Tuesday, May 28, 2019

My Wife Will Not like This


My wife sometimes has, well, delicate sensibilities.  When I told first told her that I use a pee jar when I play online poker, her response was a loud, "Oh Gross!"  Of course, in another tournament the next day, I called her into my office when I was using that jar, and I was told "Oh gross!" as well as, "That's disgusting!"  (Believe it or not, whether to use a pee jar is an issue that is discussed in the poker community):

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/32/beginners-questions/do-people-really-use-pee-jugs-1111471/?highlight=do+people+really+use+pee+jars

I just finished watching a 1.25 hour webinar on range building.*  Someone asked whether, when he was knocked out of a re-entry tournament and got flustered, he should take some time to get his head together and decide what to do, or would it be better to jump back into the tournament and not miss a hand.

The poker pro teaching the webinar said that "re-entry guy" should definitely take a little time to get focused.  I disagreed.

One of my poker rules is , "Never miss a hand." I typed into the chat box that the best way to get a good hand is to not miss it when it comes. If  I play an online tournament that lasts for nine hours, I will have a pee jar on my desk and I'm going to stay at that desk and play every single hand.  Other players might get tired, or drunk, or whatever, and that gives me an edge when I'm in a hand with that opponent.  I don't miss hands, period.

The re-entry question was the last of the webinar, and the pro closed it by saying that both I and "re-entry guy" had valid points.  He said that a lot of players looked at it as I did, that a hand should never be missed.  He also said that he understood the other playing taking some time to calm down.

That was how the webinar ended.  I'm sure that my wife will enjoy reading this post.

As always, questions or comments are welcome (see box below.)

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*https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=building+a+poker+range&&view=detail&mid=1D9AD836489DC2CF6B111D9AD836489DC2CF6B11&&FORM=VRDGAR

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