Grinding the £1/£2 game can become very frustrating, in particular during periods of unfavorable form (I will try not to use the term "running bad").
When I was younger I knew a cat named Twinkle. For some reason Twinkle's owner felt the need to torment this poor creature.
He used to chase him around, smack him, flick his ears, twisser his whiskers, as an highlight he would sometimes put him in a plastic bag, and hang the bag on a coat hook.
RSPCA eventually caught up with him, and Twinkle was freed from a life of cruelty. But he was mentally scarred.
When someone went to stroke him he would flinch, if you went to pick him up, Twinkle would get very aggressive and try to free himself from your hold.
The experiences he recalled from his previous owner was hard to forget, and hence he behaved in a defence state.
I think I have been Twinkle, I went through a period of getting beaten up so bad, I got pushed into a corner, and began playing like a mentally scarred cat.
I stopped continuation betting dry boards, fearing that I would get check raised. I became a "fund raiser", raising a large range pre flop only to be passive post flop and give up on pots.
I started checking behind on turns (too often, the check behind is still a good play!), and even worse check calling multiple streets. Fish!
I became a fish! A bingo poker playing fish! Wow! But the only good thing I had going for me was that I wasnt blaiming variance for my poor results, but I acknowledged the fact that I was infact playing bad.
Now, I am back! Although my results have not shown much of an improvement, I am playing better, and I know its just a matter of time before I am rewarded.
So I feel a lot more positive today.
As I mentioned in my last post, I started playing on PKR.com, more for fun than anything else. I must say I love this site.
They have a steady flow of tournaments running throughout the day, with fields worth playing in but not so big that you have to play 8 hours to just make it past the bubble.
I stirred up a little bit of trouble on their forums with the following post...
http://www.pkr.com/poker-community/message.cfm?post=8a8eba2f-9fae-489b-b4de-cda3761e567e
I claimed that I would "crush" them all. Which I will! When I start running good! I have already made several final tables, weeee!
The PKR regulars have a great sense of humour, and I really enjoy the banter! I would love to take down some scores, to get some credibility behind me!
One of the guys made and posted this video about me...
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090613174819874
They were able to track me down, find out who I was and even find this blog! I love it! For you PKR guys, here I am in action CRUSHING...
"...fold fold fold..." (standard tournament strategy!)
"...I will crush you all..."
You will notice (from the back of my head) I shaved my hair off again. For those who know me, will know I do this once a year. I believe in letting the "brain air", if you look after your brain, it will look after you!
I also met up with a good friend last night, and celebrated his new freedom (after finishing the last of his exams for the year) over several bottles of Coronas at The Empire.
I got drunk, and played poker drunk! Lucky for me, the more drunk I get the tighter I play. I managed to hit a few hands, and booked in a win of about £250ish.
I even got a massage! Amazing! Overall I had a really good night with my buddy (I cant mention his name...because he might get in trouble!).
My friend got really unlucky when he managed to get all his money in pre flop with AK vs A2, and lose! What can I say the games are super good there!
Anyway, I better go for a run before my Sunday session at The Vic.
Please vote on the Rob Angood poll, a lot of money is riding on this!
PS I just bust out 37th in a $5 MTT on PKR, my KK ran into A10. Turn 10, River 10. Running like a dead monkey on there.
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