[tpkatsa]

I think this guy has it spot-on. I just posted about losing three hands in a row to runner-runner straights, but from TastyPlayer's story, I don't feel so bad :-). My peeve is that I have to drive an hour to play poker, and so I feel like I've not only lost money, but wasted a whole day and gasoline as well.

I normally play $2/$4 but I've thought about moving up to the $4/$8 or $2/$10 spread game for more "serious" poker. I too am tired of having my set of 5's cracked by a guy staying in on nothing but a backdoor straight draw that Sklansky says he should have folded. I guess the bottom line is that most players don't play like Sklansky says and shouldn't we all be grateful for that?

Throughout this year I've probably won around $300-$400 playing $2/$4 poker. I don't like playing online (except nickel-dime), because I don't really trust internet poker. (Although one time I ran up the free $75 promotion at PartyPoker to over $350). Also I like the feel of the cards in my hand and looking down at my pocket ladies and knowing I'm going to raise...I hate pocket Aces...anyway I'll stop rambling now but just say (at TastyPlayer's expense-sorry) that I feel a little bit better about things now and will continue to try to improve my game. I've found 2+2 to be very helpful but of course there isn't a lot of sympathy for guys like TastyPlayer, unfortunately. I think that stems more from the fact that there's really nothing anyone can do about it...we all feel for him but what can you do?

-tpkatsa