It's hard out here for a fish
Screwing around in a Spades Lounge $100 NL table, I don't know what came over me, but I really got crazy. I wasn't just the table donkey. I was damn Donkey Kong. I took some pretty tough beats early on and lost some chips, and lost some more when I called down a raiser who I thought missed the board, but turned over aces.
I rebuilt my chips, all the while some guy is giving me grief, telling everyone I'm a fish and he busted me twice yesterday. I recognize the name, but don't remember getting busted once, much less twice. At one table, some guy took my initial buy-in, but it wasn't this assclown, and I rebought and took every penny that guy had. Every other table I played, I made money. Oh well. It's good to have people underestimate you.
I was down $70 at this point, but made $65 of it back. Then I took a beat holding AQ against QJ and dropped $20. A little later, I took three horrendous beats in a row, holding the best hand each time and getting outdrawn. This took me back down to $25 and I was starting to think it might not be such a good thing to have people underestimate you, because no matter what, I would have three or four people calling each hand and outdrawing me.
Finally, I thought, "Screw it. If I'm going down in flames, let's do it in style." The next hand I picked up a suited A9 and pushed all-in into an unraised pot. To show how much respect my raises were getting, I was called by two people. Fortunately, I rivered two pair and tripled up. A few hands after that, I started getting the best of the calling stations, when my hands actually started holding up. I finally ended the session up $25.
It was refreshing to note as I left the room that the guy who had allegedly busted me twice the day before was down to his last $8.
But that just goes to show how even when you think you're in the best possible situation, it doesn't really matter if the cards won't cooperate. Early on, I was pushing every edge, only to get cold-decked. Fortunately, that spell ended early enough for me to right the ship, but I've had spells like that last for weeks, and it can devastate a bankroll.
Anyway, if you haven't figured it out by now, get your asses over to Spades Lounge. It's still in beta, so there aren't too many players and the software can be a little buggy. It might be difficult to find a game sometimes, but when you do, it will be worth it. The players for the most part are strict ABC types who don't know the first thing about playing the middle or the bottom of the deck. It can be great fun cracking some guy's AK with a 67, then listening to him mock you for it. If you're the type who has trouble with chatbox trash talk, the money you make should go a long way towards some quality therapy. Having made my first deposit three days ago, I've already made five times my original deposit, plus I've made tremendous headway toward knocking out their 150 percent deposit bonus. It's good times over there, so come on over. Just don't take my money.
I rebuilt my chips, all the while some guy is giving me grief, telling everyone I'm a fish and he busted me twice yesterday. I recognize the name, but don't remember getting busted once, much less twice. At one table, some guy took my initial buy-in, but it wasn't this assclown, and I rebought and took every penny that guy had. Every other table I played, I made money. Oh well. It's good to have people underestimate you.
I was down $70 at this point, but made $65 of it back. Then I took a beat holding AQ against QJ and dropped $20. A little later, I took three horrendous beats in a row, holding the best hand each time and getting outdrawn. This took me back down to $25 and I was starting to think it might not be such a good thing to have people underestimate you, because no matter what, I would have three or four people calling each hand and outdrawing me.
Finally, I thought, "Screw it. If I'm going down in flames, let's do it in style." The next hand I picked up a suited A9 and pushed all-in into an unraised pot. To show how much respect my raises were getting, I was called by two people. Fortunately, I rivered two pair and tripled up. A few hands after that, I started getting the best of the calling stations, when my hands actually started holding up. I finally ended the session up $25.
It was refreshing to note as I left the room that the guy who had allegedly busted me twice the day before was down to his last $8.
But that just goes to show how even when you think you're in the best possible situation, it doesn't really matter if the cards won't cooperate. Early on, I was pushing every edge, only to get cold-decked. Fortunately, that spell ended early enough for me to right the ship, but I've had spells like that last for weeks, and it can devastate a bankroll.
Anyway, if you haven't figured it out by now, get your asses over to Spades Lounge. It's still in beta, so there aren't too many players and the software can be a little buggy. It might be difficult to find a game sometimes, but when you do, it will be worth it. The players for the most part are strict ABC types who don't know the first thing about playing the middle or the bottom of the deck. It can be great fun cracking some guy's AK with a 67, then listening to him mock you for it. If you're the type who has trouble with chatbox trash talk, the money you make should go a long way towards some quality therapy. Having made my first deposit three days ago, I've already made five times my original deposit, plus I've made tremendous headway toward knocking out their 150 percent deposit bonus. It's good times over there, so come on over. Just don't take my money.
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