Casino Royale

Last night we went and saw Casino Royale, and I must say, I enjoyed it. It's a lot different than the most recent Bond movies, but with a change of Bond actors, it was only natural that the film would come out with a slight change of style. The poker scenes were pretty unrealtistic, but I certainly understand that no one could get too excited over seeing something like an overpair lose to two pair in the key hand of the game.

Other than that, poker has been running quite well for me. I have been playing the $109 shorthanded SNGs at CelebPoker as well as the $114 Turbo SNGs at Pokerstars and I have been having some consistent success. I really just wish I had more time on my hands to just play poker. It really feels like I get caught up in other things and rather than ride the wave when poker is running well, I am putting off playing until it's time for a downswing again...

I know it's really easy to this when one is running well, but I really do feel that I am at the top of my SNG game and that, for the most part, I have my opponents outmatched in these shorthanded SNGs at CelebPoker. I never really got into playing these tournaments until recently, but now that I'm playing them I only wonder why I didn't start earlier. The fact is that most mistakes in SNGs are made at the bubble. With only 5 players at the table and a relatively fast structure, I am put in that bubble situation very quickly very often. Then it really just gets down to mathematics and who can make the fewest mistakes. I have discovered that most players in those SNGs have suboptimal bubble strategies and so far I have been using it to my advantage.

In one week for now I'm driving to Schenefeld for the deepstack tournament, I really hope that I can keep my game in shape until then.