My game...

Last night, after a super points mini-tourney at JGPT, I was talking to some friends. We were talking about some game play. Then there's this question...

"What type of player am I?"

I am so freaking interested to hear how people see me. Not for any other reason, but I don't know how I play.

And they wouldn't agree that I am still trying to find my game play.

Grouch told me that I am a passive-aggresive player.

I remember Jards telling me I'm a tight-aggressive.

Then Bryan... when I asked him the same question, laughed. He didn't know what to say.

Ey, I give high regards to this dude on the felt. He is one the best players I've played with. One of the few I don't wanna play heads-up with. He's got a dangerous combination. He is an intelligent poker player. And he is verrrry patient. Now that's something I don't have! But how come he can't tell me what kind of poker player am I?

Then, he explained further. He would rather call me an erratic player.

I started out as a very aggressive player. Then I turned tight. But then again, I would shift from one end to the other and vise versa.

Bryan clarified that my type of game is good for me, bad for the people playing against me. For all they know that I'm a tighty whitey... then comes out a raging devil.

Oh well, that's Jazmination for you!

And they still won't agree that I don't have a game yet. Che told me that it's not possible for me not to have game when I've been consistently in the final table of games I played lately, place 3rd in a BBC5 when those are really good players we played with and be in the top three position of the JGPT progressive points. Che blurted out, "You've got game already, you just don't know you do!"

I'll take that! :-D

Struggling

Lately, my game is getting better little by little, although my stubbornness still persist at times. Finding my Chi can really be hard amidst a poker battle. But during the times that I somehow balance the yin and the yang in the felt, I really go places. Yeah meaning I finish 3rd place or something.
During the last BBC5 tourney, I was so damn proud that Che and I were the only women in the tourney. We were both in the final table and I placed 3rd, getting both our buy-ins back and a little more. But it was so frustrating, I was aiming to be the first girl to ever win a BBC5 tourney. Yeah, yeah… my bad, I took Che out! I know it seems bad but things like this can’t be avoided in playing our game. We really play poker, even against each other. If not, it would be such bad taste and it will just hinder our growth in the game. Well… I treated her dinner after the game…
Then at the Saturday JGPT day, we played 3 games (2 of which is a mini-tourney of two tables). I was in the finals of all those three but never bagged the top place.

I know this is better than my confusion state, but I know I can do better than that. So now I go back to the battle-felt ground and find my Chi amidst all the chaos.

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Now, Che and I might limit our games than we usually do. We now have to consider bills and rent. But nonetheless, we will still set aside money for our bankroll. It just might not be much to cover most tourneys, games, transpo expense and food. And I am not ashamed to admit that money is such a big factor for us since we live solely on our paychecks, and it ain’t much. But we don’t play for the money. How can newbies like us make a living out of poker?! Anyway, we will still be there the best we can. And Im still banking on my poker education to flourish one day… :-)