Slow times

I’m not sure how this happened, but I played only 4 live tournaments May! And to make it even worse, I didn’t cash in any of those. Actually for April and May I have cashed only once, thank goodness that was for a decent amount, otherwise I would have felt even worse!

I think I got used to the comfort on online playing and it’s just so much easier – you don’t have to get up and get dressed and drive the 10 minutes to the casino. Bah, that’s just no excuse, I should be happy I live here in the poker Mecca of the world, and should get my ass out to the casino’s and play! Especially now, with the WSOP and all the other series starting!

I’ve also started to run again, well, if you can call it running, probably look more like a brisk walk to others, but I’m on a mission to prepare to run the half-marathon in Vegas in December with one of my fellow chix-sters. But I’m still at a point where the exercise takes it toll and when I get home at night, the last thing I want to do, is get out and move again. That’s when online poker is such a blessing 

Online I’ve been doing OK, quite well some times and not so well other times, but at least I think I’m winning more than losing at this point, which is great, of course. I play a lot of other games, like PL 5-card Draw, Stud, Omaha, 2-7, etc. I’m doing pretty well in the 5-card draw games, but I can honestly say I suck at 2-7, I don’t think I’ve cashed ONCE in any of them. Staying away from them now!

OK, so it’s almost June, the WSOP is in town, let’s go play some poker!!!!

Some days are diamonds, some days are stone

Slow month so far, I’ve played in only 3 live tournaments so far, and haven’t cashed in any. Ugh, I love to cash! But, I don’t feel too bad, I’m pretty happy with the way I played and don’t feel I’ve lost due to a stupid move I made. Most of the time I’ve managed to get my money in ahead and just got unlucky. Looking back, knowing what the cards were (mine, my opponents and the flop), I wouldn’t have played it any other way, and I guess that’s the important part.

Online, however, was another story this week. I play very low stakes on Pokerstars, nothing higher than a $5 buy-in. Since Sunday I’ve played about 8 (I think) of the $4.40 180 person SnG’s on Stars, and I’ve managed to make the final table on 4 of them! I got two 4th places, a 5th and a 6th! The only bad thing is that they normally last until way past my bedtime. Since I start working at 7pm in the morning, you can imagine that I wasn’t exactly a ray of sunshine at the office this week. Oh yeah and don’t forget my new commitment to running, my initial visits to the gym were quite tiresome! Thank goodness it’s Friday today!

Apart from the $4 tourneys, I’ve cashed in some others – even won a Stud Draw game, hehe - and manage to get my online bankroll up from $87 to just under $400 now. Finally according to Sharkscope - I’m not in the red anymore and haven’t been on ‘SuperTilt’ for a while now!!

Since I stopped trying so hard, I’m doing much better – I’m probably not a poster child for theoretical poker, but hey, whatever works. And this works for me. I know I still have a lot to learn, but show me a poker player who doesn’t....