The Poker Nerd

1. The Poker Nerd and the COBB-Webb group spent four days over Labor Day weekend in Atlantic City including a trip to the Borgata. We liked the poker room. There was nothing special about the play. I was in the middle of a big dip, so it’s hard to judge whether it’s going to be a profitable room for us. Unfortunately, we’re probably not going to make it back there very often unless somebody builds up some reasonably priced hotels around the casino. The ability to take a nap between sessions is important, but not so important that we’re going to pay US$300 a night for the privilege.

I played badly the first two sessions and would have been down almost US$800 if I hadn’t made up half of it in the last session. Two and a half weeks in Vegas, I did fine (other than the front-loaded US$10,000 loss.) Four days in AC, I fall apart. I guess that’s poker.

2. I continue to have limited success with online NLTHE and remarkable success with all the other tournaments. I won two back to back on PokerStars, something I’ve never done. One was in HORSE, the other in Stud/8. My placement rate in mixed games, stud, and Omaha is absurdly high while still remaining awful in Texas Hold ‘Em.

3. My little sister is descending into moral degeneracy at a remarkable rate. We in the COBB-Webb group have great hope for her continued development.