TP = $20 TSP = ~4 Hrs
I suck...my results for the last three months have been break-even/winning very little...I'm now looking to turn it up in November.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Session No. 57 Capitol Thurs Night (10/25) Part II
Ahh...so yeah, I've neglected my blog yet again, and forgot to talk about the "7-2 game" I played with Tony. Being avid fans of the poker TV show, High Stakes Poker, Tony asked me if I wanted to play the 7-2 game. Basically if you win a hand against the table with the cards "7-2," you win an additional $5 from every player at the table. Unfortunately, everyone else at the table hated us, so we just played the game amongst ourselves.
Anyway, a few hours go by and I don't remember seeing a seven-deuce hand at all. I had been averaging one huge pot every hour or so...and not much else...so I was a bit antsy at this point. I looked down at 72 of hearts, and decided what the hell, if it gets limped in, I might limp behind. Unfortunately, Tony open-raises from UTG...
I decide, "fuck it" and call his raise. In retrospect, I guess I should have 3-Bet it (lol), but in reality I wanted to represent a small pair and maybe raise him off a hand if all unders come (and he hopeuflly has AK). One player behind me calls and then the sick asian gambler (old Asian lady) in seat 1 defends her BB.
Flop: K:c:T:s:7:d:
I remember hating the King on the flop...and I decided I'd only call one more bet and pray for a seven. Checks to Tony who bets, I call, one fold, and the SAG calls.
Turn: 2:s:
Booooom!!! Hopefully I'm good...checks to Tony, he bets, I raise, SAG calls (crap), and then Tony looks like he's getting ready to 3-Bet, but only just calls. I pretty much decide I'm going to check behind the river if the board gets any uglier...
River: 8:d:
Meh...ugly enough. Checks to me, and I check behind and tell Tony to get my $5 ready. My hand holds and I win the pot and the sweet sweet $5 yellow chip from Tony. He gives me some lip and we have fun badgering each other back and forth for a bit, but hey, it was his idea. :)
The next night I played Cache for four hours and lost $20. I started off running pretty well, but found myself netting another losing session there. Oh well...life goes on.
Anyway, a few hours go by and I don't remember seeing a seven-deuce hand at all. I had been averaging one huge pot every hour or so...and not much else...so I was a bit antsy at this point. I looked down at 72 of hearts, and decided what the hell, if it gets limped in, I might limp behind. Unfortunately, Tony open-raises from UTG...
I decide, "fuck it" and call his raise. In retrospect, I guess I should have 3-Bet it (lol), but in reality I wanted to represent a small pair and maybe raise him off a hand if all unders come (and he hopeuflly has AK). One player behind me calls and then the sick asian gambler (old Asian lady) in seat 1 defends her BB.
Flop: K:c:T:s:7:d:
I remember hating the King on the flop...and I decided I'd only call one more bet and pray for a seven. Checks to Tony who bets, I call, one fold, and the SAG calls.
Turn: 2:s:
Booooom!!! Hopefully I'm good...checks to Tony, he bets, I raise, SAG calls (crap), and then Tony looks like he's getting ready to 3-Bet, but only just calls. I pretty much decide I'm going to check behind the river if the board gets any uglier...
River: 8:d:
Meh...ugly enough. Checks to me, and I check behind and tell Tony to get my $5 ready. My hand holds and I win the pot and the sweet sweet $5 yellow chip from Tony. He gives me some lip and we have fun badgering each other back and forth for a bit, but hey, it was his idea. :)
The next night I played Cache for four hours and lost $20. I started off running pretty well, but found myself netting another losing session there. Oh well...life goes on.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Session No. 57 Capitol Thurs Night (10/25)
4/8-Kill: TP = +$110 TSP = 4 Hrs 30 Min
I don't get to play with my friend Tony too often, so tonight I decided to sit at the 4/8-Kill game with him at Capitol. I didn't start off too hot, but I after I switched tables, I ended up winning a really nice pot with JT of clubs that I think I played a little weak.
So one player limped, this older Asian woman who was obviously steaming raised, I called (probably could have 3-Bet I guess), guy behind me (30 year old East Indian guy who gambles alot on sports/horseracing, named Hasham IIRC) 3-Bets behind me. Gets called by 3 other people, old Asian lady (we'll call her Sick Asian Gambler or SAG) caps. Everyone calls.
Flop: 7:c:6:s:3:c:
Three checks, SAG bets, I call, Hasham raises, four players call, SAG calls, I just call. Meh...I guess I should have 3-Bet because of the six players in...
Turn: 8:c:
Boom! (I Hope) Checks to me, I check, Hasham bets, called by everyone again, I raise, Hasham 3-bets, all fold except SAG who calls, I cap, both call.
River: Q:d:
SAG checks, I bet, Hasham and SAG call.
I win about a $250 pot with the J-high flush, Hasham ended up having AA with the ace of clubs, and SAG had Q7 with the Queen of clubs I think? Good pot...and I think it was the first hand I won after being there for an hour.
Fast forward another hour or so and I'm only up about $80. I had been folding a lot and only playing my blinds, mostly because of terrible cards. I look down at KQ of clubs after SAG limps in, I raise, get about three other callers.
Flop: 6:c:5:d:3:c:
Checks to me, I bet, two calls, one fold, SAG raises, I 3-Bet, two calls, SAG caps, we all call.
Turn: 8:c:
Checks to me, I bet, only SAG calls.
River: blank
Check, bet, call.
Turns out she flopped the straight...oh well, I run good I guess :) After this hand she was cussing like a storm and tilting like an old pinball machine...pretty funny to watch...too bad Tony got stuck sitting next to her.
Anyway, I'll be back later...I have to talk about a hand involving a 7-2 prop bet me and Tony made at the beginning of the night and some beats I took in a few kill-pots (completely killed my profit for the session).
I don't get to play with my friend Tony too often, so tonight I decided to sit at the 4/8-Kill game with him at Capitol. I didn't start off too hot, but I after I switched tables, I ended up winning a really nice pot with JT of clubs that I think I played a little weak.
So one player limped, this older Asian woman who was obviously steaming raised, I called (probably could have 3-Bet I guess), guy behind me (30 year old East Indian guy who gambles alot on sports/horseracing, named Hasham IIRC) 3-Bets behind me. Gets called by 3 other people, old Asian lady (we'll call her Sick Asian Gambler or SAG) caps. Everyone calls.
Flop: 7:c:6:s:3:c:
Three checks, SAG bets, I call, Hasham raises, four players call, SAG calls, I just call. Meh...I guess I should have 3-Bet because of the six players in...
Turn: 8:c:
Boom! (I Hope) Checks to me, I check, Hasham bets, called by everyone again, I raise, Hasham 3-bets, all fold except SAG who calls, I cap, both call.
River: Q:d:
SAG checks, I bet, Hasham and SAG call.
I win about a $250 pot with the J-high flush, Hasham ended up having AA with the ace of clubs, and SAG had Q7 with the Queen of clubs I think? Good pot...and I think it was the first hand I won after being there for an hour.
Fast forward another hour or so and I'm only up about $80. I had been folding a lot and only playing my blinds, mostly because of terrible cards. I look down at KQ of clubs after SAG limps in, I raise, get about three other callers.
Flop: 6:c:5:d:3:c:
Checks to me, I bet, two calls, one fold, SAG raises, I 3-Bet, two calls, SAG caps, we all call.
Turn: 8:c:
Checks to me, I bet, only SAG calls.
River: blank
Check, bet, call.
Turns out she flopped the straight...oh well, I run good I guess :) After this hand she was cussing like a storm and tilting like an old pinball machine...pretty funny to watch...too bad Tony got stuck sitting next to her.
Anyway, I'll be back later...I have to talk about a hand involving a 7-2 prop bet me and Tony made at the beginning of the night and some beats I took in a few kill-pots (completely killed my profit for the session).
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Session No. 56 Capitol Weds Night (10/17)
4/8-Kill: TP = +$80 TSP = 1 Hr
9/18: TP = -$160 TSP = 5 Hrs
A lot to talk about today...lots. Unfortunately I gotta get to sleep here pretty soon because I have to go into work early (6pm) tonight. Basically I played pretty well at 4/8 and a lot of things went right.
9/18 again started off horrendously slow. I ran into a couple big hands, misplayed a couple hands of my own, folded a ton, and overall things just never went well. I was down from the get-go and never got back up.
The first hand after my "must-move" to the main game absolutely killed me. I was already down about four stacks ($240) and this lost me two more. I get two black tens in the CO with 8 players...oh and it's a kill pot. One player limps in, I raise, then the SB 3-Bets. The limper folds and I just call...hoping for a low flop or a ten obv. There's already 18 $3 chips a piece in there, not to mention the six chips from the limper and the $8 left over from the blinds.
Flop: 8:s:6:s:4:c:
Shit. If he's got an overpair, I'm really fucked...because now I'm probably seeing this hand to the end. The villain leads out, and I pause for a second before raising. He only calls and I start feeling better. Spades maybe? Just overs?
Turn: 4:d:
Good card. He checks, I bet, and he calls rather quickly.
River: 2:h:
He checks, and I opt to check behind. He shows JJ and takes the pot. Talk about a punch in the stomach.
Anyway, things actually got better after that. I flopped a couple of big sets, but an ace on the turn in a kill-pot killed the action on one of them. Oh well...as is life. The game felt really close-nit tonight for some reason, as a lot of pots were being checked down and everyone seemed to know each other. They treated me pretty well too, but still, I don't like games where everyone seems to know one another. Maybe it's because it was pretty late (3am or so), and all that was left playing were the regulars.
Anyway, some feedback would be nice. Leave some love.
9/18: TP = -$160 TSP = 5 Hrs
A lot to talk about today...lots. Unfortunately I gotta get to sleep here pretty soon because I have to go into work early (6pm) tonight. Basically I played pretty well at 4/8 and a lot of things went right.
9/18 again started off horrendously slow. I ran into a couple big hands, misplayed a couple hands of my own, folded a ton, and overall things just never went well. I was down from the get-go and never got back up.
The first hand after my "must-move" to the main game absolutely killed me. I was already down about four stacks ($240) and this lost me two more. I get two black tens in the CO with 8 players...oh and it's a kill pot. One player limps in, I raise, then the SB 3-Bets. The limper folds and I just call...hoping for a low flop or a ten obv. There's already 18 $3 chips a piece in there, not to mention the six chips from the limper and the $8 left over from the blinds.
Flop: 8:s:6:s:4:c:
Shit. If he's got an overpair, I'm really fucked...because now I'm probably seeing this hand to the end. The villain leads out, and I pause for a second before raising. He only calls and I start feeling better. Spades maybe? Just overs?
Turn: 4:d:
Good card. He checks, I bet, and he calls rather quickly.
River: 2:h:
He checks, and I opt to check behind. He shows JJ and takes the pot. Talk about a punch in the stomach.
Anyway, things actually got better after that. I flopped a couple of big sets, but an ace on the turn in a kill-pot killed the action on one of them. Oh well...as is life. The game felt really close-nit tonight for some reason, as a lot of pots were being checked down and everyone seemed to know each other. They treated me pretty well too, but still, I don't like games where everyone seems to know one another. Maybe it's because it was pretty late (3am or so), and all that was left playing were the regulars.
Anyway, some feedback would be nice. Leave some love.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Session No. 55 Capitol Tues Night (10/16)
4/8-Kill: TP = +$50 TSP = 1 Hr
9/18: TP = +120 TSP = 3 Hrs 30 Min
I got out to Cap around 9pm or so. To my suprise, the waiting list was virtually non-existent for both 4/8 and 9/18, and I was quickly seated at the 4/8-Kill table. I folded my entire first orbit before winning a hand on my first big blind. Then folded another orbit before winning my second hand on my big blind. Pretty fun. After that I lost a couple pots I limped behind and found myself around +$50. After playing through my blinds and dealer button, I was called over the intercom to head to the 9/18 table.
I headed over to seat two and saw a couple of familiar faces. In seat one was Ahsan (I misspelled his name last blog entry), seat three was this guy named Danny Williams who I used to go to high school with, and seat seven was this middle-aged lady (I think her name is Debbie) who I have played with maybe five times or so. These three were probably the most solid players at the table.
Anyway, I had some really cold cards to start my 9/18 run. I don't think I won a pot for the first hour or so...give or take 10 minutes. I finally got down to 25 $3 chips before finally re-buying and hoping for a turn around. Two big hands later (AJos in a kill pot and QQ), I found myself close to even.
The AJ hand was kind of interesting. First off, I was UTG with seven players at the table. I put six chips out in order to raise, then I hear the dealer say, "alright six chips to call." Huh? Oooops...someone killed it last hand I only just called called UTG with my AJ. Whoops. A guy in seat five who just sat down calls, and it gets folded around to the Ahsan in the BB who decides to fold as well. So we're HU to a flop of...
J:c:3:s:2:s:
I led out, then seat five decided to raise. Interesting...I was scared of a baby set at first, but then I decided there's a ton of other hands out there that this guy might think are good since I didn't actually raise pre-flop. I three-bet and he only called. Looks good so far...if he capped I probably would have wet my pants...
The turn was an eight of hearts. I bet out again and the villain quickly called. At this point I was thinking he either had a weaker jack (KJ-JT) or a flush draw. I didn't want to see anymore paint or anymore spades...
River: K:d:
Hmm...I opted to check and the villain quickly threw 12 chips out there. At this point I have to call, as the only hand that can really beat me is a set or KJ. Hopefully he's bluffing with some whiffed spades or trying to value bet a worse hand. "You got me" the villain said as he flipped over A9 of spades with a scowl. Nice...my check drew out a bluff from a couple of spades.
Anyway, some time goes by and I take a couple beats with 99 and AK, and slowly but surely my stack is going back down. Ahsan felt so bad about cracking my 99 with a gutty, he offered to buy me a beer...nice guy haha. I took a coke instead and all was well. At this point I'm starving and my friend the 4/8 Superdonk texts me and asks me if I want to grab a bite to eat. I tell him to come down to Cap and I'll buy us some food.
Right as he gets there (20 minutes later), I get dealt 76 of spades in the cutoff. It's a full table now and people are limping in with an assortment of crap. Three limpers to me, so I limp behind. I think about six of us see a flop of...
K:d:8:s:4:s:
That's about as good of a flop as I can get. It gets checked around to seat nine who bets. Since there's no one in between me and seat nine, I just call in hopes of building a nice pot. I get three callers behind me and all is well.
Turn: T:h:
Yikes. Missed everything there. It checks around again to seat nine who bets, I call, and everyone else folds. Oh well. Five or a spade please...actually...give me a five of spades so I can win the High hand for the night...
River: 3:s:
Close. Seat nine checked to me and I bet out. He quickly called and was disgusted when I showed my 7-high flush. I think a five of clubs would have got me another big bet, but who am I to complain? That pot brought me up to about even. A couple hands later I flopped trips with QT of clubs in a kill pot and walked away from the table up a couple of stacks.
After eating, I just decided to call it a night. Depending on a couple of different people (girls obv), I may or may not play cards tomorrow night. Stay tuned.
9/18: TP = +120 TSP = 3 Hrs 30 Min
I got out to Cap around 9pm or so. To my suprise, the waiting list was virtually non-existent for both 4/8 and 9/18, and I was quickly seated at the 4/8-Kill table. I folded my entire first orbit before winning a hand on my first big blind. Then folded another orbit before winning my second hand on my big blind. Pretty fun. After that I lost a couple pots I limped behind and found myself around +$50. After playing through my blinds and dealer button, I was called over the intercom to head to the 9/18 table.
I headed over to seat two and saw a couple of familiar faces. In seat one was Ahsan (I misspelled his name last blog entry), seat three was this guy named Danny Williams who I used to go to high school with, and seat seven was this middle-aged lady (I think her name is Debbie) who I have played with maybe five times or so. These three were probably the most solid players at the table.
Anyway, I had some really cold cards to start my 9/18 run. I don't think I won a pot for the first hour or so...give or take 10 minutes. I finally got down to 25 $3 chips before finally re-buying and hoping for a turn around. Two big hands later (AJos in a kill pot and QQ), I found myself close to even.
The AJ hand was kind of interesting. First off, I was UTG with seven players at the table. I put six chips out in order to raise, then I hear the dealer say, "alright six chips to call." Huh? Oooops...someone killed it last hand I only just called called UTG with my AJ. Whoops. A guy in seat five who just sat down calls, and it gets folded around to the Ahsan in the BB who decides to fold as well. So we're HU to a flop of...
J:c:3:s:2:s:
I led out, then seat five decided to raise. Interesting...I was scared of a baby set at first, but then I decided there's a ton of other hands out there that this guy might think are good since I didn't actually raise pre-flop. I three-bet and he only called. Looks good so far...if he capped I probably would have wet my pants...
The turn was an eight of hearts. I bet out again and the villain quickly called. At this point I was thinking he either had a weaker jack (KJ-JT) or a flush draw. I didn't want to see anymore paint or anymore spades...
River: K:d:
Hmm...I opted to check and the villain quickly threw 12 chips out there. At this point I have to call, as the only hand that can really beat me is a set or KJ. Hopefully he's bluffing with some whiffed spades or trying to value bet a worse hand. "You got me" the villain said as he flipped over A9 of spades with a scowl. Nice...my check drew out a bluff from a couple of spades.
Anyway, some time goes by and I take a couple beats with 99 and AK, and slowly but surely my stack is going back down. Ahsan felt so bad about cracking my 99 with a gutty, he offered to buy me a beer...nice guy haha. I took a coke instead and all was well. At this point I'm starving and my friend the 4/8 Superdonk texts me and asks me if I want to grab a bite to eat. I tell him to come down to Cap and I'll buy us some food.
Right as he gets there (20 minutes later), I get dealt 76 of spades in the cutoff. It's a full table now and people are limping in with an assortment of crap. Three limpers to me, so I limp behind. I think about six of us see a flop of...
K:d:8:s:4:s:
That's about as good of a flop as I can get. It gets checked around to seat nine who bets. Since there's no one in between me and seat nine, I just call in hopes of building a nice pot. I get three callers behind me and all is well.
Turn: T:h:
Yikes. Missed everything there. It checks around again to seat nine who bets, I call, and everyone else folds. Oh well. Five or a spade please...actually...give me a five of spades so I can win the High hand for the night...
River: 3:s:
Close. Seat nine checked to me and I bet out. He quickly called and was disgusted when I showed my 7-high flush. I think a five of clubs would have got me another big bet, but who am I to complain? That pot brought me up to about even. A couple hands later I flopped trips with QT of clubs in a kill pot and walked away from the table up a couple of stacks.
After eating, I just decided to call it a night. Depending on a couple of different people (girls obv), I may or may not play cards tomorrow night. Stay tuned.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Session No. 54 Capitol Wednesday Night (10/10)
9/18: TP = +100 TSP = 5 Hrs
So after a couple friends of mine took me out to Bucca de Beppo (nice Italian restaraunt) for my B-day, I decided to head on over to Capitol and see if they had any games going. Much to my suprise, I saw it was only three or four deep for the 4/8 games, and the 9/18 game had an open-seat!
I take my seat over at 9/18 where it is short-handed (stayed around 6-7 players for 30 mins or so). I start off the session pretty much card dead, and got down to two stacks ($120) in no time. I buy in for a rack, which is $300 in $3 chips. Anyway, here's a big hand which takes me down to those two stacks.
Hero is in the CO wth AK of hearts; 7-handed. It gets limped in a couple spots, hero raises, Button cold-calls, Blinds call, limpers call.
Flop: A:c:T:h:8:h:
Such a huge flop. It gets checked to me, I bet, Button raises, SB (uber-donk old asian lady) calls, folds to me, I 3-Bet of course, Button calls, SB calls.
Obviously I'm feeling pretty good at this point. The SB could have any assortment of hands, but she usually goes nuts when she has at least two-pair, so I know I have her beat. The button is relatively new to the table at this point. He seems kinda tight, but I still think I'm ahead when he calls my 3-Bet. I remember thinking he either had AQ or some kind of flush/straight combo draw.
The turn is a four of spades. I'm guessing this card helped absolutely no one. SB checks to me, I bet again, both players just call.
The river is a nine of diamonds. SB checks, and I opt to check. At this point I only have top-pair, and while it's probably good...I don't want to get raised. Button ends up betting, SB debates forever and calls, and I overcall.
Button shows a set of tens (WTF???!!!) and takes the pot. SB showed A6 (donk) and I muck my hand whilst saying "wow man nh, I can't beat a set of tens unfortunately." Wow did he play that hand bad...and why the hell do I keep running into monsters?!
Anyway, I get a lot of chips back in the next orbit after I turn the nut straight with KQ and a ton of players in the pot. After that hand, I went card dead again abnd hovered around -$60 for most of the session. About three hours into my session, I get called over to the main game.
The main game was much different from the side 9/18 game. Capitol has this "must-move" system in place where they keep the main game ~full at all times. When you sit down at the second 9/18 table, your name is put on a list, and when it's your turn to go, you must move to the main game. It's a good idea I think.
So I get to the table and one East-Indian guy named Essan recognizes me from Cache. He asked me if I play the 4/8-Kill game alot, and I say "yeah, I thought I recognized you from somewhere." It was a bit of a lie...as I remember the guy a little from seeing him at Cap, but I really don't remember ever seeing him at Cache. Whatever, it doesn't matter.
So things don't change too much at the main game, as I found myself folding a ton. I wasn't being a nit, my cards were just terrible. I finally get a playable hand sometime in my third orbit.
Essan is UTG+1 and open raises. I look down at AA (club/diamond) and three-bet out of seat four. Seat five quickly folds, but seat 6 takes a long time...obviously debating between capping or folding. He finally folds and after that it is folded around to Essan. The BB in the hand (seat 1, cute 35 year old Asian woman) comments that she'd call, but she hasn't seen me play a hand yet. Essan only calls my 3-Bet and we see a flop of...
Flop: T:d:8:h:3:h:
Essan checks to me, I bet, and he Check-raises. I'm about 95% sure I'm ahead here, but I opt to just call in order to raise his turn bet.
Turn: Q:s:
Essan bets and I raise. He think for awhile, and finally just calls.
River: 3:c:
Gooood card. He checks, I bet, and he thinks for what seems like ages before finally calling. I show aces and he mucks. Seat six then tells the table he folded 88 and said he knew we must have had pocket pairs and we'd probably flop set over set against him. Whatever...but good fold on his part I think. I folded for close to three orbits in a row, so if I was in his spot, I'm folding those eights pretty easily. Good thing I didn't get cute and just call Essan's raise (I saw it happen twice when people had Aces).
After that I had AK win a small pot, made a nice little button play with T8s that I might post tomorrow, won with Aces one more time, and then lost a capped pre-flop pot with AKos. All in all I'd say I played pretty well considering the hands I was dealt, but so did the other players. There was maybe a couple weaker players (donks) at the table, but then everyone else was pretty decent. Not spectacular, not necessarily "winning" players, but they were definitely better competition than the 4/8 players out at Cache.
So after my bad run in September, I had been debating on taking an extended break from poker. In all honesty, it'd be good for me to take a month off and spend the time I would spend playing poker on getting into better shape. Aside from the annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Bowl" my grocery store gets together for every year, I really do need to lose some pounds. Unfortunately I'm much too lazy to do both...but then again, I like playing poker...so we'll just see I guess.
Sorry for the rambling, spelling mistakes I'm too lazy to go find, and boringness of a couple paragraphs up there. Thanks for reading, check back in the next couple of days for more hands. Peace.
So after a couple friends of mine took me out to Bucca de Beppo (nice Italian restaraunt) for my B-day, I decided to head on over to Capitol and see if they had any games going. Much to my suprise, I saw it was only three or four deep for the 4/8 games, and the 9/18 game had an open-seat!
I take my seat over at 9/18 where it is short-handed (stayed around 6-7 players for 30 mins or so). I start off the session pretty much card dead, and got down to two stacks ($120) in no time. I buy in for a rack, which is $300 in $3 chips. Anyway, here's a big hand which takes me down to those two stacks.
Hero is in the CO wth AK of hearts; 7-handed. It gets limped in a couple spots, hero raises, Button cold-calls, Blinds call, limpers call.
Flop: A:c:T:h:8:h:
Such a huge flop. It gets checked to me, I bet, Button raises, SB (uber-donk old asian lady) calls, folds to me, I 3-Bet of course, Button calls, SB calls.
Obviously I'm feeling pretty good at this point. The SB could have any assortment of hands, but she usually goes nuts when she has at least two-pair, so I know I have her beat. The button is relatively new to the table at this point. He seems kinda tight, but I still think I'm ahead when he calls my 3-Bet. I remember thinking he either had AQ or some kind of flush/straight combo draw.
The turn is a four of spades. I'm guessing this card helped absolutely no one. SB checks to me, I bet again, both players just call.
The river is a nine of diamonds. SB checks, and I opt to check. At this point I only have top-pair, and while it's probably good...I don't want to get raised. Button ends up betting, SB debates forever and calls, and I overcall.
Button shows a set of tens (WTF???!!!) and takes the pot. SB showed A6 (donk) and I muck my hand whilst saying "wow man nh, I can't beat a set of tens unfortunately." Wow did he play that hand bad...and why the hell do I keep running into monsters?!
Anyway, I get a lot of chips back in the next orbit after I turn the nut straight with KQ and a ton of players in the pot. After that hand, I went card dead again abnd hovered around -$60 for most of the session. About three hours into my session, I get called over to the main game.
The main game was much different from the side 9/18 game. Capitol has this "must-move" system in place where they keep the main game ~full at all times. When you sit down at the second 9/18 table, your name is put on a list, and when it's your turn to go, you must move to the main game. It's a good idea I think.
So I get to the table and one East-Indian guy named Essan recognizes me from Cache. He asked me if I play the 4/8-Kill game alot, and I say "yeah, I thought I recognized you from somewhere." It was a bit of a lie...as I remember the guy a little from seeing him at Cap, but I really don't remember ever seeing him at Cache. Whatever, it doesn't matter.
So things don't change too much at the main game, as I found myself folding a ton. I wasn't being a nit, my cards were just terrible. I finally get a playable hand sometime in my third orbit.
Essan is UTG+1 and open raises. I look down at AA (club/diamond) and three-bet out of seat four. Seat five quickly folds, but seat 6 takes a long time...obviously debating between capping or folding. He finally folds and after that it is folded around to Essan. The BB in the hand (seat 1, cute 35 year old Asian woman) comments that she'd call, but she hasn't seen me play a hand yet. Essan only calls my 3-Bet and we see a flop of...
Flop: T:d:8:h:3:h:
Essan checks to me, I bet, and he Check-raises. I'm about 95% sure I'm ahead here, but I opt to just call in order to raise his turn bet.
Turn: Q:s:
Essan bets and I raise. He think for awhile, and finally just calls.
River: 3:c:
Gooood card. He checks, I bet, and he thinks for what seems like ages before finally calling. I show aces and he mucks. Seat six then tells the table he folded 88 and said he knew we must have had pocket pairs and we'd probably flop set over set against him. Whatever...but good fold on his part I think. I folded for close to three orbits in a row, so if I was in his spot, I'm folding those eights pretty easily. Good thing I didn't get cute and just call Essan's raise (I saw it happen twice when people had Aces).
After that I had AK win a small pot, made a nice little button play with T8s that I might post tomorrow, won with Aces one more time, and then lost a capped pre-flop pot with AKos. All in all I'd say I played pretty well considering the hands I was dealt, but so did the other players. There was maybe a couple weaker players (donks) at the table, but then everyone else was pretty decent. Not spectacular, not necessarily "winning" players, but they were definitely better competition than the 4/8 players out at Cache.
So after my bad run in September, I had been debating on taking an extended break from poker. In all honesty, it'd be good for me to take a month off and spend the time I would spend playing poker on getting into better shape. Aside from the annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Bowl" my grocery store gets together for every year, I really do need to lose some pounds. Unfortunately I'm much too lazy to do both...but then again, I like playing poker...so we'll just see I guess.
Sorry for the rambling, spelling mistakes I'm too lazy to go find, and boringness of a couple paragraphs up there. Thanks for reading, check back in the next couple of days for more hands. Peace.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Frigid Waters and Lack of Updates
Hey guys, sorry I've been gone for so long. I've played a few sessions since my last update, and it's still been pretty bad. A few sessions ago I had a slew of beats/coolers that just about made me cry. Anyway, I've been pretty busy, so the updates have been scarce. I'll post my September stats within the next couple of days, and might even give a couple detailed entries about my sessions.
First though, here's a pretty nasty hand.
Hero open-limps with 44 UTG. The Superdonk raises from UTG+1, called in a few spots, both blinds call.
Flop: 643 two hearts
SB donk bets, Hero raises, SuperDonk folds, called in a couple spots.
Turn: 6
SB bets, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls
River: 6
:puke:
SB had 65. Good thing she bet out and I flipped my hand over without calling, so I accidentally tricked her into just showing her quads.
First though, here's a pretty nasty hand.
Hero open-limps with 44 UTG. The Superdonk raises from UTG+1, called in a few spots, both blinds call.
Flop: 643 two hearts
SB donk bets, Hero raises, SuperDonk folds, called in a couple spots.
Turn: 6
SB bets, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls
River: 6
:puke:
SB had 65. Good thing she bet out and I flipped my hand over without calling, so I accidentally tricked her into just showing her quads.
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