With some determination after an unscheduled night of gastronomic and alcoholic debauchery, triggered by having realized I left the crock pot on while driving in a lethargic rush hour, I[…]
Category: session
Ten Nine, Off and On
I’ve found an unusual game at a small cardroom previously unknown to me. Worn out by emotional fatigue and the stress, frustration, and guilt of spending down my bankroll on[…]
Meanwhile, in the Village
Perception is a great theme of poker. Dealing with information. Evaluating actions. Filtering misinformation.Judging your opponents, sometimes at a glance, and sometimes, over years together, like smiling, vicious colleagues who have[…]
Capped Game Spots, Part II
Differing from the first installment of this slightly dull series of posts, aimed specifically at the die-hards (including myself) and the cubicle grinders who read my pieces on smartphones between hands[…]
Capped Game Spots, Part I
Over the course of two consecutive sessions, both entirely profitable and generally satisfactory, I was involved in hands that had me second guessing myself then and now. What makes them worth commenting[…]
Risks
It’s hard going, trying to come back from troubles. I don’t feel well. My heart races when the latest idiot leaps behind my car while I pull out of the garage-[…]
Giant Head’s Laments
“AWISHALLINAPUSHINDA!” Giant Head exclaimed. Since nobody at the table speaks Giant Head as well as I do, I did let loose a short laugh over his brief mistake. He was[…]
Für Otto, seine Lohn
Otto doesn’t win much at the bigger games. If you were to mention his name to me, the image that would form in my mind is that moment when he[…]
Homework
I had hoped to be writing a very different post than this one. Back in the days when I was obsessed with thin value betting, thinking that was the pinnacle[…]