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Cashout Problems on Poker Stars
Is anyone else waiting on a cash out from Poker Stars? I keep forgetting about my cashout and I was reading 2+2 today and noticed other people were complaining about waiting on their money…
I cashed out $100 on 4/16.
On 4/24 I received this email from Poker Stars:
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Hello,
We regret to inform you that due to technical difficulties on our eCheck
processor’s end, some of the cashouts we sent for processing from April
14th to April 22nd have been delayed. Unfortunately, your cashout(s) may
be included.
Currently on Tilt: Who plays to get lucky on the river?
The last time I played live I experienced this hand…
1/2 NL HE cash game at the Commerce: I call a raise of $10 from MP with AJ off. There are 2 other players in the pot. The button (original raiser) and the BB. The flop brings Jd-Jc-Qd. The BB checks and I bet $12. Both players call. The turn brings a 3rd low diamond. The BB checks and I bet $20. The Button folds and the BB calls. The river is a 10d. The BB goes all in for $20. I call the $20 into $132 pot feeling like he doesn’t have a diamond… The moron shows pocket 10s. He rivered a full house on me. I asked him how he could call me down to the river knowing he’s beat the whole way.. he said he felt his 10 coming. Ugh!!!
Skill + Luck = A Successful Tournament
Today I headed out to the Bike for their monthly Ladies Tournament. My plan was to raise preflop whenever I wanted to be in the pot when in a good position. I wanted to pick up a lot of small pots early on in order to build my stack. I didn’t want to find myself stressing over the antes and blinds as they began to increase. My starting table (which did not break until we were down to 2.. which was great) included a lot of tight play. Myself and 2 other women picked up on this fast and took down many small pots… and in my case with marginal hands…
Ups and Downs.. a few days of poker
I’ve been playing live poker a lot lately- which is great. Of course, this is coming with some ups and downs. I played a NLHE 1/2 game on Wednesday and posted about my success. I went back to Commerce again on Friday and had another winning session. Friday night was filled with a lot of calling stations and players there “just for fun!”. I hit a lot of flops early on and was up $100 after the first hour. It was easy extracting the most amount from the weak players at the table (ah, I’m missing that hour of play)… Here’s an example of a hand from that night where I felt I dodged a huge bullet…
Finally.. A Success Story
It’s official I just don’t like online poker and that’s ok. I don’t have to. I can play online for fun.. I enjoy playing in the AIPS events (which I will be rushing home for tonight). However, when it comes to what I enjoy about poker and why I started playing.. that’s the live play. I enjoy reading people whether it’s at the poker table or not. I get inside people’s heads and over analyze what makes them make certain decisions. Last night I visited Commerce for a NLHE 1/2 game and came out successful.
Frustrations
Ok, I’m frustrated. I feel like I can’t win right now. I’ve been playing a lot online. I spend about 20-30hrs online in a week. That’s an insane amount of time in front of a screen since I work 40hr weeks on a computer.. which is probably fueling my craziness right now. Despite my last post about focusing on my success in micro stakes NLHE cash games online.. I went against that and went back to MTT and SnGs online. What can I say, I was bored? There’s no big finale in cash games.. I like tournaments.
Micro NLHE Cash Games
I’ve been playing a lot online during the week.. since my weekends are usually spent at Commerce in some 1-2 NLHE cash games, I decided I should take a break from the SnGs and practice cash games online. I buy-in for the max $10 in the mirco $.05-.10 NLHE games on Full Tilt. In my last 7 consecutive sessions I’ve left up 1-2x my buy-in. Am I running well or am I on to something?
Now Back to Poker
After a nice, normal weekend I am finally falling back into my routines.. which is good and bad. I hate routine.. but after my last 2 months or so I’m happy to be working (well, bringing home a paycheck).. not in boxes anymore.. and playing poker again… I hate being forced to take time off like that.
A Quick Update
Hey everyone.. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I’ve been unable to play poker or even really think about poker in the last week or so. I packed up everything last week and moved to LA. It’s been a crazy month to say the least. I traveled to LA to find an apt and interview for a job, came back to find out I was laid off anyway, then began packing everything, took a “quick” trip to Vegas from FL (seriously 24hrs in Vegas.. long story.. not much poker unfortunately), then finished packing and then hit to road for 5 days of driving. The worst part was passing all the casinos along the I-10 and not being able to stop with my 2 cats in the car. We made it to LA yesterday and we’re getting settled. Oh, and I actually was offered the job I interviewed for while on the road.. so that helps. I have off all next week before I start and my birthday is on Wednesday.. so I definitely see some LA casinos in my future…
Limit Hold Em Cash Games
During my unemployment I’m fully taking advantage of my available time.. and most importantly the time I have to play poker. I’m considering these days paid by my severance a bit of a pro poker fantasy camp. I have this time off and I want to see what it’s like to play poker full time as if I was doing it for a living. So today I started my day off with a Full Tilt warm up session. I woke up and had breakfast to a $2 NLHE 9 person. I placed 1st. Off to a good start. From there I went to the gym and came back for a quick lunch.. Then I was off to the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa…
