May summary
Posted by Viktoria | Filed under Baby stuff, Everest Poker, Online Poker
I have ambivalent feeling at this time – I still get the emails about the WSOP, parties, events, etc. and I feel a bit sad that I can’t be there. At the same time I have a very good reason not to be there and this reason is much more important than any poker tournament in the world. I am expecting my baby on the 1st July.
This is the reason why this might be my last post for a while, at least about poker 
. I am not sure if anyone would be interested in reading about diaper changes and breastfeeding in this blog Plus, as I hear, I will be to tired to write anyway.
So, about May. It was a strange month, partly very successful but also with failures. The biggest disappointment is the online tournament result, which was a big negative (-9k). However, I won over double that last month, so I will keep trying. The biggest reason for the negative result is that I played several WSOP satellites (on which you can get the cash credited or tournament dollars) and I haven’t cashed in any of them. These are much more expensive tournaments ($700) thank the other ones I played ($55-$350), so they influence the results greatly. If I just cashed one of them, that would have offset the whole negative balance.
Anyway, the good part of the month was my 2-7 game. First of all, the tournament result included my 2-7 win, which was close to 3k. On top of that, I won over $11k in 2-7 cash games which means that my month had a positive balance. I haven’t had a negative month in 2 years now. I played 16 sessions and won in 12 this month. I probably ran above EV, but I don’t mind at all ))) I played a little as high as $50/$100, but usually only up to $30/$60 where I am getting quite comfortable. I only play higher if the table is really good and there is no good game at lower limits.
The player, who helped me with some advice at the beginning of my 2-7 learning curve, is in 2nd place at the WSOP 2-7 tournament with 8 players left (Peter Gelencser). I hope he wins it
My 7 card stud game didn’t go well either. I played on $1/$2 stakes and had no success. It continuously seemed to happen that I bet all the way with the best hand and someone with a complete nonsense calls me down all the way and makes the best hand on the 7th street. But because this kept happening again and again, I start to suspect there is something wrong with my play, too. It can’t just all be bad luck. So I will drop to $0.50/$1 for a little bit to investigate what I am doing wrong. I will definitely not give up
My short handed NLHE didn’t go well either. My biggest problem is that I just don’t like short-handed play. However I will keep playing and practicing, learning from videos, etc. , because this game is much weaker on Everest Poker than full ring (at least at the stakes I like to play full ring – $2/$4 and up). I didn’t lose money on my cash games, but I hardly won anything which is disappointing.
So, this was probably my last month of playing serious poker for a while. I will still post if anything remarkable happens, but I can’t promise anything.
