Steve’s Terrible Table

This week I’ve been juggling around a ton of stuff so poker has unfortunately had to take a back seat for a bit.  I’m normally ok taking a few days off, powering down, and coming back fresh in a day or two.  This time around however I’m on a major upswing and have to cool my jets a bit.  This past Monday I got myself to two FTs, finishing 3rd in the $5.50 PLO at 20:45 for $196 and winning the $2.25 Cubed at 21:35 for $541.  Since my nights have been ridiculously busy the past couple of days I’ve been trying to pick my cash game session up a bit during the day and I’m having ok, not great results.

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I had a big week on the virtual felt here in the waning days of July.  I was able to right the ship at the $25NL tables on week’s end, which will be huge if I can continue my 5+ buy ins a week win rate (from what I’ve seen and heard, this shouldn’t be too bad).  I was also able to KO a Full Tilt red pro in route to another successful, albeit FT-less, week on the MTT front.  All in all things have picked up for me this summer from the drag ass sessions I was having not 6 weeks ago.  And yet even with all this success, the biggest part of last week for me had nothing to do with poker.

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With Ivey making the November 9 this year the poker world is buzzing with talks of Ivey being the best in the world.  I’m not totally sold on him being head and shoulders above everyone else however I do think he has to be in the top 5 in the world right now when you factor in cash games, tournaments, holdem, and non-holdem games.  The easiest comparison to make to Ivey is the self proclaimed best poker player in the world, Phil Hellmuth.  While I cannot disagree that Ivey is all around a more proven player than Hellmuth, I do think the legend of Ivey has become greater than the player and he does get just a little too much credit.

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I’ve been having some very promising success lately.  My MTT grind has finally produced a $1K score which I then followed up with another FT in the $2.25 Cubed on FTP.  Cash games were solid last week and I’ve now got pleanty to move up to grinding the $25NL level. I even managed to squeeze in a Foxwoods trip and in one of the most insane 1/2NL games I’ve ever played in I managed to double my buy in and walk away $304 winner.  With my poker-griping now firmly put on hold I think it’s probably a good idea to bring some more humor back to the blog and I saw a gem of a convo from some randoms in a cash game that will make you all cry laughing.

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As I write this blog post I find myself in a profound state of delirium.  Before you jump the gun, no I’m not stoned nor am I drunk at 11AM as I type this post up.  No my current foggy state of mind stems not from a drug induced binge but from a long night of hard work and great results.  I am on cloud nine right now because I have crossed a major poker goal off of my to do list: I have FINALLY shipped a win in an MTT for a 4-figure pay out.

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