Yeah, that's certainly the truth Harley, I think we all just need a dose of reality one way or the other every now and then.
Played a session live today and wound up + $317. Its always a rush to get your money in the middle in a live game. Its just too bad that only happens once every couple hours. I'm played two hands like a moron and still kinda pissed at myself for it. I was oop on both and I put both players on hands very similar to what they had, so I assumed they would bet and I could check raise the river, but live players are generally incredibly passive, so they didn't make their bet and I missed out on a total of about $70 worth of value by not just leading into them on the river or raising the turn. Next time I head to the casino I'll have to make sure I take this into account and lean towards just betting for value instead of relying on them betting tptk. But ya, had a lot of fun and took home some cash despite a couple mistakes so that's always nice.
One more thing with live play. Is it just me or is every old man actually delusional?!?!? Right after I sat down I started talking to the guy next to me and he was a pretty friendly fellow. He shared some stories about playing in Vegas back in the day and what not and it was good conversation until he started to share his strategy with me. His theory was that the only reason to play live poker was for the bad beat jackpot, so he always limped in to see if everyone would connect enough with the board to hit quads over quads and bam we're all rich. I just smiled and nodded, then began playing my game where I raised nearly every time I entered a pot. He didn't say anything but I'm sure he wasn't happy. He also said that the guy that just sat down and was going to wait till the button passed should just post so he could try and hit the bad beat. I started to say something about how the odds of hitting the bad beat probably don't mathematically justify the -EV of posting, but I caught myself just a little bit in and stopped realizing that he didn't really want my opinion, he just wanted to share his "wisdom" with me and I was fine with that, it made better conversation and a friendlier atmosphere that way.
I also sat a couple winning regs at 50nl and finished up a buy in and a half. I love playing thinking regs, it makes the game so much more fun but . . . . . . . I also love money, so I'm working on finding that balance between the two where I get a lot better and am building a bankroll to move up. Maybe I'll just play kinda mehhh regs while I'm waiting for action for a while and move more towards playing the good ones right before I move back up to 100nl. My game is improving so much recently, I've been a lot more focused since I started viewing it more as a competition than gambling. I feel like I'm at a bit of a turning point in my poker career, so hopefully I can keep riding these good feelings for a while and learn a lot!
cheers,
Chad
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