I'm here for."

Haha my hourly rate playing 4 shorthanded tables online is $140. Playing 1 table live, believe it or not, I am not able to make 7 big bets per hour.

I feel like I could get very seriously insulted for this but oh well. What is an enzo?

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