Remember a while back I mentioned that I hate to lose? So I've been playing like a maniac - I took a week off and I still hit 100K hands this month. I also had another winning session yesterday and am up a decent amount today, but I just played so poorly it was pretty disappointing. Hopefully I got that out of my system.

Basically, I lost over $700 with my J9s vs NxtWrldChamp's KK on a 65356 board (one diamond). Yeah! Not sure if the novice poker players realize this, but I didn't even have ONE PAIR, and I lost 180 big blinds. It's really only a decent hand, if we're playing razz (where lowest hand wins).  Doh!  Consider it a late wedding gift, NWC.  Altho I suspect it'll go toward some golf equipment.

At first, I was pretty aggravated, as most people would have been.  But now that I've had a few hours and a good meal inside me, I it's actually pretty funny how bad that was. So later, it occurs to me that you want to create a reckless image - without actually being reckless.  It's sort of like those guys who light 3bet you all day, but mostly only get it in with the nuts.  Exploitable?  Sure!  But they probably sleep pretty well at night (as long as people don't catch on).  All joking aside, you need good balance.  I think I'm balanced now on my river bluff shoves.  Check.

So in the LOL department, someone sent me an email asking me if I wanted to be a coach at a new training site.  Umm...  are people paying money nowadays to learn how to be a rakeback pro?  If so, I'm your guy!  I'm flattered, but I have no interest in coaching. (later post).

Only 3 more days left in April!

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

So what was this dinner that soothed the savage beast?  Skirt steak's proably one of the most underrated cuts of "steak."  You rarely see it in steak houses, and people generally seem to use it mainly for fajitas.  But it's got great flavor.  I definitely think it's better than sirloin - not as good as ribeye LDO.  Anyway, just what the doctor ordered to cheer me up from my poker doldrums.  Now if I can only get lucky with that hottie nurse who brought it to me...