Confidence and on line Poker
February 2, 2008
So, you are sitting there at home, staring at a computer screen playing poker. It’s a “you against the world” type of situation. No one can see you, most people who you play against don’t even know anything about you. Table presence is dictated by your play, not your personality or attitude at the table. So why then, does confidence play a factor?
First, I should explain that I think it makes a BIG difference. Big enough, in my opinion, that it can make the difference between “being on top” or “being in a slump”.
First hand experience has shown me that when I am NOT playing confidently, I can go out 6th or 5th in a 6 man SNG. When I am playing confidently, I make the money about every time. That’s a big swing huh?
If I am not confident in myself, you could see how a few games could put me “in a slump”.
If I am confident, watch out!
What does confidence do for you? Read more
If it don’t taste bitter to lose, it sure won’t taste that Sweet when winning!
November 27, 2007
Ok I am going to start off talking about poker just to be sure that I include it in this week’s blog entry. That said I think I am guilty of going on a bit, not sure if I knew where I was going with the post when I started hitting the keys.
I read Gophers blog recently, it is an old topic touched on before by all of us at one time or another. A good idea, there is still a lot of mileage in some of those older topics, in this case the apathy or lack-lustre attitude that can creep into your game. Gopher suggests getting back to basics and re-evaluating your game from the ground up.
Sound advice.
But, not for me, not this time. I know what my problem is with poker, it is not the suck-outs, the cold cards, the series of bad beats. It isn’t any of those things, it is simply boredom. Playing $5 SNG’s just bores the pants offa me! Unless I am cruising the games with fellow Skyper’s, then it doesn’t matter what the buy in stakes are, I am just playing and having fun with my online buds. Read more
Normal Service will be resumed Shortly.
August 8, 2007
Hey folks.. Apologies for the tumble-weed strewn halls of my blog..
It has been a torrid couple of months, what with my lifestyle being turned upside down by my recent diagnosis of diabetes, the non arrival of summer, the building of the new website and several other things getting in the way. I simply have not had much time or inclination left in me at the end of the day to sit here and bash away at the keyboard.
Poker has been on the back burner for the last 10 weeks or so, I might have played 5-6 games in this period.
Much of my online time has been taken up with building my new website. Actually much of the last 8 weeks has been wasted because of the way my hosting providers configured their servers, after weeks of reconfiguring code and stuff I finally came to the conclusion it would be a lot easier to re-host my site with a provider that was more flexible…. Read more
Blagz has re-entered the building.. sorta.. nearly
June 27, 2007
Again I find myself apologizing for the dearth of any news or new content on the blog.
I do have a pretty good excuse this time for not being as active as I would like to be. Well a couple of good excuses;
* 1 – It is still summer and
* 2 – I managed to get slightly ill.
Not immediately life threateningly ill, but bad enough to stop me in my tracks and to get me in the local hospital pretty sharp-ish.
Busy & Hot Under the Collar..
June 2, 2007
Apologies for the lack of content in the blog of late. Summer’s here doncha know! Not that I have been getting many rays as yet, just thought it was a good opening line/excuse…
I have been frying my brain over the last 2 or 3 weeks, learning, relearning, being confused, exasperated, frustrated, as I sink myself back into the world of website production. Read more
The Gospel According to Blagz
May 10, 2007
Content Warning! A very long blog today.
Well I have been a bit reticent of late in keeping the blog updated.
A couple of major factors are to blame, the first being, summer is almost here and the sun is out and the fish are biting and I need to get some UV’s. The second reason is I am working on rebuilding my website.
I’ll keep yah posted on that second reason and of course if I hook and land anything bigger than my pinky, I’m sure I can Photoshop that into a monster catch which of course will be displayed here somewhere. Read more
