Things Have been dead quiet on this blog recently haven"t they? Sorry Chaps. I"ve been way too preoccupied with non poker stuff to spout my useful brand of rubbish on here, but rest assured, I will try harder.
For some reason, my tournament play has completely fallen to pieces recently. It could be that things just haven"t gone my way since the halcyon days of january, it may be that I"ve lost focus a bit, in all probability its a bit of both. Things haven"t been all bad though, as my latest poker fad, Omaha hi-lo cash games, has kept me in profit. Eurobet has been very kind to me, Virgin is not far behind (including the session when I took a buy-in from one well-known APAT name - not as impressive as it sounds, we are talking micro stakes here), but the biggest surprise is quite how easy it is to make money playing Hi-Lo on Full Tilt. It looks like the site is full of mad gamblers without the foggiest idea how to play the game. Kerrching! Incidently, if you fancy playing the game and you start by reading a textbook or an article in Pokerplayer, you will more than likely look for starting hands that have a chance of scooping both the high and low part. Whilst that will cut down your variance and help you to not lose too much, that aint necessarily going to maximise your profits in cash games. If you disagree, then by all means come looking for me and attempt to show me the error of my ways by taking loads of dosh away from my bankroll.
In many ways, today is a hugely significant day in my poker development as for the first time, I have placed all my poker money in an account entirely separate from all other funds. The amount isn"t huge, but its well into three figures and is growing nicely. My Hi/lo cash play is producing a steady,positive return and hopefully when my tournament mojo returns, I will take down one of those Pokerstars 5000 runner events I"ve gone close in on numerous occasions this year, thereby giving my new account a massive boost
