Wednesday, August 24, 2005

My poker is getting better, but it's not quite there yet... As yesterday showed me.

I'll be honest... I know I'm never gonna be a professional poker player or anything. That's not my intent. It'd be nice to win some money off of it, but I know that'll probably never happen either. Ultimately, I do it for fun.

I had a lot of beginner's luck when I started last May. I was trying to get a seat to the WSOP, and went in a 5 dollar satalitte. They took the last 2 or 3, and they got entry to the 600 dollar satalitte, and the top seeds there got the trip to Vegas for the Series. And I actually held my own there, and they took the top 25 or so, and I got 26th. (was knocked out by this guy named Fossilman.....maybe you've heard of him?)

Sadly, for a while, that was my peak. After that, I just sucked hardcore. I got lucky once, but then bombed everything else. (sound like Moneymaker? seriously....he won in 03, but hasn't won a damn thing since)

I tried again to enter the satalittes for this year's WSOP, but hardcore bombage occured. So instead of trying to waste my money on continued failing, I decided I would spend the summer refining my style. I was being your typical internet poker n00b, bluffing at everything. Always see the flop, never getting shit. Then when I played tight, I would fold to any bet even with a winning hand. I couldn't get my mentality straight.


As of late, I've been entering a lot of play money tournaments on PokerStars. I've won a couple 9-man tournies, got 2nd in a 27-man tourney, and 7th in a 45-man tourney. Obviously, my skill is improving.

Those of you that watch poker on the TV I'm sure have seen the commericials for the free million dollar tourny at paradisepoker.net. I entered one of their tourny's, and bombed out kinda early on a bad beat. Even the guys at the table thought it sucked, but oh well. (flopped a straight, went all in, lost to runner-runner flush draw)

After that, went back to PokerStars and played another 27-man tourney and got 2nd.


Then I decided to take the next step in poker..........

I put 25 bucks in my online account, and joined a 5 dollar tourney. The winner took 1500 dollars, 2nd 700, and yeah. First cash out place was like 105th or something. Total, there were 1500 people in the touney. I lasted nearly 2 hours, and left in like 300th place.

Ok, so I wasn't in the money.... I'll take 300th out of 1500. It was a very good learning experience, and I've had some of the best cards dealt to me then I've had in a very long time....

First cards dealt, AA. All in, triple-up. 2nd hand dealt, AK. Ended up with a straight. 3rd hand dealt, J10 suited, flop the flush. Then another AA. Then I flopped quad 6's.

Seriously.....I was on a roll. Ask Proz cause I was talking to him a lot during it.

It ended on a low note.... I had my cards, but my opponent had their's. AQ pocket, flop was AQ6. Went all in, was called, opponent had QQ. That's the worst way to get busted...... 2 pair losing to 3 of a kind.

But yeah.


Now you may ask... Why am I using ACTUAL money to play poker online? Am I nuts??

Well we all know I'm nuts.. But still. Heh.

It's a completely different game when real money is on the line. All these n00bs that just play fake money games are suicidal. They go all in every hand without even thinking about it. Totally drag the game down. In a cash tourney, people are tighter, play for real, and it's good experience for an actual tourney setting.

Plus, think about it... Say I spend a dollar or two for a tourney online. No big deal. It's just the same as going to some arcade and playing DDR or something, is it not? The only difference is a game of DDR is over in 10-15 minutes tops. The poker could go on for hours. (like last night) Plus in the end, I could make money.


So yeah. That's about it for now. Just trying to get back in the poker game.. ^^;;

If anyone wants to learn at AFest or Oni, let me know. ^_^
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