Back in health, thanks to a lunatic
December 10, 2007
Well my brief transformation into a fish fortunately lasted no more than 24 hours, and I got my way back up to $200 and then a bit more, finishing the weekend on $227. Not bad from a $3 starting roll last month, but there’s a long, long way to go.
I had two winning sessions, both still four-tabling 5c/10c with max $10 sit-down. One was longer and steady, the second was just an hour or so where I hit just about everything. It’s rigged, I tell ya.
Far from being a long grind, the first session was great fun, thanks to a complete head case on one of the tables. He had £25 or so when I sat down, and went on a mad, aggressive raise and all-in fest. He got lucky and then wound one or two players up sufficiently to get them to part with all their cash. Before long he had lucked his way to $65. Not bad for a $10 buy-in!
But, some of us at the six-seat table were circling. I noticed a couple more sat down who I had played with before and were quite decent. We all had one thing on our mind - the lunatic’s stack.
The great thing was he fancied himself and his stack so much that he started more or less giving a running commentary on the game. You know the sort of thing: “Darn, nice hand. I had the king and was looking for” blah, blah. Or: “I had K-10, well played.” It doesn’t take much of a genius to work out after a short while how he’s playing.
And within 30 minutes, three of us took his entire stack.
He was left with big, fat nothing. A tremendous fall from grace, and I had the pleasure of taking his last $11 when he pushed all in with the straight, only for me to river the flush (I had a straight draw, too). I actually typed in ‘I hope you don’t have Q-8′ as I called! I enjoyed that one, but he went mental - from the cheeky, cheery chat-box know-all to rude, woe-is-me, you-are-all-terrible-players saddo.
Hahahaha, what fun. Anyway, I hope to continue this decent Bankroll Challenge rise to $400 then I’ll move up a level.
As I’ve said before, starting off with $3 and playing the micros with no more than 5% of total roll might seem an odd thing for me to do, but now I have the luxury of not having to withdraw profit (job!), it is becoming a fantastic exercise in poker discipline.
Unless, of course, I turn into a fish again!
I’m not sure if I’ll be playing again for a day or so, but if I do I’ll be looking for my lunatic friend again.
New Bankroll: £227
Starting roll: $3.
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