Bad beat
August 28, 2007
I played at my Live tourny last night.
I hadn’t played for a couple of weeks so I figured I would go over and play.
There were probably somewhere between 60-80 players there.
For some reason, my aggression factor is lower in live games than it is on line. I don’t know why, it just is. I think it may have something to do with the type of play at that live tourny. I have seen time and time again where there is an obvious hand on the board (3 suited cards on the flop, 3 connectors on the flop, A and 2 low cards) and the intial raiser would bet but 3 other people stay in the hand by just calling. You might be saying to yourself “just cause the flop looks bad, that doesn’t mean the initial raiser hit his hand”. Of course, that could possibly be the case but with three other “callers” someone probably hit something.
omaha hi/lo
August 25, 2007
Last night i decided to play a $5 omaha pl h/l tournament, 113 registered and the game began. First 2 hours I did real swell. In fact real super, i’m so proud of myself. Was chipleader for a long time and when we made the money 18 ppl paid i was swinging between top 5 all the time. I really disciplined myself to get to finaltable and made it. Then all of a sudden i lost control! lost a big hand and when i say big hand i mean it. It cripled me from number 1 spot to last spot at 8 and 2000 chips left. Read more
Table talk
August 23, 2007
Having been away for a few weeks, it has taken a good few days to trawl through the posts in the forum. But one in particular caught my eye. It was one about abuse at the tables.
For as long as I’ve played online poker I’ve seen abuse been thrown around. In the olden days though it would be restricted to ‘lucky so-and-so’, or ‘idiot’ comments. Nowadays, it’s degenerated into a complete bloodbath of hate filled abuse. Whether it be racist, sectarian or verbal sexual abuse, there is absolutely no need for it at an online poker table.
If these people had to make the vile comments we so commonly see online, at a live casino game, their feet wouldn’t touch the floor as they headed for the exits. No casino in the world would allow abuse anywhere near the level we see online.
I have no problem with people having a bit of banter at the table. But when the comments degenerate into a personal hate filled attack then something has to be done. Too many sites are turning a blind eye to chat abuse. When people complain to the sites they are commonly told to ‘just switch the chat off’ or the sites don’t even reply to the complaint. This level of disinterest from the sites means the problem will only get worse. The sites have to clamp down sooner rather than later.
I will say that I have abused people at the tables in the past and probably will in the future, but I have never questioned anyones race, religion, or sexual preferences. I don’t know them, so I see no need to personalise abuse. The odd comment of ‘monkey’ or ‘idiot’ has more or less been my limit in the past and will do me fine if I feel the need to type anything in the future.
So what to do if you are being abused at the tables? It’s easy to say this, but a lot harder to do, but you must resist from getting into a slanging match. All you need to type is that you have the history of the chat and will be reporting the offender to the site. And ask others at the table to do the same. Maybe the sites will do something if several people complain at the same time.
Sites need to start taking a bit more responsibility for the chat functions. They need to go back to basics on the matter. They never used to tolerate the problem but it looks obvious to me that ‘money talks’. As long as they are making money then they will turn a blind eye to the problem. We as a community should be trying to change that.
Sort of back
August 22, 2007
Sorry i haven’t been writing much lately but i have been so sick of poker i couldn’t care less about it. Now i’m sort of back again and gonna talk a little about bad beats.. Slowly i started to enjoy playing again.
I hear a lot about bad beats. People get knocked out of a tournament and starts nagging about how badly they got beaten by monkeys, chasers or whatever that had won! I did so too but started to examine my stats, hand history and what have happened in the game and discovered that i had none else but myself to blame for the “bad beat”.
I’m Back……
August 20, 2007
Had a great time in Florida, doing all the touristy things us tourists do (rollercoasters, Disney, blah blah….). The heat was almost unbearable – almost record temperatures for Florida – but we palefaced Scots didn’t let that little adversity keep us back….. we just got sunburned and kicked ass to a great time!
Many stories of rollercoasters will no doubt spout from my gob in the weeks to come, so prepared to be bored if I’m around!
I’ve played a couple of poker games since returning. Played in Saturdays forum game and was doing quite well (chipleader by 2000 chips) when I had to dash to an emergency. I blinded out in 5th and still gained money. A hollow payout as I wasn’t there to battle. So sorry to those who missed the money.
When I got back from said emergency I caught up with the Dog and headed for a single table sit and go. After being severely shortstacked I made a comeback and so did the Dog. An hour and a half later we ended up heads-up. I end up winning the thing. Another 1st in omaha hi/lo. I’m really starting to get a grip of this game.
So basically…. two games played and cashed in both. The start of a lucky streak???? You never know!!!!!…..
….. but I’m not exactly holding my breath in anticipation! I’ll take it as it comes, but I am feeling pretty confident in myself just now. So beware…. I’m out to get you…..and you and you, you and you!
Summer doldrums
August 16, 2007
Well, I don’t have a lot of Poker news, insights, suggestions etc.
The reason for that is that I really haven’t been playing too much. Yes. I still hook up with the Skype crew once in a while and play the occasional SNG or small Tourny, but other than that, nothing.
I haven’t been winning every one and I haven’t been getting beat by bad beats at inopportune times, just “average”.
My bankroll is going up in small amounts and not down so I should be happy with that.
