By Swami54 on October 31st, 2007 (more posts by author)

After talking with Edmond tonight I figured I would write an entry. Poker is a side venture for me and one of the main things I'd like to spend my winnings on is traveling. I've been doing fairly well recently and decided I would fork over the money for my girlfriend and myself to take a trip over my Christmas break. I've always wanted to spend New Year's in another country and thought I might as well do it this year. We decided on Mexico...specifically the Mexico City and Oaxaca areas. I'm not a huge beach fan and would much rather see sites and culture. I like the beach but not for multiple days in a row. We've booked the flight and are still working out things to do, places to stay, eat, etc. If you have any suggestions please post them. We'll be there for 10 days.

I was pretty excited about Mexico and then dropped my biggest loss ever today...$1700. I'm not going to lie...I felt a little sick about it. At 3/6 the villain floated his A2s on a 943 rainbow board against my KK. I hit a K and then he hit a 5. I was upset but actually proud of myself for not tilting. This hand would have put me extremely close to my roll for 5/10.

Then I lost my stack again on a 4-outer river and the tilting started to begin, leading to a bluff on my part against the same villain from the first hand. He called down with some crap but I had nothing. The last one is a great example of knowing your opponent and playing when on tilt. Based on my other hands with him, I should have known that I shouldn't bluff him because he calls down light. So $500 of the $1700 is my fault. It's tough to grind and grind away and then lose your weeks of winnings, but I suppose that is the nature of the game.