productive weeks
May 31, 2007
OK I haven’t blogged in a long time now and i’m sorry for that!
bad man
May 28, 2007
OK… I’m a bad man! I’ve not updated the blog for some time now, but I do have a good reason!
As I talked about in my last entry, I’m still in poker limbo at the moment. I just haven’t been able to muster up any enthusiasm for the game whatsoever. It seems, the longer I stay away from logging into a poker site, the less chance of me playing online for a while.
Its a strange situation, as I did have the urge to play, but as soon as I logged into a site, I just wanted straight back out. The only exception to this is the forum’s sit and go league. It’s the only games where I feel the need to WIN…. the urge to play returns. But as soon as these games are over then I’m back to square one.
I did however, play a freeroll game at Cake Poker the other day that I did enjoy and did manage to cash in. OK, it was only $0.55, but the important thing was that I did get enjoyment from the game. Could this be the return of the Gopher? We’ll just have to wait and see!
I will try and get back into updating the blog on a more regular basis, but I have been busy (outwith the complete poker scene) so it has been difficult. I have a few articles up my sleeve for future updates, including the promised final table strategy (from months ago!), so hopefully, these will start rolling out soon.
Catcha all later, and you never know…. you just might see me back at the tables!
A challenging last couple of days
May 21, 2007
I had some high hopes of playing over the weekend but sometimes LIFE just gets in the way.
On Saturday, my son went to prom (It is a High School formal dance for those who don’t know). So, I did the “Dad” thing and helped him with his tux and took pictures of him and his date before the dance. Everything went well and he had a good time.
On Sunday, I went to the League forum and found that the VIP freeroll was scheduled. That tourny starts at 12:00 noon my time so I usually don’t get to play because I need to finish my “Sunday stuff” before I play. But, since I didn’t play at all on Sat. I thought I would give it a shot.
I finished 3rd in the Tourny. I played fairly well, only made a few mistakes none of which cost me the Tourny which sometimes they do.
So, I decided to take a break for a while and maybe come back later for some more fun. Read more
Got some points last night
May 15, 2007
I played live last night.
Out of about 60 people, I got 10th. Not too bad. Got some points but I need more to make the finals.
I played pretty good. All the hands I won were because I went in with the best and didn’t get sucked out.
There were 2 hands I made a lot of chips from.
In one hand I had pocket A’s. A guy in front of me raises the pot $2,500 when the blinds were still $300/$600. I put him on a high pocket pair so when it came to me, I went all-in knowing he would call. He did. He flips over pocket K’s. My A’s hold up and I double up.
It’s happening again!!!
May 15, 2007
How do you maintain an interest in poker? Please, can someone tell me???
I wrote a few months back about having the ‘can’t be bothered’ syndrome when it came to poker. This affects all players at some time. The last time it happened to me I was on a very bad streak where, no matter how well I played, I still ended up being put out of games by abismal play from the other player - and them getting lucky. That would put anyone on a downer!
Well, it has returned. But this time, I cannot put it down to being unlucky. If anything, I’m playing quite well at the moment, but am finding I am losing interest in all the games I play. For example….. last Friday, I played a forum game at PKR. I dominated early proceedings, but once we got down to the final table, I just decided I had had enough. I could not be arsed playing any longer.
I tried to play my normal game, but actually ended up playing like a bingo player…. chasing poor draws knowing fine well I was beaten. In effect, I tried to wrap the game up as quickly as possible. In reality, I was up against players whom I knew were not easy pickings, but I still tried it. (Apologies BTW to those at that final table). In the end I got my just deserts by going all-in with a K 9 offsuit (when there was no need) and was called instantly by pocket rockets.
So back to the real issue. How to get rid of the apathy for the game. How do I regain the appetite for the battle? I mean, I’ve heard all of the ususal words of wisdom (and advocated them myself), like,’take a break from the game’, or ‘change to the cash tables instead of sit and gos’ etc… but I don’t think any of it is going to work.
Why, you may ask. Well basically because the pull is still there. I cannot help but get involved in a game. As I said, it’s after around an hour into the game that the ‘cant-be-arsed’ syndrome kicks in.
I’ve still to work out if it only happens in the private games (where the majority of the regular players are tighter than two coats of paint), or if it has spread to oudside of the forum.
One thing that could be a major contributer to this syndrome is that I have caught a virus…. not any virus that makes you ill. I’m infected with the downloading bug. In the last week or so, I cannot pull myself away from downloading more and more music/DVD’s etc. I truly am hooked. It’s been ages since I downloaded stuff from the internet and now I just can’t get enough.
So for the time being, I’ll play only the odd sit and go and of course the S&G Challenge games at the forum. It will be a case of ’see how I feel’ for any other games, as I will more than likely be downloading again…
The ancient Viking-game of Påk’ar
May 13, 2007
The Vikingscripts found around the VikingVillage of Birka tells us a lot about the game of Påk’ar and how they came to life
