Mardi Gras/Poker - Life is Good

I have to say that I am sorry for the lack of new post this month but it has been Mardi Gras here in New Orleans. I have been going to lots of parades and parties over the last few weeks and havent had much time to make new post to this blog. I havent even had much time to play any poker which is a real disappointment. I like to play poker at least 2 hours per day everyday of the week. I enjoy playing poker online although I find playing poker at brick and mortar casinos to be much more profitable. I see a lot more bad river beats when playing online and the online poker sites like to claim this is due to the fact that you see a lot more hands. This is one of the biggest lies ever told. I see a lot more bad beats online percentage wise meaning that these 4 or less outers hit the river more times per 100 hands when playing online than they do when playing with real cards. This makes the number of hands played irrelevant when discussing bad beats. For instance if I play 10,000 hands online with a bad beat percentage of somewhere close to 17%, I will lose 1700 hands by getting sucked out on. Now if I play 10,000 hands at a brick and mortar casino with a bad beat percentage of somewhere close to 5-7%, I will lose 500-700 hands. Online poker sites can't fool me, you will see more bad beats online not because you are playing more hands but because they occur more frequentlly. This more frequent occurance makes online poker more of a gamble than playing at brick and mortar casinos and thus much less profitable.

Thanks, Chris - LuckyStacks

PokerStars = DonkeyStars

How many times do I have to lose to some bullshit hand in order to stop playing on DonkeyStars? I raise pre flop 5 times the big blind with pocket 6's only to be called by some moron from europe with Queen 7 off suite, the flop comes 3 4 7 rainbow so I go allin. I mean why wouldnt I go allin there I have 6's and an open ended straight draw right? When he insta-calls me I think he must have a big pocket pair only to look at his cards and see Queen 7 off suite. Tell me what kind of moron calls 5 times the big blind with Queen 7 off, then insta-calls allin after the flop while holding such a garbage hand? Did he even consider the possibility that I had a big pocket pair? No, he didnt think for 1 second that I could have a big pocket pair. Another question I would like answered is, "Why does PokerStars reward such poor play?" The only answer I can think of is that their RNG is so inaccurate that it allows for stupid people to make stupid calls pre flop only to be rewarded by sucking out over and over and over again. The good news is after taking a few terrible beats today I finished the day having only lost 12,000 in chips.

Thanks for reading, Chris - LuckyStacks