First Session in 2 Weeks…

Posted by icemonkey9 on Nov 17, 2009 in coolers | 1 comment

Well, I don't know if you could really classify this as a session, but for the first time in two weeks I actually logged in and played poker for 45 minutes.  Unfortunately, I have a real bad taste in my mouth after playing thanks to some 3rd party software glitches and accidentally taking the tram to coolerville. I played some micro-stakes tables fortunately (50nl) so the damage wasn't horrible, but it was a "whole experience" kind of thing that just left me wondering why I enjoy playing at all.

The first issue I had was with TableNinjaFT and how it slows down the tables and games.  I have a custom table mod installed from TiltBuster, so it's not super random and it should be supported.  What happens is that when TableNinjaFT does its auto-calculation for bets on each street it somehow refreshes the calculation two or three times and everything else stops.  It makes EVERYTHING drag and the entire experience just feels slow, lame, boring and frustrating.

The second issue I had was with Lady Luck, who decided to welcome me back at the table by taking a big fat schat on my face.  There was some standard stuff I really don't mind like shoving AKo against a shorstacker with 99 who won the flip. That's cool.  It was the QQ vs JJ all in at the 5-4-2 rainbow flop for 110 big blinds that saw him hit the river 2-outer that sucked.  Shortly after I stacked QQ preflop against an unknown and whoops he showed up with KK. Might have made a bad shove there, but still, it's my right to vent about how sucky that all was  

So, yes, I'm left wondering "Gee, uh, I used to do that for FUN!?" and question just what the hell I am doing with my time when it comes to playing poker. Considering I have better things to focus on like making a steady income that actually is in proportion to my professional experience and education, it's really hard to justify to myself that playing poker is a worthwhile thing outside of occasional recreational activity.

Of course, if I had WON 2-3 buy-ins thanks to smart play and heaters, I'd probably be singing a different tune!