Wednesday, March 7, 2007

UHGGG Bodog

The last few days at bodog really haven't gone as I would have liked. I really have not been playing great poker. I think the main problem is I've been too lazy with my reads because of the low quality of play. In many situations you want to get a lot of money in with medium strength hands, but you also need to make sure you minimize your losses when it's obvious you're beat. I really haven't been doing the latter all that well and it's cost me a bit. That being said I have been getting a sick number of coolers and bad beats, but I could have most likely saved about half of what I've lost the last few days. I've temporarily fallen in the trap of being blinded by some players donkidness. Instead of reading their actual hand I just assume that they have some garbage. While they usually do have garbage, the times they don't are pretty obvious and I could save a lot of money by getting away from those hands. I'm going to play the $100 6 max tables until I'm certain that I've made all the necessary adjustments. I've played 2425 (wow that seems so low for the # of hours played) and lost $950 so far this week. I am about to hop on a flight to Seattle to visit my father for a few weeks. I'm not sure how often I'll be playing yet, but I'll keep you guys updated when I do.

Bankroll: $6191
Hands played this week: 2425
Bonus cleared this week: 0
Hands played this month: 6954
Bonus/rakeback this month: $151

4 Comments:

At March 7, 2007 at 6:41:00 PM EST , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think that you should spend you time in Washington relaxing and reflecting on your progress as a player.

I don't think you need to play much poker; especially, if you are bored if have nothing to do.

You should keep your mind as far away from playing as possible and come back and see how it impacts your game.

I hope you have a good time, homie!

 
At March 8, 2007 at 3:59:00 AM EST , Blogger Ryan Carter said...

I'm not so sure about that. I played like 3 hands poorly and that definitely doesn't warrant a whole month off. I'm playing pretty good poker, just need to make a few adjustments to crush the bodog games.

 
At March 8, 2007 at 5:35:00 PM EST , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't think you need to take the break because you are playing poorely. A month is a long time to go without "work". Essentially, I think you should just take a vacation. Everyone needs one and your whole live revolves around poker right now. What better way to relax and reflect?

It would be absurd to stop playing and monitoring the site; but, I know all the time and effort you spend on you activities and would love to see a little relaxation from Doc Carter.

 
At March 9, 2007 at 7:30:00 PM EST , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gonna be missing the constant updates thought.

 

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