I’ve been running hot lately on non-poker stuff and that continued a little bit this trip. Once again I won 120 on the bus coupon roulette. The ball was dancing on this spin and rolling around but it eventually got to red. I had to purchase Christmas presents for family and girlfriend at the Tanger Outlets. I got 2 popcorn makers(one for girlfriend one for mom), 2 belts for dad since his is old, an 18 month Dog Calendar, a Jason figurine, a 50 dollar bath and body works gift card(because I don’t know what to get in scents since I’m a man) for the girlfriend. Her birthday is dec 26th and we went to Prudential Center to see Tran Siberian Orchestra which is really just an 80s hair metal Christmas show in disguise. It was good though.
Played some 2-5 at the table with my friend Elise. I did good. My only real wins were on a 4 bet bluff and getting there at the end after a guy misplayed his trips. Elise won a lot with big pockets. I love her but she benefits by being a lady. Dudes love looking women up even when it’s really clear they got it. There was this giant eyed woman named Stephanie in AC(Potts and I called her Bug Eyed Bitch) who made a living off that. I also started the session late because I went to the gym again. I’m
losing fat for sure.
Next table was a trip. This old woman, possibly the most impatient and spazzy player I’ve seen in years, was in there. She went through 4K in one session of 2-5. It would have been more but couldn’t get any more cash advances. The session was all about her and I took a nap after it was clear she wasn’t coming back. She was also being very touchy with Robot Voice Guy.
After the gym and such the next day I played PLO8 and 10-20 ORE. I wanted to
add a half kill at 100 but of course two of the regs said no. Fucking cowards. Done with them and their shit scared asses. Gotta put more time into NL next trip(aka when I get there in an hour).
I played a little bit of 2-5 after that and did well in the must move. Smiley was there with lots of chips and he and I don’t tangle too much. We respect each other I feel. They moved me to a shitty table with a shitty seat, but then I noticed the crazy lady from last night in a 1-2. I haven’t played 1-2 in well over a year but it was worth it this time. I only ended up winning 37 bucks but the big hands I won were all from her. This cute girl with a perpetual smile on her face asked why I looked dead. I guess bringing the 2-5 face to 1-2 is weird lol. Good trip and then I headed home. Oh I lost like 180 in VP doing the between session shit. Variance
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Non-poker profit is sweet
I decided to make some really smart and constructive life decisions at the casino starting last trip. I have a tough time sleeping at Foxwoods(and all casinos really) so I could go to bed and be tired at 6am and I’m up at 10:30 latest. We all know that’s prime time for shitty games so I decided to start using the gym at Pequot in the morning-early afternoon. I feel like I’ve been getting fat because of the lounge and not enough activity in general and it’s nice. Nobody really uses it either. Small but it has enough stuff so it’s fine.
After all that I started to play around 4pm. The 2-5 NL looked blah so I jumped into 1-2 PLO8. Usual crew but it had the super fish from last week who sucked out on me big. He apparently lost a lot but none to me. A nice friend from the big mixed game jumped in and paid me 450 for a business transaction and she has friends who will pay more. Huge possibility of bankroll jump here. Game went smooth so it was ok and I won.
I’ve also decided that sometimes I get the VP urge so I decided between poker sessions I do 50 hands of 5 dollars in 9:6 JoB. I think if you do that you won’t get the urge after a big loss in which you’ll bet truckloads to get even. The 3 sessions went well and I won.
I played 2-5 NL after and nothing of note happened. Won a bit. Poker at Foxwoods is so table dependent since the rake went up, even more so now. Luckily I know some decent targets. Oh and I found out they’re bringing the bad beat back January 1st. No idea what the starting number will be.
Friday it all went to hell. I lost 1060 in 2-5 PLO8. Couldn’t make a hand, but always had hands that were good enough to call and bet with. Crazy Shirley had legit 100% VPIP for at least a limp and she very frequently called 25 no problem. Just couldn’t get it going. When that game broke I played 20-40 heads up OE for 4 hours, then 3 handed for 4 hours. I lost 69 bucks. Never again. Unless the guy is god awful, casino wins in heads up chop games. I’ll razz it only.
It seems like I lost, but if you factor Thursday wins, 450 business transaction, 100 points given to me by casino, 110 win in VP, and the roulette 120 win I’m up a bit. Oh and I also brought two belts because my new trousers are too big
After all that I started to play around 4pm. The 2-5 NL looked blah so I jumped into 1-2 PLO8. Usual crew but it had the super fish from last week who sucked out on me big. He apparently lost a lot but none to me. A nice friend from the big mixed game jumped in and paid me 450 for a business transaction and she has friends who will pay more. Huge possibility of bankroll jump here. Game went smooth so it was ok and I won.
I’ve also decided that sometimes I get the VP urge so I decided between poker sessions I do 50 hands of 5 dollars in 9:6 JoB. I think if you do that you won’t get the urge after a big loss in which you’ll bet truckloads to get even. The 3 sessions went well and I won.
I played 2-5 NL after and nothing of note happened. Won a bit. Poker at Foxwoods is so table dependent since the rake went up, even more so now. Luckily I know some decent targets. Oh and I found out they’re bringing the bad beat back January 1st. No idea what the starting number will be.
Friday it all went to hell. I lost 1060 in 2-5 PLO8. Couldn’t make a hand, but always had hands that were good enough to call and bet with. Crazy Shirley had legit 100% VPIP for at least a limp and she very frequently called 25 no problem. Just couldn’t get it going. When that game broke I played 20-40 heads up OE for 4 hours, then 3 handed for 4 hours. I lost 69 bucks. Never again. Unless the guy is god awful, casino wins in heads up chop games. I’ll razz it only.
It seems like I lost, but if you factor Thursday wins, 450 business transaction, 100 points given to me by casino, 110 win in VP, and the roulette 120 win I’m up a bit. Oh and I also brought two belts because my new trousers are too big
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Gotta be lucky to win a lot
I decided to post this blog while on the train to the civilian job. On twitter I said I was gonna post it while at the laundromat but I looked and saw I had 2 clean pairs of jeans and that’s good enough for the week. No point wasting quarters if you aren’t going to wash enough clothes. That’s a life lesson for you all.
So I went over to Foxwoods Wednesday night. I actually split rooms with the ex-girlfriend btw(she profited like 1k in her tournament btw which I’m jealous of right now) and it was cool. We don’t screw around because I somehow attracted a current girlfriend and she has drama with men. She had the Wednesday which allowed me to go up there early and play. So after settling in I played 2-5 NL and won 510 dollars over 4 hours. I then screwed up. This guy randomly started talking about wanting to play PLO8. Never saw him before. But he did stuff in the NL that should have told me PLO8 was a bad idea. The big example was he was holding 56 clubs on 478 if clubs FLOP and got 3 way action all in and he was NERVOUS. I shit you not. His hands were legit shaking. So obviously he’s a nit. I asked the floor if we can get 5-5 or 5-10 PLO8 going shorthanded. They asked the guy in charge and THIS FUCKING RETARD PIECE OF SHIT is like we can’t do that because 5-10 PLO is going and it’s the same game. His logic is someone from plo will come over and break up the plo game. I tried to explain its not. He did not quit. So we ended up playing 2-5 PLO8 3 handed. Terrible idea. Rake was too much and I knew it. We played for 2 hours. The idiot lost 200, I lost 6, other guy won 80. Guess who the big winner was there?
I went to bed and then played the tournament the next day. 405 buy in for 25k chips. I couldn’t get a break then lost with A10 vs 55. I looked down at the cash games and they were shitty so I rebrought. Was up to about 60k then ran my AQ into late position raise AA and lost like 23k there. Then just missed a bunch of flops and shoved my last 16k in with AK after 77 raised. Of course I brick out.
Played 2-5 NL after and lost 555. As usual I get cold decked and I also never hit a set or anything. Not asking to run like God or anything but if you give me a few cards I swear I’ll maximize the money. The ex-girlfriend btw was in twin rivers on 2 nights. She apparently did pretty well. I’d like to try that place out one day.
The next day I played PLO8 with the usual crew plus a couple wackos(100% not playing without the wackos). The main wacko came WAY behind and fucked me on massive pots. I had KKQQ on a K103 rainbow board and he calls off with 10-9-8-6. Turn 7 river J. I was down big but I turned it around because we added 10-20 razz. I murdered them. Still lost 230 but I was down 1k. One idiot left with his last 500 and said he should play one hand of baccarat with it. I told him to not do that and play razz! He didn’t listen and not sure what he did.
So I’m stuck big and notice 5-10 NL is going. Roman and Deena are in the game and they’re crazy, but the ex is also in there and it’s full with a list. Smiley was on the list too and he’s action. But I think Roman jumped to 5-10 plo and EVERYONE left. The ex then jumped to my 2-5 NL and quickly lost 1500. She plays good so I guess bad luck. I ended up winning 185 in that game and soon went home. I’m gonna start using the gym at Foxwoods more because inactivity and the lounge is making me fat.
So I went over to Foxwoods Wednesday night. I actually split rooms with the ex-girlfriend btw(she profited like 1k in her tournament btw which I’m jealous of right now) and it was cool. We don’t screw around because I somehow attracted a current girlfriend and she has drama with men. She had the Wednesday which allowed me to go up there early and play. So after settling in I played 2-5 NL and won 510 dollars over 4 hours. I then screwed up. This guy randomly started talking about wanting to play PLO8. Never saw him before. But he did stuff in the NL that should have told me PLO8 was a bad idea. The big example was he was holding 56 clubs on 478 if clubs FLOP and got 3 way action all in and he was NERVOUS. I shit you not. His hands were legit shaking. So obviously he’s a nit. I asked the floor if we can get 5-5 or 5-10 PLO8 going shorthanded. They asked the guy in charge and THIS FUCKING RETARD PIECE OF SHIT is like we can’t do that because 5-10 PLO is going and it’s the same game. His logic is someone from plo will come over and break up the plo game. I tried to explain its not. He did not quit. So we ended up playing 2-5 PLO8 3 handed. Terrible idea. Rake was too much and I knew it. We played for 2 hours. The idiot lost 200, I lost 6, other guy won 80. Guess who the big winner was there?
I went to bed and then played the tournament the next day. 405 buy in for 25k chips. I couldn’t get a break then lost with A10 vs 55. I looked down at the cash games and they were shitty so I rebrought. Was up to about 60k then ran my AQ into late position raise AA and lost like 23k there. Then just missed a bunch of flops and shoved my last 16k in with AK after 77 raised. Of course I brick out.
Played 2-5 NL after and lost 555. As usual I get cold decked and I also never hit a set or anything. Not asking to run like God or anything but if you give me a few cards I swear I’ll maximize the money. The ex-girlfriend btw was in twin rivers on 2 nights. She apparently did pretty well. I’d like to try that place out one day.
The next day I played PLO8 with the usual crew plus a couple wackos(100% not playing without the wackos). The main wacko came WAY behind and fucked me on massive pots. I had KKQQ on a K103 rainbow board and he calls off with 10-9-8-6. Turn 7 river J. I was down big but I turned it around because we added 10-20 razz. I murdered them. Still lost 230 but I was down 1k. One idiot left with his last 500 and said he should play one hand of baccarat with it. I told him to not do that and play razz! He didn’t listen and not sure what he did.
So I’m stuck big and notice 5-10 NL is going. Roman and Deena are in the game and they’re crazy, but the ex is also in there and it’s full with a list. Smiley was on the list too and he’s action. But I think Roman jumped to 5-10 plo and EVERYONE left. The ex then jumped to my 2-5 NL and quickly lost 1500. She plays good so I guess bad luck. I ended up winning 185 in that game and soon went home. I’m gonna start using the gym at Foxwoods more because inactivity and the lounge is making me fat.
Monday, December 4, 2017
Been sick but still fighting
Haven’t posted in a couple weeks partly because of illness and partly just can’t win a penny lately. I went on Monday/Tuesday because of Thanksgiving changing everything plus poker assuredly sucks that day(Bill Potts confirmed this lol). It’s not Christmas where loose money has been given away and some may find its way to the poker table. So I just kept losing until I won like 450 at “Cookie Monster” table. If you go to Foxwoods at all you know who I’m talking about. Lost like a grand that trip.
I went back last Thursday and stayed an extra day. Bill Potts already hit the road so I was basically there alone. I know quite a few regs but Bill is the only one I’d categorize as a good friend. I left from home instead of the girlfriends house because I was sick. I also cancelled my scheduled massage. I still played poker with a bad cough because I need to make money plus they can fuck off. I couldn’t get much going at all Thursday afternoon. Lost my roulette spin too. I ended up losing 1k in 2-5 PLO. Bill said my strategy of buying in for the max was a terrible idea and I could go broke, so I brought in for 500 and it still sucks. Fuck PLO. At least with this group of regs.
Next day I got into the o8 $300 tourney. They had a 5 dollar add on for 5k chips. 78 people entered and I got knocked out in 19th place with AA48 double suited. 36k stack, 2.5-5k blinds, 5-10k bets. I raised on the cut off and only BB calls. Flop 357 rainbow. He has A257 and I get no help. I always seem to get deep in these tournaments and then something very unlucky happens to me.
I played after and won around a thousand Thursday night and Friday. I put a guy on lifetilt with a bluff. I won’t get into specific details, but let’s just say you can manipulate a guy who checks his BB after 6 people limp in with AK. You know what kind of guy that is. Heading back to Foxwoods Wednesday. My ex-GF is one of the chip leaders in their tournament right now so that’s interesting.
I went back last Thursday and stayed an extra day. Bill Potts already hit the road so I was basically there alone. I know quite a few regs but Bill is the only one I’d categorize as a good friend. I left from home instead of the girlfriends house because I was sick. I also cancelled my scheduled massage. I still played poker with a bad cough because I need to make money plus they can fuck off. I couldn’t get much going at all Thursday afternoon. Lost my roulette spin too. I ended up losing 1k in 2-5 PLO. Bill said my strategy of buying in for the max was a terrible idea and I could go broke, so I brought in for 500 and it still sucks. Fuck PLO. At least with this group of regs.
Next day I got into the o8 $300 tourney. They had a 5 dollar add on for 5k chips. 78 people entered and I got knocked out in 19th place with AA48 double suited. 36k stack, 2.5-5k blinds, 5-10k bets. I raised on the cut off and only BB calls. Flop 357 rainbow. He has A257 and I get no help. I always seem to get deep in these tournaments and then something very unlucky happens to me.
I played after and won around a thousand Thursday night and Friday. I put a guy on lifetilt with a bluff. I won’t get into specific details, but let’s just say you can manipulate a guy who checks his BB after 6 people limp in with AK. You know what kind of guy that is. Heading back to Foxwoods Wednesday. My ex-GF is one of the chip leaders in their tournament right now so that’s interesting.
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