The time is finally here to let the word out. For quite some time my poker friends and even opponents have told me that I run the worst of anyone, ever. I never really used to complain-- my life is so good outside of poker that a little EV here and there can usually be forgiven. It's gotten pretty ugly though, and this week I took a thrashing at the hands of coolers and bad beats. Primarily though, I've just been running into the top of my opponents' range over and over again.
The good news is that I'm playing phenomenally. I mean, I haven't been this sharp my entire poker career, not even close. The edges are so big in NLHE that you would think that I could overcome the run bad, but that hasn't been the case. Oh well, I hate people who whine and complain so I'll get it out of the way:
That's about $140k below EV this week alone, ~60% of it at 100-200. The rest, remarkably, is at 25-50, where I am ~12 buy ins below EV in the last 5 days. This does not include today where I got it in preflop with nines three times to an overpair every time. Essentially, it's to the point where I barely have enough online to even play 25-50, and with no plans to redeposit I better run hot soon!
The good news is that despite the fact that I'm top 5 in the world right now at HUNL, I don't really like poker. I've been playing flawlessly and getting into interesting spots, but it's just not fun. When I win all I think is "at least I didn't lose" and when I lose all I think is "why did I even play?"
The even better (and more important) news is that life is fantastic. This is why I hardly played poker for the last 6 months! I've been lifting as good or better than I have since high school. Today I decided I would try to learn how to swim... I'm not a very good swimmer. I mean, I suppose I'm alright, it's just not something I've ever really done. For the level of cut-ness that I'm looking for though swimming seems like it's right up my alley and something vastly different from pickup basketball, obviously. I'm eating good as well, this week was full of wraps and sandwiches and fruit and other stuff that I sometimes forget exists when I'm in Vegas.
Speaking of LV, I'll probably be headed out there in two weeks or something. I'm pretty excited for this summer, play a few random tournaments and see a bunch of people that I only see a few times a year.
In news I wish I didn't have to inform people of, the person who hacked my AIM account a few months ago is back at it again. I got a flurry of PMs and texts that wanted to make sure my old AIM was still hacked. The guy is trying to get people to download something apparently-- I'm *pretty* sure that no one was effectively scammed for any money yet, and hopefully anyone who thinks they might've clicked something can wipe their computer ASAP. Something I sit around and think to myself about all the options that we have in life and what a shame it is that we only get to lead it once; it saddens me that someone out their chose scamming other people as their only shot.
I guess maybe my plan should be to play in a few SCOOP events and pull a
luckychewy...
edit: good things come to those who complain, imo.
