Every Wednesday, EVERY WEDNESDAY...yummy fishies

Hi/lo night at the office. Somehow they just manage to keep drawing in worse and worse players. I've not played much live poker as of late, but every Wednesday is a must. I took a couple of months off from this game due to it getting tougher, ending earlier, etc. Then I stop by amonth ago and post a nice win, and the player pool keeps getting better. Amazing.

The game is 4 8 with a 6 12 kill.
The game is a rotation of Stud 8 with a spit and Omaha 8.
The game has forced betting in each round.
The game is the definition of fish in a barrel.
The game, I wish it were 15 30.

This doesn't mean that every session is a winning one, but most are.

Last 4 weeks ; +$475, -$370, +$300, +$300. All sessions roughly 6-7 hours except for a marathon trying-to-get-even--when-down-$400-3-handed-against-two-donks session that didn't get me anywhere but stuck the same amount. I would play this game 5 nights a week if it ran. I'd make a grand a week playing this game, it's so sweet. Although, the players would die out faster so I should be happy with it for what it is.

There's no question that stud8/O8 and limit holdem are my best games. There is reportedly a 15 30 stud8/O8 that runs every Tuesday at another club a few more winning sessions and I might take a shot.

As for online, just playing a bit here and there. My Party account is still on hold and that's my main plan for a cash game site, so things are on delay. I found some some 5 10 and 10 20 games on Pacific that I've been playing here and there. I played a few MTTs for fun on Stars a week or 2 ago and monied a few times, often just a beat away from a top 5 chance, but nothing big of which to speak.

A friend of mine has qualified for both the PPM and the European World Series on Party, pretty sweet.

So, my goal now is basically to keep it fun, play every Wednesday for some profit, play a few small <$100 buy-in tournies here and there for a decent overlay and find some decent 10 20 LHE games around my area (which isn't easy). Also, get my Party account up and running for some multitabling 5 10 and 10 20 cash games.

An interesting team event is coming up on Saturday, the Royal Cup. Basically, a small buy-in team points event over the course of an entire 12h day. Should be fun if not very profitable (if team Toronto wins I'll get something like $200 or so). I'll be playing a PLO tourny, a LHE tourny, a NLHE tourny and a HU elimination tourny all in a day...wow.

A New Day, Online Poker Revelations and A Simple Statement That Has Changed My Outlook

I've had an epiphany.

I've found what I've been looking for online after several months of experimenting.

Multitabling has made things clear for my success in online play. I can now play games that individually were boring or not worth the time investment for the likely return. I can play $20 MTT tournaments without cracking from boredom and donking out 3 hours into the game. I can play full table ring games without lowering my starting hand requirements out of sheer boredom. How? Multitabling.

Multitabling -- playing one MTT and one or two full table ring games. Disasterous individually, but they taste great together.

MTTs are about volume. Being a very good player and investing in enough games that your edge breaks through the high variance. Multitabling allows for the investment of time.

I've been getting deep in many MTTs lately, mostly Omaha games and smaller field rebuy events on Stars. A few bad beats late in the game here and there have kept me out of the top 9 a few times. I'll be taking a shot at these on a regular basis now with a soft 5 10 or 10 20 O8 game on Pacific or Party going on the side.

Last night Stars Limit Holdem $11+R, 216 players. I finish 7th, not great but certainly not bad. I'm only a bad beat away from an average stack and shooting for the top 3. Out on QQ vs chip leader's 87o...meh.

At the same time I made $150-$200 in a few hours of a soft 5 10 O8 game.

I won't be posting results on here anymore, it's too tedious. I'll be investing a higher %age of my bankroll into MTTs while grinding away at 5 10 or 10 20 full ring games.
Stars will be strictly for MTTs (mostly rebuys and possibly deepstacks to start out) and the odd SNG. I am Ruberman, watch for me at some Final Tables.

Paradise strictly for small field Omaha events, especially the rebuys. I am Rubermann.

Party and Pacific will be almost exclusively for full ring games, no screenames provided :)

This Blog will be more strategies and observations from now on. Postings will be less frequent but more interesting and in depth.

All along I've been looking for the answer as to what is more profitable live or online poker. I was talking to one of my affiliates and asking him what he plays and what he likes and he simply stated,"I like both B&M and Online games".

A simple statement, but it made me realize that I should just play what I feel like playing on a given day/night.
I like both.