Are Good Blogs Dead?

Posted by icemonkey9 on Jan 11, 2009 in General | 1 comment

I got a glimpse into why most top players don't talk poker if they have a blog after my post where I show a hand I gruesomely misplayed. In fact, I got a glimpse why most good internet players don't talk hands at all if they have a blog. After posting "You can tell how bad I played the hand" and "And yes yes yes I know I butchered this hand" I still got comments from 5 different people about my apparent (and sudden) bet-sizing problem and how I apparently suck at poker. I only posted the 1 comment (from the guy I liked the most) and to the rest I guess I can say thanks for making me refocus my blog. You won't be seeing any more standard coolers, standard heaters, or botched hands anymore. I'm finding out that posting these hands are either super standard (meaning no strategy to talk about) or just put me on tilt (either comments get me pissy or I re-live a bad moment).

Anyways, it seems in late 2007 and in 2008 everyone that I know fairly well internet-wise kept a blog. Specifically two guys I really respect (names omitted) kept up a blog about twice a week and I really enjoyed watching their progress and thinking with hands as well their progress up the cash game ladders. Neither player has updated their blog in 3 weeks and only one has an entry in the last 4. Other guys are reviving blogs (Munchrs) which is great to see, but I'm finding blogs like Nat's (Blog) a better read overall.

I don't know some of the high stakes pros Nat knows so I tend not to read those blogs, but I'll troll around from now and then to check things out. Some of the guys on 2+2 have some promising blogs as I've been crosslinked in the blog list for the beginner's section, but reading about struggles at 5nl and 10nl are ... well ... less than dramatic if you can understand where I'm coming from.

Maybe blogging is a fad going out of style, and I can understand that. I like to blog for self reflection and if others find my rants/whining/occasional insights interesting, GREAT. If not, it was posted for myself anyways. In terms of me, since I got myself back above break-even for the month it's been a nice horizontal break-even stretch. I'll probably get an hour in tomorrow, and then I am hoping for at least 1.5k hand days on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We'll wait and see where I am after that. For now just plugging away at 50nl 6max.