LEAVING WEEKEND

This post is going to have to be split into two really, one about the weekend which will only make sense to those who came to Folkestone for my send off. The other part will contain some poker thoughts that wont make sense to anyone who came to visit, well except Howie .I’ll start with the main point of this blog, poker. For a while now I have been thinking 2 things about poker from my recent experience:

1. Why have I sudden lost all momentum and struggle to increase my bankroll.

2. A lot of the low level very aggressive players gain chips easily but lose them to rocks like me by making stupid calls - how could I change more to that style whilst keeping my ability to make sensible folds, thereby creating a perfect combination of the two styles.

Before I found an answer to these questions I moved $300 into Will Hill to pick up the monthly bonus last week. It didn’t take long to have a set under set situation and an outdraw and I was down to $0. I did actually get the bonus but it was only $50 and because I was down it didn’t really make any difference. That was pretty annoying…………so again I went back o the 2 questions above.

After reading a few blogs I suddenly remembered something I usually do but have suddenly stopped. Open raising with a hand I will play. Unfortunately as a tight player this is not something I would naturally do, although it is something I do believe I should do. I think that after playing so , much poker, you get kind of hypnotized into playing your most comfortable, yet not the most profitable way.

I’m not saying that open limping is terrible and should be banned, I just find that raising has added more aggression to my particular style. I have found that in doing this, you take control of the pot your playing and over the course of time I find that I am the one gaining chips now. I may just be running good and have this all wrong, but I definitely think this small change has addressed the 2 questions above.

Anyways after losing the $300 on Will Hill I have gone on to win most of it back on Party. Over the weekend I even played a late session (3am-5am) completely off my face and all I can remember is that I won over $150. Then I also won around $70 whilst completely hungover and having less than 4 hours sleep the next day in 30 minutes. Nice to squeeze in a few profitable hands even while having 4 people staying in my room all weekend.
Ok so for the other part of this post, my leaving weekend. Watch out because I’m afraid this is in semi code for those who were here as I promised a mention on my blog.

LEAVING PARTY PIC - http://snipespoker.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/dscn0145.JPG

It really was a brilliant weekend and I haven’t felt as grim or tired since my uni days, so it was a real old school blow out with the key faces from the past 5 years (minus Froggy and J.R, jokes).

Bankroll - $1780