"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -- unknown

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - Albert Einstein

poker
May 06, 2006 - 11:25 am

last night i was playing in a ring game. since i've been playing in the same type of game a lot recently, i get to see a lot of the same people, which is nice.. not that we talk, but i've gotten a feel for how they play.

anyway, last night this guy i've played quite a few times says out of no where "k, you're no rock, but you're not exactly crazy either."

i couldn't help but smile. i couldn't help but grin. i replied, "uhm, ok.."

he might have said something before that, but i don't watch the chat box much.. so if he did, i missed it. i didn't see any reply to what i said, which is fine. he said way more than he should have.

perhaps i'm taking what he said the wrong way, but to me.. it means, despite all the time we've played together, he can't figure me out. i'll go stretches folding left and right.. making me look like a rock. i'll go stretches where i'll raise preflop four times in a row.. making me look crazy. now and then i'll raise post flop with junk.. or slowplay the nuts.

i don't do this at completely random whims... i do it based on the cards i have and who else is in the hand. just because i got caught bluffing all the way to the river doesn't mean, if the situation is right, i won't do it again the next hand.

i probably can't explain this right.. but each and every hand is, in my head, independent from the last in terms of how i play. a loosing bluff doesn't mean i won't do it again. a slowplay that selfdestructs doesn't i won't slowplay again. people play in patterns, cards don't. i try, to a degree, not to follow a pattern.

this is why the guy was confused. it means everytime i bet big he's got no idea what i have. everytime i just call, he's wondering am i chasing or am i slowplaying?

i love that he's spending time and energy trying to sort me out. it makes me smile.

i also played in a tourny last night.. a cheapass 0.10 buy in. yeah, 10 cents. the winner could get about $45.00. not a bad return. i didnt' win, of course. i did place 18th out of 1837.. by far my best finish ever.

you'd think with these two things.. i'd be itching to go play in person - it's only a hour or so drive.. but i'm not. i'm feeling blah today.

perhaps i just need food.