My 2 Cents on Whatever
What’s up everyone, hope everyone had a good Easter and a good break for those of us who got to get home for a while. In a poker sense things have been running pretty smoothly for me lately. The bad beats are still hitting but hey they hit everyone. However, since things have been going well for me and since everyone normally talks about handling cold streaks, I figured I would talk about handling a hot streak.
For most players, even if you are playing “perfect” poker during a winning streak, you are also probably running well. It’s really a beautiful feeling, and you even pull the few-outer yourself every now and then to bail you out, and you can even re-suck their suckouts. But you have to remember, it’s a hot streak, and it will cool off eventually, whether you want to accept that or not. The thing is, you don’t want to take your winnings to a bigger game just because you’re on this rush. Keep a level head and make sure you still have the winnings when things get back to normal, so you can continue to play at a solid level.
I think a good example of this is Gator93. First of all, congrats to him on a great win on Sunday. He deserved the nice cash, and it was great to see all the hours he puts in daily pay off in the form of a huge win for him. And come on, anyone who watched it and saw that river Ace come out when he was all-in with A3, so who had any doubts?
The thing I’ve noticed from when I have talked to Gator since the win is that he hasn’t been playing much at all. Usually he is in a tournament from 11am to 2am, but he’s taking it easy lately. I do not think it is because he thinks he is to big-time now, although maybe I’m wrong, I dunno. It just seems like he sees that there is no need to push another win. He’s enjoying the one he had and recognizing that often after a big win, your head is just as clouded as after a horrible loss, and you’re not playing with the same focus. So I definitely found it interesting that he’s letting things settle down before jumping back into the game.
I will also throw my 2 cents in about this ghosting business. I got to meet NSXT while I was in Tunica, and he was nothing but nice and has been nothing but nice every time I have talked to him since. The dude is passionate about teaching the game of poker–he’s not working people for money. Yes he makes some change off of what he does, but I believe he geniunely wants to help people, and I think all the hatin needs to stop. (I’ve been listening to Bob Marley non-stop tonight, maybe that’s where the peaceful view is coming in.) I know people who ghost people for no charge, they do it simply to help, and they are good people trying to help others get better. It’s internet poker, we aren’t playing the final table of the WSOP here with someone whispering into someone’s ear telling them what to do.
I have no problem with it, and here is why: people say it is a misrepresentation of who your opponent really is. How is it any different than say if NSXT made a new name and played? I mean essentially when you play one of his “students,” you are playing him without knowing it, so if he made a new name, and later you found out it was him on a new name, was that cheating? Before people start bashing me, I will say I know I’m not totally informed on the subject and maybe I’m just flat out wrong, I’ve been wrong once or twice before and maybe it will happen again who knows, it’s just my opinion that this has become to big of a deal than what it really needs to be.
OK, before I enjoy my daily breakfast consisting of Mountain Dew and Skoal, let’s talk about the OWNS tourney from last night. What it comes down to is that I took 4th and looked like a damn fool to most people in the process. Fine, I can accept that. First of all, thank you Beanie for playing your AQ so well. Maybe my call with K 10 was a little sketchy pre-flop, but you know what, I was soooted and you weren’t making my hand much better. The hand went down like this: I raised with K10 in late pos., and Beanie right behind me raised pot, and I called. It went check-check on the flop, I hit the 10 on the turn, and Beanie proceeded to bluff off his stack. I will justify the call like this–some people said to Beanie, well it’s not like you always raise with the goods, but in fact, I thought Beanie did have a big hand when I called. The point is I wasn’t going to go broke if the flop came 10 high and Beanie fired at it. I had a good stack at the time and wanted to hit 2 pair or a draw and try to get Beanie for all he had. The hand didn’t go as planned, but I still did win the pot and got to hear Beanie bitch at me for the rest of the night, sweet deal. If anyone saw the 53 hand I played at the final table, that is something I won’t justify. I thought I had the best hand when I hit the 3, and his bet on the flop led me to believe I was right, but I wasn’t. I can deal with it–as a wise man they called Tin Cup said, “I didn’t come to play for no second place.” I was also told that P0ker H0 took 12th in some tourney out in Reno. Congrats to him, although I heard the field consisted of 15 blind/deaf beginning poker players. Be easy everyone, and enjoy the spring weather, thanks for stopping by.
