I’ve been preoccupied with poker recently. I’ve been steadily building up my bankroll only to give in and take a few hits as I get too “greedy”. I’ve been called out for my excessive patience in most situations but recently, I’ve made several mistakes due to impatience. I believe it to be a poker-only phenomenon as I don’t seem to be losing patience in other aspects of life so I’m working to identify what is driving me to make bad plays in these moments where I lose focus.

Went to see The Grand at the E-Street Cinema in DC yesterday with some friends and it’s definitely worth seeing. It’s a mockumentary style movie about poker and it plays up the stereotypes very well. Additionally, though it’s a movie about poker, it doesn’t really have all that much poker actually in it so it should appeal to quite a few people who otherwise would skip it. Anyway, if you like mockumentary style movies like Best In Show, you would probably enjoy this movie. Poker aficionados just get a bonus with the numerous cameo appearances by the notable poker faces.

Recently, I’ve been intrigued by 5-table tournaments on Full Tilt.  These 45 player tourneys fills up very quickly and provide a decent return if you place in the top 3 (top 6 paid).    I’ve played about 6-8 of them and haven’t finished worse than in the teens — Sadly, I can’t seem to finish strong and my best finish was 5th.