Poker Perambulation

The following post is about poker. There is a small section on bad beats. Be warned. Reading the following promises to be even beyond boring. But, I have to make a poker post or change the name of the blog – something about truth in advertising...

As the year wound down, my bankroll was exhibiting the same state. I do a double buyin and it got to the point I couldn't do that fully. Not a great example of bankroll management but who'd call that a bankroll?

I was 'lucky' although that's a relative term. Just a week or so earlier, I'd been even luckier and even had aspirations of getting the Full Tilt account closer to a break even for the year. Then variance or stupidity struck and I was down to the mat.

At the start of the year, I think I had 20-bucks on FT. It might have been 40. It is a bit hazy. I played the first quarter with that and even built on it at times. I threw another hundred in to play a bit higher and that didn't work well. So, I'm back to the super cheap seats (.25-.50) with .50-1 having beat me. Strangely, 1-2 and 2-4 were kinder but that would have required more deposits and no more fun. I am comfortable knowing I don't play stud all that well but it is the flavor I enjoy these days.

So, surprisingly I left ought-nine on a mini tear and almost $40. On the first try in the new year, I sat and thought; lets see if I can turn it around and not turn into one of those doom switch complainers. So I put my double buyin (a whole $10) and lost every penny in 13 hands. It was a blood bath of suckout after suckout. Hey, I warned you that bad beats would be discussed but I won't take it to the extreme with hand histories – avoiding embarrassment for both author and reader.  But it was so bad I had to laugh.  It was that or cry.


It would seem that the stud players I've encountered all made resolutions to be more aggressive. Stud is marked with loose play. The old form was 6 limpers. Now it seems to be 3-4 happy cappers. That been successful for me but it isn't the most fun way to have to play. It too rockish although there is the enjoyment of running more successful bluffs than normal.

So, here I sit with roughly last years balance (sans the 100 addon) and aspirations of avoiding the need to deposit for a while. I told you all this would be boring so don't complain.

ADDENDUM:

Oddly enough and according to Bill Rini, a couple of networks are throwing out the profitable players. They actually are driving people from their sites. Sadly, my current 'success' would allow me to register but they are both overseas sites where I can't play. Now that's a bad beat.  If this trend continues, FT will have to get rid of most of their red pros.  I can just see it over on Stars where they call in Daniel et al and dump them from their system to match Tilt getting rid of Ivey and friends.


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