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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

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Can't concentrate and losing patience

AAArgh I need to stop
a) getting bullied when a middle stack
b) getting bullied when the largest stack on a table

Not sure what it is at the moment, I can start off OK then end up getting frustrated.
Just seems that whenever I want to play, raises come at wrong time for so-so cards, then if I get a bit more aggressive someone goes over the top. Keeps ending up with me getting so hacked off that I make a bad call which puts me out or nearly out.

Really did my head in this afternoon when I doubled up early on Mansion, had twice as many chips as other people on table, just could not play with them - raises were called or re-raised big time, not once did I manage to exert any pressure, in fact seemed that people were putting it on me. Twice I played medium pairs with reasonable confidence, twice I had to lay down to people re-raising huge!!! and as for the other hands I don't even want to remember.... In the end I just had to wait for AA and be thankful for it when that got re-raised too.
The latter tables got better but just didn't feel right at all early on.

Hopefuly can look back on this post in a few days and feel better about it.

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Multi-tasking is hard work when servers don't work

Hard work for $30 playing $10k game and V-points at same time with continually being kicked out of software on both - lost loads when I couldn't get back in on the $10k game, which as I had been doing well was a bit annoying.

It felt like justice when after no cards for ages was all in with K10 on bb of $1.5k (I added my last 50 or so chips 'cos really a raise wasn't worth folding too).
K10 vs AQ and I got the straight.
Very next hand AQ suited vs two all-ins and a couple of other callers, don't think I have a thing, every checks to river and I get a pot of $10k +.
Made me smile after about 15mins of screaming at a PC that won’t let you back into the game.
Shame on V-points just went up and down like a yo-yo until eventually going down & out.

Bit gutted to go out on the 41st bubble, as two hands in a row had the best starter but lost
My all-in with A10 only got me the side-pot as A3 got pair 3's.
All-in then with big blind Q10.. table folds, small blind calls with 62 & gets the 2.

Oh well it's the 5 cards that count.. I guess, not that I am bitter.