A Short Break

I was under the weather and my car was making weird noises, so I took a couple days off from the Strip.

Yesterday I lost two bills playing PLO on Full Tilt. I made $50 back online today, plus I went down to PH and won $260 playing NLH for a few hours against WSOP Main Event bustouts plus a couple guys still in the dance.

On one hand the aggressive preflop guy who had put up a live straddle popped it to $35, and an early position limper who was sitting next to me muttered, "Fucking jackass," and mucked his hand.

It's definitely the case that different personality types play poker differently. But if someone is objectively raising too often or to too high an amount, then that is an error and can be exploited. For non-poker related reasons I have told someone at the table to STFU, as the Duke can testify, but I have never gotten pissed about the way somebody played. If you do, it's a sure sign you're looking at the game the wrong way.

July to-date: $1,245