Thursday, May 18, 2006

Worst -$200 of my Poker Career

So tonight I went to the casino to play the juicy 10/20 game and it was just as crazy as ever. I was just dominating and taking names for the first 3 hours and was up $1200 or so. It was getting late and the table was down to 4 handed.

I was sitting with two of the biggest fish that I have ever seen. One of them was admitably bad. He has said repeatedly, "I call because I suck at poker" and "I don't play for the money, I just like the action." The other guy was a crazy player who strattled every time he was UTG, but he did not know how to play the straddle. I cannot express how bad both these players are....

So we get 4 handed and someone says, "Let's make this a 20/40 game." I happily agreed because I was sitting in a donkey stable. So for the next 40 minutes we play 20/40 and I proceed to go as cold as I have ever gone. I never won a pot or, for that matter, HIT A PAIR in those 40 minutes. No lie, NOT A SINGLE PAIR. But the worse part about it, was that Straddle donkey and Action donkey would love to turn over 62o, 93s, etc. on the river for bottom pair. Luckily, I was able to save bets because they would have their chips over the pot showing me that they were going to call, so I would just check. After that 40 minutes, I reluctantly stood up with my last $300 and called it quits. That was extremely frustrating!

However...now that I think about it, I played my first session on WorldPX (a poker site with NO RAKE) and I made a little over a grand. So I am actually up for the day. Wow my life is crazy when I can make over $800 in a day and still end the day pissed. Well after putting things in perspective, I think I will be able to sleep tonight. Bed time.