I can't win at the pokers

The title pretty much says it all....i literally can't even book a winning session anymore. I'm so disgusted with poker lately that i'm ready to unistall it from my computer. I almost had a winning session yesterday but about 10 minutes b4 i quit, i held 22...middle position raises and i call..flop comes A82..jackpot baby....he bets pot...i raise...he re raises...i push, he calls and turns over pocket aces...just another set over set...bye bye $280!! I've actually failed to mention the main reason for this downswing...i just withdrew about half of my bankroll!!! The dreaded cashout curse strikes again i guess..not that i believe in this crap, but it makes you wonder...


I think i'm going to start Oct back at 50nl (this makes me sick)...i don't think i'm playing bad, but i may spend a week or so back at 50nl to get my S together.


Had a small losing week sports gambling. Illinois came through for me yesterday (even though they lost) and Tampa Bay saved the day from being a gross day, but nothing too bad. I'm kind of bitter i went with a parlay instead of just betting on teams straight up becuz i had the chargers -8 and the skins + 11.5 and they both won, but of course, they were on the parlay with the under in the Jax/Hou game...oh well, so goes the battle.


Ok, thats it for now...month review is coming, and it is UGGGGGG LLLLYYYYYYY


Murph

I just shot a 26...

Yes, you're reading that right....a 26!!!!!!!!! Ok, it was a par 3 course, with 2 par 4's mixed in there (went with the g/f), but if you do the math, thats still a 3 under par!!!! My short game is pretty deadly right now, so throw me on a par 3 course, and sparks are sure to fly, but a 3 under par 26?!?!?!?!!? Anyway, golf game is feeling great, and hopefully i can still get a good 2 months in before winter hits. I'm going out tomorrow morning to play, so, lets see what we can do. It's such a weird game though, one day your ball striking is amazing but you putt for anything, and the very next day, you're dropping 20 footers like they're gimmies, but you can't hit a fairway to save your life...i guess when you finally put those two things together...good things will come out of it...like 3 undrr par rounds lol

I was asked by one of my 2 readers what gets old about chillling, playing golf and playing poker....please refer to the graph at the top of this post...yes...i've run nearly $900 under expectation in the past 24 hours...that alone will make you want to quit the game...thankfully i've only lost about $500, but i mean i've NEVER seen anything like it...after quitting my session this morning, i told myself i was taking the rest of the week off...but my degeneracy is stronger then i thought, becuz i will probably be firing up 12 tables shortly lol The most insane thing ever is that i really feel like i'm playing some great poker these past few weeks...i've made some of the sickest calls and bluffs ive ever made...i don't know what is worse, the fact that i can't hit a draw to save my life, or the fact that i keep getting sucked out on when i get it in good...prime example of this...i flop top pair and a flush draw..other guy flops a set (of course he does)...we get it all in on the flop....i blank out (of course) ship $200 his way...about 20 hands later, i flop a set...some donk overbets pushes all in, i snap call...he has a flush draw, and hits...ship $200 his way. Shit like this is happening way too much...i can't remember the last time i hit a draw, and got paid ANYTHING on it...end rant.

Start my job thursday, so come on thursday!!!!!

Murph

GG Poker

So, my time has a poker pro has come to an end (thank God). I found out today that i got one of the jobs i was hoping to get here as a personal trainer at probably the best gym in the city...woooo hoooo!!! Hopefully i will be starting by the end of the week, i have to go in tomorrow for an orientation, and poker can go back to being what it is suppose to be...fun, not a job. Not that im not having fun anymore, but there really is a lot more pressure when your playing for rent money. By the looks of things, i may end up having a losing month if i don't have a very nice finish (first losing month in i don't know how long). I'm not going to sit here and complain about bad beats and running bad (even though this month may b the worst i've ever run), i'll just say that poker and me are just not getting along much these days. Bottom line, i'm very excited to start working again. It's been almost 3 months of just chilling, playing poker, and playing golf. It's been fun, but i'm ready to get back into the real world. Hopefully i won't have to be at the gym at 5am when it opens because that may take some getting use to...i'll gladly settle for an 8am start.


Ok, thats it for now...had my first losing week in sports gambling this weekend no thanks to the Euro's some how losing to the American at the Ryder cup (i actually made the bet after the friday play becuz there Euros were paying 3.5-1)...Thankfully Dallas convered the -3 and they saved it from being a brutal weekend.


Murph

Gambling 101

Before i give you all a quick lesson, i just want to say I Love Money is pretty much the greatest show ever...The Entertainer will be missed. Onward...


So, after 2 weeks for nfl gambling, this will be my 2nd winning week...nothing big, but a profit is a profit. So this may seem very basic for the experianced sports gambler but DO NOT, and i mean DO NOT put a 3 or 7 point favorite into a parlay. I've learned from past mistakes that this will kill you everytime. You'll win your first 2 games, and the 3rd one, lets say Bears-3 will win by 3, and instead of you getting your money back for it being a push...you lose the bet. Instead, bet the bears seperately, and throw another team on the parlay. Like the title says, it's gambling 101 folks!


There...just in for a quickie...ive got the steelers -6.5, so lets hope they hang on for this win baby!!

Murph

Back to Reality

The same piece of shit hit TWO 1 outers on me with all the money in within 15 minutes, along with a few more solidly played hands by donkeys...sigh

Murph

Strike a pose

A typical afternoon for my dog....must be nice

AMAZING DAY!!!!!!!!!!

Ill start by saying i dont know what the hell is up with my paragraphs when i post my blogs. When im typing them up, they look good, then i look at the final product, and it looks like one GIANT paragrah, and is hard to read...so sorry...i'll try to figure out what the hell is wrong.


I'll start with a rant...decieded to stay up late lastnight and grind...stuck 2 hunge....weeeee...my God poker is really starting to annoy me....the thing is, i'm not playing bad poker...i have gone on mini tilt a few times this month due to some gross beats, but the mini tilt has MAYBE cost me $50-60 tops. Anyway, I played about 1k hands just now and won over $200, so i hope its turning around. Of course though, i ran KK into AA all in pre flop...and OF COURSE, it is agaisnt this smae MOTH$%FUC%*#$ that this has hapenned to 3 times in the past 10 days...i mean r u serious??????????? When he re raised me AGAIN today, i started laughing to myself thinking there is no way he has AA AGAIN when i'm holding the Kings...Wrong!! Ah well, so goes poker...dropped of 8 resumes yesterday, so hopefully i land a real job this or next week!!


Onto the amazing part of the day...decieded to go golfing today...but hadnt played in 2 weeks, so i wasnt expecting much...and i went to a course i have never played and decieded to play the middle tees because they were still 6600yards and the tips were 6900....and ended up slapping an even par 72 on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is my best round ever for 18 holes. I think the craziest thing (next to the fact that i hadnt played in 2 weeks) was that b4 the round, i got a bucket of balls to work out the rust...and hit the ball like ABSOLUTE CRAP!!!!!!!! I was literally shanking my long irons...it was GROSS!!!! On to the round. I ended up dropping a 15 footer on #1 for birdie...then stuck my approach on #3 to 5 feet, and birdied there to start out 2 under after 3!!! Ended up making a bogey on #5 and pared 789 to shoot a 1 under going out. I've shot a 1 under on 9 before, but only once. So needless to say i was on cloud 9. #10 was a short par 3 and i stuck that to 10 feet but missed the putt. Missed another 10 foot birdie on 12, and pared 13,14, and 15. So i get to the 16th tee and i realize i have a GREAT shot at keeping this round under par...possibly even under 70 if i could've sunk one of the short putts i missed...16 was a 488 par 5...i stripe my drive down the middle and have 208 in...i hit my 5 iron to 5 feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In my defense, this was a BRUTAL 5 footer with almost 2 feet of break and of course, i miss the eagle putt, but tap in for birdie, and now i'm 2 under with 2 holes to play. 17 was only 368 with water all down the right. Now usually i would play my 2 iron, and have a short iron in, but i had literally hit every drive down the middle, or a tad left, so i didn't think the water would be in play if i hit the bigdog. The plan was to hit driver, and have a little sand wedge in...that was the plan...i came out of the drive, and drop it in the center of the drink....F$%& ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, regroup...i still have a wedge in, let me walk out of here with a bogey at worst, and still be 1 under on the 18th tee...a monster chunk later, a bad chip and 2 putts and hello double bogey!!!! So now i'm even for the day on #18...a 173 par 3...so i grab my 7 iron, tell myself stick it on, 2 putt this and walk away with an even par round....CHOKE...i hit a monster pull hook and miss the green 25 yards to the left...now i'm just sick...goodbye even par ....BUT somehow, the golf Gods were smiling down on me, and i pulled off probably a 1 in 25 up and down and saved par to shot the 72...my chip actually stopped about a foot from the hole, from where i was standing i really though it was going in...oh well...72 for my best round ever...gg me!!!


Sorry for the LONG post, but like i said, between winning over 2 hunge and shooting a career low in golf...like ice cube said, today was a good day

Murph

ps Donald Braswell all the way!!!! HA!!

ZOMG

So, i'm not exactly in the mood for a review seeing as i just had the sickest session since i've been playing online poker. So, that being said...August was a decent month, ended up approx. $1500 for the month...enough said. I barely played, and i probably donked off at least 100 playing razz and omha8 ( i literally had the nuts on the turn about 6 times, and never even halfed the pot on the river...just sick!!!). Bottom line...August was ok, but i need to log more hands.

On to Sept. I'm on a nice 8 buy in downswing to start the month...good times. I have a WAY too many gross beats to talk about, so i'll only talk about few. 3 limpers to me on the button, i have AA...i make it $5.5...folded to the utg limper, who limp re raises to 15 (i'm fist pumping at this point)...i deciede not to slow play it, so i make it $44...he calls...but only has like $25 left....flop comes 973 with all clubs ( i have no club, but i'm not hating life)...donkey bets $8 into the $95 pot...so i just put him all in for his last $17...he goes into the tank....lol...at this point, i feel like he's slow rolling the nuts on me, but oh well...he times down and calls...showing 52 offsuit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!! FIVE FUCKING TWO OFFSUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh yeah, he has the 2 of clubs...guess what falls on the river..yes, a club...52 offsuit good sir...take it down...then of course, he insta leaves. One last beat...guy makes it $3.5...i have QQ on the button and bump it to $11 (yes, i should've made it more, but i was isolating this donkey, so i wanted to keep him around)...guy in BB smooth calls...so does the utg...flop comes 872...BB bets $15...utg calls...i make it $45...BB pushes and the other guy gets out of the way...the donkey in the bb was a 58/10/4...so i snap call him...he turns over 72 offsuit for 2 pair...he fills up on the river, and stacks me...well played sir.

This was just the tip of the iceberg this month. I've never seen anything like it. These were probably the worst 2, but i could give you another 10 or 15 betas very similar...having the STONE COLD NUTS on the turn...gettting all $300 in the pot only for the board to pair on the river, etc etc etc. I'm just sick about poker right now. I really hope its nice this week so i can play some golf because me and poker are not getting along at all.

Lastly, i'm actually going out looking for a real job tomorrow anyway, so hopefully soon i can put poker back to where it belongs...extra money...not bill money....gg life!

Murph

ps seeing as i didnt even mention it, the graph at the top of the post was how i ran today...-$500 from what i should've won...YAY!!!!

pss about the only good thing of the day was my sports gambling. Picked Dal -6 (easy money!!) Pit -7 ( see above) and i'm 2/3 done on my paraly...Car+9, sf/ari under 42 and i have the colts/bears under 44 which is going on right now

psss NEVER EVER EVER bet on the bengals again, no matter how juicy the line looks

August review...sike hahaha

Not in the mood to do my August review...i think i had my biggest losing day ever in a late night sessions lastnight so F poker...KK vs AA twice...and the one time the flop came AK7, the other time it was blind vs blind all in pre flop...good times...thankfully i won a couple hunge today so i back on track here for Sept. I'll post it tomorrow i think. Although, looking at the month end graph, i really didn't run as gross as i thought i did.

Labor day weekend was fun...too much drinking and WAY too much spent on food... but it's all good.

Murph