A DOG'S LIFE

[snoopy1239]

I don’t give a monkeys though.

I'm glad to see you've finally seen the light and ceased your illegal monkey trading venture - good luck in your new venture 

 

p.s. i notice in the piece that you say money isnt important - if it isnt too personal a question, if you are giving up playing online poker as your source of income then how are you going to live? Do you make enough playing live poker on the odd chance you get to pay the bills, pay the rent and put food on the table?

p.p.s. on a side note - no i dont, we dont have bowls in the jungle. Straight from the carton!!

I invoice blonde for the work I do with them, plus I write the odd article here and there for a couple of other sites.

It's not much, but it's enough to live on. Plus, I've still got my bankroll if things get tough.

Also, I won't cease to play online altogether. It's just that I can't play on such a regular basis, as I was a month or two ago.

Yep, had to give up the monkeying before I got caught. Although PG Tips still owe me a packet from the last batch I sent their way.

[snoopy1239]

Snoops, believe it or not you were one of the people I wanted to play against at BB2, But alas that big fish rod made it to the final in your place.

Good luck on the live scene mate, I hope it goes well.

LOL

Nah, Rod played well. Used his big stack to good effect.

He was obviously keen to get an interview. 

[matt674]

Although PG Tips still owe me a packet from the last batch I sent their way.

Oops, wrong customer there mate - you'll only get paid peanuts.......

[snoopy1239]

Although PG Tips still owe me a packet from the last batch I sent their way.

Oops, wrong customer there mate - you'll only get paid peanuts.......

ooh ooh what flavour?

[matt674]

ooh ooh what flavour?

uuhhhmmmmm, peanut flavour? thats provided you get peanuts - last time i did an advert for them they gave us monkeynuts!! 

[snoopy1239]

It's been a while since I posted anything on this thread, but, although my time is predominantly focused on blonde, I do still play online at every possible opportunity.

Some of you who followed this thread when it was in full flow, may wish to read my latest blog entry as the subject matter is cash-game poker.

If anyone has any comments regarding the topics raised in the article, then please feel free to post your thoughts on this thread.

I don't normally advertise my blog entries individually, but I thought this may be of interest to some of you fellow cash game players out there.

cheers, snoops snoopy

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/2376

[Gryff]

Nice blog entry, this is a common theme among a lot of players .. I think its part of a competive spirit - the one that drives us to win.
So many pros say this was one of their weak points playing in games for long hours to recoup losses in that session- just get some sleep and play fresh.
You play the same amount of time and you'll be fresher for it.

Says me chasing an early losing session at 3:15am...couple of beats early on, now on the roll back up towards what I bought in with and for what? the 8bb I'm down.
:/

I think getting over this hurdle helps with bad beats as well, its a part of the same mentality.

*logging off and going to bed*

[ifm]

Just one point, did you change the site name for political reasons?
I know your profits have come from party and i couldn't help but wonder if a site change effected you, i know that sounds daft but psychology is a major part of poker.

[snoopy1239]

Just one point, did you change the site name for political reasons?
I know your profits have come from party and i couldn't help but wonder if a site change effected you, i know that sounds daft but psychology is a major part of poker.

I'm still playing Party. I kinda switch between the two.

I quite like the blondepokerleague site, regardless of the politcial reasons. It's pretty sweet on the eyes, and I'm used to the set-up due to playing blue square. The only thing that can be tricky sometimes is mulitabling as the tables are slightly bigger than Party and my monitor isn't the biggest.

However, and I don't know if others find this, I found switching between different sights when you're predominantly a cash game player is quite a rewarding process. Keeps things fresh.

[ifm]

I have terrible problems on tribecca when i have more than one table open, it slows right down, stalls and disconnects.

[snoopy1239]

I have terrible problems on tribecca when i have more than one table open, it slows right down, stalls and disconnects.

sounds odd

did ask customer services about it?

[RED-DOG]

Great stuff sno0ps, but what I want to know is, what IS your favourite TV programme?

[snoopy1239]

Give Me A Break

This is the first proper post I have made on this thread for a couple of months, and, to be honest, I hadn’t really been planning on adding to it.

Recently, however, I have decided to play a lot more online poker and really give it a good bash. When I first joined the blonde team, I just played every so often, but over the last few weeks I’ve hit the felt on an almost daily basis.

So why do I suddenly decide to post today? Well, since I got back into the swing of online poker, today has been my first losing session, and I feel crap as a result.

The time is now 7.32am, I’ve been threatening to hit the sack for hours now, but, a combination of fatigue, insomnia, and desperately trying to make a profit have all prevented me from doing the sensible thing. This irritates me no end as I thought I’d conquered this disciplinary part of my game. Although on past occasions I would have played for longer and lost even more due to my stubbornness, this area still needs a lot of work.

The problem I have is that I am still refusing to take breaks unless I am doing well, and, even if I do manage to pull myself away, I’m back on in no time, eagerly trying to pull back my deficit.

The last few weeks have seen me make a profit of some kind on virtually every session. I felt good, was enjoying my game, and seemed to be adding to my bankroll at a rather brisk rate.

Today, however, it all went downhill. The reason for this, I believe, is that, for the first time in a while, I’ve had the whole day completely free. Normally, I play for a couple of hours, then shoot off to do something else that needs to be done. I don’t need to worry about breaks, because I only plan on playing a short session. If I know I have hours ahead of me, I tend to just play, and play, and play, gradually allowing fatigue to take control of my decisions. Then, I start to make mistakes, which, when playing four tables simultaneously, can really throw you off your game.

Of course, if I start off winning, then I have no problem taking a break after an hour or so. However, if, like today, I run my set into a bigger set and immediately find myself $200 down, I then move into the mindset of ‘Must get my money back’. Very dangerous indeed.

Several months ago, I would have started playing badly right from this point, but now, I can still maintain a solid game. On many occasions, I will pull back this deficit, joyfully finishing the session in profit. However, every so often, you run into a series of bad luck scenarios, which is what happened today. Without boring you with the details, I quickly found myself $500, and wondering how my solid play could be punished so fiercely.

Now, this is where I started playing poorly. Several hours later, I find myself several hundred down and only just manage to pull myself away from the laptop before I fall even further down the pit.

What seems to send me hurtling down that pit is my state of mind. My shoulders slump and I let poker become more important than it really is. In short, I let it get to me too much, and I start to think the following thoughts: (i) 'I don't deserve to be down' (ii) 'All that profit that I made over the last few days is going in the space of a few hours' (iii) 'What a waste of my time this has been' (iv) 'I could have done something productive rather than spent my time losing money' (v) 'This isn't fun anymore' -- Once your start thinking like this, then it really is time to stop for the day.

This is what I really despise about days like these, they make me feel low. But why? The big picture is that I haven’t lost a lot, I didn’t tilt, what I did lose was just profit from 2 or 3 days weekend play, tomorrow’s another day, and there are more important things in life. Also, due to an improvement in discipline, I believe this loss would have been double several months ago, as I surely would have encountered the dreaded Tilt Monster.

However, I’m still pissed off that I let it happen at all. Why I can’t just say, ‘okay, I’m down, but I’m tired and it’s unlikely to get any better, so I’ll take a break for a couple of hours.’ I’ll never know. But tomorrow, I’m going to make a change.

This is the plan. Get up at 3pm, eat brekkie, then boot up the lappie. Throughout the day, I’ll play in 1hr 15min shifts. Whether I’m winning or losing, I’ll take a break for an hour, then get back on. True, if the table’s soft, then I really should stay seated, but, at this point in time, I really want to get into the pattern of being able to take breaks.

I have no idea how this is going to go. There are a few things that concern me. (i) Perhaps I’m just not playing well at the moment (ii) Maybe I’ll be tired tomorrow after going to bed post 8am (iii) I’m feeling kind of down.

But, I’m going to give it a crack and see what happens.

Watch this space. True, we all slip up now and then, but what I believe sets the good players apart from the bad, is that they can come back twice as strong.

Ps. If any of this rings a bell, and you wish to offer feedback, please do so.

[MrMoves]

Hurray!  The dog is back doing what he does best.

Could it be after a winning run you feel you'll never lose again?  So, when you take a few beatings you refuse to accept it and carry on in a less than focused condition?

 

[yt]

about time too. a decent post to read at last.
gl