My passions for Texas Hold ‘em and Photography.
I still haven’t had time to play any holdem online, I last played on 7/1/08. Maybe tonight? At least my account hasn’t been suspended or closed like Hitler’s. This is subtitled and some of it is vulgar, if that doesn’t bother you, then this is very funny!
I love thunderstorms, but between wreaking havoc at work and on my golf addiction, they don’t love me. Thunderstorms are an unusual blend of beauty and ugliness, which is why they are so intriguing. This past Wednesday, July 2nd, I witnessed some of the more severe storms I can remember. I was able to watch the front roll in, the wind pick up, the temperature drop, the dark take over, the sheets of rain and hail pummel everything- it was like someone flipped a switch and the weather changed. Next thing you know, the whole area is without power, work is flooding in areas, and my 4 day weekend is now a 3 day weekend. I wish I had my camera with me, I bring it with me most places, but forgot to grab it on my way out the door that morning (thanks to J-a-x for the use of his photo). We didn’t get power back at home until sometime late Thursday, about 24 hours, not bad considering I know some people had it much worse. These storms were the start of a very busy holiday weekend, which didn’t leave me any time to blog or play holdem. What are your thoughts on storms? Love ‘em, hate ‘em, somewhere in between?
After weeks of anticipating upgrading my Flickr account when I reached 200 photos, I did so yesterday on my lunch hour. While organizing my Flickr photostream with more sets and now collections, storms roll through and knock out power (as well as flood areas, in the building even). I end up spending 17 hours at work, where we now have power, and am back here on my day off now. We still don’t have power at home, where I was hoping to sit back with a beer and play some holdem online last night, which obviously isn’t possible without power. Maybe I’ll go golf then, if there are any courses that aren’t flooded that is. Mother nature is awesome, I witnessed some wicked storms yesterday, but sometimes she is evil too.
Until I have power back…
I always thought it was common knowledge that skateboards have a short fuse and could attack at any moment.
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More commonly known as Ball Pythons. I’ve had her for over 6 years now. Here is some random facts on her:
I don’t think that is a coincidence. I’m lucky my brother is into holdem as much (more) as me. We tend to talk about holdem regularly and throw ideas, strategies, and suggestions around. These talks are helpful because often I don’t readily see errors in the way I am playing, or bad trends that I am falling into, until I reflect on the sessions and talk aloud about it. What I took most from the talks yesterday was that I was a bit passive in certain situations when I should have been aggressive. I was getting pushed around a little bit, or donkeys were seeing too many cards for far too cheap. That changed last night. I didn’t change the kind of hands I play, or how I play them depending on position / opponent(s), but there was no more tiptoeing through the tulips. I noticed that being the aggressor opened up my options and expanded my perceived range while putting others in tough spots. After back to back losing sessions, I increased my bankroll to a new high, $133.50 (started with $2.00).
I had another rough night at the holdem tables last night. I noticed that was my first back to back losses since I started tracking certain stats on 12/6/07- when my bankroll was only $17.95 (now $125.89). Funny thing is, I made a late comeback and lost very little. It felt like I won money. Ominous stats aside, I try to learn something from every session (win or lose), and I feel an upswing coming soon.
That sounds much worse then it really is. I only lost about $5.50, but I’ve had a steady 2.5 months, so that is the most I’ve lost in one session in that span. 2.5 months ago my Bankroll was only $42 when I lost about $9.00. I even expected a night like this soon. I wasn’t getting much for cards, and when I did, I’d get multiple callers and some serious donking into me after the flop. If I had A-K, the flop came 2-2-9 and everyone couldn’t get their money in fast enough. If I had pocket 8’s, the flop came A-K-10 with two clubs. Once, I had J-6 of hearts in the big blind and was able to check it. The flop comes A-J-6 giving me two pair. I bet all 3 streets, was called all 3 streets, and the 7 on the river gave the villain Aces and Sevens. It was just one of those nights. It’s poker, it happens.
I played $5NL for the first time in 10 days on Pokerstars last night. I got a much later start then I wanted, 10:30pm, and only played for an hour. It turned out to be a good session though, winning about $6 and upping my bankroll to $131.02 (goal is $200, then up to $10NL). I won most of that $6 all on one hand. I had pocket 5’s and flopped a set. I was first to act and I three barreled with about a 2/3 pot size bet on each street, and the villain shoved all-in after my river bet. I didn’t see much that scared me so I quick called. He showed King high, so after chasing and missing his draw, I guess he decided the only way he was going to get his money back (or lose the rest of it) was to bluff. Other than that hand, it was relatively uneventful. I’ll probably play again tonight.
Hole 14, The Natural golf course. Gaylord, Michigan.
It’s been a busy 10 days, and that’s exactly how long since I’ve played holdem online at Pokerstars. Five of those days were spent up north in Gaylord, Michigan on our annual golf trip. 12 of us played 135 holes in 5 days (should have been 153, 18 holes were rained out). The weather sucked, we had sun the first day and then not again, with rain everyday. I still had a great time though, and we made the best of it. Now that I’m back, I’ve been playing catch up at work and at home ever since. With summer and good weather here, my weekends are becoming busier than my work weeks. I’m seeing a little opening here though, and some time to play holdem again. I moved up to 5NL on 5/31/08 and have played only 6 sessions at 5NL (making about $20 in those 6 sessions), so I’m a little anxious to get some consistent time and hands in at 5NL. I’m hoping to play some tonight, we’ll see.
Current Bankroll: $124.07 | Goal before moving up: $200.00 | Started with: $2.00
