This past week I have played quite a bit of poker online. The week started off horribly with me losing 4 straight days at the tables. I went on about a 20 buy in downer, but then I won small on Thursday and got a little momentum in the right direction. On Friday I decided that I badly needed to get a haircut. It was hot out, my hair was long and the woman who regularly cuts my hair was booked for awhile, so I just went into my bathroom and shaved my head! And what do you know, I ran great on Friday, winning about $12k on the day. So I guess the next time I need to stop a losing streak I just need to shave my head!
Other than poker, I have been watching the British Open at St. Andrews on TV. Tiger is putting SO bad. I have never seen him struggle this much on the greens. It is crazy what has happened to him since his scandal broke out. He just isn’t the same, yet anyway. When he talks about golf he even sounds more like a regular pro now. The other day he said that he can’t put ball striking and putting together in the same round. That is like the #1 complaint of 99% of the PGA Tour. If they are striping it, they can’t buy a put. If they are hitting it all over the place, they make everything. One way or another they end up with their “usual game” which for a good pro is between 67 and 74.
But Tiger has always been the guy who has it all. If he stripes it, he may just make everything too and win by 15 like he did at pebble. Or 12 like he did at Augusta. Or 8 like he did at St. Andrews. But right now he looks like more like Sergio Garcia then he does himself. He seems to have gotten his long game in order, but his putting is just abysmal. I think it will be awhile before Tiger looks like Tiger again, but I suspect once he has his personal life in order (aka he’s either committed to single life, or finds another woman who he can start over with. Man, can you imagine how insecure his future wife is going to be every time he travels?!!) we will see the old Tiger again.
I am also putting together a draft for a purely poker instructional book that I think people are REALLY going to like when I am finished. I had no intention of doing a purely poker instructional book, but I came up with what I am hoping is a really good idea for how to present fun to read, easy to understand high level poker instruction that will be fun to write and hopefully will improve the readers’ games. I had always intended to write a sequel to treat Your Poker Like A Business, which I will at some point probably this year, but this book is what I am most excited about right now. I will keep you all posted on my progress in this blog.
Well, I think I am going to just play a little bit of poker and spend the rest of the day with my wife and daughter. Tomorrow I am going to watch the final round of the British Open and play the Sunday tournaments on Poker Stars and tons of cash game hands. I am definitely pumped to play and hopefully continue to run good.