Above is a typical hand you would run into online
Why haven't I updated this blog in more than a month? The reason was not that I haven't done anything interesting lately. On the contrary, it was because that I have been engaging in so many activities that I hardly had time for blogging. There sure is no shortage of topics for me to choose from. Me thinks it's best that I focus on the activity that has consumed the vast majority of my free time, Texas hold'em poker.
However, before I get into that. Michael Smith of espn.com wrote:
"As a native New Orleanian, I have to admit I almost cried when Bush put on that New Orleans Saints cap. Saints fans and the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast know what I'm talking about."
Ditto. Wow. I am not a native New Orleanian and even I got choked up, not to picking Reggie Bush itself, but to what it meant for so many desperate and sad people down here. For his part, Reggie has said and done all the right things since he's been to the city and appears genuinely appreciative of the people's enthusiastic reception. He is almost single-handedly lifting the spirits of the people around the city, something the other Bush fell far short of doing. His arrival plus the addition of Drew Brees is giving the Saints a long overdue makeover. Reggie Bush vs. Michael Vick twice a year, once in the Superdome.....football just doesn't get any better than this. If I were staying in the city of the year, which I'm not, I would consider buying the expensive season tickets.
Back to poker. I started playing hold'em heavily within the month. Unlike before, I was trying, almost desperately, to produce a profitable return off my game play. I warmed up for few days on the $0.01/0.02 no limit tables and moved on steadily to the larger tables. The main lesson I've learned about playing internet hold'em is the overriding importance of tight play. Everytime I thought I had tightened up my betting enough, the loss of a big hand would convince me otherwise. After some initial success, my bankroll started to stagnate. Unsatisfied, I shifted from no limit tables to limit tables at the suggestion of my friend DZ. Again I enjoyed some great success earlier on.
At this point the reader might wondering, "Since when did Z become such a obsessive online gambler?" The short answer is since I decided to take a shot to travel to Europe over the summer.
This entry is getting to be too long and my eyelids are getting heavy, so I'll continue with further details of my whole poker experiment next time.
