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Worst poker day this year

By: BIGTRIX6
Published: Aug 22nd, 2010
So after winning a bit on Full Tilt MTT's & rush poker last week I decided to cash it all out as i'm going away for a few days next week and could do with the cash..

So yesterday i decide to see if i can turn some FPP's into cash.

I dont have many so all i could afford was a step 1 ticket for 750FPP, so...
I played step 1 - 18 man turbo and won seat to step 2.
Next i play step 2 - 18 man turbo and win a step 3 ticket.

So i have step 3 $26 ticket and i see a tourney just started with late reg available which was the £24+2 HU MTT with ~160 players, $4k guarunteed, and a small overlay so decide to give it a shot with my only step 3 ticket.

I win the first 3 matches easily and down to the last 32 (pays 16 - $100 for 16th, $1140 for 1st).
Well just before 2am i'm playing my match and feel like i have a definite edge against my opponent (GG GrampGreedy).. I get a chip lead with nearly 3000, he has just over 1000. Then we go on break, and 1 minute before the break ends...

<MY F**&^*NG INTERNET CONNECTION DIES!!> ARGHH SH|^*T

Literally it would not connect again, its 2am, I have no backup connection, and no way of getting online at this time so i'm literally sat there when i was a big favourite to win at lease $100, possibly more, knowing i'm getting blinded out of this HU match but powerless to do anything about it. Sick huh !

If this had happened during normal daytime or evening i'd have loads of options, people i could call to play for me, places not too far away to get internet connection etc but at 2am on a Saturday night i had no options and only wish I had a backup internet connection.

This actually felt worse than a sick badbeat or even bubbling a tournament from playing badly...
I've read advice from various people suggesting to get a backup connection but never bothered and now i realise that in that instance it would have paid for itself.

If anyone's reading this then of course its your choice and whateva, but even for the low stakes i play i'm thinking about getting some kind of backup, (maybe on my iPhone), and if you play highstakes it has to be worth invsetsing.

Oh well, we live & learn.. On the subject of learning i just signed up for a month of bluefirepoker membership with some PKR FPP's so i plan to catch up with some Giggy, Samo & OMGclayaiken videos this week and when i'm away, and come back fresher and ready for a profitable September!

    Comments

    1. Infaulableoffline

      Posts: 258
      Joined: Jun, 10

      (8/22/2010 7:27pm)

      Great blog but.....stop cashing out your bankroll and pawn something instead, then this would not feel near as devastating a loss. You allowed the vacation to rob the poker players future investment fund and starting over again to rebuild a bankroll is too much work. You are just making things harder on yourself by breaking the number 1 rule of bankroll mgmt. Good Luck
    2. scpoketzoffline

      Posts: 20
      Joined: May, 08

      (8/22/2010 8:46pm)

      unlucky mate
    3. BIGTRIX6offline

      London
      United Kingdom

      Posts: 68
      Joined: Jan, 09

      (8/22/2010 9:27pm)

       
      Originally Posted by Infaulable

      Great blog but.....stop cashing out your bankroll and pawn something instead, then this would not feel near as devastating a loss. You allowed the vacation to rob the poker players future investment fund and starting over again to rebuild a bankroll is too much work. You are just making things harder on yourself by breaking the number 1 rule of bankroll mgmt. Good Luck

    4. BIGTRIX6offline

      London
      United Kingdom

      Posts: 68
      Joined: Jan, 09

      (8/22/2010 9:38pm)

       
      Originally Posted by Infaulable

      Great blog but.....stop cashing out your bankroll and pawn something instead, then this would not feel near as devastating a loss. You allowed the vacation to rob the poker players future investment fund and starting over again to rebuild a bankroll is too much work. You are just making things harder on yourself by breaking the number 1 rule of bankroll mgmt. Good Luck

      Thanks Infaulable for the comment / advice, your 100% right i do need to build up some bankroll..
      I get paid soon from my job so will be able to redeposit a decent amount to rebuild from..
      Didn't go into it in the blog but a holiday was a last minute decision, partly cos i got a nice MTT score, but most importantly my wife & children would love a little holiday and the best way to provide that for them was to use this cash from teh pokerz..
      In an ideal world i'd have poker roll totally seperate from life roll but lost a lot this year learning cash games and learning some very expensive 1st hand lessons about BR management & tilt so right now thats not possible and i thought it would be cool to get away for a few days, relax and hopefully the break might be good for my game. I plan to watch some vids and finish reading 'elements of poker' while i'm away and the day after i get back is payday and a week off work so time & money to grind some more pokers!!!!
      GL
    5. billysliceoffline

      SC
      United States

      Posts: 44
      Joined: Sep, 10

      (9/8/2010 10:37am)

      Man I hate that shit for ya dude! fuck it u ran good in other games though
     

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