Just read iggy for Tuesday November 29 2005. People have their demons….all of them.
Yea….same old stuff.
I played live last week with the boys. We played a couple of NLHE tourneys, then OH8(which I won). The we played some 2-4 limit, which is really becoming fun for me. I was up a good bit before beginning to play dealers choice. We had some fun playing wild card games. I taught them lacrosse, I game I generally don’t like, but felt I had an edge. I won a good pot or two then lost most of my winnings(~$150) on one hand. We played until amost 6am, so Saturday was a bunch of fun for me.
Such a funk
yearning for the quick fix
gather the tools beside you
the entry is here
are you feeling entitled?
worst worn suit
feels tacky like gaffers tape
be real for this is the ONE only short
nothing excapes
new youth feels like glory
stuck upon the holes of might
just like hot irons
soothing the skin
break the water under peals of steam and laughter
keep it real
are you going into night again
seeking the feeling?
looking for the light and hoping
blind luck wins out again
when you wake upon
the shoulders of defeat
it shines like crystal
is the desire trustworthy?
is the line anew?
are there spiders in my coffee?
is there enough room to lie down?
do you have the courage to lose?
-bk
I played my Monthly Neighborhood game on Friday. I had a lot of fun at the end of the night playing LIMIT. Who knew?
We played 2/4 limit for about 3 hours, and I seriously crushed these people. After the first few hands, I was not playing well. The hand that stand out to me is one where I get A10, cap the betting (almost every preflop was raised or capped) Flop comes 10 A 8, no flush opps. I bet out again and get 4 callers. 6 comes on the turn. (I should have seen the trouble here, but the table is so loose and SO passive, who knows. I bet out again, get a raise directly behind me and 2 drop off. I cap, and 7 comes off. Yes, the bettor called the capped bets with 6 9 off Nuts. So naturally, I’ve had a few beers and lay into this guy (nicely) about how shitty a call that is…etc etc. And he laugh it off, saying that why limit is so fun…etc etc, “you NL guys don’t have the heart for this game.” WOW, so that pissed me off a good bit. I loosened up a lot, started playing rags and catching everything in sight. Eventually I was scaring people off of hands and taking ~50% of the pots at a table full of 9. The ‘joker’ as I referred to him later in the session, really started to clam up when all his chips were getting shipped my way. He and his wife finally called it a night after he bought and lost another $40 worth of chips to me. My confidence was over the top, and I was up about 110x my starting stack.
I can’t say that I would like to play this way again, but it sure was fun, and I can’t remember (other than winning) when just playing cards was so enjoyable. I do know that I’m going to hit up some limit tables online now for sure.
The tourney’s were good. First tourney had 17 people. I came in third, which I thought was a pretty good outcome. I never had a chip lead and played very conservatively. 2nd Tourney, we had to play one table with 11 people. I mucked and mucked and mucked. I didn’t even play a hand until 2 people were out, when UB I get Q4 3 callers, so I play the free cards and get QQ7 flop. Checked around, I let the table see a free card. 3 on the turn. So I bet big, to just take the blinds…about half of my stack. I get a caller…ugh. Either I’m way behind or way in the lead. Another blank and make a value bet. I get raised by the bigstack, and have to call. I don’t know If I really thought I had a winning hand or just didn’t feel like playing that tourney…but I get taken out by Q9. I can’t decide how I could have played that differently/or better, but I should have guessed I was dominated, and ignored the signs.
Posted some more links to blogs. I’m going to up my reading for awhile. I was able to get my bonus whored out on PS last night. Cashed outand will move it somewhere else to move up some more. Maybe UB, but we will see. I am going to regroup for a couple of days and try to go through some histories.
I didn’t do as well as I hoped in the Blogger tourney, I went out around 300 or so. I’ll try and go over that history as well.
I am doing my best to strive for some balance. I get a bit obsessive about poker once and awhile and need to get reeled in. I tend to lose focus on personal issues, I need structure, but for the life of me, I just don’t work that way.
Consistency. Balance. Clarity. Thought. Action.
Highlight from last night, I play .50/1 NL 6 handed to try and finish my bonus. I go with $50 to one table and get dropped to ~$8…I move to another table, plop another $50 down and get 10-9d on the first hand. I normally raise in this spot, but just call since I’m new to the table. Checks around, flop comes A-J-6 diamonds. First to act is big stack with almost 3x my chips. He puts 5 in and gets a caller. What to do in this spot? I have to raise to see where I’m at. I double the bet and get a call from stack and a fold from the caller. Next card is a blank. Big stack pushes again.
I have to at least call here, but I go all in thinking, 1. I’m new at the table, this guy is big stack and trying to establish himself as the captain. 2. He is on a draw, or has A J o or something like that. 3. I have him beat.
He calls my all in, and another diamond comes on the river, I think I am screwed for sure, but he shows 8dJc…whew…..Doubling up in the first hand sure is a moral booster. I’m not sure if I made the right call or just got lucky, but it matters not.
I am very tired this morning.
I played well last night. I was on the .25/.50 NL and .10/.25NL tables for a long time. I really like the 6 handed games…lots of action. I get really bored at 9 seat cash games, but I do understand I could probably make a bit more $ on them, but presently I am still an action junkie, playing the low limits, risking small parts of my paltry roll. I’ve almost climbed back up to my original starting point….so that’s nice. So after taking some cash, I decided to play the 3+rebuy to the 500K satellite. I know this is an all in fest, but I wanted to give it a try. I bought in and went ahead and got another buy in right away.
I never looked back…I doubled up after about 3 hands…I caused several ppl to rebuy. After 10 minutes I was in or near the lead, and stayed in the top 20 for the next 3 hours. I got very tired and tried to just outlast the blinds when there were about 40 left. Top 22 got a seat in the 500k. I dwindled down to around 28th place and decided I needed to play a few hands. I popped two bets stealing blinds and was back up ~18. Next hand I get K10o and loose raise in first position….BAAAD as soon as I did it I told myself it was a mistake. Chip leader was at my table and raises me all-in…..fold. Back down to ~27th place with about 35 left….I can’t believe I sat for 3 hours to go out like this..I am so mad I don’t think straight. In the SB hand I get j10 o and folds around. I pop the SB bet and BB puts me all in. A7 ugh…..blanks follow and I’m out….bitter bitter bitter….Was this fatigue….possibly, but I got to a point where I lost focus, and that’s a shame. I did learn some lessons.
1.) Stay focused…..Analyze your possibilities with every hand.
2.) Don’t start a MTT at 1AM 
3.) One and a half hours does not equate to sleep.
Does PS always close chat near the end of a tourney?….I was enjoying healthy banter at my table and cutting chat off may have removed me a little from the action. Just a thought. I was certainly less than focused. I do enjoy playing as the bully though….you are allowed some calls that you normally wouldn’t make. If I can stay awake tonight, I’ll go through my history.
So after ~4 wasted hours and I was so frustrated that I had to play a 1 table 6/.50. I came in 2nd and got my entry for the satellite back… yay.
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I’m plugging away at .10/25 tables, 6/.50 turbos and the occasional $15/1 turbo…. Maintaining….getting used to the fluctuation. I was reading Pauly’s page and came across this
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So I figred why not try. I hope I update this enough to qualify.
Anyway, I had a good time yesterday on the .10/25 tables….doubling up twice then getting out. I also monied at 2 SNGs a 2nd in a 6/50 and 3rd in a 15. I’d really like to ride this awhile.
SO its been a bit since my last entry. I’ve been scraping by at the .25-.50 tables trying to build a bit. I’ll go on a run then get back to where I started. I am going to try and pay attention to my play when I am up, because it seems as though I do loosen up a bit, I’ll play a SNG that I don’t need to be at (20-2 or 50-3) or move up to .50-1. It is so hard to have the patience when I just want to keep in winning more…..problems, problems, problems. I’ll continue to try and eek by with my paltry stack for the rest of the year, It will definitely try my will. In the end though I think it will be a good exercise to combat my consistency issue and teach me a bit about steadily moving up instead of trying to get the big win.