OmaHA

August 10, 2009 by Nick Wealthall

I’ve been playing a lot of poker lately

It’s weird it comes and goes for me but for some reason at the moment I’m loving it.

Lately I’ve had a couple of all night sessions. Which in my ridiculous world means until 7am or later. On both occasions I’ve been winning and the games have been ridiculously good.

Omaha on the weekends is crazy. The more solid regulars often don’t play the weekend evenings – which I think is a huge error. I understand that they probably want to have social lives or something but if I was trying to earn my living playing online poker I’d make my weekend Tuesday and Wednesday or something because there are just so many drunken gamblers on the weekend – god love em.

I’ve been running well since Vegas and playing pretty well to. My results are great – I’m beating 1/2 PLO for 11bb/100 over almost 20k hands. (for those of you not from planet poker anything over 4 is great – 11 is really killing it)

This win rate is really high and not sustainable BUT I do think it’s a realistic win rate for me in the games I’ve been playing on a weekend night.

I’m getting to the point where I’m taking shots at 2/4 games. Of course the problem with Omaha (like life) is just when you think you’ve got it licked it’ll make you look a fool. I’ll keep you posted!

I’ve been trying to regulate my sleep patterns recently and finding it a real challenge. I’ve always been a night owl which is never going to change but I have no regular sleep schedule and it definitely impacts me and how much energy I have during the day. The worst thing is when I pull an all nighter for no particular reason other than I fancy it…. Actually wait that’s not true.

I love it too much. I love the feeling when it’s so late that you’re head hurts a little and your eyes hurt a lot. First light is breeching the curtains and the sounds of traffic are just beginning. The world is still asleep but I’m playing. And I’m in flow. Too tired for proper conscious thought but my unconscious brain has long since taken over. My numbed brain only occasionally punctured by the adrenalin of a big pot. And the money is racking up because I’m running good and I may be tired but I’m still together where others are tilting or were never together in the first place. And in a few minutes I’ll get breakfast and sleep while others wake and do whatever regular people do ….

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Sorry – you lost me for a moment there!

Hope you’re having fun too play well and run better.

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