The Just Like Riding and (falling off) a Bike Challenge
After a 2 year hiatus I began playing Online Poker again around 3 months ago.
When I stopped playing in May 2011 I had kept records of wins and losses
on a blog, and had never had a losing year since I began online in
2007.
Within the 4 years I played I probably had no more than 2 losing Months
(to my best recollection) - playing a mixture of micro cash games,
freerolls and value added tourneys (of which there seemed to be a lot
more than there is now 
)
I thought playing Poker was just like 'Riding a Bike', in that once
you've got rid of the stabilisers everything is easy forever - However
I've been back 3 Months and have yet to post a winning month
,
so either pokers changed a great deal, or I've lost some of my ;
Skill-Luck-Good Fortune-Concentration-Desire or combination of 1 or more
of those (of course I obviously know it's rigged as well
)
So I thought maybe if I begin recording and telling people how bad I'm
playing that I might concentrate, or have more desire to succeed,to
avoid heaping more embarrassment upon myself 
.
I've also luckily been able to supplement my Poker losses with a bit of
Betting, and Advantage play - so I'll record those within my challenge
as well, to stop me ending up like a Charity case if the poker doesn't
turn the corner - I'll try and post the betting and advantage play
selections up prior, so I can't appear to only be selecting the winning
bits -and wherever possible I'll post my Poker exploits on here also to
encourage comment (or abuse) as people see fit 
So let the 'Ride' commence .....
I'm thinking of making a return to playing poker regularly once the dark nights are here so will watch this thread with interest!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
TQM
It's getting harder every year, even at the micro's, dread to think what it's like at $1/$2 or what ever the highest I used to play at was.
ReplyDeleteI play a lot of Omaha hi/lo these days for four reasons.
A. you get 4 cards
B. There two pots so you have twice the chance of winning
C. You get lots of vip points etc. to get into half decent freerolls
D Every one else in the world is crap at it.
Good to see you both back, all the best.
Glceud
Good luck back at the tables
ReplyDeletesounds like I just missed the boat for all the super value tourneys where could easily find excellent profits , indeed I still find the casino's are softer than most of the micro's maybe even casino regulars don't read as much strategy as micro stakes players sat at the virtual tables.
made a note of your comment Glceud tried play a bit of PLO8 cash couple of years ago and despite being pretty awful at cash game found this pretty comfortable and had a ridic winrate albeit over a very small sample size (not sure why don't play them anymore )
Danshot