It's Been A While

I've taken a bit of a hiatus from poker online and live. My last online poker I played was my last $26 token. I used on their $28k guaranteed. It was hard to judge my play, but I feel I did OK.
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I played very tight and out of 1200 players I finished 200. Unfortunately the top 180 got paid. Now, the reason it was tough to judge my play is because I didn't get any cards. The best starting hand I got was 55. Which I had to fold preflop to a raise and a re-raise. I was dealt AK a couple of times and AQ a couple of times, but either people folded preflop to my raise or after I bet the flop the folded. So I just couldn't get anything going. I made one mistake later on close to the money, when I, for some reason, decided to bluff into the chip leader. And he had a monster stack. He wasn't playing SUPER aggressive. But when I bet a missed flop and he called I had to let it go on the turn. If I hadn't bluffed there, I would have probably made the money. But oh well. Live and you learn.

The monthly home game hasn't happened in some time and if it does pop up in September I should be able to make it.

A little note to the few people who read this. My buddy (who used to host the home game) has started a new blog. He basically started because he won a blogger event and didn't have one. But now he posts pretty frequently. Check it at GreenfishBrian.blogspot.com. He's done pretty well for himself. I believe he's won a couple of blogger events and plays 1/2 NL at Foxwoods almost weekly. Anyway, stop by and check him out.

As for my blog reading, that has suffered too. I haven't checked out my normal blogs in awhile. I have over 700 unread poker blogs on Bloglines. A lot of that has to do with work. I've been really busy and haven't had time to goof off... The nerve of my employers.

Anyway, maybe some updates in the future. Who knows.

Oh yeah, and techincally I won my prop bet with Jordan @ HighonPoker. Phil Hellmuth with his 2 final tables and winning one bracelet won me $6. However, the my line on the #s in the Main Event was about 1000 off. So I lost $5.00. That's a NET $1. WOO HOO! Where's my money????? Just kiddin' Jordan.

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