Back From the Oil Rig...
Whenever my husband works for many hours for many days and we hardly see each other, we say he's out on the oil rigs. That's kind of where I've been. I do apologize for my wordlessness as of late. A funny thing happened...the world outside of poker requested that I visit.
Poker can be all encompassing if you let it. I was letting it. Which is difficult to do when you have a family and a full time job. You see, while I might view myself as "Karen" poker star extraordinaire, the rest of the world views me as Karen, high school teacher and mother of two. So the rest of the world called, I answered and now I am back to poker.
I had fun tonight. I really like the VPP freerolls. I have played in three or four now, and have made the money in all of them. Tonight was particularly fun because I happened to knock out Mr.VPP himself...and collected a little bounty. For some reason, and I would love to know if others experience a similar phenomenon, I really do play my best poker when I play in VPP events. I'm stumped. Perhaps it's because I find the banter relaxing. Perhaps I feel I have something to prove. Or, perhaps I'm just playing better players than I normally do and am forced to bring my "A" game every time. I don't know why, but I like it. And I hope it continues. It makes me feel good to do well.
I do have a conundrum though. And perhaps someone reading this blog can provide some insight. When I'm reading the posts in the forum I hear tell of large bankrolls, sites with lots of fishy tables and great poker successes. I think, "Oh, those guys must be so much better than I", then when we play at the same tables I find that we seem to be fairly equally matched. Yet my bankroll is still paltry, my successes are okay but nothing stellar and my resolve is wavering. How, oh how, will I build my bankroll, and start really reaping the rewards of my unwavering commitment to the game of poker?
Okay...enough of that. I've been pondering something else. And again I invite comments. Here's a scenario that seems to happen every time I play:
I'm playing at a low, no-limit table. There's no more than $50.00 in any given bankroll at any given time. Then, there's some clown who thinks he knows so much about poker that he's giving the entire table "free advice" on how to improve their game. My concerns for such a character are twofold:
1) Why would you tell your opponents how to be better poker players? So they can take your money instead of vice versa?
and, this is the one that really really gets to me;
2) If you are such a fantastic poker star, why are you playing in $10 buy in tournaments, or 10/25 cent games? Surely there is more money to be made elsewhere with such skill...
I have always said that there are many many silly silly people in this world. Now, I know that if I really want to find them on short notice, all I have to do is log onto any given poker network, and buy into a low limit ring game....
The End.
Be well and good night
Oh and as a P.S.--if you really really want to read more of Kaycee's blog, I would sure like to hear your feedback...comments always spur me to write more...and more...and more....until you just can't shut me up!
Once again, be well.
K.
Poker can be all encompassing if you let it. I was letting it. Which is difficult to do when you have a family and a full time job. You see, while I might view myself as "Karen" poker star extraordinaire, the rest of the world views me as Karen, high school teacher and mother of two. So the rest of the world called, I answered and now I am back to poker.
I had fun tonight. I really like the VPP freerolls. I have played in three or four now, and have made the money in all of them. Tonight was particularly fun because I happened to knock out Mr.VPP himself...and collected a little bounty. For some reason, and I would love to know if others experience a similar phenomenon, I really do play my best poker when I play in VPP events. I'm stumped. Perhaps it's because I find the banter relaxing. Perhaps I feel I have something to prove. Or, perhaps I'm just playing better players than I normally do and am forced to bring my "A" game every time. I don't know why, but I like it. And I hope it continues. It makes me feel good to do well.
I do have a conundrum though. And perhaps someone reading this blog can provide some insight. When I'm reading the posts in the forum I hear tell of large bankrolls, sites with lots of fishy tables and great poker successes. I think, "Oh, those guys must be so much better than I", then when we play at the same tables I find that we seem to be fairly equally matched. Yet my bankroll is still paltry, my successes are okay but nothing stellar and my resolve is wavering. How, oh how, will I build my bankroll, and start really reaping the rewards of my unwavering commitment to the game of poker?
Okay...enough of that. I've been pondering something else. And again I invite comments. Here's a scenario that seems to happen every time I play:
I'm playing at a low, no-limit table. There's no more than $50.00 in any given bankroll at any given time. Then, there's some clown who thinks he knows so much about poker that he's giving the entire table "free advice" on how to improve their game. My concerns for such a character are twofold:
1) Why would you tell your opponents how to be better poker players? So they can take your money instead of vice versa?
and, this is the one that really really gets to me;
2) If you are such a fantastic poker star, why are you playing in $10 buy in tournaments, or 10/25 cent games? Surely there is more money to be made elsewhere with such skill...
I have always said that there are many many silly silly people in this world. Now, I know that if I really want to find them on short notice, all I have to do is log onto any given poker network, and buy into a low limit ring game....
The End.
Be well and good night
Oh and as a P.S.--if you really really want to read more of Kaycee's blog, I would sure like to hear your feedback...comments always spur me to write more...and more...and more....until you just can't shut me up!
Once again, be well.
K.
