So where am I at? Well I lost my job a few weeks ago. As much as this suck, I still see this as a positive thing overall. Sure this means the money is a bit short, but it was time I left this place. On to new challenges on that way!
So does that mean that I'm playing poker non stop? Not really. I've invested a lot of time into finding a job and more importantly deciding what exactly I want to do long term.
That said, I HAVE been playing a bit more poker. Finally moving up to NL50. Right now I'm mixing NL20 and NL50 tables on Cake since at times it's tough to find lots of good tables. The results are not too bad so far and barring any catastrophic event, I will reach all my monthly goals.
I can't say I'm completely comfortable at NL50 yet but I could not really explain why. The stakes already don't bother me anymore and the play does not seem all that different from NL20 although it IS a bit tighter and more aggressive. Maybe I just have not been getting much cards at NL50 so far... we'll see.
Finally the Montreal Casino is opening a poker room with dealers, chips and cards on March 30th! For those who don't know, so far this casino only had electronic pokertek tables.
Playing on these is not all bad but there are quite a few things that annoy me.
After the novelty factor wears out, they seem more intimidating to casual players.
The first few weeks, the games were really juicy. But after a few months it became full of regs and shortstacking nits. The feeling of the people I talked to is that the lack of a person in place to explain rules and clarify what's happening made it intimidating to a lot of casual folks.
No authority figure at the table
I have seen many regulars show their hands to each other after hands are over or even sometimes while playing. There is no one to enforce rules like "show one show all" and "one player to a hand". THIS I hated.
Call me old fashioned
When I play live, I want to hears chips being shuffled, I want to throw real cards in the muck. If I want to play in front of a screen, I might as well stay home and multitable.
Well that's it for today, I swear I'll try to update this blog more often!
1 comment:
Crown Casino in Melbourne has the PokerPro tables and I think that they're a great idea. I'm like you and prefer the live tables but there is a market for both. Crown run a great poker room and keep the PokerPro tables well supervised.
One highlight for me was a lunchtime tournament that the older local grinders asked for. We played Omaha Hi/Lo, a game that the dealers couldn't have spread.
The regulars were classic poker all rounders and took the time to give me quite a few tips. All in all, I'm in favour of mixed poker rooms.
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