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