Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Pulling a Ferguson...
I posted yesterday that after reading an article from Chris Ferguson that I was inspired to try the same thing. For anyone who didn't read it, he is trying to take $0.00 to $10,000 on line in... some finite period of time.When I first started out Titan Poker was a site that I deposited cash into... and lost the entire deposit in a single session. So I did the honorable thing and never showed my face there again. However, apparently all of the other players at Titan Poker are pooling money together and sending me free tickets to shit so that I come back, deposit and continue funding their basement renovations.So Titan has been sending me a free ticket to the "Dirty Dozen Jackpot sit and go". So I finally thought let's do this. I took third (with an infinite ROI I might add) of $3.60... and I was off and running.Yes, Yes I hear you, who the hell cares... Well in my poker part time job I am as you know on a quest to conquer the tilt and find fun in the game when all is ... not ... fun. Too often I seem to be watching my bankroll slide uncontrollably through my fingers... and I got to say I think I have another tilt quencher.This week I have been flat in my real on line game (mostly thanks to a last minute quadruple up kick ass hand last night... otherwise would be down four buy ins this week)... feeling like I am playing shit poker and trying with each new session to set up myself with more sharps than flats (reference to "killer on line poker II" a decent but light read).Honestly I am so desperate for a win in my real bankroll on Ongame that I could see myself dragging when I shouldn't, and calling a wider range of hands with every session... trying to hit a positive session. RECIPE FOR DISASTER.SO... I did the Titan thing... and I have had more fun playing poker over the last four days than I can remember in a long long time.We know poker is not about the result of the hand but the decision... well never can you let the result go better than when you are sitting at a 2 4 cent table with $3.60. My need for a win or need to withdraw cash for the cruise we are planning to go on in a few months disappears completely (okay time for honesty... I gotta pay Slurpee Dude his stake back first before I am paying for my cruise)Anyway it is poker for poker and with a goal of not going broke and no need or value to the win, only the reward for a correct decision. I am in a better mood, I feel like it's fun again, and I have discovered that yes I still love poker for poker.Anyway a few hours in I am at $25.89 ... on my way to $10,000 one cent at a time, and loving it.Note: In my real bankroll session at ongame last night... The first positive session in about 10 days or so.... I know it's because I was in a better "sharper" place thanks to the fun I was having patting myself on the back for good decisions at the penny tables.--Felter
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