Saturday, August 23, 2008

All Day Sucker, I Am...

(That's what Yoda would say in my shoes.)

Yes, I am a sucker for reloading on Stars. The doom switch has been on for a few weeks now. I had a couple good runs on the SNG's but have also had larger dry spells. I'm reduced to playing micro satellites unless I want to drop more in the well.

If you break down my play, I think it's gone rather well. My money usually gets in ahead. I always act deliberately in "big" hands, never rushing into any "life threatening" tourney decision.

In other words, I have played well but the results don't show it.

Playing tournament poker is like being the ugly kid in high school and asking all of the pretty girls to prom. You get shot down a bunch of times - but if you stick with it, eventually you end up with a beautiful, happy ending (drunken sex possibly included).

Fantasy is swingy as usual. Three days up then three days down this week. Typical.

I've only won 43% of my contests this month, which is an all time low. I usually take home the cheddar 55-59% of the time. Again, maybe I was due for this downswing. I'll know for sure when hockey rolls around.

In addition I've failed on my last 3 football picks. Those CFL home & home sets always seem to trip me up. NCAA starts this week, so I'll have a chance to double up.

Carry on.

2 comments:

lemoyneken said...

Still playing for fun on PS. Finally won a 27 player yourney w/o getting bored before the end. May have helped that I got up from the table and went and played catch with my youngest for 15 min.

Buffalo66 said...

A bunch of folks play 2 tourneys at once because they get bored w/ just one.

If you took down a 27 SNG you're probably ready for the real money.

Also, playing other games (stud or omaha) will get you more involved.