Random Orange Guy

Yeah, I know. It's been a while. Remember when I said I didn't know how often I would update this? Told ya.

Most of you who know me know that I play a lot of poker. It's something I enjoy, and I am getting better at it all the time. However, after a great few months around the new year, I'm on somewhat of a slump. It's not that I'm playing any differently, but I just keep getting unlucky. Specifically, KK seems to be my downfall (except at Hawkins' house!). Whenever I get KK, my heart races, I sweat, and I panic, fearing the inevitable. Sure enough, at the Riviera on Saturday night, I look down to see the cowboys. (Sidenote: I've started calling KK Brokeback Mountain. Not sure if I'm the first one to use it, but it made me laugh). I raise to $15, which is a fair amount in a $1-2 game. The short stack at the table pushes all in, for about $40. Everyone else folds to me, and I somewhat reluctantly call. He turns over 10s, and while that may seem good to the average reader, I know what's about to happen. In fact, I say to him "Don't worry, you will get another on the flop." Sure enough, the middle card on the flop was a 10. I don't even bother getting upset about it anymore. I know it's poker, but it's happening to me a lot these days.

I've been playing online (which I hate!) at ActionPoker.com. They have a step promotion going on that gives you a chance to win a WSOP package for as low as a nickel. I put $50 on the site, and I'm trying to climb those steps. But man, it is the absolute worst poker I have ever seen or played. I've had to adjust my style a lot to play with these idiots. Minimum raises, all-ins with 3-5 off, etc... It's rubbish, and I'll be glad to stop playing there. Here's and example of some fine play. I've reached Step 4, and look down to As-Qs. Normally, a raise of about 3-4x the BB would be good, but not on this site. I've learned that you need to make a huge raise to attempt to push off the marginal hands. So, I raise to $250, which is over 12x the blinds. Of course, I get 2 callers. Flop is A-J-x, and I bet the rest of my stack, which is only 600 more. One folds, and the other calls. He shows J-4 suited! He called my raise, and my all in with J-4 suited!! Which of course means...a J hits the turn and I'm out. I'm sure that guy thinks he made a great play, but wow, he actually thought his J was good after the flop. I can't wait to get off this site.

After seeing John's post on PokerStories, I am thinking of joining them on sunday and playing in the WSOP circuit event. I like the room at Caesar's, and I'm sure the payouts will be nice for this event. Perhaps, I'll see you all there!