Blog fatigue
I think I overdid over the last few weeks with the voracity of my blogging.
Five posts in fifteen days, on a blog which (going by the number of comments I get) is read by two people at best, was pushing it a bit.
The past few days have been more of the same. Still stuck in a bit of a rut. Playing reasonable poker but suffering from an unusually large number of cold decks. Letting it affect me too much though. Getting too emotionally involved in my losses. Made a resolution yesterday to be more philosphical about harsh beats - to try and maintain calm about the unavoidable top-two-pair vs bottom set hands and focus on playing well. Immediate results. Not least that it has made me much bolder - knowing I can control my temper after a loss makes me less afraid of losing. Can I keep it up though?!
This was one temper tester: Raise to $8 with AdKs in the cutoff. Button calls. Flop is Ah-2c-3c. I bet $18, he calls. Turn is Jd. I check, he bets $20, I call. River is king of hearts. I bet $32. He waits until time has nearly run out and then calls. Shows pocket jacks. I passed the test though - calm was maintained.
Won £70 in home game on Wednesday. Felt terrible though. Someone who hasn't played in the game for a while came round and lost £80. Doubt we will see him again. He has a bizzare self-destruct tendency when he plays in this game. He cannot stop himself from making horribly timed all-in bluffs, no matter how many times he gets caught. It looks like a problem with an insecure ego - he simply hasnt grasped the concept that most bets are not bluffs. For some reason he thinks people are always trying to bluff him, so whenever he misses with a decent starting hand and someone else starts betting, he just loses the plot.
Played an old man in the squash league the other day. Like 60+ old. Let him win a set and then he started cheating. lol. Had to whitewash him in the last set for good measure.
Five posts in fifteen days, on a blog which (going by the number of comments I get) is read by two people at best, was pushing it a bit.
The past few days have been more of the same. Still stuck in a bit of a rut. Playing reasonable poker but suffering from an unusually large number of cold decks. Letting it affect me too much though. Getting too emotionally involved in my losses. Made a resolution yesterday to be more philosphical about harsh beats - to try and maintain calm about the unavoidable top-two-pair vs bottom set hands and focus on playing well. Immediate results. Not least that it has made me much bolder - knowing I can control my temper after a loss makes me less afraid of losing. Can I keep it up though?!
This was one temper tester: Raise to $8 with AdKs in the cutoff. Button calls. Flop is Ah-2c-3c. I bet $18, he calls. Turn is Jd. I check, he bets $20, I call. River is king of hearts. I bet $32. He waits until time has nearly run out and then calls. Shows pocket jacks. I passed the test though - calm was maintained.
Won £70 in home game on Wednesday. Felt terrible though. Someone who hasn't played in the game for a while came round and lost £80. Doubt we will see him again. He has a bizzare self-destruct tendency when he plays in this game. He cannot stop himself from making horribly timed all-in bluffs, no matter how many times he gets caught. It looks like a problem with an insecure ego - he simply hasnt grasped the concept that most bets are not bluffs. For some reason he thinks people are always trying to bluff him, so whenever he misses with a decent starting hand and someone else starts betting, he just loses the plot.
Played an old man in the squash league the other day. Like 60+ old. Let him win a set and then he started cheating. lol. Had to whitewash him in the last set for good measure.
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