3 x 2 =1
Yes this math problem may seem to confuse...but to me it makes perfect sense. I have just come off yet another fun week of VPP league play and I had a great time. The banter makes me smile, the competition pushes me to play better and I can just feel the love....
And it gives me a great deal of confidence in my poker play...
Let's do some fun poker math here;
3 times second place equals first place in the standings.
Last night I mentioned briefly that, gosh darn, I just can't seem to crack that second place nut...and it bugs me. Dave W was quick to respond that 3 second place finishes in 4 weeks is nothing to frown at, but I am.
I wonder if other poker greats were happy when they only got seconds. Do you think Doyle ever said, "Second is good enough", or "Well it's better than third.." I doubt it. If he did, he probably wouldn't be the poker great that he is today.
If I am content with such a finish, then I needn't improve more. I can stop reading, hey Dave, don't worry about sending out my next batch of books...I don't need them. I'm good enough...I CAME IN SECOND!!!
The first second place finish made me happy because all of you guys intimidated the heck out of me and I was thrilled to bits to realise that I was in a similar skill bracket.
The second second place finish made me smile but I was beginning to wonder what was up with my heads up play
Now that I have hit the third second place finish I am finding it somewhat problematic. There is a real chink in my poker armour that unless I solve the problem I will always be one place off of the very best prize. One place off getting the cruise, or one place off the elusive I-Pod, or one place off the biggest money available.
I understand that I can't win them all. No poker player can. And I understand that I should be thrilled to bits with my current poker league standing... and I am... But gosh golly gee...I sure would like that little banner at the end to stop telling me that I'm "the runner up" in this week's tournament!!!
So VPP boys I shall leave you with this. Over the next week I will be studying with great vigour. Not about continuation bets and first in vigourish, but about one thing and one thing only...how to play heads up poker, and how to play it well enough to win.
Be well until next week...
And thanks once again to all of you who have been helping me to improve my game.
K
And it gives me a great deal of confidence in my poker play...
Let's do some fun poker math here;
3 times second place equals first place in the standings.
Last night I mentioned briefly that, gosh darn, I just can't seem to crack that second place nut...and it bugs me. Dave W was quick to respond that 3 second place finishes in 4 weeks is nothing to frown at, but I am.
I wonder if other poker greats were happy when they only got seconds. Do you think Doyle ever said, "Second is good enough", or "Well it's better than third.." I doubt it. If he did, he probably wouldn't be the poker great that he is today.
If I am content with such a finish, then I needn't improve more. I can stop reading, hey Dave, don't worry about sending out my next batch of books...I don't need them. I'm good enough...I CAME IN SECOND!!!
The first second place finish made me happy because all of you guys intimidated the heck out of me and I was thrilled to bits to realise that I was in a similar skill bracket.
The second second place finish made me smile but I was beginning to wonder what was up with my heads up play
Now that I have hit the third second place finish I am finding it somewhat problematic. There is a real chink in my poker armour that unless I solve the problem I will always be one place off of the very best prize. One place off getting the cruise, or one place off the elusive I-Pod, or one place off the biggest money available.
I understand that I can't win them all. No poker player can. And I understand that I should be thrilled to bits with my current poker league standing... and I am... But gosh golly gee...I sure would like that little banner at the end to stop telling me that I'm "the runner up" in this week's tournament!!!
So VPP boys I shall leave you with this. Over the next week I will be studying with great vigour. Not about continuation bets and first in vigourish, but about one thing and one thing only...how to play heads up poker, and how to play it well enough to win.
Be well until next week...
And thanks once again to all of you who have been helping me to improve my game.
K
2 Comments:
Kaycee--
Heads up play and SH play is probably my major weakness. It's why I've never really been that good a tournament player. Harrington on Holdem Volume 2 is an ideal book for you. Congrats on the solid play!
Thanks tib...both volume one and volume two live by my bedside..I read every night..but I just haven't gotten to the heads up chapter yet...I will before next week! And I have voume three coming in the mail courtesy of VPP!
Be well
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