19

Dec

Playing Online Poker Without an Internet Connection

I turned on my laptop first thing this morning and the Internet Connection was virtually dead. My ISP quickly gave me the standard excuse, the pipeline between Malta and Rome was "broken" again. 

I watched a video on Tedtalks about Bernoulli's equation. Perfect for people who play poker. I am on a line of thought. Humans take risks and that is why we have grown to be the dominant specie, we are always calculating what we will gain and how much effort is involved. Always comparing the past and thinking of the future.

Now it's Friday evening and I want to play poker online, I know it's broken, the connection is so slow that a heads up game that usually takes 15 to 20 minutes is takening over an hour. I have treated that last few months as a learning curve but this is different. I decide to try something different tonight. Very very interesting. Here is my notes:

- With 3 breaks the game lasted over 3 hours
- Heads up play
- Some how the blind levels did not increase
- Trying to maximize pots
- Found a tight player
- I decide to raise all my medium hands
- I also decide to not raise my good hands, then trap
- I bet on a paired board, straight draws and flush draws
- I go all in at the right moments
- I sence weakness and then make a nice bet
- I take alot out of the experince but its slow, painful and fun

Im not the same person when the internet is so bad.