CARDRUNNERS

What's Your Edge

Andrew

December 24, 2008

I used to reserve my time for reading when I traveled. I didn't have internet access back then and there wasn't much else to do but read. Nowadays, I pretty much have internet access everywhere I go. It's good and it's bad. I don't read much anymore. Today I spent my car ride to Detroit grinding. I had a pretty nice day and made about 2k playing $160 super turbos and $2/4nl. I kind of wished I had read though. I brought a few books that I want to read and I didn't touch any of them. I think I'm definitely addicted to the internet. I'm always checking bs stuff that I don't even really care about. I just use it to kill time whether it be on my computer or on my phone. I wonder if I could go a week without internet. Probably not. The bottom line is that I wouldn't put myself through that. I NEED it.

I really got away from playing NLHE cash games in 2008. It was mostly the devil that is PLO. I've pretty much agreed with myself that my temperament is not good for PLO. I don't have what it takes to stay tilt free in a game that will absolutely crush you if you tilt. There is just too much variance for me to ultimately be a big winner in that game. As far as I know, I can still grind out a solid profit at the $2/4 nl cash games. I just had basically no urge to play them. I think that in 2008 I really regained the value of money in a lot of ways. There was a time where I felt I was above grinding the lower games even though I was struggling at the higher games. I wanted a quick profit to "make it worth my time." One of the biggest downsides to playing a lot of poker and succeeding is that you just stop caring about money. It took me having a terrible month live, online and spending wise in Vegas this summer to wake me up. After I returned from Vegas I started to realize that money was real and that I needed to try to find respect for it again. Slowly but surely I've been getting better and better at that. I think I finally knew I had come a long way when I started grinding SNGs a few months ago. I haven't even done well in them (crazy swings - post to come on that), but I knew I was making solid money from being red, so I kept grinding. I'm proud of myself for that. Hopefully, I'll get to the point where I'm doing better in them sooner rather than later. Anyway, I'm rambling. My point is that I want to play more $2/4nl cash for two reasons. First, I want to make money and that's a good place to do it at. Second, I want to make some mid stakes videos again. It's been awhile since I've made any instructional videos just because I didn't feel good enough at PLO to do it on my own and I wasn't playing NLHE cash. So look for me in the 2/4 games and wish me luck. Ok end rant.

We're almost to my aunt's house. About 45 minutes ago my mom realized she had forgot the salad for Christmas dinner so we stopped in a local Meijers to grab some salad. I cannot believe how much of a zoo that place was. The part I found most amusing was the first line you got to literally had about 50 people in it. I walked about 50 feet down and got in a line that had about 5 people in it. A commonplace IQ test if you will. Many people failed tonight.

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Dec 24, 08 18:53:10

SNG!!

Any videos u recommend for the SNG grind? *gulp* I regret to say I may be doing the same till i can get back to reasonable stakes, they just seem SOOOO swingy and not worth the time to me. But I gotta do it for a while. Gonna check Jackals out right now just wanted to know if there was a really good one/must see feel free to PM me.
GL
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LesW

Dec 24, 08 19:25:48

Good luck grinding, be good to see you back playing cash again muddy, looking forward to seeing the vids

damient09

Dec 26, 08 03:26:08

Please dont make any mid stakes NL videos...no offense at all but there are just too many other people that make those videos that are better than you at those games. It's doing a diservice to your members for sure. Good Luck with grinding them though!

acsutch

Dec 26, 08 15:08:24

lol acsutch. i wouldnt make them unless i was doing well in the games.

Andrew