No, this isn’t some deep thinking post about my mental state and why I decide to play poker as opposed to doing something else with my time. However, that would be a good post. I think I’d have to think about the real reason why I play. Hmmmm. Anyway, no, this post should be called “Why I Continue To Play Poker”. (more…)
Some dribs and drabs on what’s been going on. It’s another long post. Sorry! I can’t help it!
A few posts ago, I mentioned that I always keep a running total on where I’m at money-wise for the session I’m playing…meaning I always know exactly how far down or up I am while playing. I felt this was maybe not the best thing to do and am trying to get away from it since it shouldn’t really make a difference in my play. If I’m up $15 or down $10, I should still be making the right poker decisions. Honestly, I do this to make sure I don’t lose a lot of money in one session. (more…)
Yeah, stupid pocket aces. Don’t get me wrong, I love getting them. Come on…best starting hand in all of Texas Hold ‘em. Winners 80% of the time. What’s not to love?!?!?! Well, I’ll tell you. Getting them on the tightest table in the world and winning nothing but the blinds….twice. (more…)
This isn’t going to be anything new to the older members of the forum, but I thought I’d post about something I’ve been doing for the past couple of years. I started playing poker in the summer of 2005. During 2006, I had heard about Phil Gordon’s Bad Beat on Cancer drive. He was asking poker professionals to donate 1% of their tournament winnings to help fight cancer (you can read more about it at Prevent Cancer Foundation website). I thought it was a pretty cool idea and decided to do something similar. (more…)
Those who have been reading along know that this year did not start out great for me. On June first, I was down $191.45 for the year. I really thought I was going to have a losing year since I don’t play that much to begin with. Then, I decided to take a break that lasted 6 weeks, I played like one session, and then took another 2 weeks off while I decided if I even wanted to keep playing at all. And when I did start playing again, I dropped from 25NL to 10NL. With the amount of hands I play a month (usually under 2k), it would be hard to get back to even at those stakes. (more…)