august recap
Basically, that $65 smash hit on Party ended up saving my bacon for August. In tournaments I ended up $13 to the good, and in cash games, I posted the tiniest of profits. (I lost a buy-in yesterday, when someone was making bets that were too small to chase away my nut flush draw, and a third guy was in there for unknown reasons. River was my spade, so I pushed all-in, the initial aggressor folded, and the third guy called. The turn, as it happens, was his fourth five, and I wasn’t afraid of the pair on the board, because who plays with fives? Someone with two of them, is the answer.)
I’ve dabbled in heads up tournaments (5-5 so far, which means I’d be even if I wasn’t paying a fee), and started to play a little limit. Limit’s sort of fun, just because you can play more hands, but it’s much more frustrating, because every set or nut straight gets outdrawn by some braying jackass with J5s. Thing is, he’s getting odds for his calls, too.
I also want to note that the 45-player $1.00+.20 SnG (paying 7) is about 40% ITM for me, with a ROI of over 100%. If I had all day to scrape by and collect pennies, that’s what I’d be doing.