New Year...New Stuff?
Happy New Year! So what if it has been nearly 10 months since my last entry...I never claimed to be a legit blogger. Due to the hounding I have received from my good friend, Jase, I am making a new year entry to give an update on things.
1. Poker!! Live game is still lacking. Been to Choctaw a couple times and have left broke or nearly broke. I usually play 4-5 hours before this happens so maybe if I left earlier I would be ahead. Online game has improved. Put $30 on Bodog back in Late July. My bankroll there has jumped to $1k! Mainly playing low limit PL games. I did place 5th in a $30+3 tournament back in Sept and that jumped the bankroll up another $300. From there it was just a grind by playing ring games when I got the chance.
As of Oct when this great government of ours passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and the popular donkey sites closed their doors to U.S. players things have changed at bodog. No longer did my chart move up at a steady pace. It began to see the variance that one would expect to see with PartyPoker refugees showing up in droves. It went from a steady climb to a crazy rollercoaster ride. Up $30 one session...down $60 the next...up $80 the next...down $10-20 the next few then back up again. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
My game has changed a bit as of the new year though and I am trying to change up how I play so the variance does not swing both ways so much. It has been working I guess as the climb has started again. One of the goals I made for this year is to play in more tournaments and try to enter in a few bigger ones with a hefty payout. Once I make a couple million so I can pay off nasty CC bills I can get on High Stakes Poker season 4 or 5. We shall see....we shall see.
2. World of Warcraft! Still playing it as much as I can with the wifey. We picked up the expansion (Burning Crusade) today so I am sure there will be lots of playing in the near future to level new toons and try new stuff with our old ones. I have played too much in the last year I think. 2 level 60s and another that hit 50...plus few I have that don't get played as often. Oh well...it is a cheap form of entertainment and less stressful than poker. :)
3. Uhhh...I guess that is it. Work is work...nothing exciting to talk about.
Until another 10 months...have a good one!
Ed
1. Poker!! Live game is still lacking. Been to Choctaw a couple times and have left broke or nearly broke. I usually play 4-5 hours before this happens so maybe if I left earlier I would be ahead. Online game has improved. Put $30 on Bodog back in Late July. My bankroll there has jumped to $1k! Mainly playing low limit PL games. I did place 5th in a $30+3 tournament back in Sept and that jumped the bankroll up another $300. From there it was just a grind by playing ring games when I got the chance.
As of Oct when this great government of ours passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and the popular donkey sites closed their doors to U.S. players things have changed at bodog. No longer did my chart move up at a steady pace. It began to see the variance that one would expect to see with PartyPoker refugees showing up in droves. It went from a steady climb to a crazy rollercoaster ride. Up $30 one session...down $60 the next...up $80 the next...down $10-20 the next few then back up again. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
My game has changed a bit as of the new year though and I am trying to change up how I play so the variance does not swing both ways so much. It has been working I guess as the climb has started again. One of the goals I made for this year is to play in more tournaments and try to enter in a few bigger ones with a hefty payout. Once I make a couple million so I can pay off nasty CC bills I can get on High Stakes Poker season 4 or 5. We shall see....we shall see.
2. World of Warcraft! Still playing it as much as I can with the wifey. We picked up the expansion (Burning Crusade) today so I am sure there will be lots of playing in the near future to level new toons and try new stuff with our old ones. I have played too much in the last year I think. 2 level 60s and another that hit 50...plus few I have that don't get played as often. Oh well...it is a cheap form of entertainment and less stressful than poker. :)
3. Uhhh...I guess that is it. Work is work...nothing exciting to talk about.
Until another 10 months...have a good one!
Ed
posted by Ed at 3:23 PM
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