What up?

Non-Poker Content

I decided to write about my online dating extravaganza. I've got about 8 pages worth so far, and I'm only 3 dates into it. I'm not really good at writing, but I figure I've got to write this all down, for posterity. When it's finished, I'll post it here for all the world to see. If a few people can laugh at my expense, so be it.

On that note, I did have a 2 hour conversation with a match.com girl. She seems pretty cool, and I made her laugh so much that at the end of the conversation, she said, "I'd better go, my cheeks are hurting from laughing so much." Not a bad sign, I guess. As I'm still in Houston for another week and a half, it'll probably be 2 weeks before I meet said chica. Enough time to get to know her. Enough time to get my hopes ever so slightly up, and then potentially be smashed into bits when yet another online girl is crazy. Or maybe she's "the one." You never know, do you? I figure I've got a few more crazy online stories up my sleeve.

I really, really need to get off my ass and start packing. It's gonna catch up to me pretty soon.

Poker content:

When is it time to throw in the towel whilst chasing a bonus? I'm not exactly sure, but I'm down $400 at Full Contact chasing a $260 deposit bonus. I have another $45 of bonus to clear there, and with the bonus, I'm down about $200. Very frustrating.

I'm in a dilemma. I'm trying to decide what stakes to play at. I have been playing a lot of $2/$4 there, and getting my ass taken to the cleaners. I also got nailed playing $1/$2 there. I'm used to getting slammed at the $1/$2, because the players at that level know just enough to be dangerous. They know a little about starting requirements, a little about pot odds, and a little about blind stealing. The bad thing is that they only know enough to be dangerous. Which is why I keep getting cleaned there. Mainly horrible play.

Playing $2/$4 is another animal. There the players are pretty good, but I'm trying to decide how much of my losses there are my fault. I still consider myself to be tight-aggressive, with sometimes becoming downright rockish, but I have been pondering a lot lately ways to get out of this rut.

Is it just lady variance, kicking me in da nads? Or am I just not that good of a poker player? It's a hard thing to admit that you're not as good as you might think. But I also don't want to continue with this game, if I'm going to lose. What's the fun in that? If that's the case, I might as well play blackjack and get really drunk off free drinks because you really don't have to think all that much whilst playing.

Keep on keepin' on kids. Oh yeah, and "keep on rockin' in a free world!!!!!"