Quick Update

I will soon regale you all with my tales of prop bets and the pokers, but until then I give you
Bea Arthur Fighting a Raptor. Enjoy!

Tilt

Oh how wrong things have gone. I had a terrible run on UB and essentially felted myself. I lost a bunch of 60/40’s in PLO, then proceeded to tilt off the last little bit I had. I was basically broke on UB.

I’m not so much upset about losing the money, which does suck, but I more upset that I allowed myself to get to the point that I could tilt like that. It’s something that I need to work on phasing out and just not doing. Brain Townsend is amazing at it. He can lose pots for hundreds of thousands and not bat an eye. I have a feeling he was like this even playing .25/.50, so I’m going to work on it.

Now, for the good news, after being thoroughly dominated in every random poker game I played with Highwaytime on UB, I managed to make a slightly miraculous comeback and roll $40 into about $320 as it sits right now. The comeback is in full effect. I’m not going to put timeframes or anything like that on it, just going to play my game and see if I can’t get back to even on UB, maybe even win some to donate to Highwatime in Triple Draw. That’s it for me.

Blah....

Feeling a little rundown, not really sure why. Got my money deposited in to UB and I think that is part of it. I don’t really like playing on UB that much and I feel like the bonus is an uphill battle. I need to get my mind right about it, because bonuses at this point add a tremendous amount of money to my bankroll. I just hate clearing them.

I’ve also really been crushing the Full Tilt nlhe games, more so than usual, so I really want to spend my time over there playing. I’m just going to buckle down and get this damn bonus going. I’m sure once I put in a few good sessions I’ll feel better about it.

Also, on a pretty sweet side note they are building this right next to my house http://www.bigleaguedreams.com/, which I think will be pretty cool.

I’m off to play a real session on UB. Later.

Not a lot going on......

I don’t really have a lot going on lately. I managed to finally clear my bonus on Full Tilt and am waiting on them to transfer my money on to Epassporte, so I can then deposit it on to Ultimate Bet to clear their deposit bonus.

I did leave a little money in Full Tilt, so I’m playing over there a little, but mostly just relaxing right now. I tried to play yesterday, but just didn’t have it in me, so I quit after about 5 minutes. I’m really going to log a lot of hours on UB clearing that bonus, but I’m going to try and do it on a more traditional schedule. I don’t want to stay up and play all night, going to try and play during the day and sleep like a regular person at night, we’ll see if it lasts.

Updates and Advice

Well I'm still trying to clear this bonus on Full Tilt. I'm so close and should be done today with a reasonable amount of play. I think I would have been done already, but I was having internet issues. Played in the FT $45oo Guarantee and took 8th. I should have gone deeper, but made a foolish play out of the SB. I need to work on my final table play. I've played 2 large MTT's this month and cashed in both. I may start playing a few more just to see if I can put something together.

I've read some great articles and posts lately and figured this would be a good place to share some of them. This is the first of a few The 2+2 Forums: WAIT!, hats off to Pokey, the author.

Camtasia

For those of you that don't know Camtasia is a transvestite Asian prostitute that I occasionally see in Vegas..........ok so it's just some software for recording crap on your computer, my life is pretty boring. Anyways, I recently purchased it so I could start making videos of my play to review at the end of sessions. I'm also a member at cardrunners.com where you can post your own vids for feedback. The overall goal here is to improve my game.

I made my first vid with along with Highwaytime who also has this setup. It was pretty cool and I was able to show him exactly why my play is superior to his. I'm excited about the whole thing and plan on putting up some vids along with blog entries in the near future.

I've just about cleared my bonus at Full Tilt and plan on going whoring over at Ultimate Bet by weeks end. I'm looking forward to getting to UB so I can continue my dominance of Highwaytime.

My last thought of the day: Where has the Duke gone?

Just Some Random Thoughts

The world of internet poker is always a fun ride. I’m in agreement that games are not what they once were. The games on Party when I first started playing were so soft and profitable it’s unreal. Granted, the issues with legislation and the Republicans have not helped the player pools, but that isn’t the only reason the games are tougher.

Poker has never really seen a boom like the one it just went through. The exposure in the media and the acceptance by the general public brought an unprecedented amount of new players to the game. Just think that at one point in time Doyle Brunson himself was ashamed to tell people what he did for a living. They would walk across the street so as not to walk by him, cause (gasp!) he was a gambler.

What we are experiencing is a natural progression of the game. Players that were once new have become better by playing and making a conscious effort to improve their game. There are other players out there, that while aren’t bad players, have not improved and have been surpassed by many of the formerly new players. So, in short poker has become a perfect Darwinian diagram for the theory of evolution.

Online poker is no longer setup to be something the average American can do in their spare time. The issues of getting money in and out are enough to keep the casual player away by themselves. What that leaves us with then is a player base that is made up of fewer new players, that are committed enough to go through the hassle of depositing, so they are serious about playing and with the already existing players that are either improving or staying the same. This means that games will continue to evolve and get tougher.

The question has now become what are you going to do to keep up with the ever evolving world of poker? This player is a dying breed and the extinction level of players will continue to rise without new players to fuel the games.