Well, my run good is officially over now.  If you want to read about how I was killing it for a while, cycle back to posts from the first half of July.  After all I did win over 10k in a couple weeks time.  If you want to read about my failing then this post is for you!

Nothing is going right for me now.  As good as I was running before, I am running just as bad.  I didn’t play last night, but not by choice rather because no one would play.  To a point that is running bad, no competition.  The first couple of weeks in July saw a ton more action than I am used to at the 10/20 and 15/30 5 card draw level.  I wish we could have a game going there all the time.

Tonight finally I got a game going at 10/20.  LOL!  Brutal.  I can not tell you how bad the cards were.  The crazy thing is, is if I am playing against what I consider tough competition, the cards aren’t as important.  I mean don’t get me wrong the cards always play an integral part no matter who you play.  But when you are playing against a bunch of passive calling stations, you have to tighten up and showdown some hands.

Well, those hands never came for me.  Then once in a blue moon, I would get a decent holding, only for it to be 2nd best or outdrawn.  Sigh.

Now I have had moments like this before, and I knew it would eventually come (how many times I do not know) during my quest to 60k.  I just hope it doesn’t stick around long.  Sometimes these ruts will just visit for a day to a week, but I have had them over the course of a month before.  It is never fun.

My running total has dipped below 10k as I am now at $9,976.13.  Worried? No.  Aggravated? A little.

See, I sit and wait for what feels like forever just to get a game going at the 5 card draw tables.  When the players finally sit down, I need to make the best of what is expected to be a short time.  When I am not getting at least a normal run of cards, it is very frustrating and you start to go out of your way to try and make things happen…..and when you are playing certain types of players, this is a big no no.

The ever increasing pace to 60k is getting closer and closer to my running amount as the pace now sits at $7,174.  So I am now about $2,800 ahead of pace.  I am still pleased with this amount, but I was $5,800 ahead of pace just short while ago.

So tomorrow, I am taking my mind off of poker, to “recharge”.  I am heading up to National Stadium in Washington, DC tomorrow to watch The Dave Matthews Band in concert.  It will be a good little break to take.  Hopefully the cards will have changed by time I hit the tables again later this weekend.

Until then……I will leave you with a quote from one of DMB’s songs that I enjoy when things aren’t looking so good:

(From Dancing Nancies)

Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes
But I’ll work it out
And then I
Look up at the sky
My mouth is open wide lick and taste
What’s the use in worrying, what’s the use in hurrying
Turn turn we almost become dizzy