Find a Penny, Pick it up

Then all day you'll have some luck. Or so they say.

So imagine my feelings when I was out with Mia earlier today and found one on the floor right by her favourite slide. Of course, I picked it up and put it in my pocket. And it's funny, because parts of my poker life at the moment could do with some sunshine - yet others are very bright.

I was feeling a bit poker-exhausted earlier in the week, so much so that, after writing my blog last Sunday, I switched off the laptop and didn't turn it back on again till Wedensday night - missing 3 nights on the run - and also had Friday off, a total of 4 nights off from poker in one week. Cathy thought I was seriously ill and kept asking me if there was something I wasn't telling her. Incurable disease or have you lost the lot? I just fancied a break, that's all. I play way too much sometimes.

Anyway, I'll start with the good, Bodog is running very well, and my initial 100$ investment is now worth 317$ as I have just cleared my 100$ bonus. Not bad for a weeks work, huh? I have cashed out 200$, so banking a 100$ profit and still got 117$ to play with. The 10% reload bonus means I may withdraw the 117$ also, and re-deposit in a couple of days to get my 10% extra! I'm a whore to that bonus!
To say this place is a fish fest, is a bit like saying Posh Spice doesn't mind the odd photo in the tabloids. It's full of them, in both senses. A raise here is very, very rarely uncalled and the standard isn't great. Sure, they get lucky sometimes like everyone does, including the best players. But it is the total lack of understanding of the game and how to play that makes me smile. They are 'play 'em if they're sooted' players, and I see J2 and 46 type hands calling 6 or 10 x bb raises with the 'it's only 2$' mentality. They also call if they only hit one more of their suits, hoping for the runner runner hands, which astounds as well as delights me. Calling with overcards and pocket pairs is a given, irrespective of the flop texture and no thought given to what their opponents may be holding.
As Tony the Tiger says, It's Grrrrrrreat.

An almost identical site (in fishy standards) is Poker4ever, The Rottie's 'favourite site' as she says on her blog. And you can read the above for this site too. Only I'm not having the 'luck' here. My premium hands are just not standing up at all.
E.G. Holding AA on a 10/20c NL table and raise to 1.60$, one caller. Flop as all low but 2 hearts - I bet 17$ and he calls. Turn nothing, so I put the guy all in for his last 17$ and he called, turning over 2 hearts, with no other match or draw on the table. Despite the ridiculous bet's he called to get there, putting his whole BR on a heart hitting - he was happy to do it. Even more so when his heart came on the river. Nothing I can do to prevent a 36$ loss apart from question his decision making skills, which he thinks are now perfect.
Same thing happened later when my AA ran into a Q 7 3 flop, this time my opponent again called my high bets and turned over K3 - and hit another 3 on the river.
I can hear Acorn saying 'that's what you want, they just got lucky this time' which is half true, but not if they take your BR before you've had chance to win it back. So here, my 100$ is now worth 56$ - including a 40$ bonus (otherwise I'd be out of there).
I'm gonna hang in and see if I can rebuild back to 100$ then decide from there.

CD was pretty bad too, normally a good place for me, but I have to take the rough with the smooth, and did get 28th in the 3k rebuy, so netted a 30$ profit for my 3.5 hours play. Still not decided on whether this is a good or bad way to spend my time on the tables.

Anway, I'm off to see what I can see more of - Posh Spice in the tabloids, or fish at Bodog.

PS. No, I'm not on commission.