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curtinsea United States. Apr 21 2009 15:03. Posts 576 | | |
It's been a while since my last blog post, so I thought it was time to share with the gang at LP.
My last blog was on June 1st, after winning what appears to have been the last Liquidpoker weekly tournament. I'm kinda bummed about that, as I looked forward to these Sunday meetings. But since so many LP'ers are now rockstars in the poker world, I guess they went by the wayside. It would be great to see them revived. The $10 buy-in event was right in my range, and the chance at playing against the up and coming superstars of the game, well that's priceless. Even more rewarding than winning the tournament was <a href="http://www.liquidpoker.net/news/127380/Liquidpoker_Tournament_Results">finishing second to Myth</a>, who had a bounty on him and managed to keep it from being claimed. Seriously, I had him dominated AK to AQ, but he luckboxed a flush, and my impatience and inexperience at heads up play showed at the end. Then there was<a href="http://www.liquidpoker.net/news/167319/Liquidpoker_Tournament_Results"> finishing second to NineOneOne</a> after entering the final table with a 10 to 1 chip lead over him. Sick beat.
As a grown man with a day job, I don't play near the volume of hands that most of you play. Also, I prefer tournament play to cash games, so I play mostly SNG games, but nowhere near the number of games a lot of SNG grinders play. Last year I played in a bit over 1600 games with an average stake of $7 for a whopping profit of $45!! Amazing, but it was a great improvement over the $1600 I donked off the year before.
I feel my game has improved, but from "sucks ass" there is only one way it can go, right? I still suffer from many of the basic poker disfunctions . . . poor bankroll management, tilt, life tilt, impatience. I think my biggest weakness has been playing marginal hands out of position. Still working on thinking about each decision before I make it, and I think I'm getting better.
Circumstance has put me in a position to try to take poker a little more seriously, and I count on Liquidpoker for insight and tips to improve my game and it's profitability. Always open to suggestions and even criticism of my play, as it all helps the goal of improving. So feel free to comment on hands I post.
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And let me finish with this. All you 20-something kids making heaps of dough playing online poker, enjoy it. Don't let anyone make you feel bad for the time you spend on the computer. Take advantage of this time in your life, because it won't last forever even if you want it to. But you have to balance it with living as well, go outside once in a while, get a tan, bang some girls, have a good time. At 22 you have no idea of the world, not like you will when you are 42. You don't want to look back and say "I wish I woulda . . . " So go through the doors that are being opened up by this game and enjoy. You have plenty of time to be responsible later in life.
Peace
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