Procrastination

I have disrespected this blog way too much lately. I have the time to post, I just shrug it off. So much has happened in the last month, so it's not like there isn't anything to talk about. How 'bout this? We're having a baby!! It's very early on, and so much can happen in these next few months, but we are keeping our fingers crossed that everything will be ok. We are extremely excited about this. How can't you be, you know? Everything happens so quick. So far it looks like we will have a baby in April. People ask me if I want a boy/girl, I always say i'll take "c"-healthy. Really that's all I care about. Mo has been really tired the last few weeks, but I guess that goes with the territory. At least we don't have to paint the baby's room....we got that out of the way early, and painted it a color that is pretty neutral.

So we found all of this out about two days before we were to go on our mini-vacation to Florida. Man did we get a lucky couple of days. Ft. Lauderdale in the summer can be hit or miss when it comes to the weather. It's hurricane season so it can get pretty dicey. Luckily, we got a great 4 days. It was so relaxing. The first night we got in a little later than we thought we would, but we stayed at the Seminole Hard Rock casino in Hollywood. We got a ridiculous room that we thought was reserved only for the high-rollers. It is a truly gorgeous hotel, and they have a really neat pool too. Complete with water slides and a mini beach. Unfortunately, the gambling gods must really be trying to teach me a lesson when it comes to live poker. They are telling me exactly that if I want to have a profit, I need to learn to quit. The thing is, I played really great but got unlucky in a couple of spots. Since the change in FL legislature, they now offer $100 max buy-in NL games, with blinds from 1/2 - 2/5. I sat down with two bullets in my pocket and bought in to a table that only had a couple players with stacks over $300. After about 10 hands I had already doubled up, and my stack had reached about $350 - 400 when this ridiculous hand happens: I had 67o in the sb. About 5 people limp for $2, so I complete. Flop is 458 with two spades...GIN! I bet $10, guy in middle position raises about $15. It folds around back to me and I ask him to move his hands so I can see how much he has, which is around $90. I push out a huge stack of chips (didn't count it, but guessed it was around $100), and he goes in the tank. I'm thinking, PLEASE FREAKING CALL!! Sure enough he calls and shows pocket 9's. I'm like...WEEEEEE....I never call there, and i'm in a ridiculous position... I am 90% to win here...turn 6, river 7...rigged ass live poker shit, shit, shit. So he's all like damn, I'm so sorry...blah, blah, blah, so I say since he's so sorry why doesn't he just give me my chips back.

I should've known this might not be my night when that kind of thing happens, but I shrugged it off and chipped back up steadily.Then about 30 mins go by, and I get about $30 of it back, when this ding-dong sits down two to my left. He raises a lot and plays loose for a bunch of hands and I think, god I'd love to take this guys stack. So this time i'm in the sb again and he's under the gun and raises to $10, a bunch of callers and I look at A8 of spades, so I go ahead and give it a shot. Theres like 4 players or so in the hand and the flop is 245 with the 2/5 of spades. Here I don't know if I should've bet or not, but I was inclined to go all the way regardless, so I didn't really care what anyone did, I felt like I had the best of it. So I checked (mistake?), ding-dong bets $20, everyone folds and it's back to me...$60 in the pot, I have to call $20 (3-1 pot odds), except I think I actually might have the best of it like I said...if he has a set, so be it, I have 8 outs, if he has an overpair...well, I have 4 outs for the straight, and 8 outs for the flush, plus if I have a live Ace, that's another 3...if he has something like top pair then my 8 is live too, so that would be another 3 outs. Best case I have 18 outs twice, worst case I have 8 outs twice...so i'm either 60/40 winner, or 40/60 dog...there was also the chance that this guy had complete AIR and I could get him to fold, it was a pretty weak bet you know. So sure enough I check-raise him all-in and he thinks for like 5 seconds! and calls showing K5o!! The board bricks out, and I lose about $100 from my stack...the worst part, the guy goes..."EWWWW, that must hurt....awww, too bad for you...looks like a busted flush draw....ew so I say to him, as my stomach is turning in knots and I am trying not to show my beet red face, "As a matter of fact my friend, it actually feels great to know that I was ahead when you called...it makes me feel wonderful to know that I play better than you, so how does that feel?". So then I pretty much got up and left about 20 minutes later down about $80.

There are some tough games down there, and by tough, I mean juicy, but with that comes some ridiculous beats. Plus, the time rake there is god-awful. This is the first time I had ever played at a table with a timed rake, and at $6 a half-hour, you have to win some hands to show a profit. If I win those two hands I would've been up a good $500-$600 and most likely gotten up. But then again, who knows?

The good thing is that I am on a bit of a heater on 'Stars. I have almost hit my monetary goal for the year. And, the most of the profit has been mainly playing the 1/2 td games. Plus, I still have the WCOOP event #4 tourney in about 10 days.