I was never much of a gambler, but I used to buy lottery tickets, alternately trying to pick the numbers that were less frequently drawn thinking that they’re due to be drawn, or picking the more frequently drawn numbers assuming that because the numbers were drawn on television with typical bingo ping pong balls, that [...]
Years ago I wrote MIDI music as a hobby. I had a nice external KORG sound source, touch sensitive keyboard, and stored the information using my computer and MIDI software. I recorded a CD of some of my favorite completed stuff and shipped copies out to relatives. Recently I dug the CD out and started [...]
At the time that I’m writing this I’m still on my project of playing 6 – 8 tables of $10nl, taking occasional sessions at $25nl. This is in spite of the fact that with my current bankroll I could be playing $25nl and taking stabs at $50. But there’s things to be learned since I [...]
This is another of those posts where I look at something that I’ve looked at before, with a new synonym, hoping to find new aspects that explain things more fully. Does folding = surrendering? I think this applies postflop more than pre. If I raise preflop, get donked into and fold, or c-bet, get check-raised [...]
When things start to go difficultly, one human tendency is to press. If you’re a golfer and your game is off, you might press, and you might overswing. Similar things might happen if you’re a baseball player and your batting is off. You start to start to over-analyze, to question or to pay too much [...]
Over and over this becomes an issue for me. I say “becomes”, because I get it under control and then it spirals out of control again. Reading in other player’s blogs I know that tilt is one of the biggest, commonest, and most frequently recurring issue for poker players. And it’s tilt that usually pushes [...]
I don’t link to a lot of other sites, but I really like this post by Ed Miller. Ed talks about the eternal questions for poker players; How good am I? When should I move up? I pretty much knew where he was heading with his answer ’cause I remember elsewhere he mentioned his decision [...]
So I’ve been on my latest project for a few weeks, and I’m still into it. The project is to drop down a level, work on my multitabling, HUD reading, and post flop play. I’m having fun even though I’ve gone through some frustrating periods. I started with 6 tables, went up to 8, hit [...]