feed from thestoryteller blog 2008-07-24T12:21:50+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 thestoryteller http://thestoryteller.liquidpoker.net As my winrate plunges like a supermodel's neckline, I can't help but think of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene I, when the Prince of Morocco says If Hercules and Lichas play at dice Which is the better man, the greater throw May turn by fortune from the weaker hand: So is Alcides beaten by his page; And so may I, blind fortune leading me, Miss that which one unworthier may attain, And die with grieving. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 thestoryteller http://thestoryteller.liquidpoker.net Over the three weeks I've been at NL25, I've noticed that the weekends seem really swingy. They're not humongous swings, they're just swings of one or two buyins up and down every half hour or so so that by Monday, I'm back almost exactly where I was on Friday. It's irritating because weekends are supposed to be God's gift to poker players. It's probably the way I'm playing. Earlier I lost 4 buy ins in a couple of minutes, back to back suckouts. I don't have a stoploss though, because I think losing four buy ins at 25NL really shouldn't be a big deal. If I were to quit everytime I tilted I wouldn't be playing very much, so I just forced myself to untilt and play through the pain. Made 2 of those buy ins back in the next half hour in time to catch the last bits of the 2x FPP/VPP promotion. I amuse myself by trying to rate my weekends on my swing scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being Asian breasts (not swingy), 4 being Tarzan (moderately swingy), 7 being Count Basie's Big Band (very swingy) and 10 being Christmas at the Texas Temple (yeehaw). text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 thestoryteller http://thestoryteller.liquidpoker.net Is this what is called a "tell"? [HAND=478099]