Hot pork, cold cards

I posted a while back that smoking a pork shoulder is like doing crack. The first time you do it right is pure euphoria. Every time after that, you are trying to recreate that wonderful first time. Saturday's pork was no exception. It was so tasty that one of the wife's cousins actually wrote down the rub recipe from "Smoke and Spice" and was contemplating opening a BBQ joint with me. I will briefly go over the smoke details. I bought the 15 pound shoulder at Wal Mart (it was on of those cryovac packages that I usually buy) On Friday morning I applied a generous amount of yellow mustard and Worcestershire sauce slather to the pork and then rubbed it with my standard bbq rub. At 9:10 PM I lit the coals in the chimney starter. At 9:30 I put the lit coals in the smoker using the minion method, using a mix of cherry and pecan chunks. At 10:00 PM I put the pork in the smoker. I checked the temperature a few times before I went to bed at 1:00 AM, but I had it under control around 220 degrees. At 8:30 am it was still holding pretty good. At 10:30 AM the pork was about 165 degrees, so I figured I would make 190 in good time. I had planned to finish the pork on the grill wrapped in foil, but didn't need to. I added some charcoal to the smoker and opened the door for a while to get it lit and that did the job. The pork hit 190 at around 2:30 PM, so I wrapped it in foil and put it in the cooler. I pulled it a 4:30 using a fork and a cleaver. I poured a drizzle of cider(1/2), cider vinegar (1/4), vegetable oil (1/4), and rub over the pork and then wrapped it up again. It was outstanding, probably my second-best ever.

Cards on the other hand, are treating me horrible. My VPIP is around where I want it to be, but I cannot win a hand, my last 250 hands have a winning percentage around 5%, which is less than half of usual. I know that this is a small sample and is just statistical variance, but it sucks. I was hoping to have a winning week, but my streak at the end of the week ruined that chance. I just couldn't win a hand Friday, Saturday or Sunday. I am going to take a few days off and read "The Theory of Poker". I know that this is something I should do anyway, read books or watch videos to help my game, but now I have an excuse.