Posting Wins & Losses/Oh Canada!
Since my current theory is that this blog can be of service to my poker game if I post my results, since doing this consistently could shame me into avoiding HUUUUGGGGEEEE losses, I will post my most recent few days wins and losses.
Friday: +300/-5.50--PokerStars SNG
Saturday: +450
Sunday: +50
Monday: N/A
Tuesday: -150
These amounts are approximate. I was considering betting on a baseball game a day as long as my streak held up, but I am not superstitious enough. It's hard not to believe that the better games are on the weekends, hence my success on the appropriate days. Obviously in the big scheme of things my Tuesday loss is no big deal. I was up about $50 or $60 on two tables, and lost $150 or so on two hands. One I had j9s, flopped a flush draw, made a pair of jacks on the turn, and trips on the river. I should have known by the bet sizes that someone probably had flopped a set and filled up on the river. Usually the board pairing stifles action. I should have known something was up when the guy ahead of me moved all-in in front of me. Heat of the moment, I guess.
The other hand I lost a nice chunk on I had pocket fours and flopped a set. (459, two spades)The pre-flop raiser led off with a $19 bet (.50-$1 blinds) and I called to try to keep the guy behind me in. He folded, and the pre-flop raiser checked the turn, a two. I figured the flush draw wasn't a big danger, unless he was leading off with ak of spades, but I didn't feel like getting too cute, so I bet $60, which was the rest of his stack. He thought for a while, then called. The river was a 3, which gave his aa a baby straight. He told me he was trying to decide if I had kk or a set, after he asked me if he'd sucked out. I let him know, but was civil. Shortly after I had to go to work.
I don't think I was tilting at all, but it has been my experience that even if you can accept losses, whether from a bad beat or your own mistake, you become quite vulnerable to frustration at that point. In no-limit this can be especially dangerous. Both times I have run up any kind of a roll on a site playing no-limit I have managed to lose it back VERY quickly. Hopefully posting losses will let me step away from the table when I am vulnerable, where I might not have before.
Unfortunately, the US government is gearing up to ban online gambling, which could make me an outlaw, in which case I really ought not post anything, until I move myself and my finances to Canada. Fuck you, Uncle Sam.
Meanwhile, I am looking forward to the immanent Tigers-White Sox series. Hopefully the Yankees' sweep of the Sox will leave them nice and vulnerable. Ick. I have alot of $$ invested in the White Sox this year. On the other hand, I have the Tigers at such long odds that I would actually make more if they won it all. You'll note I don't mention the Astros or Dodgers much, the other two teams I bet on this year. (I don't think I have mentioned until now that I even bet on the Dodgers. Well I did, after Gagne made his one save, and before he went back on the DL for the rest of the year. I still think the Dodgers are a decent bet, based on their run differential, but they would have been a MUCH better bet with Gagne. Oh well. This bet was SMALL.
Friday: +300/-5.50--PokerStars SNG
Saturday: +450
Sunday: +50
Monday: N/A
Tuesday: -150
These amounts are approximate. I was considering betting on a baseball game a day as long as my streak held up, but I am not superstitious enough. It's hard not to believe that the better games are on the weekends, hence my success on the appropriate days. Obviously in the big scheme of things my Tuesday loss is no big deal. I was up about $50 or $60 on two tables, and lost $150 or so on two hands. One I had j9s, flopped a flush draw, made a pair of jacks on the turn, and trips on the river. I should have known by the bet sizes that someone probably had flopped a set and filled up on the river. Usually the board pairing stifles action. I should have known something was up when the guy ahead of me moved all-in in front of me. Heat of the moment, I guess.
The other hand I lost a nice chunk on I had pocket fours and flopped a set. (459, two spades)The pre-flop raiser led off with a $19 bet (.50-$1 blinds) and I called to try to keep the guy behind me in. He folded, and the pre-flop raiser checked the turn, a two. I figured the flush draw wasn't a big danger, unless he was leading off with ak of spades, but I didn't feel like getting too cute, so I bet $60, which was the rest of his stack. He thought for a while, then called. The river was a 3, which gave his aa a baby straight. He told me he was trying to decide if I had kk or a set, after he asked me if he'd sucked out. I let him know, but was civil. Shortly after I had to go to work.
I don't think I was tilting at all, but it has been my experience that even if you can accept losses, whether from a bad beat or your own mistake, you become quite vulnerable to frustration at that point. In no-limit this can be especially dangerous. Both times I have run up any kind of a roll on a site playing no-limit I have managed to lose it back VERY quickly. Hopefully posting losses will let me step away from the table when I am vulnerable, where I might not have before.
Unfortunately, the US government is gearing up to ban online gambling, which could make me an outlaw, in which case I really ought not post anything, until I move myself and my finances to Canada. Fuck you, Uncle Sam.
Meanwhile, I am looking forward to the immanent Tigers-White Sox series. Hopefully the Yankees' sweep of the Sox will leave them nice and vulnerable. Ick. I have alot of $$ invested in the White Sox this year. On the other hand, I have the Tigers at such long odds that I would actually make more if they won it all. You'll note I don't mention the Astros or Dodgers much, the other two teams I bet on this year. (I don't think I have mentioned until now that I even bet on the Dodgers. Well I did, after Gagne made his one save, and before he went back on the DL for the rest of the year. I still think the Dodgers are a decent bet, based on their run differential, but they would have been a MUCH better bet with Gagne. Oh well. This bet was SMALL.
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