July 20th

July 20th
OK, sorry for the short break, but being out of the office really cuts back on my allowable time to write. And, I have also been on a horrendous run over the last few days, and wanted to take full advantage of wallowing in my self pity. OK, I am done with that and ready to take responsibility for my actions. Number 1: Two pair is the DEVIL. It should be folded almost immediately in almost every circumstance. If two pair did not exist, I might be supernova by now, but since it does I guess I will continue to get beat to death (in a slow and painful manner) at the 25 NL tables. I am really having trouble with the whole internet poker thing. I am a winning NL (1/2) and limit (3/6, 4/8, 5/10) casino player but feel incredibly uncomfortable for stretches at the computer. Let me start from the beginning. I started playing onling about 18 months ago, by depositing $50 in party poker. I built that up slowly to around $200 by playing almost exclusively single table sngs. Oh yeah, I blew about $500 (this is money I also won playing poker so the real total should have been aournd $700) on black jack, so I move to poker stars, because party poker cannot remove black jack from my options, and I lack self control on a level similar to a crack head that has just received a "crazy check". I should also credit "convict" aka tgtt for telling me to come to Stars. I now firmly believe that one site is not any better than they other, regarding the ridiculus RNG beats that are dealt. So I am now at stars for 6 months, really focusing on developing my cash game, playing in the 180 person SNGS. Start with $100 in the account, push it up to almost $400, am regularly playing NL $50, then realize I am not very good (it was a bad run/confidence was shattered) and move back down to NL $25 and presently have the same $100 I started with.

OK, I will now share focus points that have to be addressed to re-emerge as the dominant force that I am at the tables. 1) Position does not mean you can out play everyone everytime, regardless of the cards. Especially players at 25 NL; 2) Be more disciplined--credit some players for being as good or better than I am; 3) Stick two pair up my ass immediately and go ahead and transfer my stack to the other player in the hand; 4) Trouble hands should be laid down to a rasie, especially when out of position (in most situations); 5) Cute hands generally cost money, and should only be played against the right opponents, and with the right position; 6) Aggression is good, but don' friggin try to get a station to lay down. OK, there are several more for me, but I am getting a little depressed about the length of my list (do not read anyting into the word list), why does size have to be so important in life!!!!

In order to affect the above described changes in my game, I will do the following. 1) Scout my games better; 2) Continue to get my chips in with the best of it, and accept random chance for the mother f$$$er that it is; 3) Fold two pair with a quickness, 4) let go of cute hands, and totally throw out the thought of a favorite hand, 5) Accept that pushing hard is appropriate only situationally, sometimes a softer gentler Frodaddy can enhance winning by minimizing losing!!!

OK, now to more important issues. The deck project is coming right along, and Tunica is in the forseeable future. Boy do I love December. Tunica,MS and Christmas--does it really get any better than that. Well, I just hope that this year I don't get the same thing as last year from Santa. Christmas list year for last year: 1) Pair of Socks 2) Piece of Ass; well that Santa he is a funny SOB. I got both, but they were both two sizes to big!!! Frodaddy, Get Your Game On, GO PLAY