Rebuilding

Finally made it home from New York. Hurricane Jeanne had us scared that we would be stuck in an airport all night, but everything worked out nicely. It was a nice relaxing weekend and I didn't play or read about poker. Ready to start fresh. I took some money out of the poker fund for the trip so I will be staying at the $20 tournament level for a while to build it back up. In the next couple of weeks, I would like to spend the majority of my time at the $30 level.

Had a decent week in football betting with Pittsburgh and the under helping to erase losses from the college football. Tonight, I am on the over in the Monday night game. I like them to go over the 36 points. Good luck to all!

The bleeding stops

This week again got off to a rocky start. Before I knew what hit me, I was already down $150 by Tuesday night. I logged off the computer and got to bed deciding to call it night. As I was laying there replaying some of the hands in my head, it occurred to me that I was starting to play scared. I would say that in 9 out of 10 times when we get it all in and flip over the cards, I am invariably ahead in the hand. Time after time, I get outdrawn. After a while, i got gun shy and would wait for only the best of hands to go all-in so that I don't get outdrawn. That really hampered my game. I was scared to call an all-in even when I was sure without a doubt that I had the best hand.
I made a decision then and there that I needed to snap out of that mode. I wanted to know what it felt like to suck out on someone. I wanted to go all-in even if I was on a draw assuming the price was right. I couldn't wait until the next day to try it. I got out of bed at 11 PM and played until 3 that morning. I am now up $250 for the week and it feels great!
Since I am leaving for New York early Saturday, there will be no poker this week. I might play a little tonight if I get the chance but regardless I will be able to log a win for this week. In football this week, take Purdue to beat Illinois by more than 3 TD. For the rest of my pick, you can visit www.beatvegasodds.com! GL

Stalling

Nothing is going right for me at the moment. I lost another $170 in poker this past week. Some of the beats have been out of this world. I feel like I am a worse player than I was 2 weeks ago. Is that even possible to regress?

Ironically, Iggy has a new entry posted dealing with this exact issue of reaching a plateau. In my case, it feels less like reaching a plateau and more like falling off a cliff. Switching limits have not helped, changing sites has not worked either, and trying different tournament formats is also useless. I wish I lived near a cardroom so that I can go play some live poker and get away from the computer for a while.

I really don't want to cut back on playing this week, although I would guess that most would give me that advice. The thing is that I will be going out of town this weekend to visit the in-laws in New York. I would like to be able to play out of this slump over the course of this week and head to New York on a winning note.

I am going to spend some time looking at hand histories to see if there are any changes that I can make. However I feel that I have switched up my playing this week to no avail. Maybe, it's just a matter of time before it turns around. A first place finish in a MTT would do a world of good for my self-confidence.

In the football game tonight, take Philly and Minnesota to score UNDER 50 points. For those of you that still don't have a sport wagering account, please consider signing up with Bodog using the link to the left.

Saturday's plays

4 Team Teaser, #4461272

Football - College Lines Pointspread
Game can be seen on ESPN
Michigan -14½, Sat@12:00p
(Teased 6.0 points)

Football - College Lines Pointspread
Mississippi -1, Sat@12:30p
(Teased 6.0 points)

Football - College Lines Pointspread
Game can be seen on FSN
Iowa State Pick, Sat@12:30p
(Teased 6.0 points)

Football - College Lines Pointspread
Game can be seen on CBS
Auburn +3½, Sat@3:30p
(Teased 6.0 points)

Blood Bath

That is the only way that I can describe my poker results for this past week. Makes me thankful that I still have a day job! For those of you keeping track of the number.....the finally tally is a $640 loss for the week.

I should have just taken yesterday off and watched the NFL on TV but I decided to play balls to the wall and try to recoup my loss from earlier in the week in the hope of salvaging another winning week. That plan went completely awry as I only made matters worse.

NFL betting was profitable this weekend with a nice 5 team teaser coming in. No real play on tonight's MNF game but I am leaning slightly toward the under.

I can't wait to start a fresh spreadsheet for my poker week and not have to look at that huge negative balance!

Close call

Well the Georgia Bulldogs nearly gave me a heart attack yesterday, but they managed to pull out a win against the Gamecocks to keep our National Championship hopes alive.

We have a full slate of NFL games going today so I thought I would give out a couple of winners for everyone who has been kind enough to click on the link to the left to sign up with Bodog Sportsbook....and now Poker!

Take Seattle minus the 3 points and Pittsburgh minus the 4 points.

Good luck.

It's here!

The start of the NFL season is upon us. It's going to be a busy night for the remote control since it's also the season premiere of the Apprentice. Why is it that some night there is absolutely nothing to watch and then other nights, you feel like such a loser for not having TIVO??

It has not been a good week for poker. As it stands right now, I am down about $300 for the week. I have actually tried playing more STT this week and staying away from the MTT as much as I can. I don't think I am doing anything differently than the previous couple of weeks, but all the coin flips have gone the other way. I still have a couple of days to try to end the week in the positive but it will definitely be a tough climb.

No poker tonight. I have a pretty play on the NFL game. If you have a sportsbook, go ahead and play a 2 team 6 point teaser taking Indy +9.5 and over 38.5! You can thank me later. For those of you that don't have a place to bet football this season, please consider clicking on the link on the left to sign up with Bodog Sports. You can bet on football and play poker from the same account and the games are ultra-soft!

Swinging for the Fences

Swinging for the fences....that's what I did too much of this past week. I didn't do enough of the basics. The crowd always want to see the big homeruns but it's the little base hits that add up over the course of a winning season. Simply put, I played in too many MTT this week and not enough in STT. My bread and butter continues to be the $20 sit and go on Party. With all that being said, I still managed a positive week over all. Albeit, it was only $47 for the good guys....it sure beats losing and it continues the streak of winning weeks.

If you haven't already tried it, please give Bodog Poker a try. The games there are super soft due to the clientele cross-over and they are currently running some nice promotions. Do me a favor and click on the link to the left so that I can get a referral bonus as well.

By the way, the Dawgs won this weekend 48-28. Step 1 in the quest for the National Championship is completed!

Change of Plan

Well Hurricane Frances has thrown a wrench into the weekend plan. So there will be no sand, surf, and sun this weekend. I guess that is not all bad news since now I will be able to go to Georgia's home opener against Georgia Southern. There's nothing like the first full weekend of college football games. Football is almost a religion here in the South!

This week, Bodog Sports has added multi player poker to their website. Of course, since I love to play poker and bet on sports, I immediately jumped on the wagon. I found that the games there are so juicy right now because of the type of players that cross-over. Some have never played before and are just trying out poker because they have a casino or sports bet account. The kicker here is that you can access all area with the same account and there is no need to transfer money from the sportsbook to/from the poker client. They are also running a great promotion where you get a 20% bonus EACH time that you deposit up until September 9th.

In addition to all the above, they are also giving away a seat to a WPT tournament. The satellite will be limited to only 40 entries so you have a great shot of winning. I played in a supersatellite last night where the winner gets an entry into the satellite. I believe that there was only about 130 entrants. I finished around 30th but I will continue to run this tournament every night to try to get a seat.

This is the first time I signed up anywhere as an affiliate because I really feel that this poker site has great potential. If you are looking for a new site to play, please use the link on the right to sign up. I will try to post some football plays here once and a while so you will have a place to get down on the action if you sign up now.

Thanks.

Not So Good Tuesday

Pokerroom $22 Guaranteed MTT - didn't even make the first break....lost $22.
Party Poker $33 3 table tournament - finished in 8th place.....lost $33.
Pacific Poker $16.50 Guaranteed MTT - over 700 people entered; top 60 pay...finished 61st. I guess there has to be a bubble boy in each tournament. It just sucks when that has to be you.

Total loss for Tuesday = $71.50