Mis-clicks, mis-clicks everywhere! December 15, 2006
Posted by yorkshirepuddings in Cash game, MTT, Online Poker, Poker.trackback
It was meant to be my office Christmas party last night but I couldn’t be arsed going so I didn’t go! My main reasons were the fact it was in the middle of Leeds (I live in Dewsbury about 12 miles away) and with me having to use the buses and train for work it would have been a mad rush getting home then back to Leeds for the do and then I’d have to leave early doors anyway to get the last train back home. Also, I work on the finance floor so the room would have been filled with accountants and I can think nothing worse than being sat with a bunch of pretentious knobs pretending to like then when they don’t even give me the time of day during working hours. Just seemed like too much effort for such little reward. Minus Life EV 
By the sounds of it I didn’t miss much and drinks were extortionate costing £3.50 ($6.60) for a pint of beer! Fuck that, it’s only £1.75 ($3.30) where I live / work!
Enough ramblings. With me not going to the Xmas bash I decided to get in a few cans and hit the cash tables on Prima. I tried out the mini view and managed to fit 4 tables on my screen with no overlap. That’s how bad my laptop is, I could only fit 4 screens on, bet Cadmunkey could fit a couple of hundred on his fucker! Anyway, I only played for about 20 mins but this was enough for around 120 hands as the speed is pretty quick at the 6 max on Prima and I managed to ship about $5 in the process, mainly due to the shit software! On one table I sat at I clicked “Wait for BB” and the “Auto-post blinds” buttons but it seems that the auto-post blinds button overrides everything else so the piece of shit posted for me UTG and I was dealt T7s! FFS 
Cue me flopping bottom pair and an OESD on a 789 flop and losing around $6. After around 15 hands PAHUD displayed the stats but they were all over the shop in this mini-view so I turned it off and played blind for a short while and misclicked more than a dozen times due to the buttons being in weird places compared to what I am used to. After a while it was starting to piss me off so I closed all 4 tables.
I then had the bright idea to sit at an NL50 game, and despite only consuming 2 cans of Scrumpy Jack cider I felt like I’d had a bit more! Anyway, first hand in KK and took the blinds. 2nd hand 99, and again I took the blinds with my raise. 3rd hand AA, I kid you not! I raise to $2 and villain reraises to $8 I raise him to $30 and he folds and I don’t show and I guess I now have a big Bull’s Eye on my back. Very next hand I get QQ and this is getting stupid! I raise one limper and am called. Flop is 6c2d9h and I lead out and villain min-raises me. Turn is 6s and he bets out 1/3 of the pot. I opt to raise him as something was screaming “BOAT BOAT” at me and I wanted to find out now so I raise to the size of the pot and he insta-pushes all-in. Easy fold you say. Well it would be if the fucking buttons were clearer and in the normal place! I click call instead of fold and he flips 22 for a turned boat and I can’t suck out and lose $40. Bastard.
So I’m a bit pissed off at this point and join a $3.50 MTT with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.25k which had attracted around 600 players and the prizes were pretty good. As the game started I noticed it was 6 handed, FFS! I couldn’t be arsed so donked around for the first orbit then sat out because I just didn’t fancy a SH tournament. God knows how I did because I didn’t check back! I then entered a “Rounders” SnG which is basically the same format as the Party Steps, with the top 2 going through to round two. The first level is a $5.50 and the 2nd level is a $27.25 entry with the top 2 going through and the 3rd place getting to try level 1 again. Well to cut a long story short I won a ticket to level 2 which I will give a shot at some point tonight once Pudding Jr hits the hay!
So my account is around $50 lighter this today which is never a good thing but I suppose I did win $30+ the day before so all is not lost. I really need to re-evaluate what I’m going to do because I can’t see myself sticking with Prima to be honest.
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading! 
York, why would you 1)Play for real money? 2)Multi-table? 3)Move up in levels? On a new site where you are unfamiliar with the interface and controls?
But then again I think I know the answer because I’m just like you and I have to fight those urges all the time. LOL.
You might want to play a few hands on the play money tables first, just to get the hang of the interface. I’ve been doing this lately when I join a new site and it helps tremendously. And then maybe one microstakes table next (Prima has beginners tables with .01/.02 and .02/.05 stakes). Then you can start setting the tables on fire!!
Just a thought.
You just know things are about to go wrong when you started reading the 3rd paragraph…
I say stop messing with the small fish and play on one of the bigger sites, either ‘Full Tilt’ or dare I say it, ‘Pokerdonks’ I mean stars.
Mr Scribe - You are entirely right. I was playing last night after having a drink (mistake one) so wasn’t in the best frame of mind! I’m going to give Prima another shot and I’m revising how I play with regards to number of tables and bankroll management. Post to follow soon…
Cadmunkey - I love FT as you know but I think I’m going to give Prima a chance until Xmas. Playing under the influence and multitabling with a new interface isn’t giving it the best chance is it!