The call of action

There was a time when I found it easy to quit after a big early score. Not so much anymore. Why is that, I ask myself. I think I know. It's the call of action. It's a siren call; quite difficult to resist, unless your name happens to be Odysseus. The more action you've seen, the more you want to see. I realize I've just reduced poker to its most basic definition - it's a drug, in effect. That makes me a poker addict. I'm not proud of that, but I'm not ashamed, either. It's just a fact.

On Saturday night, on hand 14, I won a pot worth $93,944 with a queen high straight. $47,347 of that was other people's money. Instead of quitting, I ended up playing another 119 hands. Do I wish I'd quit earlier? Believe it or not, no :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 133 hands and saw flop:
 - 19 out of 25 times while in big blind (76%)
 - 17 out of 26 times while in small blind (65%)
 - 39 out of 82 times in other positions (47%)
 - a total of 75 out of 133 (56%)
 Pots won at showdown - 7 of 21 (33%)
 Pots won without showdown - 19

delta: $11,020
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $5,108,541
balance: $7,465,494