Frustration is mounting.

Yesterday Piers and I played our first challenge match. It was in Chinese Poker, which I did not know how to play on Sunday, so I didn't have high hopes. However playing the play money games briefly beforehand I felt as though I had picked up the game fairly well. Still, that was a small sample size against people probably worse than our very own Piers Majesky, but what kind of man (Not one at all according to TightWad, more on that later) would I be if I only played him in games I thought I have a +EV!? Well right off the bat he made some real nice hands and I couldn't put much together and he had a big lead. TightWad was firing jokes left and right, I really had no idea he was so funny. I mounted about 3 little comebacks but nothing really serious and after maybe two hours Piers finished me off. I have never laughed so much while losing $50. Then I logged onto Partypoker to do some actual work. 40 minutes into the hellish session (flopped set of 4s ran into a set of 5s and another flopped set of 4s ran into a flopped PAIR OF 5s, who was able to nail a runner runner flush on me) my internet connection died, AGAIN. I lost about $500 before the connection died.

Today was Yom Kippur so I had shit to do until I got home at around 8:30. I was eager to make back my losses and just flat out playing again. I got on 2 $10/$20 (6 max) tables, 1 $10/$20 (9 max), and a 4-5 handed $20/$40 ring game. Things were going pretty well but the connection starting getting very bad and I was getting timed out left and right so I had to end the session rather quickly. I made about $600. Piers do you mean noon or midnight? The odds of me being up at noon are roughly the same as hitting a gutshot. However if I am up and my connection is behaving better, I'd love to.

Whatever it costs you to get a reliable connection has got to be worth it. I changed from wireless to ethernet cable from a server and I have been rock solid ever since.

Molina

Let's set the match for 2:00 EST then if you are up. I will check back here around 1:30 or so.

Well my internet connection still is non-existant, but my step brother's computer is working just fine so I'll play the match on this machine. Paradise? Pokerstars?

Let's do it on Paradise. HU 3 6 play table 228 buy in.

My name there is Blacksun. We can start whenever you are ready.

Alright, I'm Xaston on there as well, I'll sit in some seats, find me.

I am no longer using that crappy Belkin wireless nonsense. I got me a big long cord from staples and for now its going down the hallway to the room with the modem. Later today or tommorow pops will drill some holes through walls so it won't be so unsightly. I'm gonna have to play extra hours this coming week to make up for the lack of hours this past week due to the poor internet connection.