SnG's

Variance. Gotta love it.

I can't beat 4 blind people, 3 retards, and a corpse at Full Tilt.




On the other hand, I am running stupidly well at Stars.




Playing $10/$20 regular SnGs at Full Tilt and $15/$27 turbos at Stars....essentially same format. Playing both the same way. Can't win at one, 65% ITM at the other.

Almost busto at Full Tilt. Which sucks. Don't know if I'll reload.

I should be in a better mood

This is going to be a little less poker/more personal, so if you're looking for exciting hand histories or some sort of poker discuss, you may be disappointed.

Anyway.....

I've been in a somewhat crappy, depressed mood for 2-3 months now. It's not just one thing, but a compounding of small/big things wearing on me. I should be in a great mood. For the first time in a long, long time (before I was married), I'm i semi-decent shape finanacially. I've had a pretty good run live over the last 6-8 weeks. However, I've been running kind of crappy online (lost about 1/2 of my roll over the last 2 months) and that grinds on me. Also, my son brought home a couple of cats and that has royally pissed me off. Add to the fact that he is generally irresponsible and inconsiderate, well, I feel sorry for the cats. I've had about 3-4 different little house situations that are going to run me about $3K. On top of all that, my mom, who got fired (screwjob that I won't go into) is starting to run into some financial issues and I guess I'm going to have to help her out.

My question is this, how much do I help? I'm not going bankrupt, but I can't see letter her have live in a refrigerator box, either. I can't just take over her bills, but I think I can come up with some to help. I've told her to get her house on the market, but that was two months ago and I don't see any headway. It almost pisses me off.

I'm also aggravated at my inability to get on the golf course this summer. I've had to cancel 5 or 6 tee times due to stupid shit. I'm not setting them on fire by any means, but I enjoy playing and it seems life keeps bad beating me when I get the opportunity.

Other than that, I'm doing OK. My Vegas trip went well.......other than the food poisoning. Thanks Mirage buffet. I made enough playing to pay for the most of the trip. I was disappointed I didn't get to spend more time at the Rio checking out the WSOP, but I will rectify that next year.

Poker-wise, I'm not sure where I'm at. I'm really getting a feel for live $1/2. It's been a long time since I sat at a table and didn't feel like I had control of the situation. At the same time, my online struggles have started to wear on me. I pulled a dumbass move playing about 2 levels higher than my BR can stand and paid for it. I'm going to drop back down (ugh!) and fight through the $16 turbo SnGs at Stars and $25NL. I made a solid run in a 360 max (13th) and will probably play some more MTT's, I just have to manage my time better.

I probably won't talk about this other crap any more, but thought I'd mention it if anybody wondered about me being a bit subdued lately.

OK, I admit it, I suck at blogging

Well, I don't suck at it, but I have a tendency to forget that it's around.

If you are deeply enamored with my writing prowess, rejoice, I'm going to try and start this....again.

Where am I at this point? Well, I'm starting to understand how I'm going to approach poker and what style I'm comfortable with. Live, I've been doing very well, with 80% winning sessions for the year and some real $$$. Online, well, I'm still all over the place. Cash, I'm iffy and starting to wonder if its +EV for me to play cash when live is so much easier. Also, given my BR status, I'm still mired in the micros.

I've been focusing on SnG's as of late. $16 and $27 turbos at Stars and $10 and $20 at Full Tilt. Amazingly, I'm running dead opposite on the two sites. Full Tilt hates me and I've been killing Stars. I dont believe any crap about online being rigged, but I do believe there is something weird concerning Full Tilt and me. I just take shitty beat after shitty beat there. Will be busto soon, probably won't reload.

Pulled a slightly bonehead move tonight. After my AA couldn't withstand a powerful Q5 gutter in the $18K guaranteed, I found a decent $200NL table. There were 3 maniacs overplaying everything, so I took a shot. Being that I only have about $500 on Stars, not the best BR management, but I've been playing well, so I took a shot. About a 1/2 hour in, I remembered why it's tough to sit like that.

I get JJ in MP2, two limpers in front, I make it $14. SB (LLLAAAGGG) makes it $30. I call. Flop A x x (of course). Check, I lead out for $40, SB pushes, I have to fold. OK, so lets revisit, I have $500 and just lost over 10% of my total BR in one hand.......this is why BR management matters. I stuck it out, lost another $100 or so on similar hands and ended up "salvaging" a $100 loser (when I was down $220).

Overall, though, my spirits are good. It's amazing how my attitude toward poker has changed over the last 2-3 years (especially when I read my early posts here). I'll be honest, I'm not playing nearly as much as I used to, but I think that's good, because I'm fresher. I'd like to figure out a way to play more tournaments, because I feel that's my strongest game, but with everything else, it's hard for me to commit 4-6 hours a night very often. If you get deep, that's what your looking at. However, i'm going to continue with the SnG's and slip in what tournaments I can. I think the I'm going to leave the ring games to live action. It's just so much easier.Publish Post