Mrs. PokerShark

...is a money sieve. I gave her $20 a couple weeks ago to play on the 1/2 tables. Gone to a couple legit bad beats. Then, I gave her $40. Gone. Today, she took another $20 to play PL O8B. Also gone. I love her dearly, but she has to learn to not lose so often!

I really think she has horrendous luck, or a definite tendency to push with second-best hands. That ties in, since when she pushes with second-best hands, someone else ALWAYS seems to have the better hand. Case in point: She's playing O8B tonight, turns a King-high flush (K in her hand). She checks, a guy bets, she raises, he re-raises (straight also on board). You'd figure he was chasing a straight, especially at 0.10/0.25 PL. No. Of course, he has the Ax in his hand. That's bad luck. She's been sucked out on at limit, played PL hands well, and got beat by a guy with no business in the hand, the whole shebang.

Still, I lost $90 in 5 days, and felt so self-destructed I went back to playing play money. Mrs. PokerShark lost $80 in 4 sessions. Bustouts. She was up in ALL of them at one point, then just steadily bled it away. I feel bad for her, especially since she's actually a decent player. I mentioned it here, in the November 11 post...

Mrs. Pokershark finished 2nd in an Omaha 8B SNG tonight. That is really her game. If she develops more patience and concentrates, at the rate she wins at O8B, we may be reading about her some day, taking down a tourney. Because of the relative lack of O8B players, she may be the one in my family with a real shot at a bracelet...and I couldn't be prouder.

She could be a good player. With work and all, and her lack of obsession dedication, it makes it harder for her to learn as much as I have. I think we're playing in AC (Taj?) on 3/19, so a trip report may be forthcoming. I'm going down there with my eyes on the 2/4 or 3/6. I want to lay a first-class ass-whuppin' on those tables. There should be just enough tourists down there on a Saturday to get that job done.