Friday, April 02, 2004
Can anyone tell me what happend to Anistropy's blog?
For two days, I've gotten this message on blogspot.com:
"The following Blog*Spot page was not found."
For two days, I've gotten this message on blogspot.com:
"The following Blog*Spot page was not found."
Thursday, April 01, 2004
It's pathetic, but I'm stoked!
I just won my first tournament ever, a $10 + $1 7 stud one at Party. I don't play .50/$1 stud at Party because the antes are disproportionately huge, and Lizzie Tight here has no idea how to loosen up her play accordingly. (So I play at Paradise, where the competiition is tough, but the antes are zero for .50-$1.) But the Party tourney was the cheapest one I could find this evening. First prize: $40.
For the record, I've only played two tournaments before, one online, probably hold 'em, didn't make the money; and one stud 8 at the Tropicana, where I made it to about the top third, no money. Since then, I've read that there is rampant cheating and team play by sleazebag locals at the Trop tournaments, so I have not been inclined to try again.
For my winning experience at Party, I'd had several glasses of Courvoisier, so maybe that helped my ability to "read their souls" [tm that wanker Phil Hellmuth].
I wonder what playing poker with Napoleon, the patron of Courvoisier, would have been like. I never gave a rat's ass about Napoleon until I read a wonderful book called The Emperor's Last Island by Julia Blackburn. It's not so much about history and politics as it is about loss and depression, two of my favorite subjects. Highly recommended, 5 stars on the Suited Trash rating system, same as Iggy's blog.
I just won my first tournament ever, a $10 + $1 7 stud one at Party. I don't play .50/$1 stud at Party because the antes are disproportionately huge, and Lizzie Tight here has no idea how to loosen up her play accordingly. (So I play at Paradise, where the competiition is tough, but the antes are zero for .50-$1.) But the Party tourney was the cheapest one I could find this evening. First prize: $40.
For the record, I've only played two tournaments before, one online, probably hold 'em, didn't make the money; and one stud 8 at the Tropicana, where I made it to about the top third, no money. Since then, I've read that there is rampant cheating and team play by sleazebag locals at the Trop tournaments, so I have not been inclined to try again.
For my winning experience at Party, I'd had several glasses of Courvoisier, so maybe that helped my ability to "read their souls" [tm that wanker Phil Hellmuth].
I wonder what playing poker with Napoleon, the patron of Courvoisier, would have been like. I never gave a rat's ass about Napoleon until I read a wonderful book called The Emperor's Last Island by Julia Blackburn. It's not so much about history and politics as it is about loss and depression, two of my favorite subjects. Highly recommended, 5 stars on the Suited Trash rating system, same as Iggy's blog.
Back from the sick and despairing, if not the dead, here.
When I came back from AC, my low state of mind caused by winning small and losing big was followed the longest-lasting flu/cold/whatever I've ever had. Then I was quite depressed over everything in general, and poker in particular.
I've been playing no-ante stud (on Paradise, since Party's low-limit stud structure has insanely high antes) and doing well. I'm getting ready to go back to AC, less because I want to play there but because there's stuff in our apartment I must organize and move back to NYC.
Anyway, for now, I'm changing the theory of this blog. Instead of keeping tabs on all poker blogs, I'm only going to note the ones that really send me (although I will try to keep a complete list of links going to the right).
I'll talk about my own attempt to consistently make a profit playing stud. (Are any other bloggers at all playing stud, or is the poker blogosphere a hold-'em-only deal?)
I find hold-'em, which at low limits is filled with gangs of obnoxious young guys capping every street, too much like bingo on crack. It's hard to see where the skill is. I also don't enjoy the company of the little knit hat and sunglasses-wearing weasels.
I've done better in Omaha, but the Omaha players in AC are such a pack of unpleasant, dealer-abusing and possibly colluding regulars that the small profit isn't worth it. Not that the stud players are delightful; they're just less horrible than their Omaha counterparts.
When I came back from AC, my low state of mind caused by winning small and losing big was followed the longest-lasting flu/cold/whatever I've ever had. Then I was quite depressed over everything in general, and poker in particular.
I've been playing no-ante stud (on Paradise, since Party's low-limit stud structure has insanely high antes) and doing well. I'm getting ready to go back to AC, less because I want to play there but because there's stuff in our apartment I must organize and move back to NYC.
Anyway, for now, I'm changing the theory of this blog. Instead of keeping tabs on all poker blogs, I'm only going to note the ones that really send me (although I will try to keep a complete list of links going to the right).
I'll talk about my own attempt to consistently make a profit playing stud. (Are any other bloggers at all playing stud, or is the poker blogosphere a hold-'em-only deal?)
I find hold-'em, which at low limits is filled with gangs of obnoxious young guys capping every street, too much like bingo on crack. It's hard to see where the skill is. I also don't enjoy the company of the little knit hat and sunglasses-wearing weasels.
I've done better in Omaha, but the Omaha players in AC are such a pack of unpleasant, dealer-abusing and possibly colluding regulars that the small profit isn't worth it. Not that the stud players are delightful; they're just less horrible than their Omaha counterparts.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Wednesday (Feb. 18)/Thursday (Feb. 19) poker-content updates:
Anistropy
Cardplayer's Journal
Chris Halverson thoughtfully provides the text for a brief Forbes article, so we don't have to register (hate that shit).
The Daily Grind
Fish With a Pole plays in AC (Trop and Sands).
From Guppy to Shark, I beg you to change your color scheme; small white type on a black background is difficult to read.
Guinness and Poker offers another day's worth of excellence, including an interchange between Daniel Negreanu, that germy-looking, bleached-blonde weasel, and Erik Seidel, who has the quiet tall guy thing going on that I so admire (other notable quiet tall guys: Gary Cooper, James Taylor, my husband).
Intrepid Card Player
Livejournal Poker Community
Love and Casino War
Mean Gene is funny about Phil Hellmuth's writing "style."
A Poker Odyssey
Rhymes With Joker
Rick Blaine gets current and retroactive credit for new content,
Shaynamouse
Stick and Move
Tao of Poker
Up For Poker
Vagaries of an online poker player
Vegan Poker
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Back from AC, and not feeling well.
I won small and lost big (by my low-limit standards). The small wins were nearly all playing no-ante $1-$3 and $1-$5 stud. The big losses were playing $2-$4 hold 'em (incredibly aggravating, as usual, watching the likes of unsuited k3 take down $100 pots) and trying $5-$10 Omaha 8 and $5-$10 stud.
I did meet Gigi, who lives near New York City, at the $2-$4 Omaha table, and her extreme love of poker was inspiring. I didn't ask her age, but she has kids in their 40s, so I guess that makes her at least 60.
When I lose more than $200, I think about quitting poker forever. Gigi says she doesn't mind losing (although she would never play $5-$10, as she thinks that's risking too much), and that as long as she's playing, she's happy. This was a stunning concept to me. If I lose more than $50, I'm miserable until I win again.
Tuesday (Feb. 17) poker-content updates:
Anistropy
Brian's Poker
Cardplayer's Journal
Cards Speak
Chris Halverson
Decker's Journal
The Daily Grind
From Guppy to Shark
Livejournal Poker Community
Love and Casino War
Poker for the Masses
Poker Grub
A Poker Odyssey
Poker Watch
Rants of a Young Mind
Stick and Move
Tao of Poker
TightPocket
Up For Poker
Vagaries of an online poker player
Vegan Poker
Random Thoughts and Thoroughbred Selections
I won small and lost big (by my low-limit standards). The small wins were nearly all playing no-ante $1-$3 and $1-$5 stud. The big losses were playing $2-$4 hold 'em (incredibly aggravating, as usual, watching the likes of unsuited k3 take down $100 pots) and trying $5-$10 Omaha 8 and $5-$10 stud.
I did meet Gigi, who lives near New York City, at the $2-$4 Omaha table, and her extreme love of poker was inspiring. I didn't ask her age, but she has kids in their 40s, so I guess that makes her at least 60.
When I lose more than $200, I think about quitting poker forever. Gigi says she doesn't mind losing (although she would never play $5-$10, as she thinks that's risking too much), and that as long as she's playing, she's happy. This was a stunning concept to me. If I lose more than $50, I'm miserable until I win again.
Tuesday (Feb. 17) poker-content updates:
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Atlantic City update: staying here through Presidents Day weekend, and have no computer. Updates to resume next week.
Friday, February 06, 2004
I'm off to Atlantic City for the weekend, so no updates through the weekend.
Thursday, February 05, 2004
Inspired by Mean Gene, I'm trying $25 buy-in pot-limit hold 'em on Party. I just chickened out and folded the hammer to a $3 preflop raise.
* = especially recommended
Thursday (Feb. 5, 2004) update:
Diary of an Online Poker Player (minimal update)
The Intrepid Card Player
Mean Gene
Poker Penguin
Stick and Move
Tao of Poker
Up For Poker
* = especially recommended
Thursday (Feb. 5, 2004) update:
