I've been playing since 8 PM

[PShabi]

and I can't quit.

Been stuck pretty bad all night. Plan on playing til dawn. Holla at ya boy if you're up and feeling lonely.

[bdawg31]

I got my ass handed to me like i do every night in tourney play - but i am trying to get a decent finish in one of those $20 MTTs.

your luck runnin any better?

[PShabi]

Short answer: No

Long answer: Oh my god, I can't believe how much money I've lost this month.

I feel like crying but poker has sapped any and all of the life right out of me. But, I resolved myself to no more whining posts. Good luck Bdawg, if you're still rollin.

[bdawg31]

I feel your pain. These last five-six months for me have been a nightmare. I am to the point where i am basically starting over again. I am SO close to quitting this stupid nonsense.

In luck-box news - i am down to final four. Pretty solid final table. I really need a third at least - but i am playing to win

[bdawg31]

Of course i finished fourth. I got bullied off a better hand like a stupid ass then ended up all-in with a second best hand when my stupid A2 'caught' an ace on the flop and he had AQ.

I refuse to finish third. I refuse to not throw away the hand before that.

[Zybomb]

I always wondered how much difference there was in varience in Limit compared to NL -- I thought NL had tons and tons more -- but from Shabi's recent shitty month, Im seeing Limit has some as well

[Zybomb]

OH go make another WPT event already

[PShabi]

5/10 LHE, 6 max is the variance king. I've been looking over stats and shit for like 30 min and just realized, I'm not gonna be able to sleep.

Just fired up Party again.

There's a fine line between determination and addiction I guess.

[sjay2k]

i came to bring the pain, hardcore from the brain!

[PShabi]

Quick little $300 hit and run to salvage some sleep tonight/this morning.

[Zybomb]

NH.

[PShabi]

Thanks.

Now if I can only do that 10 more times, I'll be within 10 bets of breakeven for the month!!!!!!

A guy can dream, can't he?

[bdawg31]

Trust me - that is making my 'bankroll re-adjustment' that much tougher. Believe me when i tell you that going from playing on a tv table with Phil Ivey, Kenna James and Kathy Liebert to sweating AA all-in vs AKoff in a $30 sit n go is a real test on they psyche.

I figure in about 4 more months i will be posting in the "Looking for a Backer" section.

[bdawg31]

Not that you need it - but i am positive rep'ing you for this. Nothing like a quick hit and run to help the bankroll and psyche. The rep is that hopefully seeing you do it is good motivation for others to do it when they need to.

[redbank09]

i dont want to bug u bdawg, what event and when did u play with those guys. i know u have played alot of bigs ones but i didnt know u were on a tv table. thats awesome!

[eejit101]

wow, didnt know that. Australian thing?

[Tony Cheval]

Yeah, be sure to give us a heads-up when it's airing!

[Talking Poker]

That was when he was in Australia, yes. I know it was filmed, but I forget where it was supposed to be televised... one of the more obscure sports channels that I don't get, I think.

What was the deal again, bdawg?

[SirFWALGMan]

It is sooooo fishy after about 1AM... All the tilters and the drunks! YEEHAWW! If I EVERY play professionally online those are going to be my hours.

[PShabi]

I was thinking that last night. Gonna be nice for me when I move to Vegas in August, cause those "fishy" east coast hours are going to be my "primetime."

[bdawg31]

It was suppose to air on Fox Sports Net 'sometime in February' (last february) but i never saw it aired. We get that channel here - and it alternates with some local sports. Others had kept an eye out for it - but never seemed to happen. Maybe they just didnt get 'good tv' out of that tourney.

I am wondering if maybe they won't air it. The only pro to go deep was Kenna James I think - and he didnt make the final table. For the time i was there - there were no big hands or big pots - so i doubt any of my stuff would make it (unless there was some big bluff that obviously i wouldnt know about). The guy who took me out didnt go deep - so its not like that was a factoring hand in the tourney.

I actually thought my wife would have a better chance of getting on tv. She was railing and standing by the 'feature table' quite a bit (the non-tv table where Hachem was mostly).

[bdawg31]

Only two - the Australian thing (which i thought i did okay in overall) and a WPT event in Bahamas (which i was not too happy with my play). The bahamas was my first big live event - and i made a lot of little mistakes that added up.