The Melancholy Poker Blues..

I missed the WWdN last night.. on purpose.. I was sitting right there, with the tourney window open... checking out who was all registered and what not.. but, I asked myself 'Do I really feel like playing poker?'.. and since the answer was 'No', I chose not to.. imagine that.. I figure I saved myself 11 bucks....to be lost at a later date, I am sure....

Then ofcourse, at about 7pm, one hour after it started.. guess who feels like playing poker... doh!!! Gonna have to remember that next time....

I have been taking some serious kicking of the junkage lately.. I mean, really bad calls to my raises, and then being sucked out on... prompts me to come up with a saying such as:

'We don't remember the good sessions because the bad sessions hurt so much'..

There are two distinct kinds of bad sessions.. those that just bring you no cards whatsoever to play with... and then the other kind... the kind that would make even Freddy Krueger cringe.... you know, bad beat after bad beat, after bad beat... those sessions where you do get the cards, you do make the right decisions, you do end up with all your money in the pot with the best hand, and yet, you still end up with a losing session..

..well, the latter has been my bane of late... perhaps this is partly why 'I did not feel like playing poker'.

I am ready to go back to Las Vegas now.. so whoever is going to make all the arrangements.... get to it... ;)

I promise to play in mixed games with bloggers this next time, and I hope some or all of ya'll hold me to that promise.

peace

Today is Christmas day...

... in the world of Poker Christmas, I got the best gift you can get, from Absolute Poker.... (I would link to them, but, as you will soon read, I am upset with them again)... anyhoot.. A Royal Flush.... diamonds..... I take that back.. not the best... it was during a fun money game.. so, a real cash game would have been better... I requested the hand history, and as usual, got let down again.... but.. I held Qd8h in the BB checked to me.. I raised a pussy min raise, both of the two remaining donkeys called..... flop came KdAdTd... I min bet.. 1st guy folds.. second guy min raises, and I call.. turn is 8s.. I check.. he checks.. river is Jd..... I bet 300... which is 5X's BB.. he calls... yay me....

My niece got me a Hand Held Electronic WSOP Hold'em game.... sweet.....

That 5K Christmas Freeroll at doyles was a bust.. I was like 8th in chips out of 400 or so left.... a guy I have covered by 2k is in BB to me in SB.. I raise 3XBB with KK.. he goes all in, so, I call... he has J8o...... flop is JJJ..... I am crippled.....

..... few hands later... I am UTG with AA.. 1700 in chips.. way at the bottom of the 300 or so left.... I push... one caller, he has 1900 in chips.. T8s.... flop is J97 rainbow... I am out....

i didn't even get mad.. How could I.....???

My brothers new girlfriend is quite the looker.....



This carnivore was hanging outside my apartment the other day...



Watched 'Bad News Bears'... the remake.. not too bad.. not quite the spirit of the first one.. but, I recognized I was judging by the first one.. so.. I suppose if you never saw the first one, you would say it was pretty darn movie...

Watched 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith'.. wasted my time....

Watched 'Sky High'.. cute movie.. kids will prolly like it....

Just got done watching The Tournament of Champions... yay Mike... he kinda grows on ya.... don't he? I cracked up when Steve and Mike gave Phil the stuffed donkey for a christmas gift.... way funny....

If you got this far.. I suppose I should reward you faithful readers with some really good news I got the other day......

I got a promotion at work.. 6% yearly increase in my salary.. will certainly come in handy... looking foward to seeing more of me in the bigger games online and in Las Vegas.....

ok, thats it for now.....

Peace

Merry Christmas to ALL...

... and to all a good FLOP!!!!!

Ok, Wednesday evening, after a particulary grueling day at work.... keep in mind, I am a software type, Systems Analyst..... I decipher code written by other people, usually years and years ago.. to determine why it don't work, or how to make it work bettre... occasionally... I get to write new code... for new systems... and before I left for vegas.... I made sure the 4 programs I wrote for the new system were all hunky dory.. I would not have been able to go, had they not been hunky dory... anyway... doing some final testing on wednesday, come to find out.. someone overwrote my code.. not only in our project library.. but also on my pc.. so, after a particualry grueling day on Wednesday..

..I boot up Absolute and proceed to invest $3.60 into SNG's. That would be six at $.50 + $.10 each.. and after 2 hours, or so, I finish the session at $3.90.

I started with $3, so, 90 cents up... I had:

1 first
1 second
1 third
2 bubbles
1 stupid call on first hand with 64soooted cuz 5 people were all in before me...

Now, I should never have even played, the mood I was in.. I was, and I am embarrassed to say... ANGRY.... All I could think about, while playing, and I use the term, 'playing', loosely.. is -->

How on earth am I ever going to be able to take a vacation again.. if I can not trust the people I leave behind to NOT write over good code, that I or someone else spent months writing.. and more months testing...

<-- the more I called min raises with weak paint and 2 gap connectors.. the angrier I got... I wanted to play more, after the 6th game, which was my 1st place.. and put me back to even plus a lil more.. but, my friend called and she knew I was angry... so.. I shut down my computer... and went to bed. Wednesday night could have been a very bad night for the Slayre Poker Bankroll... had it not been for the timely phone call of the non poker playing friend..

Last night, which was Thursday night, today being Friday and all.. hey, don't blame me, blame the Romans... I went to see King Kong ( not impressed ).. and then to dinner at a favorite restaurant, Rockfish... got home late, and booted up Absolute again, except this time, I was in a much more jovial mood.. but, it was late and I was tired, so I just played a few fun money SNG's...

And I played any two cards, as long as it was not raised more than the current min raise.... and I went from 5500 in play money to 26000..... imagine that..

I can safely say, that playing any two cards, from any position, no matter how much money in the pot, is much more exciting than playing... that other way..

peace and joy

Wil tourney on Stars

short summary.

I finished 8th.... out of 70 pretty good showing.. I was way pleased with my play.... I also missed the first 10 minutes.. taking a nap.. didn't here the alarm.. missed two orbits.. not a huge deal..

I only was able to make it that far due to a very luck board.. my AJ vs an AQ
( forget who ).. board dbl paired, and our Ace kicker let us chop the pot.. otherwise, I was a goner... around 40th or so.. that was the the I really needed lady luck....

Got down to 13 and for a couple orbits I was in 7th place.. but, could not get any cards whatsoever.. stuff like 24 73 T6 all offsuit, and always someone jamming before my turn to act.. finally.. I get KK... the antes and the blinds make the pot about 1100, so I jam, cuz, now I am second to last in chips... no callers... next hand is QQ.. same thing... no callers.. I am back up to 7th in chips..

then the crap hands come again.. and were are down to 10.. the bubble... Wil is actually short stack but, takes down a couple pots.. one an all in and before you know it, he is up from like 1400 in chips to 11k in chips... I forget who bubbled... but, thank you cuz, that put me in the money.. second to last in chips again...

One player goes out.. I have to fold a couple times... get KQ, push... get a caller.. 55. lady luck was not looking my way this time... the 5's hold up... I am out in 8th...

Cash 31.50 for a nice 20 buck profit.......

tons of fun and I will be back next week for sure...

Thanks again Wil.....

oops, i did it again

Finished 7th in an Absolute freeroll.. 2 bucks....

So, twice in two days, i make a it ITM... in MTT's with 1000's of players...

Maybe I should play while deathly ill more often.. NOT!

I'm ready to gambool again tho.. put some money into Stars and will be playing in tonights:

"The WWdN Friday game at PokerStars is moving to Tuesday, beginning December 20th. The game will play each week, except in the event of major holidays, starting at 7:00 PM EST. The buy-in will remain at $10+1."

I got that 35 cents or so I won at Doyles ( hey, that was a big MTT freeroll as well ), up to $4.60 now, or so. Lost my roll on Poker Host, and also on Empire... that was free money as well..

Not as sick today as I had been the previous 3-4 days.. still not 100%... but, much bettre.. or it could be that eclair i just ate.. that always make a body feel bettre....

There is a $5k holiday freeroll at Doyles coming this saturday that I was lucky enuff to sign up for.. only took 1000 people... and I guess I was in the right place at the right time... cuz, I am in!!! ( I believe I will pretend it is one of the many $5.00 freerolls I play ). First place pays $1350... and I think it pays 27 places..... so... that would make for a nice christmas bonus....

I've been playing suited connectors alot more frequently.. if the price is right.. and altho I have no statistics.. I believe it has been good for me..

tried some micro limit ring games.. 1cent/2 cent and such.. manage to break even.. i don't get limit.....

peace