Non-Poker Content:
Imagine, if you will, a cute and cuddly 15 pound dog. He licks your face, wags his tail, and gets all excited when you come home. He's a bundle of joy. Now imagine that same dog, only with explosive, bloody diarrhea that will paint the walls at 10 feet. Add to that, this cute and cuddly dog is also hurling blood/bile/spit at every turn. Now I want to to really imagine now; think deep into your memory banks for this one. Imagine the worst smelling diarrhea that you have ever had....Come on now, I know you've had plenty of these, even you Lil N. Now add to this flavor, holding the cute/cuddly bundle of joy and getting this profuse bloody diarrhea, that smells like roses, on your pants. Then you will know what it has been like to be me this morning.
As I'm just about to brush my teeth and leave for work, my phone rings, which is odd, because the phone rarely rings at that time. I answer it and it's my clinic, telling me about this cute, bundle of joy. My receptionist called me telling me that I need to come into work ASAP because of this dog and the owner is freaking out. "Great," I think, "And I haven't even had my morning Mountain Dew yet." "Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays." Yep
Poker Content:
I'm almost done clearing my Absolute Poker deposit bonus, and man, this site is tighter than a virgin's honeypot. Not that it's anyting new. I've begun to notice something over the past few months: the sites are getting tighter (Party Poker not included). I think that most of the players now playing are much better than they were, on average, than 6 months ago. I'm seeing a lot of check raising, bluff raising on the turn, raising the flop with draws, and the like. Six to nine months ago, I rarely saw this, but now it's commonplace.
I have been analyizing my game a lot in the last few months, since I'm leaking money faster than the Titanic, and I think that these trickier players are at least partly to blame. It really is making things a lot more difficult. Before July, I was making a nice 2.5 BB/hr rate at the $0.5/$1 tables, now, it's down drastically (I don't have the data with me now, so I'm not sure what the exact number is currently). I do know one thing though, I have by far many more big loosing sessions that I do have big winning sessions. That also is eating me up. Almost every time I play $1/$2, I start out at least $15-$20 down within the first lap around the table. I don't really understand it. It's starting to get to me.
I just purchased "Winning Low Limit Hold 'em" 3rd ed. by Lee Jones. I haven't read through the entire thing, but there are some decent improvements over the previous editions. He has drastically cut the number of "speculative hands" that you can play from middle/late position, because, they can easily be a huge leak in many people's game. I tend to agree with him there. Is it correct to play 75s from late/middle position when 4 players are in? It's a tough call, as some people can make it a profitable play in the long run, but I think that most can't. I am pretty good about not getting crazy with these type of hands, but I still don't really play these types of hands. Then again, most sites I've been at are so tight, that you rarely see more than 4-5 people seeing the flop anyway, and most of the time, it's a blind-stealing slugfest.
I'll write more on the book as I read through the rest of it. And I might even put up my copy of his starting hands.
I can't wait to get home for Thanksgiving. Hey Mom, have the peach pie ready for me, I'm coming home. Keep on keepin' on kids.
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