Quest of a Closet Poker Player

I’d posted a bit of a rant yesterday about donking off some cash almost from sheer frustration and boredom, and Dan at Poker and Peaking called me on it, that this was a type of tilt to be aware of.  Upon closer examination, I think it may be more troubling than I first thought.

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Continued traction is tough for CC’s Partners as Neil and Kat push through toward the end of the first month. Has this been a good idea?  If you look at different success measures, it doesn’t look great.

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My sister in-law has been with us since Wednesday, and since she’s expecting their third child, she’s been napping a good bit.  So when the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at the chance to sleep with her.

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I was once again a great host last night as I did project work through a good chunk of CC’s Thursday Bash.  We had thirty who made it to PokerStars, and who walked away with the first crown of the year?

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Congrats to kajagugu and Waffles for being randomly selected for a freeroll into CC’s Thursday Bash.

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So I’ve found the new replacement for poker. It’s called LineRider, and once you hit it you’ll never go back.

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Two freerolls are available into tomorrow night’s CC’s Thursday Bash (9:30PM EST on PokerStars, $10+1 NLHE). I’ve lowered the buy-in to get a rowdier crowd, and here is how you qualify for the freeroll drawing:

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After a 9:00AM call this morning, I headed up to bed having pulled another all-nighter of work. I’m in a difficult, uncomfortable world right now where my bed is an unwelcome sight and insomnia is my mistress.

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I’ll have more in the morning after a good night’s rest, but how do you get unstuck when you’ve sat down with Keith Sexton at an $8/16 HORSE table on FullTilt, only to watch your previous little score in a $5/10 PLO game with JJ Liu earlier (AAKX held up) evaporate like the Patriots’ lead?  How about this?
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I finished down around $450 or so from my airport play last night, a fitting conclusion to a long six-hour wait at the Westchester Airport.  As I peered over online tables, I caught a glimpse of what lies before us.

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