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Old 02-11-05, 10:25 AM
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Well I busted out on a bad night. Made a few flushes that got beat by Boats, had someone call my TPTK All in Bet with a pair of 2's, and what was the turn? Yes, a 2. Is it just me who seems to get fucked every time? Oh well. I am taking at least a month break. Probably check in here every once in a while. I will be participating in the TP contest on the 27th, but that is the only Poker I am playing until then. Suck but I brought it on myself. Oh well. Somewhere along the line I lost something in my game and I guess I am just another fish. Perhaps High Stakes Tiddly Winks would work out?

If I do decide to comeback it will be after a month off, and I will buyin at $600. I am not dealing with the micky mouse crap you have to play with at the .50/1 levels. I think 600 gives me enough to play some 10/1 SNGs, 1/2, and 25/NL without having to worry about busting out for at least a little while. Maybe I can figure out what I have lost in my game during my time off.

Better luck to you all.
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Old 02-11-05, 10:42 AM
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Sorry to here that.

Time off sometimes is not a bad thing. Wish you well in a month.

I did this the other day and if you are not totally burnt out try it:

Pick freerolls and have you a set of rules to go by. Mine were:

Any two cards - Minimum Raise - Just because I'm tired of folding!
Any A, PP's under ten, connectors - 1/2 stack in
Any cards that equal 20, PP's ten and up, any suited - All In
Fold to any raise before me, 1/2 stack raise if first in

Had a blast! Highest finish....22 out of 361. Probably could have won, had a big stack but that was not the point

1st tournament-Second hand-AA-All In-4 callers....lost to 77!
But it took 4 before I went out on first hand...KQs-All In-Beat by J9o who rivered straight.

Man I REALLY enjoyed the suck outs. 75s took out AA with a nut straight flop, 42s rivered a flush, 85s turned a full house. It was fun being a fish!

It was great therapy for me and now I'm ready to go so more.
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Old 02-11-05, 10:57 AM
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....hahhahahahhahaah

1 piece of advice: dont base ur bets on % of ur stack, base them on big blinds and the pot size, you probably would have gotten a lot farther
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Old 02-11-05, 11:16 AM
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So that was you, huh???
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Old 02-11-05, 11:25 AM
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I am also in the middle of a break. Haven't played in nearly 2 weeks. I guess an awesome January didn't exactly carry-over. I dropped $100 US in 2 weekends centred around some massive suckouts, and decided to pull my money together in Neteller and wait for another deposit bonus/Empire sign up. I think I might be going hard on Empire this weekend though since they have the deposit bonus and I have plenty of dough. But a break is always good, since prolonged tilt can hurt more than taking a bad beat and getting stupid IMO.
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Old 02-11-05, 11:31 AM
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I think I'm about to take a break myself...maybe not. I have just had the worst luck of cards. I finally get decent hole cards (QQ) and get beat by AA. I knew it would be too good to be true. I truly have had nothing to play with. Unreal. Good luck with the break!
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Old 02-11-05, 11:53 AM
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Geoff, party will be having a reload in another week or so im sure so you will be able to do that one as well.
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Old 02-11-05, 12:13 PM
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Ya, they have it every month don't they?

I wish they had .50/1.00 O8B 6 max tables though. I like clearing bonuses at the lowest limit possible.
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Old 02-11-05, 02:11 PM
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Yea, probably could have won the one I finished 22 in but the whole point was to blow off steam and have a lot of fun without wasting money.

To be honest, I use to take $5 to the .01/.02 limit tables and cap every round till it was gone . That cost money though, so freerolls it became.

I guess it just boils down to putting the fun back in poker and it sure did do that!
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Old 02-12-05, 02:37 PM
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Everyone has hot and cold streaks. Sometimes when the cards are running cold, it's a VERY GOOD idea to take some time off.

Enjoy your break, and come back refreshed on the 27th...

P.S. I find that reading poker books is a great way to spend my "break time" - the only problem is it will tempt you to come back sooner than later...
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