16 April 2008

I don't know what it is about Stars. Today in only 73 hands I am down over two buyins. Here are the hands I have been up against:

AQ vs. a short stack who shows up with AK
88s vs. a short stack very 1st hand at the table who ends up with a bigger pair -> flush
A set
A set of trips
A pair and a flush draw (for stacks) that does not improve vs. TP no kicker

Now compare this to:

A set of 444s on an AJx two tone board that was raised by someone else. Now all of a sudden none of the other 3 players in the pot (right, 4 way), including the original raiser, have anything.

AK on a Kxx board with a flush draw, now all of a sudden none of the other 2 players (right, 3 way) have anything.

My general complaint is that since last Thursday, I have been up against bigger hands, that, in and of themselves are not terribly unlikely, but when viewed in aggregate are just mind-numbingly bad. I am literally up against a bigger hand every time I enter a pot on Stars. And when I have something, all fold.

Here are the questions I have:

I am not superstitious, but why do I get the feeling that I run inordinately bad every time I have a good deal of bonus $ on the line? Economically, we would say that there is a conflict of interest. Sure poker sites are legit. Sure. Then after 250K hands why do I still get these feelings?

When am I going to go on an outrageous heater? Is such a thing possible for me, or am I just the "kick me sign on his back" chump of the poker playing universe?

As it stands right now, I am about 2 bananas short of monkey tilt. I don't tilt at the tables, it is just an emotional thing. But my camel's back can take only about 1 or 2 more straws. At that point I am going to ca$h out of Stars and split my money between Eurolinx, Party and Pacific. There will be no FPPs or rakeback, and therefore no conflict of interest.

Update:

I just ran into another set. I am done on Stars. I am going to hit 500 more FPPs to make the next bonus, clear them, and cash out completely.