Why I Play Online

I play online because it is an enjoyable way to pass the day away. I'm not making any money at it but I am making friends and that is better than money, any day.
I had hoped that retirement would be more fun, more active any way. But, sadly, my body is not in agreement with that philosophy and seems quite content to just sit at this computer in my comfortable chair.
Since I'm here looking for ways to make an honest dollar or two to help my poor income playing cards is a great pastime.
If you are able, I encourage you to get outside and find some fun activities to do. If you are not, then playing games online can be just what you need. If nothing else playing games can help to keep the mind sharp.

Say What?

My brain is fried today. I stayed up way too late playing cards with some friends. I seem to be doing that a lot lately, staying up way too late and sleeping the entire morning away. Can't seem to help myself, I have too much fun.
Sometimes I wonder just what I would do without the internet. Just vegetate in front of the television all day I suppose. What kind of a life would that be? Yuck! I don't even like television that much lol

Poker Things I wonder About

Why do so many poker players call an all in bet when they know that they cannot win? All the cards are on the table already. The pot isn't large enough to make it worth stealing. I see this time and time again. What are they thinking? An Ace and a King do not beat a pair of anything nor three of a kind or any other winning hand. Just plain stupid.
If you have rags, not connected, not suited, why risk all of your chips on them? Are they psychic? Do they honestly believe that the dealer is only going to deal fives and twos?
When there is an Ace on the flop and you don't have one and you bet only to be called by someone that does have an Ace, why are you shocked when that King in your hand doesn't win? This, especially when there was no King on the flop, the turn or the river?
Why is it that you can easily spot the players that have read the poker experts books? Is the dead giveaway the fact that they feel compelled to raise the pot at three or five times the big blind amount? And,why do they do it preflop with rags? That sort of thing might work for the professionals but it doesn't work for amateurs online.

I'm sure there are more and, as I think of them I will write about them :)

Come Join The Fun

I am having a lot of fun and making friends online while playing cards. If you'd like to know where this is, leave me a comment and I'll let you know :)

The weekly Update

Last week was strange as far as poker playing went. I had a lot of ups and downs, either playing like an expert or a complete doofus. But, all in all it went well :)
My final bankroll for the week was a whopping 47275 points! I almost made it to fifty thousand!
I played well Sunday morning/afternoon and thought I was ready to tackle anything that came my way in the Weekly Championship Tournamnet. Wrong! I placed 988th out of 1253 players. I didn't even survive the first half hour of the tourney. But, as I told Shelly, there is always next week!
I already placed second in the points tourney which is how you qualify for the weekly so I won't complain that much :)
Have a great week everyone!!