I read all of the blogs every morning whilst at work. i just never respond, too much effort so early in the morning. I love how i get paid to read the ramblings of btper's.

and no one rambles more than us!!!!

Another pretty rotten day. I suppose it could've been worse, I only lost about 20 bucks...but this week has really been nothing but shitty, so I was kinda hoping to at least get close to where I started!

It's like one of those tragic news storioes you always see involving a helicopter, a child molester and a sixty year old nun. You don't want to watch, but you can't look away.

I think that, for the most part, my play was very solid today. But the cards weren't coming, and bad things happened when they did. I can't tell you how many times over the last few days I've flopped two pair, only to have it counterfeited by the board pairing on the turn or river. Over, and over, and over again. Seems like the flushes and straights just keep on getting there, and the ace keeps showing up when I have KK or QQ.

I had a brief chat with monk, during which we bitched about our rotten results, called eachother impolite names, chatted about Monk's flagrant homosexualtiy, and generally made dimwits of ourselves. Somehow, I'm not sure it really assisted either of us in the grieving process.

My point here is really not to whine...but then again, I'm so damned good at it...because I realize that bad streaks happen. Hopefully, I'll be able to continue to play well, not let it get to me, and be able to finish off the week with at least two or three bucks in the ol' bankroll! Positive thoughts!

-TW

I am steam-rolling through a $20, 186-man limit O8 tournament! Some of you might not realize that I'm a skilled Omaha Hi-Lo tourny player. I'm not. I actually have no idea what the fuck I'm doing.

Suffice to say, it has been a tournament filled with bad decisions, mass confusion and chaos, and some truly gooberific suck-outs by yours truly. I'm currently 2nd in chips, down to 3 tables. Top 18 pay, but this O8-neophyte wants the big money! Wish me luck.

-TW

Down to two tables. I took a hit on a hand where I KNEW I shoulda folded to the flop 3-bet after my raise, but I couldn't so it cost me an extra 6000. Ugh! Knocked me down into the teens, but I've worked my way back up to 6th with a stack of 17.5K, and 2K/4K stakes. Scary stakes!

My next update will either be because I made the final table, or because my tires blew out on the way there.

-TW

Yippeeeeee, final table time! First time in a while, other than a recent 1-table SNG.

4th in chips with 33K, 3K/6K stakes, and no idea what I'm doing!

-TW

Finished 5th for a pay-out of about $240. Grrrrrrrrr, a couple key hands at the final table that didn't pan out, even though as far as my microscopic O8 brain can tell, I was definitely in with a decent chance to scoop, and a huge chance to at least take half...but of course, got scooped instead. Oh well.

-TW

Folks, there are two types of people in this world: those that have short attention spans, and...and when the fuck did "Pogs" go out of style!? For shit's sake, I have like 500 of these fuckin things just sittin there in some fuckin cabinet, and for that matter, I still haven't gotten around to buying a fucking coffee-maker!

I finally had a decent day this week! Very decent, in fact. I played for about 3 hours and 14 minutes, netting a win of $330! Sounds really good, until I mention that I was dealt AA today! Pretty ridiculous! The sobering fact, of course, is that I managed to lose money with every other hand I was dealt, but hey, 12 deals of pocket-rockets is enough to turn even a blemin' moron like myself into a winner!

Now's the part where I normally say, "Seriously, though, I did play very well today, and it was nice to see it pay off!" But I'm not going to say that, because I basically played with about as much skill as an opiated gazelle. Nevertheless, today once again goes to prove the old adage, "good things DO happen to bad people!"

-TW

Well, it's cash-out day, a day early; I'm off to visit the parents tomorrow, and probably won't be back until Sunday. I ended the week DOWN 324 bucks over a bit more than 25 hours. I really don't feel like calculating a "loss-rate" for the week, because that term is rather embarassing.

As was the plan, I still did cash out my $500 "salary"; in a way it feels good to still get paid...and in another, more concrete way, it feels awful to see my bankroll lose over 800 bucks. I'm not worried about going broke, I have plenty of cushion...it just sucks to see myself slide that much farther from eventually moving up. I suppose this is part of paying my dues.

I'm looking forward to starting with a nice, clean slate next week. The cards were downright nasty to me this past week, but I think I've also figured out a few...alright, to be fair, a multitude...of leaks that need plugging. My confidance was a bit hurt earlier in the week, but I think I'm slowly developing a better mentality that'll hopefully carry me through in the future.

As previously mentioned, I'll be visiting the folks, so I won't be on here much. Happy Easter, everybody!

-TW

Dull, disastrous, depressing, demoralizing, and deeply disturbing. Those words all describe my visit with the folks, which I just returned from. You'll also note that they all begin with the letter D, unlike my mother's maiden name. You know what, I'm not even sure I remember my mother's maiden name...so I suppose I could be mistaken.

Anyway, great to be back; there's only so much pinochle any man can take. Also good to be back on the internet, since my parents have officially adopted an off-line policy due to a number of reasons, none of which have anything to do with decline of Soviet Russia.

And another thing! Poker withdrawl is a bitch. Think I'll go hit the tables!

-TW

ATTENTION

Due to a number of highly pertinant reasons (that I haven't come up with yet), I will not be posting any entries into this journal until Friday, at which point I will set forth with a renewed zeal, and will resume the ridiculous buffoonery you've come to expect.

END TRANSMISSION

-TW