Variance Catches Me Up

What an awful weekend.

At least poker wise.  After another MTT win pushed me close to the $200 bankroll mark on UB, I was feeling a bit.. too good about things.

So, I decided to play a few $5 tournaments, and see if I can continue my run.

Bad idea.  Busted out with KK allin preflop, AA allin preflop, and full house vs better full house on the flop.  I’ve told myself that, I can’t get any better busting out with such strong holdings… but that niggle that.. this bad run could only happen once I’ve stepped up in limits.

Tilted off $4 playing PLO… I’m alright with that, I played pretty bad, but I am just trying to learn this game, and it seemed like a tough table, so table selection was my biggest mistake I think.

“All in” all, I was down a whopping $40 by Saturday night.  This makes me sad, but I dragged back $4 on Sunday night playing deep stack NLHE 0.02/0.04.  Crazy table, 70% to the flop, and sick all-in’s, combined with getting QQ twice, and a solid call with 88 vs 77 on a 2 4 6 flop.

On the other hand, I am sick of UB now.  The competition is soft, but since this company has historically been known to deny “superuser” accounts even once they were proven, and numerous other security leaks.. another one coming to light over the weekend.. I’m going to be withdrawing the majority of my mediocre bankroll and depositing elsewhere, and this time I will apply for some rakeback!

Another reason is that the only games that seem to fill up tourney wise is 1 and 2 dollar $500GTD tournaments… Its hard to find good games.

Better half now has the accounts on Pokerstars and my old Full Tilt account, so that puts the two largest sites out of my mind, I’m going to have to think about where to put my bankroll.

Time to do some research!