Mindset

I played abysmally in my first outing of 2009 (edit! 2010), ending with a £458 loss in the cash game and I probably deserved a four figure loss, but a late Omaha rally in the early hours saved my pods.

I unfathomably got it into my head that calling an all in from The Baron with KQ was a good idea, and couldn’t deliver a beat to AK in a £500 pot. I also burned a stack with top pair no kicker, and had about three big river bluffs picked off by Nemo. The one time I saw a mighty pair KK in the hole, Snake (Nit 2009) limp shoved UTG and I was actually relieved to see that he had the other Kings instead of the bullets.

My mind simply wasn’t on the game last night, as I was constantly distracted, received poor starting hands and consequently tried to force things to happen instead of letting the game come to me.

We are nearing the end of Honest Dave’s service at the Loose Cannon. He leaves in a month to start a new life in Brazil with his wife. I’m sure his pasty white beer gut will blend right in next to the assorted bronzed adoni on the white sands of the Copacabana. In all seriousness though, Dave is in my opinion the best dealer in the business and his lightening skills will be sorely missed.

Tomorrow we have a low stakes Dealer’s Choice game scheduled at the Loose Cannon in his honour. Seeing as I am gash at Stud, Razz and Omaha HiLo this doesn’t seem to be the best way to get into profit for the year.

Still at blinds of 25p/50p things can’t go too far wrong…can they?

Monday, 11 January 2010