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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
No Gambling!
While it may seem like I am advocating gambling in this blog, I really am not. I do play poker online, but it is more for fun than anything else. Yes, I have suggested a time or two that you all should come and join me at a site that plays poker, but it isn't really for gambling as much as it is for fun with friends.
Seems like we all do gamble though, whether it is playing the lottery or buying a raffle ticket at church. Heck, Life itself is a gamble. You never know what today will bring, sickness or accidents. If you make it through the day then you should be thankful that tomorrow gives you another opportunity :)
I am grateful every day that I wake up. I'm getting old and my body is more than happy to remind me that it is not in the best of shape. Some days it seems like all I can do to get out of bed and try to work the kinks out. My first cup of coffee is almost always spent in front of the heater trying to warm up stiff joints.
I spend my days on this computer, working here and there, trying to make a few extra dollars, be it from pay you to click type sites or writing assignments. Retirement pay is not what I had hoped it would be and every dollar earned online is a true Godsend. Why would I risk any of that money with gambling?
I do enjoy sitting at a poker table and playing cards. I've made a lot of online friends on that poker site and most of them are like me, old retired folks just looking to have some fun in the course of a day.
Unless you are one of the extremely lucky people that win the lottery gambling is not going to make you wealthy. If you play for fun and you have fun, that's the important part.
As for me I shall leave the gambling and the poker playing for lots of money to the pros. They spend a lot of time working on their game and it is their job to play cards. For me it is simply a way to pass the time.
Seems like we all do gamble though, whether it is playing the lottery or buying a raffle ticket at church. Heck, Life itself is a gamble. You never know what today will bring, sickness or accidents. If you make it through the day then you should be thankful that tomorrow gives you another opportunity :)
I am grateful every day that I wake up. I'm getting old and my body is more than happy to remind me that it is not in the best of shape. Some days it seems like all I can do to get out of bed and try to work the kinks out. My first cup of coffee is almost always spent in front of the heater trying to warm up stiff joints.
I spend my days on this computer, working here and there, trying to make a few extra dollars, be it from pay you to click type sites or writing assignments. Retirement pay is not what I had hoped it would be and every dollar earned online is a true Godsend. Why would I risk any of that money with gambling?
I do enjoy sitting at a poker table and playing cards. I've made a lot of online friends on that poker site and most of them are like me, old retired folks just looking to have some fun in the course of a day.
Unless you are one of the extremely lucky people that win the lottery gambling is not going to make you wealthy. If you play for fun and you have fun, that's the important part.
As for me I shall leave the gambling and the poker playing for lots of money to the pros. They spend a lot of time working on their game and it is their job to play cards. For me it is simply a way to pass the time.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Good And Not So Good
I am discovering more and more as I play what the pros talk about. The cards can, indeed, be running hot for a player and then suddenly freeze you out. And it can all happen in the same tournament.
I'm playing and my pockets are all great cards, Aces and Kings or pocket Jacks. I'm winning great pots and looking good to make the final table and grab some cash. Then, as the blinds increase higher and higher, the pockets get smaller and smaller, twos and sixes and they are unconnected and unsuited and all I am doing is bleeding away my chips wondering if I will even make it to the cash out level and earn a dollar. It's very frustrating.
But, I try to play each hand as best I can no matter what the cards. Sometimes you can get lucky and those low cards show up on the flop, sometimes all you can do is check and if someone bets fold and hope for better cards in the next hand.
Sometimes even good cards can do you in. I have a low stack and get pocket jacks. I go all in hoping that the hand will hold. I'm called by pocket queens and know I am doomed. The flop is all low cards and I am out. In the next tourney I get pocket queens and the flop is all low. I push and get called and re-raised. I go all in feeling confident. The cards are shown and my opponent has pocket jacks. I'm grinning. The turn card is a seven. I'm feeling great. The river card is a jack and I am out! I stare at the screen in disbelief!
I had to laugh after the initial shock wore off. Poker is a strange game and, in spite of what all the pros will tell you, is still a game of luck. There's no way to tell what the next card is going to be, period. Yes, you will see many of the same pros at many final tables and they will say it has nothing to do with luck, but I think they are full of baloney. They are very, very lucky players.
Patience is still the major key to success in poker and the pros generally have lots of that. They need it as their tournaments last for days not hours. In an online tourney you do need to be patient but sometimes you just have to shove and hope.
I am having fun and have met some really nice people from around the globe. And, more importantly, I am learning to have more patience. Now that I am older I find that I am much more impatient with everything than I used to be. Sad to say but I have become my mother in that regard. the world moves to slowly, the computer isn't fast enough to suit me, things like that. I need to learn to be a patient person again.
I'm playing and my pockets are all great cards, Aces and Kings or pocket Jacks. I'm winning great pots and looking good to make the final table and grab some cash. Then, as the blinds increase higher and higher, the pockets get smaller and smaller, twos and sixes and they are unconnected and unsuited and all I am doing is bleeding away my chips wondering if I will even make it to the cash out level and earn a dollar. It's very frustrating.
But, I try to play each hand as best I can no matter what the cards. Sometimes you can get lucky and those low cards show up on the flop, sometimes all you can do is check and if someone bets fold and hope for better cards in the next hand.
Sometimes even good cards can do you in. I have a low stack and get pocket jacks. I go all in hoping that the hand will hold. I'm called by pocket queens and know I am doomed. The flop is all low cards and I am out. In the next tourney I get pocket queens and the flop is all low. I push and get called and re-raised. I go all in feeling confident. The cards are shown and my opponent has pocket jacks. I'm grinning. The turn card is a seven. I'm feeling great. The river card is a jack and I am out! I stare at the screen in disbelief!
I had to laugh after the initial shock wore off. Poker is a strange game and, in spite of what all the pros will tell you, is still a game of luck. There's no way to tell what the next card is going to be, period. Yes, you will see many of the same pros at many final tables and they will say it has nothing to do with luck, but I think they are full of baloney. They are very, very lucky players.
Patience is still the major key to success in poker and the pros generally have lots of that. They need it as their tournaments last for days not hours. In an online tourney you do need to be patient but sometimes you just have to shove and hope.
I am having fun and have met some really nice people from around the globe. And, more importantly, I am learning to have more patience. Now that I am older I find that I am much more impatient with everything than I used to be. Sad to say but I have become my mother in that regard. the world moves to slowly, the computer isn't fast enough to suit me, things like that. I need to learn to be a patient person again.
Friday, December 11, 2009
It's A Bluff
Bluffers amaze me. I just watched one bet 1500 dollars even though there were four spades on the table. All any of the other players needed was a spade, just one. And someone called him and raised him another 3000. Bluffer wisely folded. What a ding a ling LOL
I rarely bluff. Not because I don't know how, but I realize how costly it can be if you are called. Not worth my time effort or money.
See you on the felt...
I rarely bluff. Not because I don't know how, but I realize how costly it can be if you are called. Not worth my time effort or money.
See you on the felt...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Playing Meaner
Lately I've noticed that my poker playing is getting more aggressive. This is not always a good thing but occasionally it seems to work just fine. I refuse to be bullied out of hands simply because some idiot made a large bet, bluffing.
What amazes me about a bluffer is that after all the cards are on the table and I have re-raised his bet thinking I have the best hand (and I do), why in the heck do they call that re-raise showing all the people at the table that they had nothing to bet on? Makes absolutely no sense to me. If I'm bluffing and I get a re-raise like that I fold that hand so no one can see that I was full of baloney. I'd rather they think I was too chicken to call and waste more chips.
Playing aggressively does seem to have a major drawback for me. I need to learn to leave my anger emotion away from the table. I have made bad calls out of anger and lost more than it is worth. I need to constantly remind myself that there will always be other hands to play and that, sooner or later, if I am patient I will get the dork that keeps going all in right after the flop or even pre-flop.
Poker is, for me, an ongoing learning process.
What amazes me about a bluffer is that after all the cards are on the table and I have re-raised his bet thinking I have the best hand (and I do), why in the heck do they call that re-raise showing all the people at the table that they had nothing to bet on? Makes absolutely no sense to me. If I'm bluffing and I get a re-raise like that I fold that hand so no one can see that I was full of baloney. I'd rather they think I was too chicken to call and waste more chips.
Playing aggressively does seem to have a major drawback for me. I need to learn to leave my anger emotion away from the table. I have made bad calls out of anger and lost more than it is worth. I need to constantly remind myself that there will always be other hands to play and that, sooner or later, if I am patient I will get the dork that keeps going all in right after the flop or even pre-flop.
Poker is, for me, an ongoing learning process.
Friday, November 27, 2009
It's getting worse
The past week was not a good week and this week isn't any better. I am losing my rear end playing good hands and getting skunked by crappy ones. That's the way the game goes, I guess. Any hand can be beaten at any time no matter if it's pocket Aces or a pair of twos LOL
But, on the bright side I did find another website to play poker on called NoPay Poker. They actually pay their players cash winnings! I mean that you can earn money every time you are playing not just special cash tournaments. So, I've been spending more time there than over on NLOP as I want to make money. I enjoy playing the game but I can always use more money :)
But, on the bright side I did find another website to play poker on called NoPay Poker. They actually pay their players cash winnings! I mean that you can earn money every time you are playing not just special cash tournaments. So, I've been spending more time there than over on NLOP as I want to make money. I enjoy playing the game but I can always use more money :)
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Week That Was
And I wish it was the week that was not. Flashes of brilliance were almost non existent. Some hands I thought I played well but then I lost . I was feeling rather down by Sunday but vowed to do my best in the weekly championship tourney and I did try hard. I finished 355 out of 1491 players, which isn't that bad. Still I couldn't help but look back at the week and feel a little sorry for myself. I finished the week with 27435 points which is the worst points amount ever in a week.
But, just when I was feeling bad, I read this:
Crushed Bellagio game last night and followed that up with my biggest online loss ever. Felt like I was on HSP yay!
The above comes from the Twitter of Daniel Negreanu, a professional poker player. You can follow his ramblings here http://twitter.com/RealKidPoker/
I have to admit that I felt a little better after reading that Tweet :)
Friday I turn 59. Yay for me :)
But, just when I was feeling bad, I read this:
Crushed Bellagio game last night and followed that up with my biggest online loss ever. Felt like I was on HSP yay!
The above comes from the Twitter of Daniel Negreanu, a professional poker player. You can follow his ramblings here http://twitter.com/RealKidPoker/
I have to admit that I felt a little better after reading that Tweet :)
Friday I turn 59. Yay for me :)
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday November 9,2009
Played the weekly championship tourney yesterday. Was sailing along pretty well for a while but then had a streak of bad luck, bad cards and just misplayed some hands. But, it isn't all bad news. We started with 1364 players and I finished 108th. I made it past a lot of players! I also lasted for roughly an hour and a half so I can take some pride in myself for that.
On a different poker site where normally I am humbled by getting beaten soundly by much better players I entered a qualifying tourney just for the heck of it. $500 Weekly Qualifier. I finished in 92nd place with a starting field of 589 players. Not too shabby :)
I try to look for the positives of my game instead of dwelling on the negatives. Everybody has bad days at poker, even those who play it for a living.
On a different poker site where normally I am humbled by getting beaten soundly by much better players I entered a qualifying tourney just for the heck of it. $500 Weekly Qualifier. I finished in 92nd place with a starting field of 589 players. Not too shabby :)
I try to look for the positives of my game instead of dwelling on the negatives. Everybody has bad days at poker, even those who play it for a living.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
What A (Crummy) Week
All was going well until Thursday night. I was playing as well as ever the first few days of the week. Then Thursday came along. In the space of two hours I lost 6000 points! I was playing hands that made sense and getting killed by hands that made no sense at all. I'm betting on say Kings and Queens and getting whipped by some idiot with a 3 and and 8. WTF??
The week ended on a much brighter note though when I won the point tourney that gets me an entry into the Weekly Championship tourney on Sundays. It was a smaller crowd, less than thirty players. I was, at one point, down to a few hundred chips but I persevered and won it all :)
I ended up the week with a bankroll of only 33932 points. Hopefully this week will be better :)
The week ended on a much brighter note though when I won the point tourney that gets me an entry into the Weekly Championship tourney on Sundays. It was a smaller crowd, less than thirty players. I was, at one point, down to a few hundred chips but I persevered and won it all :)
I ended up the week with a bankroll of only 33932 points. Hopefully this week will be better :)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Are They Crazy?
When I am not playing poker online I like to watch the pros play it on t.v. I am often surprised at how many of these pros think that there is no luck involved in poker. Are these folks delusional?
I watched two players today that were all in. the first one had an Ace and a King, considered by the poker pros to be a very good pocket hand. The other guy called him with a 2 and a 9, a terrible pocket hand. Why he called the all in bet is beyond me and it was also beyond the comprehension of the poker expert that is on the show. But, call the bet he did. And, to make things even funnier, he won the hand with a pair of nines!
Tell me again there is no luck involved. I've gone and made large bets based on "good" pocket hands only to be blown out by something stupid, either because they caught a flush or got two pairs of low cards. If that ain't luck I don't know what it is. I know one thing is for certain, it sure as hell isn't pure talent LOL
I watched two players today that were all in. the first one had an Ace and a King, considered by the poker pros to be a very good pocket hand. The other guy called him with a 2 and a 9, a terrible pocket hand. Why he called the all in bet is beyond me and it was also beyond the comprehension of the poker expert that is on the show. But, call the bet he did. And, to make things even funnier, he won the hand with a pair of nines!
Tell me again there is no luck involved. I've gone and made large bets based on "good" pocket hands only to be blown out by something stupid, either because they caught a flush or got two pairs of low cards. If that ain't luck I don't know what it is. I know one thing is for certain, it sure as hell isn't pure talent LOL
Monday, October 26, 2009
Weekly Update October 26
I tried to be more patient while playing poker, especially in the weekly championship tournament. The results were so-so. 1355 players started tourney and I finished in 570th place. I beat out a lot of players but still am a long, long way from winning the cash.
I finished the week with 41,792 points which is neither all that great but it isn't all that awful either. I started the week losing followed by more losing but by the latter part of the week I was more on the winning side of things.
Interesting side note... Shelly wondered aloud yesterday how would I do if I were playing real poker at a table. I told her I would probably be more cautious with my betting as it would be my own real money I'd be betting instead of online chips. I wonder the same thing myself, but I don't think I am quite ready to take the plunge and go to the casino and find out.
Have a great week everyone :)
I finished the week with 41,792 points which is neither all that great but it isn't all that awful either. I started the week losing followed by more losing but by the latter part of the week I was more on the winning side of things.
Interesting side note... Shelly wondered aloud yesterday how would I do if I were playing real poker at a table. I told her I would probably be more cautious with my betting as it would be my own real money I'd be betting instead of online chips. I wonder the same thing myself, but I don't think I am quite ready to take the plunge and go to the casino and find out.
Have a great week everyone :)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Painful
Playing poker can be painful at times. I just went bet all but 100 of my chips in a pot where I had an Ace high flush only to be beaten with a full house. It's one of those occasions where you almost HAVE to wager with such a hand, even though you know that the full house might show up and bite you, which it did. Such is poker life I suppose LOL
Even though it can be painful, I keep on playing. Maybe that makes me a masochist LMAO
Even though it can be painful, I keep on playing. Maybe that makes me a masochist LMAO
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Not a great week
Ended up the week with 34000 points. I played okay but not that good. I lost hands I should have won and made some bad bets. Since most of the games I played I played without distractions from family or the net (meaning I wasn't surfing at the time) I can only blame myself. I need to do better.
I did manage to place second and fourth in two different points play tourneys and got my invitation the the weekly championship tourney. As I type this entry there are 964 players registered with 2 and a half hours to go before the tourney.
I already started this week off badly, losing 1000 of my 1500 points in a sit and go. I had a straight, Ace high. I went all in and got beat by a full house. Crap! LOL
Oh well, another week has started and I will try to play better than lst week...
I did manage to place second and fourth in two different points play tourneys and got my invitation the the weekly championship tourney. As I type this entry there are 964 players registered with 2 and a half hours to go before the tourney.
I already started this week off badly, losing 1000 of my 1500 points in a sit and go. I had a straight, Ace high. I went all in and got beat by a full house. Crap! LOL
Oh well, another week has started and I will try to play better than lst week...
Friday, October 16, 2009
Strange Week
I've not had that much luck at the tables this week. I am almost through the week and I am sitting at around 25000 points. I have played too aggressively and I have paid dearly for it :(
I have a shot at a tourney that may qualify me for a chance at an WSOP tourney which normally is ten thousand dollars just to sit down at so I am hopeful that I can get to that and win. Heck, I might even wind up on television and scare viewers LOL
In the meantime, I have many paid blog jobs to finish and they all seem to be due today so this blog might be a very busy blog for the day.
It's Friday...enjoy your weekend :)
I have a shot at a tourney that may qualify me for a chance at an WSOP tourney which normally is ten thousand dollars just to sit down at so I am hopeful that I can get to that and win. Heck, I might even wind up on television and scare viewers LOL
In the meantime, I have many paid blog jobs to finish and they all seem to be due today so this blog might be a very busy blog for the day.
It's Friday...enjoy your weekend :)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I Am Flattered
Yesterday was not a good day at the tables for me. I started the day by losing almost all of my points, playing poorly. I finally had to give the tables up and wait until 9 p.m. so a "new day" could start as I get 1000 points just for logging in each day. This enabled me to enter a sit and go with ten players, the buy in is the 1000 points I just earned for logging in. These sit and gos are not usually speedy unless you bet all your chips and lose right away but I was more careful and didn't chase after really bad hands. Finally it came down to just two players, me and a person I have seen a few times before in these sit and gos. This person is very tough to read, meaning I can't really tell if his hand is a winner or he's bluffing. So, the points were going back and forth for quite a while, I win some then he wins some.
I was getting sleepier by the moment as my Tylenol PM started to really kick in and thought what the hell I'll just go all in and take second place and the 3000 points I'd win. He called my bet as he had more than enough to cover. I typed in Good Game in the chat box and when the flop was coming up and it appeared he's win I sent the message. Imagine my surprise when, on the river card, I won the hand and almost all of his chips!
I got an even bigger surprise a few moments later when the chat box said that he had sent a message telling me I was a "very good player"! Me? Good? That made me laugh considering the lousy day I had had playing poker. But, since we have played against each other in the past, I truly felt flattered. Hell, I am still feeling flattered this morning. It's nice to know that I may not be as awful a player as I think I am :)
I was getting sleepier by the moment as my Tylenol PM started to really kick in and thought what the hell I'll just go all in and take second place and the 3000 points I'd win. He called my bet as he had more than enough to cover. I typed in Good Game in the chat box and when the flop was coming up and it appeared he's win I sent the message. Imagine my surprise when, on the river card, I won the hand and almost all of his chips!
I got an even bigger surprise a few moments later when the chat box said that he had sent a message telling me I was a "very good player"! Me? Good? That made me laugh considering the lousy day I had had playing poker. But, since we have played against each other in the past, I truly felt flattered. Hell, I am still feeling flattered this morning. It's nice to know that I may not be as awful a player as I think I am :)
Monday, October 12, 2009
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!!
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!!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
I'm Tired Of You
I use this expression a lot when I'm playing poker. People that make outlandish bets and then I fold only to find out they had diddly squat. They just wanted everyone to fold so they win the pot. This irritates me no end. So, I wait...
Once I have what appears to be a great hand and they make some stupid looking bet I say "I'm tired of you" and I go all in. I love taking points away from donks.
Looks like I am in a round now with two of them, this should be interesting. Which donk will win first? LOL
(While typing this one of the donks went all in and lost all his points and is gone. One down, one to go)
I'll be back later to write a post for money :)
Once I have what appears to be a great hand and they make some stupid looking bet I say "I'm tired of you" and I go all in. I love taking points away from donks.
Looks like I am in a round now with two of them, this should be interesting. Which donk will win first? LOL
(While typing this one of the donks went all in and lost all his points and is gone. One down, one to go)
I'll be back later to write a post for money :)
Thursday, October 8, 2009
weekly Update
Looks like I forgot to do a weekly update on my poker playing. OOPS! I cannot retrieve the exact amount I finished with but I can say that it was a bit over 30,000 points.
I also placed in the top five of a points tourney and got an invitation to the Weekly Championship Tournament. That was the good news.
The bad news was that the weekly tourney was huge! It's the largest amount of players I've seen in the championship tourney, 2,340 players! I finished in 243rd place. I think I did okay :) I really need a butt though, these tourneys can be long and drawn out and since I have no cushioning back there I hurt like the Dickens when I finish. Now, if I ever win the money I'm sure I won't complain about a sore butt LOL
This week started off very well but has since settled into mediocrity. I play some games very well and some I play like a complete buffoon. I have to work on that.
More good news...I just checked my paying site and I have eight assignments to write between now and the 16th. That's forty dollars :)
I also placed in the top five of a points tourney and got an invitation to the Weekly Championship Tournament. That was the good news.
The bad news was that the weekly tourney was huge! It's the largest amount of players I've seen in the championship tourney, 2,340 players! I finished in 243rd place. I think I did okay :) I really need a butt though, these tourneys can be long and drawn out and since I have no cushioning back there I hurt like the Dickens when I finish. Now, if I ever win the money I'm sure I won't complain about a sore butt LOL
This week started off very well but has since settled into mediocrity. I play some games very well and some I play like a complete buffoon. I have to work on that.
More good news...I just checked my paying site and I have eight assignments to write between now and the 16th. That's forty dollars :)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pretty Darned Good
1284 players started the Weekly Championship Tournament. After playing for a little over two hours, I went bankrupt. It was a do or die bet on my part and I lost. Close but no cigar LOL
At the end of my run, I finished very respectfully, in 69th place. Only 68 places away from the $750 first place prize. I don't feel the least bit unhappy as I played, I think, very well. I folded when I should have folded and called the big bets when I thought I could win. Just what any poker player would do.
There is always next time :)
At the end of my run, I finished very respectfully, in 69th place. Only 68 places away from the $750 first place prize. I don't feel the least bit unhappy as I played, I think, very well. I folded when I should have folded and called the big bets when I thought I could win. Just what any poker player would do.
There is always next time :)
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Another week bites the dust
Another week has come and gone. Time flies! It's been an interesting week though.
I went down to the bowling alley on Thursday to see if I could sub in the School Employees league. I haven't bowled since May when the Sagebrush Men's league ended. But, I didn't bowl. There was a spot open and I thought they would ask me to sub but they didn't. This made me slightly depressed since it was beginning to look like nobody wants me! I know I am not the best bowler around but I can't possibly be that bad at a 161 average, can I? My self esteem really took a hit there.
I noticed that one of the teams that had been full last week had a vacancy so I asked what happened to their third bowler. They said she had hurt herself in some way and had to quit because she couldn't bowl. So, I asked if they'd like me on their team and, after talking it over, decided I would be welcome. This made me feel much better. Both of them are low average bowlers, in the 120's on a good day, so hopefully I can help them win some games :)
In the poker area things are improving. I find myself more patient when it counts, not chasing after straights or flushes that aren't coming. More inclined to match someone going all in when I have a high hand. I always hate folding an Ace and something else just because I am being overly cautious. I especially hate folding that Ace when I see that the person that went all in has two low cards like a 5 and a 7. So, I have really been thinking hard before I fold on an all in bid and it has worked out okay. yes, I lost some pots and ran out of chips but I also have won some very large pots being a more aggressive player.
I finished the week with a little over 35000 points, pretty good. I checked my ranking on the site and find that, for last week, I was ranked 612 out of 2000. Not bad, not bad. Thus far I've played 558 tournaments. I've won 145 of them, was in the top 10% 154 times, the top 30% 281 times and in the top 50% 392 times. Pretty darned good for someone that isn't an expert poker player :)
I got another invitation to the Weekly Championship Tournament which starts in about three hours from now. Last week there were 1201 players in that tournament. Wonder how many this week and how long I can survive LOL
Hope all of you had a good week and will have a great week coming up :)
I went down to the bowling alley on Thursday to see if I could sub in the School Employees league. I haven't bowled since May when the Sagebrush Men's league ended. But, I didn't bowl. There was a spot open and I thought they would ask me to sub but they didn't. This made me slightly depressed since it was beginning to look like nobody wants me! I know I am not the best bowler around but I can't possibly be that bad at a 161 average, can I? My self esteem really took a hit there.
I noticed that one of the teams that had been full last week had a vacancy so I asked what happened to their third bowler. They said she had hurt herself in some way and had to quit because she couldn't bowl. So, I asked if they'd like me on their team and, after talking it over, decided I would be welcome. This made me feel much better. Both of them are low average bowlers, in the 120's on a good day, so hopefully I can help them win some games :)
In the poker area things are improving. I find myself more patient when it counts, not chasing after straights or flushes that aren't coming. More inclined to match someone going all in when I have a high hand. I always hate folding an Ace and something else just because I am being overly cautious. I especially hate folding that Ace when I see that the person that went all in has two low cards like a 5 and a 7. So, I have really been thinking hard before I fold on an all in bid and it has worked out okay. yes, I lost some pots and ran out of chips but I also have won some very large pots being a more aggressive player.
I finished the week with a little over 35000 points, pretty good. I checked my ranking on the site and find that, for last week, I was ranked 612 out of 2000. Not bad, not bad. Thus far I've played 558 tournaments. I've won 145 of them, was in the top 10% 154 times, the top 30% 281 times and in the top 50% 392 times. Pretty darned good for someone that isn't an expert poker player :)
I got another invitation to the Weekly Championship Tournament which starts in about three hours from now. Last week there were 1201 players in that tournament. Wonder how many this week and how long I can survive LOL
Hope all of you had a good week and will have a great week coming up :)
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