hhmm, not fairing well

just finished a huge session for me and didn't perform as well as i had hoped. down just under a buy-in, which is not catastrophic but still a loss.

found a super huge mega fishie though, the whole tabl was there just to milk this guy playing aomthing like 85/50/2. i lost a buy-in early when his monster 6/4 off beat my a/k but managed to make it back with another a/k all in pre to his 8/9. picked up a few other pots here and there but even though he was a mega fish he was hard to play against because you never knew where you stood against him. plus with everyone else being so aggro with him you had to pick your spots pretty carefully.

on other tables i didn't have a great time either, a few pots here and there but in general i just wasn't hitting anything and there were too many calling stations to really bluff at a flop.

i did start noticing, more clearly then before, certain lines other players were taking and how strong they really were. if i had ben able to enter more pots i think i could have exploited them some more but i just wasn't comfortable opening with the mighty 7/3 or q/2. really need to forget my cards and just play the player but its a weird feeling!

thats about all for now. have a work night out tonight...which i'm paying for and won't be drinking at because i'm still on meds. boo!

we are all fish

some of you may disagree but even though i am a total poker newbie and probably the fishiest fish of all i still believe no one ever really escapes being a fish.

the reason i say this is everyone has their nemesis, no matter who you are there is always at least one player that has you cracked. whether this is uncontrollable luck on their part, they know your game inside out or they are just a better player, you will always be a fish to them in some respect!

so whether you are phil ivey, jamie gold or doyle brunson, someone out there has your number and you are probably a little swimmer to them! granted, two of the players mentioned above can probably count those better players or luck boxes on one finger whereas i am a fish to every poker player in the galaxy!

so in a lengthy and roundabout way what i want to pose is, why am i here?

well, my goal is to address exactly what i have rambled on about above. i am at ground zero, i have no poker experience whats so ever, unless you count being dealt cards in a random department store poker promotion and constantly pushing chips into the middle before asking the dealer if i had won! yes i am that bad.

well i have spent the last few weeks addressing the basics, i have read a few poker books, nothing to strenuous, no slansky or harrington just yet but enough to get me sat at a table without with an understanding of whats going on.

so with that in mind i'm ready to pay for my education, ready to begin my journey from being the worlds biggest fish to hopefully a much smaller and more accomplished one. this is the beginning and i want to share it with you. it may be interesting, exciting, boring, dull or a little zany, that is for you to decide but what i can promise is that it will be honest. so if you are willing to take this journey with me, then please come back, it starts here. i have just installed pokerstars (no reason why this site) and am ready for my first live cash session tomorrow. i'll update you on my goals tomorrow and from there who knows where we will end up!