Today was one of the more frustrating days of live Poker in my short career. I only lost about $30, after being down about $170, so it wasn't financial ruin (I was up $90 at my highest point, but I was really unlucky today).

I was playing $4/$8 kill with some of the most irritating players I've seen in my life. One is an Asian guy in his 30's or 40's who is loud, obnoxious, and constantly shooting angles (miscalling his hand intentionally, delaying for a long-ass time in showing, slowrolling, etc). Basically, he's just a bag of hot wind who really doesn't understand Poker etiquette. At one point, he asked for a deck change, which took a good 6 minutes, because the floor people/chip runners at Cache Creek are HORRIBLE. People who slow down the game with their ridiculous antics piss me off to no end. But still, he couldn't hold a candle to this other bag of hot wind at my table. Only with this guy, the hot wind wasn't coming from his mouth. This guy is a big, fat, slovenly, disgusting old man who farted in my goddam direction at least half a dozen times in the span of an hour. And these were nasty, beef jerky-esque farts, and the asshole wasn't even saying "excuse me," even on the audible ones! I don't know who else noticed, but since he was seated right next to me, I was quite aware of his gaseous emissions.

That would have been irritating enough if I hadn't also missed every single straight and flush draw, and had no fewer than four big pairs cracked. All day, I don't think the table ever saw a "blank" on the turn or river. There were some disgustingly sick runner-runner suckouts happening to almost everyone today. With all this bearing on my mind, it's almost a miracle I didn't finish deeper in the hole (but after all, one big pot in the other direction puts me up for the day). Also, I probably didn't handle myself all that well, as I muttered once or twice about the bad beats I received at the hands of these idiots. I mean, hitting a two outter on me is one thing, but for God's sake, all I ask is don't fart on me!