The Paradise Poker saga continues

Results: 2 hours played; up $13

It's been a long time since I posted anything, but I haven't been playing as much limit poker as I should be playing to reach my goal. Instead, I've been playing small limit tournaments on Poker Stars, in live tournaments in the local casinos, and in home games. I'm even on Stars, but down quite a bit from the casinos (probably close to break-even overall counting the home games).

Over the weekend and again this evening, I did play some on Paradise Poker in an attempt to start hacking away at the bonus there. It's been much easier to play the limit tables after playing in some big money (to me at least) tournaments. The bad beats don't sting quite as bad when it's only a couple dollars on the line.

I'd forgotten just how loose the games are on Paradise. I've two-tabling the $.50/$1 games, and it seems like there's always someone calling down to the river hoping that his pair of fours will hold up to win the pot. I've tightened up quite a bit pre-flop and have started really betting aggressively when I have an edge. Of course I still get the occasional bad beat, but all that really does is cause bigger swings in the bankroll. It's still trending up, so eventually I'll hit my goal.

posted by Kent @ 9:25 PM