Getting Back on the HORSE

Well, I've moved from Stars to Full Tilt and man do I feel better. I don't know what it is, but I just beat the players on Full Tilt like redheaded step children. I've never had any problems with any game at any limit that I've played. I like the software and I like the games.

And I've found a secret goldmine. Headsup HORSE Sit and Gos. The play is so bad that I think that my win rate is about 4 out of 5. And I can usually hook someone to sit down with me. Of course, what helps is that I am good at all of the games with Holdem, Razz and Stud being my best and Stud H/L being my worst (I hate playing it headsup. It's like banging your head into a brick wall). My limit Omaha 8 game has improved since I started playing HORSE 5 months ago, but unless I face tougher competition, it's going to be hard to improve.

I played in a $20 Razz tournament today and man was my unlucky streak just brutal. I lost 4 out of 5 pots I played to the river. Each one was a suckout except the one where I busted when I stuck with the hand because I was short and my A84 didn't improve against a 235. I had this one guy complete with an Q23, I reraise with a 234 and he gets perfect perfect perfect for the wheel, while I bailed out on 6th when my 89 wasn't going to win. The same guy called a raise with a K as his door card and proceeded to call down to the river to beat my 8 low with a 7.

I am pretty sure that if you took all of the players from the online Stud games and put them in a tournament, it would be called "The Special Olympics of Poker."