Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Were always making them and them and then interrogating ourself like Doctor Phil during sweeps. Linda is doing it in the forum over a B&M hand as we speak. Obsessing is a pretty standard option for poker players. We all do it and make a fertile ground for doctoral thesis candidates for those who had too many class in the P### category. They even show up from time to time with questionnaires over in the poker newsgroups.

It all pretty simple really. We consider the hands we lose with a microscope. We sweep under the rug the ones that win on the suckout or from flawed thinking. We love the hair-shirt we can put on when we’re sucked out on by ‘the donkey’.

Last night I did watch a bit of the blogger freeroll over on FullTilt. I wanted to watch Joe Speaker for a bit with some brilliant and cutting observations. You know… the ones you always come up with 5-minutes after you need one. But, FullTilt has a bug. The tables were numbered 1-6 at the start and they’d played down to 5 before I got there and eliminated table 5. I could open tables 1 through 4 without problem but table 6 could not be opened. So, I went over and watched Bayne_S who’s one of those I enjoy reading on a regular basis.

I had zero brilliant, cutting comments. I found myself in the doldrums that tournament play brings about. It hit Bayne over the head too. Evidently card dead he played the waiting game to perfection. When you see that happening to a friend – even an electronic one – it is painful. I watched for about 30 minutes without hitting the chat with even a GL or WP bit of brilliance. The blinds went from 20-40 to 50-100. Nobody had that bad a stack during the time I watched to have to shift on the aggression. The aggression was provided by a couple of the large stacks who did it quite well most of the time but managed to double up one player nicely. At least I finally got to see cards shown at the end of the hand once or twice in the half hour I watched. Sweaters should be issued crystal balls.

I see today that Bayne went out with the same cards Linda is obsessing over in the forum. It was JJ. A nasty hand that you have to play like AA at times. And that time always seems to be when somebody has the overpair. AlCantHang provided Bayne with directions to the exit with his kings. We all hope for that hand that shows our true brilliance and seldom get it. But, seldom is just enough to keep many of us trying.

ADDENDUM:

A formal complaint filed this week by European online gambling operators for claims of discrimination and violation of international trade law by the United States that can keep the issue of regulated online gaming alive with US lawmakers.

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Well, THE DAY approaches. The only people in the big parking lots are masochists or guys — who always put off the Little Lady’s gift too long. The rest with rug rats have hopefully finished and either have them wrapped and under the tree or hid in Mom’s closet where the kids have snuck in to rattle or slip the Scotch tape to get to a bit of graphics on the package that’s the right size for their holy grail wish.

I don’t need to wish a Happy Holiday Merry Christmas to those with kids or family near by. They been dealt the pocket rockets. So, with their hoped pardon, I’ll extend it to those who are in Iraq or Afghanistan or took that job out of state. Oh, Hell! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

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