Hi, I'm one of them. I'm not good at collecting bonuses without getting killed.
I filled some 'relaxation' time this weekend with Rush PLO. Friday's session went quite well. An early session on Saturday during football wasn't good. A later session was OK and yesterday I got drilled for multiple buyins.
Most of the time I muddle along OK, but there are these stretches where I get outdrawn time and time again that are just killer. I usually play a pretty conservative game but when I tilt it can get ugly. Essentially, the FTP RNG (still) hates me:
I have AAxx double suited. 3 way all in versus AAxx single suited and a shortstacker with crap. The other AA guy hits his flush. Yep. Okay.
I flop top set with a redraw to the nut flush. Guy with second pair goes to war and hits runner-runner broadway. Uh huh. Jeez.
and my personal favorite:
I have AAKQ double suited. I get it all in against KKJJ single suited - I have his suit dominated because I have the AQ. This is about as favorable a position as you're going to get pre-flop in LOLmaha. Door card is OF COURSE the case king, followed by a pair of 8s.
Standard.
#$%^&!
I would offer to pay you a dollar for reading those but you'll have to collect it from Full Tilt. Stupid rigged game.
The object lesson, as always, is that I'm not good at poker.
Otherwise, I breezed through "Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling" by Beth Raymer. An easy read with some solid lulz about an unexpected career working with sports bettors. Worth picking up (especially via the library which is what I did).
I received a copy of Jim McManus' Cowboys Full this week and that's next in the queue.
Last and pretty much least, I was thinking about playing a little charity poker this weekend. When I went to see what was happening I was sad to discover that my room of choice shut down a couple months ago. There are still options, but that was the place where you'd always find the same opponents doing the same things. RIP Holland Poker Zone.
***
I filled some 'relaxation' time this weekend with Rush PLO. Friday's session went quite well. An early session on Saturday during football wasn't good. A later session was OK and yesterday I got drilled for multiple buyins.
Most of the time I muddle along OK, but there are these stretches where I get outdrawn time and time again that are just killer. I usually play a pretty conservative game but when I tilt it can get ugly. Essentially, the FTP RNG (still) hates me:
I have AAxx double suited. 3 way all in versus AAxx single suited and a shortstacker with crap. The other AA guy hits his flush. Yep. Okay.
I flop top set with a redraw to the nut flush. Guy with second pair goes to war and hits runner-runner broadway. Uh huh. Jeez.
and my personal favorite:
I have AAKQ double suited. I get it all in against KKJJ single suited - I have his suit dominated because I have the AQ. This is about as favorable a position as you're going to get pre-flop in LOLmaha. Door card is OF COURSE the case king, followed by a pair of 8s.
Standard.
#$%^&!
I would offer to pay you a dollar for reading those but you'll have to collect it from Full Tilt. Stupid rigged game.
The object lesson, as always, is that I'm not good at poker.
***
Otherwise, I breezed through "Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling" by Beth Raymer. An easy read with some solid lulz about an unexpected career working with sports bettors. Worth picking up (especially via the library which is what I did).
I received a copy of Jim McManus' Cowboys Full this week and that's next in the queue.
***
Last and pretty much least, I was thinking about playing a little charity poker this weekend. When I went to see what was happening I was sad to discover that my room of choice shut down a couple months ago. There are still options, but that was the place where you'd always find the same opponents doing the same things. RIP Holland Poker Zone.
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