This is my first blog posting without anything to talk about. We have recently moved, and I have started another job. Unlike my last job, this one requires me to get up in the morning and go to work, and I have been unable to play any poker in the last month. Of course, it is not as bad as it sounds, because I have figured out how to survive since black Friday.
Before poker was shut down by the Department of Justice, I played online poker all the time. To me, it was the greatest online multiplayer game of all time. World of Warcraft is cool, but poker is king. There is something so exciting about playing online with real money. It doesn’t matter if it is dollars or pennies, people play differently when it’s real money. I didn’t play to earn a living, but I did play every weekend.
When I wasn’t doing chores around the house, I was playing poker. I used to work a 9/80 schedule, which meant I worked nine hour days, and took every other Friday off. I spent those extra days off playing poker all day, and I really miss it. Also, every Sunday morning, I would get up extra early, sometimes at 4:00 am, and play as long as I could. I could usually get in four or five house before everyone got up and started the day.
Now I have to find other things to do. I have tried playing freerolls, but they don’t do it for me. I’ve realized in the last few weeks, that what I really love about poker is the grind. I have no problem losing a hand or a tournament if I can just fire up another game, or buy back in, and keep playing until I’m not having fun anymore or my wife makes me leave the house (damn wives). The problem with freeroll tournaments is that there aren’t that many of them out there, and they are scheduled, so I can’t play when I want to. I have to structure my fun around the schedule of the websites. That doesn’t work for me.
So instead of playing poker, I do the next best thing. I think about it, talk about it, write about it, watch it, and read about it. Patiently waiting until it comes back. It seems to be on its way. Already, there are now some intra-state licenses for Nevada, and with Pokerstars buying Full Tilt Poker, it seems like they could be back in the states in no time.
So until then, I watch “High Stakes Poker” and wait…