Here fishy, fishy, fishy…

Looks like winter isn’t quite over. Weather’s been pretty nice for the past few weeks, but the snow’s back today.

Didn’t play much poker yesterday feeling as sick as I was. And I woke up feeling even worse this morning, though I’m feeling a bit better now after some food and some Firefly. Only problem is that even though I really enjoy watching it, I still can’t help getting a little depressed thinking about how such a great show got canned.

I did play in a 10+1 LHE SNG last night and managed to get nearly wiped out early. Had the nut straight on the turn against a set (actually, 2 sets in the end) and the river pairs the board. Was quite disheartening.

But when I went back to the .5/1 ring games nursing my wounds, the cards hit me like I haven’t seen in months. Playing the straight draw with 43, runner runner 3s for a set. Top pair (kings) vs. 2-pair (kings-fives) and hit runner-runner straight. A4 into an AKQ flop hits a 4 on the turn. And as I’m playing my final orbit of the night, not planning on playing anything but premium hands, what do I get but pocket aces which, for a nice change of pace, stay good to win me a nice pot.

But, as I go review the hands in Poker Tracker now, I see that I owe my thanks just as much to the mighty fish of Party/Empire as to the run of good hands. People were calling – and raising – with only marginal hands. A few of the times where I thought I was lucky to have improved, I didn’t even need to improve. I suppose what I should really be grateful for is that the fish haven’t been getting their miracle cards on me like they have in recent weeks.

I also realized that because of my run of bad luck (and bad play) I’ve been running a bit scared. I’m always paranoid that every card is the miracle card someone has been hoping for. I’m very quick to give someone credit on making a hand. Reviewing the hands form last night, people will bet and raise with the stangest things. I think I need to start playing my own hands and my own draws just a little bit harder. Often it’s not going to cost me too much, and there are some big pots to be won out there.

3 Responses to “Here fishy, fishy, fishy…”

  1. Pauly says:

    Nice site, thanks for the linkup!

  2. tp says:

    Thanks. Right back atcha!

  3. shmoops says:

    I LOOOOOOOOOVE Firefly.

    Joss Whedon is my idol.