Quest of a Closet Poker Player

I’ve never stayed at Caesar’s Palace before, but my sweet mini-suite is a great way to start.

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I rushed down to hit the Mook when Sweetie decided to hit the bed early.  One of the frustrating things about FullTilt is they don’t allow any late registration for tourneys, not even one second.  As I reached the table, my computer said 9:59 but the table said Seating.  Seating means no registration, and I was out.  I decided to head to PokerStars for a session that became a very, very late one.  I had many tough tables, going down a buy-in here or there.  Table Philocetes was a different matter altogether.  When I signed off early this morning, I had $1,414.20 sitting in front of me at this $1/2 NLH 6-max table.

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Up over $1k playing $1/2 NLH 6-max on PokerStars!  I think that the past week I’ve been subconsciously playing bad so that it would help my meta-game.  For those new to poker, meta-game is when you do something really stupid in poker.  You then convince yourself that this will tell people that you are horrible, and they will then factor in whatever you did in their future decisions.

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Down then up then down then up was how I ran until a brutal thirty minutes last night knocked me down $500 or so.  Back into the hole as I try to get my bankroll back above $4k again on PokerStars.

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Don’t look now, but I’ve made up my September loss and now sit above $4k on Stars.

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Maybe it gets sicker than this, quads beat by a Royal and all that, but this is plenty for me.

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Random sampling I just took at $1/2 NLHE 6-max on PokerStars:  61 active tables, 60 shorties (<$75 at table).  I’m not really sure if this has gotten more or less prevalent over the last year, but it is noticeable.

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The first month of my PokerStars challenge had me in a $700 hole heading into the last two days of the month. I’d closed it to -$150 by Sunday when I hopped down to the pit to grind away.

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