sometimes it's nice to take a break.

[whiskeytown]

took about 10 days off playing video games and songwriting - and was prepared to make a full cashout for some stuff and spend the next 6 weeks playing video games instead of poker.

I decide to wipe out my last $9 in tournament dollars by playing a $22 Pokerstars tourney that's seating.

I've doubled up no less then 4 times with monster hands like flopping a flush or a made hand, but here's the thing - I'm always the Big Blind, and it's always a free flop. They're literally GIVING ME these monster pots -

and I lost half my stack when I laid down JJ but would have seen QQ/AT and he flopped an A, so it was a good laydown - slow grinding, another Big Blind double up, and blammo.

Sometiems I slowplay, sometimes I just overbet, but I get my chips in the middle with surprise cards like 93 suited on a AKT suited flop and the guy with a Q is only a 30% favorite for what was a 1-1 pot odds match.

and I've lost coinflips too - I recoginze I've won some and lost some and sucked out to a 3 outer to keep going at one point - but ya know...I accept both sides of the coin.

it's nice to take a break sometimes.

RB