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Three fairly sizable ones within a week. A 5.2 and a 5.3 south of me, and a huge 7.2 off the coast of northern California. Maybe it’s time to head somewhere else for a few months… Map.
I’m continuing to beat the $25NL game pretty well. I’m actually getting a bit bored with it, but I’m working to keep focused and play well. So far, I’ve won just over 17BB/100 over 1500+ hands, and that’s with a few pretty tough beats and a little bit of horrible (and losing, not getting lucky and taking a huge pot) play. I’m considering moving up again sooner than I had planned, because I feel like I’m back to playing as well as I was earlier in the year. In the ring games, anyway.
I’ve also been trying to get my tournament game back into shape, and failing miserably. I used to do pretty well in the $5 and $10 buyin tournaments on UB, but lately I can’t seem to do well in the ones I’ve been playing. I’ve played a few $20+2s on Stars, and their $11+rebuys tournament, and haven’t really done much of anything. In one of them (PLHE, because that’s all that was starting when I was looking to play a tournament), I busted out 34th of 277 when 27 paid. That’s the closest I’ve come to making the money in anything lately. I didn’t even play particularly well, and of course, got completely card dead in the later rounds. I’m going to keep at it, as these tournaments have some big payouts. I really did used to be pretty good.
I also played in one of the $1+0 tournaments, while waiting for others to start. I didn’t come close to the money in this one, either, but I at least felt like I played pretty well. Of course, the cheap buyin one had to be the one where I was catching cards and actually building a stack. The $532 payoff for first place would have been nice, but I finished in the mid 200s when I got rivered by a three outer. I managed to get all in with KK vs AK on a ragged flop, and I was gone when the ace hit on the river. I don’t feel bad about that one at all, and it was only $1.
I think I’m gonna keep playing the tournaments at Stars while working on my NL ring game at Party. I also really want to do the rest of the ECD (Superior, Noble) and PSO (Paradise) comps. I know some people think the bonus whoring is -EV, but I just can’t help myself. Plus, it’s definitely been a net positive for me, so far. I don’t change my game up when doing it or play tighter to try to hit the raked hand count, so I think the only difference for me is playing at different sites against different players. What’s really been keeping me from finishing them up lately is that it’s just hard to pull myself away from Party. Plus, I have no clue what I’ll do with the points I’ll get at those sites. I’m already having a hard time trying to spend the PSO points I have.
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moi? 🙂
earthquakes are so exciting… except my new apartment is so crappy I’m kinda afraid that it’ll fall apart with the next one.
What’s the best site of all the poker sites you’ve tried? obviously, party has the worst players, but which is the most well presented and user friendly?