i got a new laptop about a month ago and it came with vista. pretty cool looking, and some of the new features make finding programs really easy, but not a huge leap in operating system technology or anything. my biggest problem with it is that 20 seconds before the end of each song in my playlist, it would skip for a couple seconds. this was driving me crazy!!!
dell: no help
ms: see dell
i finally found the solution in the microsoft support community forums here:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx
note that i found this under the main vista group, not under media player.
for those of you who may run into the same problem, the solution is pretty easy: go to control panel, click on sound (wherever that is now), find your sound device and open its properties. go to the enhancements tab and check the "disable all enhancements" checkbox. that instantly fixed my problem. such a relief! i hope someone else with this problem finds the same relief.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
feeling low...
after running into a big bad luck streak playing mostly HE on FTP recently, i've eased back my pace and focused on lowball games like razz and triple draw 2-7.
for most of the last 2 months (january, february) i was focused on clearing a bonus with FTP while at the same time fulfilling their iron man requirements playing a few hours a night at $1/2 NLHE tables. i was doing well there for a while, but towards the end of february, got into a slump and lost a lot of the winnings i had made. meanwhile, i had spent part of my time playing HORSE (mostly at andy bloch's $1/2 table - he plays there often at night and is usually pretty talkative and helpful. and yes, he kills there - i think i've only seen him have one losing session of about -$20 and several +$100 sessions), and found myself favoring the razz rounds, often looking forward to them and feeling disappointed that we moved on after 10 hands (especially after 10 starting hands with paint in a row).
so i started playing razz only tables and now i'm hooked. it's a bit of a roller coaster sometimes, but steady tight-aggressive play usually works very well. there are plenty of idiots out there that will chase you down the whole way when they're obviously way behind, and although they catch up every now and then, you usually benefit greatly from their bad play.
when i finished my bonuses, i moved over to stars (i had a small bonus to clear there too) and with more time to finish this bonus i played lower limit triple draw (2-7) for a while and was killing it at first. i was mainly in the bottom fixed limits and when i did particularly well, i'd try to parlay it up into higher limits a little. once, when i couldn't find any fixed limit games, i tried NL TD27, and that didn't go too well. all of the strategy i learned was geared towards limit, and NL triple-draw just doesn't seem to make much sense. no wonder poker stars only has NL at very low limits and not at the higher limits better players play at.
after a bad run in TD27, i decided to try the razz tables there and wow - they are way loose/passive. i mean i found some fish at FTP, but the lower-limit razz tables at stars are very weak. i can't count how many times i brought-in with paint and then looked away at another table (or the tv) and looked back in surprise to find a 4th card in my hand! how do i not get raised out of this hand?!?! i've even had a few walks!
anyway, if you're looking for a nice change of pace or want to turn your cold deck upside down, give some lowball games a try - just try not to get too addicted. i don't know how many times i've typed "it's way past my bedtime" (often a few times in the same session).
here's where you can find more info on razz and triple-draw:
razz:
- doyle's super system 1 has a couple pages in the lowball section
- i hear sklansky on poker is a great resource - next on my list for my poker library
triple-draw:
- doyle's super system 2 has a whole chapter by daniel negreanu
- not much else out there, but if you don't have SS2, you can get a little help from here: http://www.modernpolymath.com/journal/2006/11/17/2-7-triple-draw-strategy.html (although it differs from daniel's advice on 2-card draws)
you can usually find good info at 2+2 forums, and i saw several hand discussions here too:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=26&sid=e775ea1f11baedd0d679a0bd0402495b
if anyone knows of more good resources, let me know!
for most of the last 2 months (january, february) i was focused on clearing a bonus with FTP while at the same time fulfilling their iron man requirements playing a few hours a night at $1/2 NLHE tables. i was doing well there for a while, but towards the end of february, got into a slump and lost a lot of the winnings i had made. meanwhile, i had spent part of my time playing HORSE (mostly at andy bloch's $1/2 table - he plays there often at night and is usually pretty talkative and helpful. and yes, he kills there - i think i've only seen him have one losing session of about -$20 and several +$100 sessions), and found myself favoring the razz rounds, often looking forward to them and feeling disappointed that we moved on after 10 hands (especially after 10 starting hands with paint in a row).
so i started playing razz only tables and now i'm hooked. it's a bit of a roller coaster sometimes, but steady tight-aggressive play usually works very well. there are plenty of idiots out there that will chase you down the whole way when they're obviously way behind, and although they catch up every now and then, you usually benefit greatly from their bad play.
when i finished my bonuses, i moved over to stars (i had a small bonus to clear there too) and with more time to finish this bonus i played lower limit triple draw (2-7) for a while and was killing it at first. i was mainly in the bottom fixed limits and when i did particularly well, i'd try to parlay it up into higher limits a little. once, when i couldn't find any fixed limit games, i tried NL TD27, and that didn't go too well. all of the strategy i learned was geared towards limit, and NL triple-draw just doesn't seem to make much sense. no wonder poker stars only has NL at very low limits and not at the higher limits better players play at.
after a bad run in TD27, i decided to try the razz tables there and wow - they are way loose/passive. i mean i found some fish at FTP, but the lower-limit razz tables at stars are very weak. i can't count how many times i brought-in with paint and then looked away at another table (or the tv) and looked back in surprise to find a 4th card in my hand! how do i not get raised out of this hand?!?! i've even had a few walks!
anyway, if you're looking for a nice change of pace or want to turn your cold deck upside down, give some lowball games a try - just try not to get too addicted. i don't know how many times i've typed "it's way past my bedtime" (often a few times in the same session).
here's where you can find more info on razz and triple-draw:
razz:
- doyle's super system 1 has a couple pages in the lowball section
- i hear sklansky on poker is a great resource - next on my list for my poker library
triple-draw:
- doyle's super system 2 has a whole chapter by daniel negreanu
- not much else out there, but if you don't have SS2, you can get a little help from here: http://www.modernpolymath.com/journal/2006/11/17/2-7-triple-draw-strategy.html (although it differs from daniel's advice on 2-card draws)
you can usually find good info at 2+2 forums, and i saw several hand discussions here too:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=26&sid=e775ea1f11baedd0d679a0bd0402495b
if anyone knows of more good resources, let me know!
Monday, March 5, 2007
bloody sweep!
i can't believe it's been 11 years since we swept dook. and on top of that, we somehow backed into the 1st seed in the acc despite doing everything we could to give it to one of the teams in the state for lovers.i suppose i have to comment on the one play that will forever get more attention than the rest of the game. the way i see it, only henderson (and maybe coach k) knows if (or how) intentional the injury was. i will give him the benefit of the doubt that he only went up for a strong hard play for a block and/or foul. when it first happened, i definitely saw it that way. however, on the replay, i had some doubt - the ball was well out of his hands, but given all the likely contact, all players involved had their eyes shut, so i can understand where he may have swung at where he thought the ball was and only found cartilage. but the motion he had didn't seem consistent with going for the ball - i mean how does shoving your forearm straight down help you block a shot? however, i believe him to be a good kid overall (although with horrible taste in schools) so again, i give him the benefit of the doubt.
some other points:
- coach k suggested that hansbrough shouldn't have been on the floor. bull shit. anyone who's followed the unc-dook rivalry knows that anything is possible. a 4 possessions deficit has been overcome not once, but twice in under 17 seconds in this rivalry. if paulus and mcroberts hadn't have fouled out, they would have been in the game too. and henderson ain't no scrub either, he's probably the best prospect on dook's team. besides, copeland was at the scoring table waiting to come in for tyler, and tyler was too busy missing foul shots and getting rebounds to be pulled out yet.
- billy packer's game-time comments seemed quite biased in favor of dook. he seemed to think any extra punishment was overkill, even after seeing the replays that made it look pretty dirty. he also made the same point about hansbrough not needing to be on the floor.
- in the end, kudos to tyler for taking it well - after understandably being upset after painting the floor red, he joked about the bloodshed. both teams and coaches seem to want to put it to rest now, and i hope the media doesn't make too much of this (although i still like the imagery).
anyway, i hope this is the start of a nice 9-game winning streak. we haven't quite lived up to our potential yet, and i hope our we can maintain our focus here on out as we did in most of this game.
also - congrats to our women for winning their 3rd straight ACC tourney! let's see them go on a 6-game streak and claim the title they missed last year.
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