Out Like Seacrest

My online poker days are officially over. I began today with about a $50 bankroll and a $26 token. I had a play-by-play recap posted earlier but took that down because, really, who cares to see how I finished 299\681 in a $26 tournament.

I blazed through a couple $11 tourneys after that and couldn't get anything going. Most of my wins were suckouts anyways.

Played some PLO8 concurrently as well, did ok, until I decided to say "fuck it" and took my entire bankroll up to the $.25\$.50 level. Was doing ok until I ran into the madman aka SimoneR. He raises it to $1.75. I'm sitting on Ah2sThJd. Not the best hand, but it's a short table at 5 players and I'm feeling a little bit of a gamble.

Flop comes AJ4 rainbow. The madman pushes. I don't need to make this call. I've got him covered but it's pretty much the end of the line for me. I win, I'm up to about $75. I know I'm ahead. Do I make the call with two cards to come?

Fuck it, let's roll.

He shows 9935. Sweet! I've got him dominated for the high, and he still needs to hit a card to make the low. I knew I had him!

Turn is 6h. Ugh, fine, we'll split the pot.

River is a 2. He makes the nut low and a 6 high straight.








Fuck fuck FUCK!








I was left with about $1.35 which I doubled up through that lucky fucker, and then like a pussy bitch he bounces after the next hand. Doubles up and then leaves. What a fucker. I ran my last couple of bucks up to about $4 before I ran into a set and IGHN. For good.

It's somewhat depressing to know that I might never play online poker again. It's been an amazing journey and at times successful, but also very time consuming and sometimes a strain on my personal life. But the bottom line is that I just love playing poker. I'm nowhere near the skill level I know I can be that, and online poker gave me the ability to constantly be learning (mostly through my own mistakes). And now it's gone.

I do realize that there are still ways to deposit, but I'm not going to look into those. I feel like it's time. I'm at a point where I'm essentially a losing player, and I don't have the time or the money right now to work on my game the way I want to. To some degree I'm upset I can't play anymore, but all in all this is a day that I knew would one day come and I'm fine with that.

So where does that leave me and my blog? I'll continue to post on occassion, maybe talk a little about the home games I'm trying to run. I'll probably hit up some Seattle card rooms on occassion. And I still have the desire to one day donk it up at the WSOP.

But as of today, online poker is just a thing of the past for me.