I’ve had two losing poker sessions in a row, but somehow, both sessions felt satisfying.  In early August I was in New Jersey for vacation, and had the opportunity to sit for about 10 hours at the Borgata.  The Borgata continues to be my favorite poker room, it is huge, nice seats, good dealers, and has lively games 24/7.  I played 2/5 NL at the Borgata with a $500 buy-in, which was the table max.  About half-way through the session, I was down to 200 bucks, and then quickly afterwards I found myself with about 50 bucks in chips in front of me.  I wasn’t playing horribly, actually, I thought I was playing rather well.  I made a couple of good lay-downs and had some very close beats (like pocket KK vs. pocket AA), and there were no moments where I thought “that was a fucking donkey move”.  I found myself all-in with my last 50 bucks and I finally won a decent hand.  I rode a rush past my buy-in and then roller-coastered 100 up to 100 down for the remaining hours of the session.  I left 100 down but felt satisfied that I was able to fight back.  I think I could have made it a positive session given time, but it was 4 am and they were breaking the table down.  If I was single, I would have stuck around, but life calls sometimes.

My last session was on Saturday night, home game at my house.  Much smaller stakes as it is a home game and 7 of the 8 people at the table work with me in some fashion.  And, let’s just say that changes my playing strategy.  I bought in 4 times (a new record for me), but fought back at the end to wind up 10 bucks down from my original buy-in.  Not bad, however, I find it very hard to play against  co-workers or people who work for me.  I tend to not play very aggressively and rely on card luck.

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