…well, at least
theoretically. It seems that March 2008 has been one of the wettest
Belgian March months in the last century. Unsurprisingly, I played a
decent amount of hands, simply because there weren’t a lot of other
things to do.
Overall, it has been one of the most satisfying months of my poker
career. Not only did I manage to have my second most profitable month,
but also I finally reached the deuce status at PartyPoker. I mean, it’s
nice and all that they’re sending me a greeting card to wish me a happy
2008 (being it 2 months too late), but I rather have a decent rakeback
deal that gives me some sweet cash ;). Which I now finally have. Also,
I broke some personal records: having the highest amount of cash at a
table (1400$) and having the most profitable day (also about 1400$)
The graph is mostly NL200 and NL400. I took a shot at NL600 as
well, but after immediately losing 1.5 buyin I left it for what it was
and decided to come back when I was a bit more rolled. Which hopefully
be soon if things keep going this way. Anyway, you can probably guess
based on the graph when I played my brief session of NL600. There’s
400$ unnaccounted for due to broken hand histories, btw.
It’s a shame there aren’t a lot of midstake full ring games going on
at Party, but it has its merits too. I learned a little bit more about
playing headsup recently at another, not further mentioned educational
site, and now, whenever I feel like there are too little tables
available, I just start a new one. You’d be surprised how many donks
there are, that are willing to play headsup for their last roll. And
heck, who am I to refuse them to have fun donking their last money with
K high when I have top pair 
I cashed out a bit too. All poker play and no other play makes Jack
a dull boy, or something. It’s nice to have a decent roll, but
sometimes it’s nice to reward yourself for a good month. Anyway, I
spent the money on:
- A new laptop. I have a decent desktop at my studentroom, but when
I’m at home during the weekends and vacations, I’m forced to play on
the laptop. Which has been bugging the hell out of me, because the
network card keeps dropping out every hour or so. And if that doesn’t
happen, be sure about it that an hour or 3 of having the Party client
open makes it lag more than any slowmotion video of a snail crossing
the road. Yesterday, I had a hand where I was just about to get it all
in with the nut straight 3-way (900$ pot), and once again…the damn
thing froze. I wouldn’t be writing this blog now if it hadn’t unfrozen
the last 2 seconds of my time bank, and I just managed to pull the
slider to the right and press “bet”. Then this thing would be laying on
the bottom of my pond right now for sure. It has come to a point where
I’m actually more stressed about being able to do what I have to do,
and less about the actual game. Hence, my new laptop will definitely be
EV+
- A trip to Bulgaria in July. I heard the girls there are pretty
and the drinks are cheap. Or maybe it was the other way around, I don’t
quite remember. Anyhow, it should be fun.
It’s a shame I probably will have to focus more on school the
upcoming weeks and months, because I really feel like playing the same
number of hands when I’m in an upswingy mood. I haven’t even read the
literature for my master paper yet, let alone started to write on it.
Well, at least I already have my reading material stored on my hard
drive. It’s a start, I guess.
Play well, and until next time.
My ptBB/100 is now at 5.18 over NL100 and 200.
