The New Age Of Poker

With the Safe Port Act passing in congress, and the hidden bill on it to stop US citizens from playing poker online, the mid and high stakes poker fields have become much harder, with many of the "fish" quitting to avoid the new difficulties of getting around the legislation. Also, a lot of the "young guns" who dropped out of college during the online peak to play full time have nothing to do but practice and grind. Many regulars of $10/$20 on party poker are now regulars of $2/$4 on other sites that DO still allow US customers(party poker pulled out of the US market due to US legislation). Cash games are pretty tough, plus i seem to run terrible in them. Tournaments still have tons of idiots, but the big fields lead to dsuper high variance. Ive made my way through several of the fields just to take a crushing bad beat before the big money. So, starting now(or after finals), i will take whats left of my online roll and focus on sit n goes(1 table tournaments) to increase my bankroll. At the low and medium stakes i still feel im always the best player at my table. Also, the short duration means i need les hands to hold up to cash in them, which is good because i seem to be running horrible this year in the luck department. I will play the occasional MTT, mostly smaller field ones to lower variance, until im back to making decent money with a healthy bankroll. Dominating sngs is how i started in poker, and i think i can still do so. I indeed have run horrible, but i can also improve. Back in the day, i could dominate on talent alone. Now, i need to seal off every small mistake i make and play near perfect to dominate, and i hope to eliminate every leak in my game this summer.

Also, I will go to Hollywood Park Casino and play the live cash games there. From the one time ive been, the competition is pretty weak. I hope to make some good money there as well. I like live cash games much more than online cash games.

Blog Is Back Alive

So, Its almost summer. I didnt get myself a full time job because i will be taking 100 hours of LSAT classes this summer in preperation for the September 29 LSAT. Woohoo for law school. Anyways, the money is running a little low, so its time to get serious in poker and grind out some cash. Im playing a little lately as i sit here and read/study for finals. I got deep in $75 tournament on Full Tilt Poker. The play was pretty weak for much of the tournament. With About 20 left i went on a cold streak losing 77 vs AK, AQ, KJ, and KK vs AK. I was ok tho, stealing blinds with about 50% good hands and 50% trash. Then with 7 left, this huge hand came up. Stacks were this. 1st had about 130k, 2nd had 81k, i had 77k, 4th had 76k, 5th had 50k, 6th had 40k and 7th had 30k. Blnids were at 1200/2400, so i still had plenty of room to pick my spots. Guy with 75k made it 7200, big stack smooth called, i found AA in the BB and made it 33k to go. Initial raiser pushed for his 75k total and big stak folded. I called of Course. Board was fine unti lthe river, then BAM Q. I have 800 chips left and lose KTs vs 66 next hand. So that AA vs QQ lose costs me probably AT LEAST 3k. &th paid like 600, first was 6500. I usually expect to lose so poker doesnt bug me, but i really wanted to win that one. Ill keep trying thesse Full Tilt Poker tournies as the players seem very weak.