Fool's Gold and Bubbled

Team Bodog cuts Jamie Gold
Bodog ended their relationship with World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold Thursday, citing a desire to refocus their marketing efforts away from America. "In light of our decision to cease all offline marketing initiatives in the U.S., and instead refocus our efforts … in Europe and Asia, Bodog has ended our business relationship with Jamie Gold," Bodog spokesperson Susan Mainzer said in a statement.

I just never liked Jamie Gold. I don't know if it was the trash talk during the WSOP or the way he looked and the hat he wore or what, but I know I didn't like him.

I think he had one fantastic run at the WSOP and has won at Commerce Casino in California so he is probably an above average player but I still don't like him.
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I have been finishing on the bubble in quite a few of the SitNGos I have been playing at Absolute. There will be four or five players left (3 get paid) and I will be above average chip stack and in just a couple of hands I will be out. Almost every time I am going in with the best hand but am losing on the board. In one game today it was my A/K vs. Q/9 with 4 players left and the flop came with both a queen and a nine and IGHN. I could have sat out or folded every hand and gotten into the money.

The standard for playing SitNGos is to be super tight early, loosen up in middle rounds and then go all out in the late rounds with just a few players left. I may just start folding every hand when it gets down to the final 4 and see if my in the money percentage doesn't increase. I realize if I do get to the final 3 my chip stack will probably be very low and it would be hard to contend for 1st place but at least I would have earned some money.

I'm not sure I can play that way, though. We'll see. I will keep you posted on how I do.