A wise man once said that quitters never win and winners never quit. I truly believe that. In order to succeed, you have to taste defeat along the way. With that being said, I am going to take an extended break from poker. Suffice to say that September and the first part of October has not been kind to me. This weekend really threw me over the edge…..everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
First of all in college football, my Georgia Bulldogs lost to Tennessee and pretty much eliminated ourselves from the National Title picture. I knew we were in trouble when the linemakers made us a two touchdown favorite over the Vols. There was no way that we were going to beat Tennessee by 14 points after coming off that huge win over LSU. We were sky high while Tennessee just got embarrassed at home by Auburn. I knew that we were not going to take them seriously and I would have put down a huge bet on Tennessee this weekend to easily cover that number but my allegiance to the Dawgs are too strong to bet against them. If this game was replayed today, I have no doubt that Georgia would win by double digits……now that the reality has hit us. This is a fine example of the idea that no matter how great you are and how great others tell you that you are, you still have to strap them on and go take care of business each time you hit the field.
In my only bet of the college football weekend, I took Florida minus the 3 points over LSU. Florida led that game 21-7 late and ended up losing 24-21. Arrrghhhh!!!
In the pros, I went 2-2 but that could have easily been 3-1 if Seattle didn’t give the Rams the victory after being up huge.
Are you starting to see a trend here?? I hate bad beat stories but here is one for you. Late stages of a Pokerroom multi table tourney. I have invested about 2.5 hours. We are down to 15 players and top 10 pay. I am about 12 or 13 but still have a decent stack…more than 10 times the big blind. On my right is the chip leader, he has been pretty much running over the table and no one is making a stand as everyone is trying to squeeze into the money. I am in the SB with AK suited and it is folded around to him on the button. He throws out a bet for 3 or 4 times the big blind. I come over the top and go all-in. At this point, he has to know that I have a real hand as I would not risk bubbling out of the tourney with a reraise steal. However he had such a huge chip lead that he calls. I really don’t like it but he turns over A5 unsuited and I have him dominated. Do I catch a king? NO. Does he catch a 5? NO. He makes a 6 high straight. My tourney is over.
The reason I recounted the bad beat above is to illustrate how the cards have been falling for me over the past month and a half. I am not much of a superstitious person and I am not convinced that online poker is rigged. However, there has to be an explanation for what I have seen recently. I actually had to reload my Party account for the first time in a very long time this past weekend. That’s not exactly a good feeling when all you have done is cashout.
So I am going to take a hiatus. Mark my word, I’ll be back with a vengeance. I plan on playing in at least one major tournament next year. At this point, I am not sure how long I am going to take off. It may only be a couple of days or a few weeks or it could even be until the end of the year.
I plan on doing lots of reading and catching up on all the new blogs out there. I also am going to take action on several business ideas that I have been putting on the back burner because poker was going so well and I wanted to spend all my time playing.
I will not be updating this blog as often until I come back to poker full-time. I will however continue to come on here with any big sports play that I have. You could also visit beatvegasodds.com daily for any plays that I may have.
Thanks to everyone who has come by to read this blog and especially to those who have left comments with suggestions to help my game. Much appreciated!
