Archive for July, 2009

do it right or don’t bother to do it

i think i’m still half asleep.  odd one today – i’ve been in and out of sleep a couple of times and now i’d better make a day of it before it all gets away from me.  but first i’m unloading some mental baggage here
i’m playing at Stars $50NL 6 max now.  i [...]

July 29, 2009   Posted in: Cards  One Comment

starting the week off

i was worked up sunday night – didn’t play hockey (no game) so i was holding some excess energy.  so i knew i shouldn’t play cards.  but i sooo much wanted to.  so i compromised and dropped down a level and putzed around.  had a great time, made a couple of buy-ins.  yay for fun.
today [...]

July 28, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

tale of two sessions

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i played last night for about 80 minutes and at the end of it, here were my thoughts:
i hope to hell it was a case of dropping a little over a buy-in that the poker gods meant to be a 4.5BI loss, but i carved out the fat by dodging bullets. 
in an non-typical night, [...]

July 26, 2009   Posted in: Cards  No Comments

selling prestige

the mail lady comes yesterday, and my kid actually walks up to my room, gets me out of bed, and says that he may have some bad news for me.  apparently, we’ve recieved a “black envelope”.  there must be a custom that he read about or stumbled over in a videogame where letters that announce [...]

July 24, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

pork bbq

today feels like a swing day.  if i can keep my focus enough to get in a workout before work, despite the fact that the house is filled with the wife and kids, i’ll be on track for the week.  i also feel like i should have an absolute TON of stuff to do, but all of it seems [...]

July 21, 2009   Posted in: Cards  One Comment

setting the timer

i’m back to having problems in longer sessions, so today i set a timer for 50 minutes and decided to get in an afternoon session.  finished down shy of a buy-in (set over set i never recovered from). 
here’s the second biggest loser.  i guess a king bets this flop about, oh 100% of the time.  [...]

July 16, 2009   Posted in: Cards  2 Comments

stoned and sober

first ths life nonsense, skip right down to the poker section if that’s your fancy.
DARTS – Lived through the weekend, and ended up winning my first dart tournament – woo-hoo!  luck of the draw partners, and my partner was super-solid.  my role was to follow as close as i could and not fall – as [...]

July 14, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

card removal

ah.  that’s the answer. 
turns out at CR someone already asked what’s up with the QJ 3bet banter – mr peten2toms (noel?).  so, i wasn’t the only one that thought it to be strange. 
CW just said it’s because of card removal and that he mentioned it on the vid.  i think that was it in a nutshell [...]

July 9, 2009   Posted in: Cards  5 Comments

keeping pace

RUNNING AROUND:
i’m not quite back into the swing of things after the extended holiday weekend.  i spent a couple of days indulging in beers and picnic food, and then we actually played hockey on sunday.  i took the scale out of the shower that morning and it read 184, after playing it said 180.5.  that’s [...]

July 8, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Access to Information v. Digesting Data

this is the typical type of post that i write up, and then delete.  i just didn’t feel like deleting today.  read at your own discretion.
 
Hey Happy Fourth of July Everyone!! Woo-hoo!!
(insert active fireworks display here, in your mind)
my girl child just went to work, and i’m alone for the holiday, which is gonna be something.  [...]

July 4, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments