Hi poker lovers,

I’m extremely FRUSTRATED right now… It’s really unbelievebale how badly I ran during the past two months. I’ve lost almost 30% of my bankroll and to be very honest, it wasn’t my fault at all. Just everything went wrong, it’s so irritating when you play good with some well-timed bluffs and right agressive moves during your smallball poker tactics. I’m really desperated at the moment and I really want to quit the online poker scene for a while, certainly at PokerStars because they have really sick dealers. I’ve saved some statistics to prove my frustration and anger. I’ve lost almost 85% of the coin-flips when we were all-in before the flop. I got 56% bad rivers when I was ahead against my 18% luck factor. And I’ve lost an impressive 67% when I had a reassuring lead of 70-30, e.g. when I had a bigger Ace or when I had a bigger pair and they got very lucky with some two or three outer.  I’m hoping for a better 2012 because I really don’t think that December will change all my luck. Or I’m just way too unlucky in life to be a successful poker player. Yeah Mike Matusow, I hear you ! I will show you now some special hands during these months, but as you might already know, it’s not me who won the hand…

The first hand is really crazy and probably typical  for PokerStars these days… What’s the chance for that board when you see their holdings. Well at least I could say is that the dealer saved the best for last…

So, the bast hand did won in the end. That’s a miracle for PokerStars, so I really had to post this one. The following hand is chosen by his exceptional flop, all the stacks were always going in on that board (at least my hand for sure!). And of course the player with the biggest gambling wish won the main pot…

Yeah, I flopped a Royal Flush draw ! I was even exciting as you guys. I could never fold that, maybe if I knew that mister small stack was holding my two biggest outs and a higher flush draw. In the end i got the flush and was beating the two pair of the third player, but I’ve lost the big main pot anyway.

I was only successful in a new poker format on PokerStars, namely the Time Tournaments! If you never heart or played them, you really should ! It’s a normal tournament with high blinds, switching really fast because there’s a time limit on the tourney. It could be 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes and after the time is up, everybody who’s still in wins a share of the total prize pot. This share depends on your final stack compared with the other stacks. So for example you play a time tournament with an entree fee of $ 5 and a starting stack of 2500 chips. You end the tournament with a decent stack of 7875 (three times your starting stack) , so your share will be around three times the entree fee, in this example about $ 16.

I will end this post with the next five songs out of my Best 21st century Songs top-50 hit list. Next time you’ll know the conclusion with of course my ultimate number one, the best song of the century until now and there will also be some pretty hot chicks !

10/ Tool – Schism (2001, Lateralus)

09/ Kasabian – Fire (2009, New Musical Express)

08/ Coldplay – Viva La Vida (2008, Viva la Vida or Death and all His Friends)

07/ Fleet Foxes – Mykonos (2008, Fleet Foxes)

06/ The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (2009, Conditions)

Cheers,

J.M.