Well, March went alright poker wise. Didn’t make a huge amount (maybe $2k?), didn’t play all that much either. Played mostly 100NL/100PLO/some tourneys this month for the most part, a mix of 6-max and heads up (PLO). I ran/played poorly on FTP but ran well/played well on other sites. I’m happy that I got some coaching in as well, and with some of the extra stuff, this month has been alright.
Headsup is really tilting, getting hit and ran nonstop vs. donks. Guess I can’t really complain that much though, name of the game. HU is so nice sometimes because the donks are so awful (and you get them all to yourself)…but the other intangibles (tilt + hits and runs + PLO is crazy in itself) leads to alot of stress at times.
Anyways, it’s officially less than a week before I start my trip. Going to see some family in LA and maybe meet up with a friend there. I tested out my pack today (with rolling everything up) and it looks like I’ll be fine in terms of packing space. The only problem right now is fitting my climbing shoes somewhere (for any beach bouldering or something).
Last minute stuff, haven’t really shopped in a while. Might consider picking up some mini locks…other than that, I’m pretty set. I can just buy some things down there as well if need be.
In other poker news, there have been alot of controversial stuff happening lately. There was a recent 30k hand prop bet (30k hands in one day with profit) that turned out to be a cheating scandal.
Here is another scandal with stoxpoker, the leading coach at stoxpoker.com, a training site (which led to the resignation of stox). Allegations are basically that stox both multiaccounts as well as rathole/short stack (though the latter has yet to be determined).
What a shady game we play.
long trip reports/poker posts/etc to come in the near future. I’m sure I’ll get bored on the plane.