Josh W
04-07-2003, 07:52 AM
My fear about poker came true. Kinda sucked. My fear, of course, is that the more I play, the more I care about EV, the more of an jerk I become at the tables.
And on this forum.
So I walked away for a while, played online somewhat, but very rarely in a casino, until two weeks ago, when I went to Vegas, and again this weekend when I went to there.
My first stop this weekend was at the $60 buyin NL tourny at the Orleans...5th hand of the tourny, I had KK in the SB
400 chips to start apiece, blinds 10 15. UTG raises to 75, button reraised to 200, and I mucked. I won't go into details as to everything that made me fold, but no "I had to pee" logic entered the equation.
UTG called, and check/folded the flop when the button pushed.
I jumped up from the table, and went to a couple of buddies of mine to brag about my laydown....see, after UTG mucked, I said to the guy on the button (sitting next to me) "Show your aces", and he obliged.
Of course, they asked what the flop was, and I told the truth in both cases....KJJ. I'd say "but an ace was coming" or some such silliness, but I didn't care.
See, this was the second time since the 2001 WSOP when I had KK vs AA in a NL tourny (the first time, AA had ridiculously few chips, so I had no way to muck preflop). And ever since my KK lost to AA at the WSOP, I realized that i had to learn how to muck that hand.
And I finally learned.
Oh, I got slaughtered throughout the weekend...but I didn't care.
And I lost in that tourny when my TT ran into 97o (some people REALLY like their 9-high preflop /forums/images/icons/smile.gif ). But seriously, I didn't care...I was on cloud 9.
And as I got mocked throughout the weekend for my laydown (results oriented thinking sucks /forums/images/icons/smile.gif), I didn't care. Because I think I'm learning to care less and less about EV, and more and more about LV (Life Value)....money be damned.
BGPG (Be Good, Play Good),
Josh W.
And on this forum.
So I walked away for a while, played online somewhat, but very rarely in a casino, until two weeks ago, when I went to Vegas, and again this weekend when I went to there.
My first stop this weekend was at the $60 buyin NL tourny at the Orleans...5th hand of the tourny, I had KK in the SB
400 chips to start apiece, blinds 10 15. UTG raises to 75, button reraised to 200, and I mucked. I won't go into details as to everything that made me fold, but no "I had to pee" logic entered the equation.
UTG called, and check/folded the flop when the button pushed.
I jumped up from the table, and went to a couple of buddies of mine to brag about my laydown....see, after UTG mucked, I said to the guy on the button (sitting next to me) "Show your aces", and he obliged.
Of course, they asked what the flop was, and I told the truth in both cases....KJJ. I'd say "but an ace was coming" or some such silliness, but I didn't care.
See, this was the second time since the 2001 WSOP when I had KK vs AA in a NL tourny (the first time, AA had ridiculously few chips, so I had no way to muck preflop). And ever since my KK lost to AA at the WSOP, I realized that i had to learn how to muck that hand.
And I finally learned.
Oh, I got slaughtered throughout the weekend...but I didn't care.
And I lost in that tourny when my TT ran into 97o (some people REALLY like their 9-high preflop /forums/images/icons/smile.gif ). But seriously, I didn't care...I was on cloud 9.
And as I got mocked throughout the weekend for my laydown (results oriented thinking sucks /forums/images/icons/smile.gif), I didn't care. Because I think I'm learning to care less and less about EV, and more and more about LV (Life Value)....money be damned.
BGPG (Be Good, Play Good),
Josh W.