In Between Days...aka WWdN Final Table Idiocy Redux...aka Bonus Code Iggy of course
Brevity will direct the hand today. As always, of course.
I’m getting somewhat rundown as Mr. Mom (I relinquished my title with this new gig). Are all you women feeling incredibly vindicated out there? Fair enough. Oh bearers of the mighty Y chromosome, I am taking one for the team, but am no longer man enough not to bitch about it. Me sleepy.
My MTT downtime is an undulating mobius strip of incomplete slumber, a 4 year-old existentialist who wants to debate each morsel I numbly shove at him, and a defiant 2 year-old who calmly recites back to me my entire speech on the benefit of being potty trained, while I wipe away the evidence of her refusal to get on the program. She is stubborn in that way that fills me with a mixture of irritation and admiration. Mostly admiration. She’s the kind of girl who’ll find the world presents a near immediate solution to any problem it throws her way. You know the type: beautiful and intelligent, unfairly optimistic with a ready laugh and a smile that says, “Who’s kidding who? You’re gonna do what I want, and be happy to do it.” Sheesh. The baby is mostly cruise-control, but these two jokers keep me hopping about without time to do anything remotely Manly-Mannish, like fart or tell lewd jokes. Gone indeed are the Halcyon days of youth. And those of wearing 15 lbs of lead and bathing in cancer-causing radiation for 3 to 7 hours at a time.
In poker news, I final tabled WWdN for the second week in a row - finishing a distant fourth behind Haley, Aaron and the mysterious aebooth. Congrats to all three, well-deserved. I have clearly identified a critical late-game exuberance that results in very low EV moves at a time when I can not afford to be playing stupid. I am going to exorcise this demon or go down swinging. I almost stopped myself last night, but blew my toes off anyway. Last night’s landmine occurred when we were 5 handed and I was looking good with 30k. I then doubled up KentAllard (my WWdN final table twin) when I called his 77’s holding 33’s. How bad a move was this? It had the disagreeable odour of a thing unnecessary. It was not easily affordable, as it killed half my stack and it forced me to change my game. It was the exact same error as the AQo c-bet in the 20k. Not terrible plays in general, but in context they move you further from the goal line. In case any wonder, I post about the dumber things I do in the hopes these words will find their way back into my head the Next Time.
On a positive spin front, I am now certain that abandoning cash games and SNG’s has clearly been a good move for me. Jules gave me this advice months ago, and had I heeded it I would not have torpedoed a sizable chunk of change. Woulda, shoulda, coulda…Thankfully, the bankroll is growing playing MTT’s again, which seems amazing, but I guess this is the one part of poker I have some vague comfort with. I final tabled MATH (no cash though) and WWdN this week. I am from the school that finds the blogger competition much tougher than the shallow gene pool that is most of the 20k. So when I am doing well in these I feel verah confident in the 1000+ MTTs. To wit, I am following my MTT mentor’s advice and loading up Party today. I will now be assaulting the 40k precinct in shameless parody of Hoy. You guys should too, you’re better than a sizable chunk of the competition out there.
Should I just two table tonight? It’s funny, but two-tabling MTTS is now what one tabling used to be – my standard mode. I don’t know how or when exactly it happened, but when I get locked in on just one I become impatient. Still 3-tabling continues to elude me. Since my choice is to dump the Mookie or the FT20k, both of which I love (in a decidedly masculine and very Religious Right acceptable way) I guess it’s three tables for my 40k debut. Yeah, I’ll likely be a little short on talk time, but being the Chatty Kathy you all know me to be – invite me to a conference and I undoubtedly will come a-callin’.
Laytah.
I’m getting somewhat rundown as Mr. Mom (I relinquished my title with this new gig). Are all you women feeling incredibly vindicated out there? Fair enough. Oh bearers of the mighty Y chromosome, I am taking one for the team, but am no longer man enough not to bitch about it. Me sleepy.
My MTT downtime is an undulating mobius strip of incomplete slumber, a 4 year-old existentialist who wants to debate each morsel I numbly shove at him, and a defiant 2 year-old who calmly recites back to me my entire speech on the benefit of being potty trained, while I wipe away the evidence of her refusal to get on the program. She is stubborn in that way that fills me with a mixture of irritation and admiration. Mostly admiration. She’s the kind of girl who’ll find the world presents a near immediate solution to any problem it throws her way. You know the type: beautiful and intelligent, unfairly optimistic with a ready laugh and a smile that says, “Who’s kidding who? You’re gonna do what I want, and be happy to do it.” Sheesh. The baby is mostly cruise-control, but these two jokers keep me hopping about without time to do anything remotely Manly-Mannish, like fart or tell lewd jokes. Gone indeed are the Halcyon days of youth. And those of wearing 15 lbs of lead and bathing in cancer-causing radiation for 3 to 7 hours at a time.
In poker news, I final tabled WWdN for the second week in a row - finishing a distant fourth behind Haley, Aaron and the mysterious aebooth. Congrats to all three, well-deserved. I have clearly identified a critical late-game exuberance that results in very low EV moves at a time when I can not afford to be playing stupid. I am going to exorcise this demon or go down swinging. I almost stopped myself last night, but blew my toes off anyway. Last night’s landmine occurred when we were 5 handed and I was looking good with 30k. I then doubled up KentAllard (my WWdN final table twin) when I called his 77’s holding 33’s. How bad a move was this? It had the disagreeable odour of a thing unnecessary. It was not easily affordable, as it killed half my stack and it forced me to change my game. It was the exact same error as the AQo c-bet in the 20k. Not terrible plays in general, but in context they move you further from the goal line. In case any wonder, I post about the dumber things I do in the hopes these words will find their way back into my head the Next Time.
On a positive spin front, I am now certain that abandoning cash games and SNG’s has clearly been a good move for me. Jules gave me this advice months ago, and had I heeded it I would not have torpedoed a sizable chunk of change. Woulda, shoulda, coulda…Thankfully, the bankroll is growing playing MTT’s again, which seems amazing, but I guess this is the one part of poker I have some vague comfort with. I final tabled MATH (no cash though) and WWdN this week. I am from the school that finds the blogger competition much tougher than the shallow gene pool that is most of the 20k. So when I am doing well in these I feel verah confident in the 1000+ MTTs. To wit, I am following my MTT mentor’s advice and loading up Party today. I will now be assaulting the 40k precinct in shameless parody of Hoy. You guys should too, you’re better than a sizable chunk of the competition out there.
Should I just two table tonight? It’s funny, but two-tabling MTTS is now what one tabling used to be – my standard mode. I don’t know how or when exactly it happened, but when I get locked in on just one I become impatient. Still 3-tabling continues to elude me. Since my choice is to dump the Mookie or the FT20k, both of which I love (in a decidedly masculine and very Religious Right acceptable way) I guess it’s three tables for my 40k debut. Yeah, I’ll likely be a little short on talk time, but being the Chatty Kathy you all know me to be – invite me to a conference and I undoubtedly will come a-callin’.
Laytah.
posted by Iakaris aka I.A.K. at 3:46 PM
9 Comments:
I wish I had the energy to play MTTs with two kids.
Congrats on other final table Iak!
I like the fact that you attribute being sleepy from playing Mr. Mom, and not staying up to 4:00 a.m. MMTing.
MTTing
Boyz you allude to exactly what my wife claims is the REAL reason I am so exhausted these days.
All of you are wrong. It's my incredibly selfless childrearing activities - not the fact that the 20k has ya going to 2AM if you're lucky.
We gotta stick togethah on this one.
Ah, I do so love to be proven right in print :) Glad to hear the world of MTTs is working so well for you.
4 year old existentialist? Stubborn 2 year old? Hmm...they couldn't possibly be YOUR kids could they? ::evil grin::
Don't feel bad about doubling me up. Look what I did a few hands later. Pushed 66 into JJ. It was great seeing you at the final table... again.
I fully understand the "defiant 2 year old" situation. My daughter is doing her part to find her own independence. Ye Gods.
I'm starting to mull over only doing cash games to clear bonuses. I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not, because I want to be a more well-rounded player than a specialist.
Congrats on taking down the Mook! Sorry I missed it.
Congrats on the Mookie last night man, nice work.
So how did your first foray into the 40k go? I got hammered early when I reraised allin preflop with KK and got called by (a phucking moron with) AJo. Naturally not one but two Jacks on the flop and I was crippled early. Then my pc started acting up and I had to close the IM before I was able to check in on you. Do tell my man.
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