Pitcher
02-20-2004, 03:49 PM
Hi All,
This is both humorous and pathetic. I have always been good natured, but somewhat tempermental. Being tempermental is NOT a good trait in poker or life, so I work on it. I excercise to keep stress down, read books on it etc. I have always thought of it as a sign of weakness. Today, unfortunately, I exploded playing on Party Poker. Get this, I managed to come in 2nd place in a tournament where I lost 7 2 or 3 outers. The 1st one got me going a little bit...the last one sent me over the edge. Check this one out:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold 'Em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (2 handed)
Hero (t7590)
BB (t2410)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Hero raises to t600, BB calls t600.
Flop: (t1200) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB bets t300, Hero raises to t600, BB calls t600.
I am a little concerned about another diamond. The turn comes 6 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
BB bets 1210 all in and I call.
River comes K /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
Check this out....he turns over K /images/graemlins/spade.gif2 /images/graemlins/club.gif
I went absolutely ballistic. Just too much. I took my wireless keyboard and bashed it into the floor. It went into about 50 pieces. I was still shaking with anger when this picture appeared in my mind. Several years ago, there was a movie that showed a guy getting upset and destroying his computer. It was absolutely hilarious. I started laughing at myself over this. After a good laugh, I quickly grabbed a keyboard and hooked it up to see what was happening with the game. Of course I had timed out and missed a several blinds but was still in it. Then the following hand occurred:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold 'Em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (2 handed)
Hero (t5980)
Button (t4020)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Button calls t400, Hero raises to t5980 (All-In), Button calls t4020 (All-In).
Flop: (t10000) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
Turn: (t10000) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
River: (t10000) 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t10000
Of course, he turns over A /images/graemlins/heart.gif 6 /images/graemlins/club.gif and I am nearly out of it. At least I finally regained my composure. I did quit for a couple of hours after taking a brisk run.
Moral of the story. Don't lose your cool and don't be weak. But if you do, try hard to laugh at your folly.
Pitcher
This is both humorous and pathetic. I have always been good natured, but somewhat tempermental. Being tempermental is NOT a good trait in poker or life, so I work on it. I excercise to keep stress down, read books on it etc. I have always thought of it as a sign of weakness. Today, unfortunately, I exploded playing on Party Poker. Get this, I managed to come in 2nd place in a tournament where I lost 7 2 or 3 outers. The 1st one got me going a little bit...the last one sent me over the edge. Check this one out:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold 'Em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (2 handed)
Hero (t7590)
BB (t2410)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Hero raises to t600, BB calls t600.
Flop: (t1200) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB bets t300, Hero raises to t600, BB calls t600.
I am a little concerned about another diamond. The turn comes 6 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
BB bets 1210 all in and I call.
River comes K /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
Check this out....he turns over K /images/graemlins/spade.gif2 /images/graemlins/club.gif
I went absolutely ballistic. Just too much. I took my wireless keyboard and bashed it into the floor. It went into about 50 pieces. I was still shaking with anger when this picture appeared in my mind. Several years ago, there was a movie that showed a guy getting upset and destroying his computer. It was absolutely hilarious. I started laughing at myself over this. After a good laugh, I quickly grabbed a keyboard and hooked it up to see what was happening with the game. Of course I had timed out and missed a several blinds but was still in it. Then the following hand occurred:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold 'Em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (2 handed)
Hero (t5980)
Button (t4020)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Button calls t400, Hero raises to t5980 (All-In), Button calls t4020 (All-In).
Flop: (t10000) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
Turn: (t10000) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
River: (t10000) 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t10000
Of course, he turns over A /images/graemlins/heart.gif 6 /images/graemlins/club.gif and I am nearly out of it. At least I finally regained my composure. I did quit for a couple of hours after taking a brisk run.
Moral of the story. Don't lose your cool and don't be weak. But if you do, try hard to laugh at your folly.
Pitcher