Elonian Nomad - 3rd Strike

My SO is out of town due to business, and the winds are startin’ to pick up to to the coming winds. She left Hanachi-e with me, so I’m also a cat-sitter for a longer period of time than I’m used to.

After some more re-buys at Full Tilt Poker .net, I’m managing to get my groove back there. I’m not doing all that great, mind you, but at least I’m not bleeding to death anymore. Maybe after a while I’ll get the feel of things in that environment.

I watched Casino Royale again, this time with my dad. I found it funny that the parts of the movie that struck him most were the brands of cellphones used and the cars (well, am not surprised about him noticing the cars that much).

Winds are getting stronger, gotta remember to close all the windows before settling down for the night.

To the people that’ll be affected by the storm tomorrow, take care.

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Since I don’t feel so attached to my Full Tilt Poker .net game, I use it primarily as my experimentation account. I tend to play loose there, and I practice being aggressive. I got a lot more practicing to do, I lost everything there, and I just had another re-buy.

It almost seemed that my bad beat in Full Tilt Poker .net would also go to Triplejack, I almost lost everything I painstakingly gained this weekend, but I slowly got a few nice bumps. I had several hits and misses, and my stack was kept jumping up and down. This was mainly due to some remnants of the loose/aggressive game I was practicing in Full Tilt Poker .net. Somehow, I got into a good groove, and I managed to improve my blend of conservatism and aggression. Due to this, I not only recovered my stack, but also made a little bump to my best winnings yet.

I just have to understand what plays I did right, and what plays I did wrong, hopefully, I can confidently repeat this winning, and reduce the losing.

BTW, I noticed that I seemed to get the dog/canine/fido hand (K9) in Triplejack a lot, and it proved to be an unlucky hand for me. I have won several of my key pots by having a Queen in my hand somehow. Maybe the Queen was my muse at today’s games. I wonder if she’ll be helping me the same way in future hands…?

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We watched “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” last night. If you’re easily offended, don’t watch it. I watch South Park and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, but Borat… well… it can get uglier than both.

It has it’s funny moments, but I’m warning you, its very very crude.

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Now, this is a double meaning. For one, I lost quite a bit of play money at Triplejack, and I have yet to recover the bulk of what I lost. I’m having a harder time with the players in the “Zen of Poker” lounge, one because there I get unlucky enough to run into more roulette players, two because I’ve been trying to play a looser game, but it’s not working for me. Perhaps it’s the environment, since it’s play money, people are more risk taking, and I get unlucky at the worst points. Perhaps my discipline changed as I tried to play a looser game. Regardless, I’m still thinking if I have what it takes to go back to that lounge or if I should stay in the newbie lounge a bit longer.

The second bad beat is for my physical body. I had a very busy week last week, and my body took a bit of a physical beating from the stress. I don’t have a fever, but my throat hurts and my body is aching. I guess I have to lie low for a while lest this turns into a full fledged fever. Dry cough and mucus is not fun, it’s itchy and feels awkward.

Well, the good news is that my SO did a great performance last week. All the hard work and stress didn’t go to waste. I’m so proud of her performance.

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I’d just like to mention which stall we take Hanachi-e for her baths in Tiendesitas (as mentioned in a previous post). The stall is called “Heavenly Blue”.

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I thought my dad would love the “Flags of our Fathers” movie, and I thought he’d like the beer at Grappa’s too, so I thought we’d have a father/son thing. He loved the movie, and he liked the beer. My dad called my mom up while we were at Grappa’s, so we ended up having a family snack (quite easy when there’s only three of you in the family). Chit-chat, small-talk, you know, but dad ain’t used to places like that (he did like the beer, though).

I’m glad my dad had a good time. And I’m glad we spent some time together, it was more meaningful than when we ate lunch together last Sunday (which we do every week), much more intimate. I’ll probably propose we do this from time to time, I’ll just make sure that it’s on my time (my dad wanted it to be a regular weekly thing, nuh-uh :P).

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