I'm playing some of the best poker that I've ever played lately. And I have to attribute it to patience and picking my spots. Also, I'm plugging a hole in my game and am doing some more value betting on the turn/river. There is $ being lost here when I feel I have the best hand, but tend to play on the cautious side.
This week I may be playing a lot more poker than usual as I made it a mini-vacation and have the rest of the week off due it being turkey day, and which it also happens to be my birthday.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Late Night Rebuild
Lately, I've been getting my arse kicked at poker. A combination of a bad run of cards and not playing my "A" game are the usual suspects. As a matter of fact it's 6 minutes to 2, and I am still on trying to recoup some of my lost spoils. I have much more rebuilding to do, and don't expect to make it all back in one night, but whatever...I am having fun right now trying, and will probably stay up another half or so.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
2008 Final Table
Final Table. Dennis Phillips. Ivan Demidov. AQ vs AK. Ivan pushes all in against Dennis' AK. Why did you fold, man?
I understand this either two ways. 1) You believed him for AA or KK with when he reraised you preflop and then pushed against your raise post. Or, 2) you are good player who doesn't want to put in his money on a gamble.
I understand this either two ways. 1) You believed him for AA or KK with when he reraised you preflop and then pushed against your raise post. Or, 2) you are good player who doesn't want to put in his money on a gamble.
UB Loves Me!!!
2 weeks ago, I transferred the last remaining $$$ to a friend on Ultimate Bet. Today, in the mail I receive free $$$ from UB:
Hi xxx,
How would you like to win a piece of over $3 Million? How would you like to make it happen for free?
We've added $10 in no-catch cash to your account and you're invited to use it to rope off your seats in UBOC, UltimateBet's Online Championship series.
The 10-day event, which kicks off in January, features two $1 Million tourneys, two amazing schedules and over $3 Million in total guaranteed cash.
Please note, your free cash must be used by November 24th or it will be returned to the card room for other players to enjoy.
When you're ready to make your next deposit, we offer several easy payment options to help you fund your UltimateBet account quickly and effortlessly.
This is the 3rd time UB gave me free money. I honestly don't remember what happened to the first $5, but I think I ran it up over $100 and gave some away unvoluntarily, and transferred the rest. The next 5, I think the same but ran it to about 40 or 50. I convinced my friend to transfer the rest of what he has and I'll add the 10 to that and see what I can do.
My play on UB can be described as volatile. I move money around, albeit the micro-stakes I tend to play. This must be good for the site...something like a prop at the table. This is a stroke for my ego, so I'll leave it at that.
See you at the tables.
Monday, November 3, 2008
What This Blog Is
...what it is is mine. The longer I've had this poker blog the more I have thought about what purpose it serves. And semi-selfishly, I have to admit that it serves me! I've had a commercial blog already that started out as my view point and developed into a semi-influential political blog that still runs today (I am collecting blogads from it and currently have a guest writer who's not doing a bad job).
When one looks at blogs like Wicked Chops, Tao of Poker, or Guinness and Poker it gives a fellow blogger much to desire after. They have the traffic and authority. But that's not me. Not that there's nothing wrong with it; I'm just saying that's not what I want to do.
This blog is to server my own personal purpose, for me to look over years later and possibly show anyone else who is interested. That's it - nada mas. It's for me as a developing poker player (more on that later). With this statement I think I serve to be true to myself and my readers (if there are any regulars - lol).
When one looks at blogs like Wicked Chops, Tao of Poker, or Guinness and Poker it gives a fellow blogger much to desire after. They have the traffic and authority. But that's not me. Not that there's nothing wrong with it; I'm just saying that's not what I want to do.
This blog is to server my own personal purpose, for me to look over years later and possibly show anyone else who is interested. That's it - nada mas. It's for me as a developing poker player (more on that later). With this statement I think I serve to be true to myself and my readers (if there are any regulars - lol).
Poker Quote
I know what he means:
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“If you gamble, you cannot watch a game with a roomful of normal people,” explains Walsh. “Show me a man who prefers to watch a sporting event with a house full of guests and I’ll show you a man who is not one of us.” Rather, the non-gambling sports fan “is a frivolous human being willing to be carefree and have a good time, totally irresponsible to what it takes to pull the game in, which is worry, emotional outburst, face contorting, and basic begging.... He ranks right along with the man who doesn’t drink and is thrilled with himself. Neither one of them can be trusted.”
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Conversations
Playing at 18 seat table $3 buy in. Two people having conversation:
Player 1: Wow, there are still 13 people left.
Player 2: That's normal.
Player 1: Not so usual this late in the game.
Player 2: Yeah, this usually takes 2 1/2 hours to play out.
I went on tilt right there.
Player 1: Wow, there are still 13 people left.
Player 2: That's normal.
Player 1: Not so usual this late in the game.
Player 2: Yeah, this usually takes 2 1/2 hours to play out.
I went on tilt right there.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Bad Software = Bad Players
I read this over at F Train:
This may hold some weight (I used to play over at Pacific Poker as well and the play was a donkland). Now, it is true that all sites have bad players, but this statement is to say that the very worst players are at the very worst sites. If you read 2+2 regularly, you will find out very shortly which sites are the preferred.
Currently, Bodog happens to be my favorite site. 2+2'ers abhor it, but I adore it. They hate the interface, probably stemming from that it does not easily comply with the arsenal of software that most serious internet poker players use. Another well complained about feature is that Bodog opens a max of 3 tables (I think the table limitation may have been lifted to 4?).
A theory is a theory, but like I said there are bad players everywhere. And if I believe there is a common waterhole variable in common for bad players, then that's where I'll be. Why not? Aren't we in this game to exploit the very worst players? I think so.
Iggy had a theory, once upon a time, that good poker players abhor bad online poker clients. As a result, he felt that the softest games were at the places that had the most god-awful interfaces. I think Pacific Poker was one of his favorites.
This may hold some weight (I used to play over at Pacific Poker as well and the play was a donkland). Now, it is true that all sites have bad players, but this statement is to say that the very worst players are at the very worst sites. If you read 2+2 regularly, you will find out very shortly which sites are the preferred.
Currently, Bodog happens to be my favorite site. 2+2'ers abhor it, but I adore it. They hate the interface, probably stemming from that it does not easily comply with the arsenal of software that most serious internet poker players use. Another well complained about feature is that Bodog opens a max of 3 tables (I think the table limitation may have been lifted to 4?).
A theory is a theory, but like I said there are bad players everywhere. And if I believe there is a common waterhole variable in common for bad players, then that's where I'll be. Why not? Aren't we in this game to exploit the very worst players? I think so.
Weekend So Far
PokerStars
I put another $100, into PokerStars with the intent of transferring a friend the money (he's one of these cats who don't trust other people on the internet w/ his account information). However, a couple days passed since last Sunday when I deposited it, and they had still not allowed me to transfer by stating that the funds had not cleared yet. No sweat for me, so I transferred him my last twenty-something bucks from UB, which I don't mind playing there anymore.
Why let perfectly good money sit there and go to waste? Money is meant to be spent. So while we wait for PS to clear the $$$ there, I went to the tables w/ it and made $18. Not bad, for an hours work at the .02-.05 tables.
Bodog
Over at Bodog, I made another $30 on top of my awesome Wednesday session. At midnight I started to get a little tired and called it quits (I am sure I could of made more, but it's not good to play tired).
Maybe I'll take a break tomorrow and catch up on some reading.
I put another $100, into PokerStars with the intent of transferring a friend the money (he's one of these cats who don't trust other people on the internet w/ his account information). However, a couple days passed since last Sunday when I deposited it, and they had still not allowed me to transfer by stating that the funds had not cleared yet. No sweat for me, so I transferred him my last twenty-something bucks from UB, which I don't mind playing there anymore.
Why let perfectly good money sit there and go to waste? Money is meant to be spent. So while we wait for PS to clear the $$$ there, I went to the tables w/ it and made $18. Not bad, for an hours work at the .02-.05 tables.
Bodog
Over at Bodog, I made another $30 on top of my awesome Wednesday session. At midnight I started to get a little tired and called it quits (I am sure I could of made more, but it's not good to play tired).
Maybe I'll take a break tomorrow and catch up on some reading.
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