Ahh Pacific...
Yesterday I was getting frustrated with my up and down play the last few days. I continue to lose at Titan Poker for some reason and even at the sites I normally win at. I know it is just variance and that I keep getting drawn out on but it is still hard for me to not tilt once in a while. I still feel like "this is my pot and I'm not giving it up" sometimes. This is yet another thing I must work on.
But then it happened. The table where it all comes back. I decided to play at Pacific for the first time in a couple months. Pacific Poker is filled with bad players but you can only play one table max. So I fired up a 2/4 table right before the Chiptalk.net tourney and away I went. 2 of my first 5 hands were nice big pots. I won a $20 pot on my first hand with A6o in the CO where I posted. The button had raised preflop but 5 people in the pot and it checked around all 3 streets and I won with a pair of 6s I hit on the turn. Then I hit the motherload with a straight and an $80 pot. A few hands later I won with AQ against a maniac playing 66. After all was said and done I left the table up $195. That was awesome.
It didn't help my chiptalk tourney play though. I was doing well and getting great cards. I had JJ twice, KK twice and AKs all in the first 20 hands or so. I was doing fine after the first break until I got 99. I called a min raise and was half paying attention because I was watching the Raiders/Pats game as well. Flop was 872. Guy led out and I raised big. He reraised all in. I had half my stack in the pot and was now getting 4:1 to call. If I had thought about the minraise from early position from this guy for another second I probably would have layed it down. But I made a bad call and he showed KK. Oh well. I finished 23rd.
I played a couple more tables of 1/2 at UltimateBet and Pokerstars and it was back to the runner runner flushes and 2 pairs on the river against me. Such is poker. Still came out ahead about $120 for the day so all was well.
Sports:
2-3 yesterday.
Rockies should have won that game. Raiders should have played better. Oh well. I am now +0.60 overall. Isn't that exciting! I can retire soon! I guess I need to find my own system.
That's it for now. May the flop be with you!
But then it happened. The table where it all comes back. I decided to play at Pacific for the first time in a couple months. Pacific Poker is filled with bad players but you can only play one table max. So I fired up a 2/4 table right before the Chiptalk.net tourney and away I went. 2 of my first 5 hands were nice big pots. I won a $20 pot on my first hand with A6o in the CO where I posted. The button had raised preflop but 5 people in the pot and it checked around all 3 streets and I won with a pair of 6s I hit on the turn. Then I hit the motherload with a straight and an $80 pot. A few hands later I won with AQ against a maniac playing 66. After all was said and done I left the table up $195. That was awesome.
It didn't help my chiptalk tourney play though. I was doing well and getting great cards. I had JJ twice, KK twice and AKs all in the first 20 hands or so. I was doing fine after the first break until I got 99. I called a min raise and was half paying attention because I was watching the Raiders/Pats game as well. Flop was 872. Guy led out and I raised big. He reraised all in. I had half my stack in the pot and was now getting 4:1 to call. If I had thought about the minraise from early position from this guy for another second I probably would have layed it down. But I made a bad call and he showed KK. Oh well. I finished 23rd.
I played a couple more tables of 1/2 at UltimateBet and Pokerstars and it was back to the runner runner flushes and 2 pairs on the river against me. Such is poker. Still came out ahead about $120 for the day so all was well.
Sports:
2-3 yesterday.
Rockies should have won that game. Raiders should have played better. Oh well. I am now +0.60 overall. Isn't that exciting! I can retire soon! I guess I need to find my own system.
That's it for now. May the flop be with you!
Sorry my Rockies let you down. I also exited early on from the ChipTalk tourney. I had won a few hands early on then got caught up in a hand that I shouldn't have and was essentially pot committed. I was drawing dead. Ah well.
After Chiptalk I worked on my Titan poker PSO promo and actually did well. I started out winning and got ahead early but the tables ran dry after a while and I ended up just up $9 after a while.
Nice win on Paradise. I love it when a good night comes along. Gives you a good confidence boost.
Don't give up on Titan yet. I'm hanging out on the 1/2 tables - my Titan name is: collectchips
See you at the tables!
Posted by
Dave |
4:41 PM