This was the longest trip I had at Foxwoods. Not intentionally, but when you get sick and don’t want to infect your girlfriend and co-workers you’ll gladly play more poker and risk infecting them. Casino is gamble anyway so they gotta take the risks!
Hold em was good. I def did win but there were some low points. First hand of 2-5 I flop a set of rights on a Q84 two spade board and I’m up against an overpair(I think) and gutter straight flush draw. Straight hits. I also played like 22 hours of plo8 and ended up losing 550. I was playing a lot of 5-10 heads up sometimes with a straddle(I always did, he did sometimes) and I pretty much broke even vs him. My feeling like shit didn’t help but I really want to get him heads up again. I’ve come up with a solid strategy that I intend to employ. I did win 2095 plus points and upstairs giveaways. My eye was just so bad though. Luckily it’s better now and my cough is mostly better. I probably had a fever too. Whatever. Sunday was s good one so it was a profitable pinkeye.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
333...333...333...but not when i need it
Those who have read the blog a long while(or caught up) know that I’m the house when it comes to my fathers lottery, specially the pick 3 game in NY. He plays 8 bucks a day, which is 4 on the midday and 4 evening. He plays 213 for 6 bucks and 333 for 2 bucks. 213 wins him 1500 and 333 500. I have a 50% house edge on this transaction. Well in the last month the 333 hit 3 times. 1500 lost. He hit 213 and 333 last year so I think I’m stuck a couple hundred on it overall.
I made money betting basketball on the Bucks over the Pistons in the 1st round of the playoffs. 500 on them going up 3-0 and like 2400 on them sweeping. I hedged on game 4 to lock up 2k or at worst win 190. Bucks won by like 25 that game but it was a pro decision. The Jeopardy guy that’s killing everyone would agree I’d think. I got some NHL playoff action going still. I’d love if the Islanders, Blues, and Sharks get to the third round. Love if Blues won the Cup specifically.
Poker was good last week. Won around 2k, but I lost a 3k pot in plo8. Here’s the action. I’m in the BB with 101056DS. A poor hand unless it flops amazing. But I was in the BB and there was 6 way action to 25, so I think I need to speculate with my massive near 3k stack. Flop comes 1034, two clubs(not my suits). SB checks, I check(I was intending to check raise huge here...and I did...but this is a game where you can make an argument to just check call. But I think that’s a mistake. In fact I’m sure if it.) There was also an idiot who pots the flop no matter what, and he did in MP. The Professor calls his last 70 bucks in there, and a smart reg calls the 175 pot bet too. Nobody else calls and it comes back to me, I pot it to 945. Idiot folds, smart reg calls(he has a PLO high background so he absolutely is ok with getting truck loads of money in with draws). Reg has 408 behind after he calls. Boom 6 of clubs right away. I check, reg shoves his last 408, I call to try to boat up and a 5 comes. So dead. Professor actually had nut clubs and A2 so he got a good chunk of it. Reg had A25 and bad clubs. He had a lot, but if you think of the action a lot of his outs are dead. The A56 were the worst cards for me, and so many of those were dead. Any course of action that I did can be second guessed, but the overriding factor for me is that I made a huge raise and could get the reg with 1383 behind to fold. If he folds I’m ok. It’s a big raise.
The next day I probably lost 85 bucks in hold em and amazingly I got plo8 called after the 2-5 NL MM broke. They almost called it as a joke. But it did go! One guy was a total fool and ran through 2500 in 3 hours. I won 830 in that game. I had Led Zepplin tix that I didn’t use because he was so bad. If it was Lindsey Stirling I’d go see it but not for a band I’m not a fan of. Nearing Fox now for this weeks adventure.
I made money betting basketball on the Bucks over the Pistons in the 1st round of the playoffs. 500 on them going up 3-0 and like 2400 on them sweeping. I hedged on game 4 to lock up 2k or at worst win 190. Bucks won by like 25 that game but it was a pro decision. The Jeopardy guy that’s killing everyone would agree I’d think. I got some NHL playoff action going still. I’d love if the Islanders, Blues, and Sharks get to the third round. Love if Blues won the Cup specifically.
Poker was good last week. Won around 2k, but I lost a 3k pot in plo8. Here’s the action. I’m in the BB with 101056DS. A poor hand unless it flops amazing. But I was in the BB and there was 6 way action to 25, so I think I need to speculate with my massive near 3k stack. Flop comes 1034, two clubs(not my suits). SB checks, I check(I was intending to check raise huge here...and I did...but this is a game where you can make an argument to just check call. But I think that’s a mistake. In fact I’m sure if it.) There was also an idiot who pots the flop no matter what, and he did in MP. The Professor calls his last 70 bucks in there, and a smart reg calls the 175 pot bet too. Nobody else calls and it comes back to me, I pot it to 945. Idiot folds, smart reg calls(he has a PLO high background so he absolutely is ok with getting truck loads of money in with draws). Reg has 408 behind after he calls. Boom 6 of clubs right away. I check, reg shoves his last 408, I call to try to boat up and a 5 comes. So dead. Professor actually had nut clubs and A2 so he got a good chunk of it. Reg had A25 and bad clubs. He had a lot, but if you think of the action a lot of his outs are dead. The A56 were the worst cards for me, and so many of those were dead. Any course of action that I did can be second guessed, but the overriding factor for me is that I made a huge raise and could get the reg with 1383 behind to fold. If he folds I’m ok. It’s a big raise.
The next day I probably lost 85 bucks in hold em and amazingly I got plo8 called after the 2-5 NL MM broke. They almost called it as a joke. But it did go! One guy was a total fool and ran through 2500 in 3 hours. I won 830 in that game. I had Led Zepplin tix that I didn’t use because he was so bad. If it was Lindsey Stirling I’d go see it but not for a band I’m not a fan of. Nearing Fox now for this weeks adventure.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Well that didnt last long
Hockey was pretty ugly these playoffs. Penguins got swept by the Islanders, and since I was at the Penguin Bar for game 3(a Friday), I missed plo8. Comically I’m the one who always pushes to play 5-10 and of course when I’m not there they get 5-10 going. Is it because they are afraid to play 5-10 with me? It’s possible. I guess that’s flattering but fuck flattering I want less rake and bigger pots.
Poker has been pretty decent lately. Standard. Been playing well. My neck hurts a little bit again, which is odd because I’ve been holding my gym bag better. But sadly I’ve been so busy with everything that I haven’t did the gym much lately. Fucking black people near the bar are always asking me to buy them food at the food cart. Wtf do I look? It’s been a problem for years. If I’m not buying you chicken rice when I’m celebrating a Stanley Cup win I’m not buying you anything when we lose every night.
Poker has been pretty decent lately. Standard. Been playing well. My neck hurts a little bit again, which is odd because I’ve been holding my gym bag better. But sadly I’ve been so busy with everything that I haven’t did the gym much lately. Fucking black people near the bar are always asking me to buy them food at the food cart. Wtf do I look? It’s been a problem for years. If I’m not buying you chicken rice when I’m celebrating a Stanley Cup win I’m not buying you anything when we lose every night.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Eddie Moneys daughter is hot
So it seems everyone I spoke to knew spot on that girl got screwed on the bad beat. Bill Potts doesn’t believe her story. I do for two reasons: 1- She was 100% positive it was the king of diamonds. Not just a picture diamond. 2- She remembered the dealer said they no LONGER shared the 8 of diamonds, meaning they once did so her board memory was correct. Just so sick. Maybe I’ll see her again. She looks good.
Poker has been pretty decent lately. 2 weeks ago I only one 30 bucks, but last week won over 1800. It almost counts as more since the girlfriend went with me and saw some wins. That goes a long way I think. We never got the plo8 going last week. Larry was in Vegas(where apparently he got it all in the flop with AA on a A93 rainbow board vs 95(deep stacked) and a lady called him down 3 streets with 33 on a 10JQK4 board. I ponder why he left), two guys didn’t show, one was in a soft home game. I expected it. Whatever though playing the NL allowed me to do shorter sessions and hang with the GF and have fun).
I went over to Top Golf over in Fox Tower and beat the Ms Pacman top score of 121k. I now have 128k. I could have gotten it earlier but I didn’t realize that the power pellets do virtually nothing after the second junior screen. There was a 5k banana on the right side but I hung out on the left with a pellet waiting for the ghosts. I felt robbed when I died there. But no PACMAN TILT(obv the worst tilt of all) and I took it down the next day. Hopefully I’m still the champ. Hopefully the bitch waitress doesn’t interrupt me this time when I’m playing.
We saw Eddie Money and Joan Jett combo show. Awesome seats. Joan was great. Eddie was alright. But Eddies daughter Jesse was incredible. Awesome body, amazing tits, everything. I looked her up and while I could never find her in anything too revealing, you’ll see good stuff on google images.
Poker has been pretty decent lately. 2 weeks ago I only one 30 bucks, but last week won over 1800. It almost counts as more since the girlfriend went with me and saw some wins. That goes a long way I think. We never got the plo8 going last week. Larry was in Vegas(where apparently he got it all in the flop with AA on a A93 rainbow board vs 95(deep stacked) and a lady called him down 3 streets with 33 on a 10JQK4 board. I ponder why he left), two guys didn’t show, one was in a soft home game. I expected it. Whatever though playing the NL allowed me to do shorter sessions and hang with the GF and have fun).
I went over to Top Golf over in Fox Tower and beat the Ms Pacman top score of 121k. I now have 128k. I could have gotten it earlier but I didn’t realize that the power pellets do virtually nothing after the second junior screen. There was a 5k banana on the right side but I hung out on the left with a pellet waiting for the ghosts. I felt robbed when I died there. But no PACMAN TILT(obv the worst tilt of all) and I took it down the next day. Hopefully I’m still the champ. Hopefully the bitch waitress doesn’t interrupt me this time when I’m playing.
We saw Eddie Money and Joan Jett combo show. Awesome seats. Joan was great. Eddie was alright. But Eddies daughter Jesse was incredible. Awesome body, amazing tits, everything. I looked her up and while I could never find her in anything too revealing, you’ll see good stuff on google images.
Monday, April 1, 2019
No hundred grand for you, lady
I’m behind one blog. I usually like doing them when I’m on the bus going to Foxwoods, but I went with the girlfriend last trip and I really didn’t want to do it then. Very few people knew my real identity who read this. Literally two of you and you both know who you are. But this is blog is just gonna be a rant against both Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. I’ll do another blog Thursday discussing the poker etc of the last two trips.
So Mohegan Sun has a new poker room. It looks alright. It’s bigger then it used to be. There’s a Johnny Rockets on one side and a bar on the other. It seems like a more “casual” spot than Foxwoods for poker, aka more soft. But of course you need to know the faces, and I don’t know anyone in there. My friend Sam drives and considering I was pretty break even at the time and I did want to see the new room, I went. I lost money, but whatever. My issue with this place is with the dealers. One guy, whom I found out his name is Clint, talked about how much faster he deals than Foxwoods dealers. He proceeded to expose a card three straight hands. Good job with that speed. Another dealer, some small Spanish girl, just doesn’t give a shit. I shoved big one hand and one guy folds and the other is showing his cards to his buddy getting reactions. I had to say one to a hand. Then the dealer, in a very unenthusiastic manner, said that too. Then he said something to his friend and then told me he didn’t say anything. Thank god he folded because I shoved J8 on a 10-9-3 board and the first guy folded QQ lol
Oh Foxwoods isn’t clear either. But it could be different nowadays. I was playing a session and this girl I’ve never seen before told us this bad beat story. Get this one. She has 67 diamonds. Flop 8910 diamonds. Opponent JQ diamonds. Turn K diamonds. River blank. Money goes in. Bad beat right? Wrong. Apparently, as everyone was celebrating, said because the K made the 8 not play for both of them, it negates the bad beat. No shit. He fucked that table out of a 200k bad beat. She would have gotten 100k. It was a 1/2 game and she was new to poker and just believed it. Nobody else at that table had any clue and just accepted it. She was wearing a sexy miniskirt the next day btw.
So Mohegan Sun has a new poker room. It looks alright. It’s bigger then it used to be. There’s a Johnny Rockets on one side and a bar on the other. It seems like a more “casual” spot than Foxwoods for poker, aka more soft. But of course you need to know the faces, and I don’t know anyone in there. My friend Sam drives and considering I was pretty break even at the time and I did want to see the new room, I went. I lost money, but whatever. My issue with this place is with the dealers. One guy, whom I found out his name is Clint, talked about how much faster he deals than Foxwoods dealers. He proceeded to expose a card three straight hands. Good job with that speed. Another dealer, some small Spanish girl, just doesn’t give a shit. I shoved big one hand and one guy folds and the other is showing his cards to his buddy getting reactions. I had to say one to a hand. Then the dealer, in a very unenthusiastic manner, said that too. Then he said something to his friend and then told me he didn’t say anything. Thank god he folded because I shoved J8 on a 10-9-3 board and the first guy folded QQ lol
Oh Foxwoods isn’t clear either. But it could be different nowadays. I was playing a session and this girl I’ve never seen before told us this bad beat story. Get this one. She has 67 diamonds. Flop 8910 diamonds. Opponent JQ diamonds. Turn K diamonds. River blank. Money goes in. Bad beat right? Wrong. Apparently, as everyone was celebrating, said because the K made the 8 not play for both of them, it negates the bad beat. No shit. He fucked that table out of a 200k bad beat. She would have gotten 100k. It was a 1/2 game and she was new to poker and just believed it. Nobody else at that table had any clue and just accepted it. She was wearing a sexy miniskirt the next day btw.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Good times
Just a note, I cleared some settings on my phone so I can’t reply to comments below. I don’t want to screw around with email recovery blah blah. So Ace yeah it’s not worth it to get this card. I’m maximizing the best I can with though but once I’m done with it that’s it. Besides, there’s a new Boston casino opening soon that I need to figure out what to do with it. It’s far from me. I just hope I can show my diamond card to them and auto get slot play and room offers.
I’m really doing all I can with the International Lounge. I’m allowed to get 3 people in at one time, so before I go I ask friends if they want to go. There’s nothing wrong with harboring some good will. The food is also solid. Late night they run out of all non-Asian food so def get there around 1030pm at latest. I get two trips a day, some say more. I might try that this trip.
Poker was good. Only lost one session of NL. I just ran like garbage and I had to fold KK one time when the nittiest most face up lady of all time shoved in on me on a Q932 board for an extra 275 and I absolutely believed her. She whispered to me “set queen” and I a million percent believed her there too. I quickly went to bed after that.
PLO8 went well. Won 826. One guy just gave me money when I had A288 on a 389K board. No flush draw or anything. Badddd play. 2k pot on the turn. River 5 so I quartered him. Annoying but I guess thankful no A2 to chop. But that hand got me back. I got 3 outered to get quartered a few mins earlier. I’m the best player and I feel like I’m playing the right way against these people as a whole. I will make adjustments as I see fit.
They gave me a few months of suites at Fox Tower, starting tonight. The funny thing is that, as usual, my trips there will become funky because Penguins playoffs are starting soon. Gotta be at that bar with my friends. I will figure it out though.
I’m really doing all I can with the International Lounge. I’m allowed to get 3 people in at one time, so before I go I ask friends if they want to go. There’s nothing wrong with harboring some good will. The food is also solid. Late night they run out of all non-Asian food so def get there around 1030pm at latest. I get two trips a day, some say more. I might try that this trip.
Poker was good. Only lost one session of NL. I just ran like garbage and I had to fold KK one time when the nittiest most face up lady of all time shoved in on me on a Q932 board for an extra 275 and I absolutely believed her. She whispered to me “set queen” and I a million percent believed her there too. I quickly went to bed after that.
PLO8 went well. Won 826. One guy just gave me money when I had A288 on a 389K board. No flush draw or anything. Badddd play. 2k pot on the turn. River 5 so I quartered him. Annoying but I guess thankful no A2 to chop. But that hand got me back. I got 3 outered to get quartered a few mins earlier. I’m the best player and I feel like I’m playing the right way against these people as a whole. I will make adjustments as I see fit.
They gave me a few months of suites at Fox Tower, starting tonight. The funny thing is that, as usual, my trips there will become funky because Penguins playoffs are starting soon. Gotta be at that bar with my friends. I will figure it out though.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Got the Diamond
So I got my Diamond Card at Foxwoods. I plan to fully enjoy this thing for the 6 months that I have it but assuredly not get it next time since I’d probably go broke reaching it. They gave me 20 free nights each in March and April. I don’t need all that so I just booked Thursday to Saturday for all those weeks. Directors Suite too. I generally have friends stay with me so the extra space will be cool.
Poker went pretty well. We played at a really strange table in plo8 this time. All the way by the wall. It’s because tournaments are going on and our usual area was taken. I played more calm and reserved this time and won 580. A guy came in and played like I did last time and got killed. So uh yeah that was just another sign that’s not how to do it. Like he took it to a new level though. Board could be 3567 and a guy only has AA and no low and he scooped it. That happened once.
I took 10% of my friend in the NL tournament. He went deep but lost. Cost me 30 dollars, but I did it again in yesterday’s O8 tournament and he cashed so it’s 106 profit I’ll collect today. He’s a solid player and I think taking 10% is a smart investment on my part. My friend from home paid me back 4700 last night. I loaned him 4000 two months ago so that was nice interest. Hold em wasn’t particularly interesting but I’d say in total I won about a grand on the trip.
Poker went pretty well. We played at a really strange table in plo8 this time. All the way by the wall. It’s because tournaments are going on and our usual area was taken. I played more calm and reserved this time and won 580. A guy came in and played like I did last time and got killed. So uh yeah that was just another sign that’s not how to do it. Like he took it to a new level though. Board could be 3567 and a guy only has AA and no low and he scooped it. That happened once.
I took 10% of my friend in the NL tournament. He went deep but lost. Cost me 30 dollars, but I did it again in yesterday’s O8 tournament and he cashed so it’s 106 profit I’ll collect today. He’s a solid player and I think taking 10% is a smart investment on my part. My friend from home paid me back 4700 last night. I loaned him 4000 two months ago so that was nice interest. Hold em wasn’t particularly interesting but I’d say in total I won about a grand on the trip.
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Ok thats not a solid long term plan
Ok this was some baddddd plo8 by me last trip. Apparently “hyper aggro” doesn’t work all the time when it’s badly misapplied. I lost 1340 in the game! I’m still figuring out how to properly play the game, and maybe that doesn’t exist in a way that I’ve considered. Maybe only sometimes you’re the bull, sometimes the bear. Sometimes the hammer with the made hand, sometimes the nail with the draw. Be water, Bruce Lee once said. If you keep it fluid they won’t know how to react vs you or even what hands to play.
But I mean the trip was a 500 dollar win. My friend Charlene came in and had these orthopedics for my feet. They usually cost 100 but she sold them to me for 50. I have pain sometimes, probably from carrying my shit to from casino. She’s also a chiropractor and gave me a little bit of an alignment in the gym. I love the cracking of the bones. I love that and deep tissue massages more than sex no lie. She’s a good friend. I played pai gow and won 1450 with her during a plo8 break. 500 a hand, 2 hands a piece. Terrible terrible stuff. I did put myself in a spot to get a Diamond card tomorrow though since that’s triple tier day. Just not a good day. I also lost Saturday in plo high. But all gotten back in pai gow. But this is a new trip and I’ll be better. I can’t guarantee a win but I’ll play better. That’s a promise.
But I mean the trip was a 500 dollar win. My friend Charlene came in and had these orthopedics for my feet. They usually cost 100 but she sold them to me for 50. I have pain sometimes, probably from carrying my shit to from casino. She’s also a chiropractor and gave me a little bit of an alignment in the gym. I love the cracking of the bones. I love that and deep tissue massages more than sex no lie. She’s a good friend. I played pai gow and won 1450 with her during a plo8 break. 500 a hand, 2 hands a piece. Terrible terrible stuff. I did put myself in a spot to get a Diamond card tomorrow though since that’s triple tier day. Just not a good day. I also lost Saturday in plo high. But all gotten back in pai gow. But this is a new trip and I’ll be better. I can’t guarantee a win but I’ll play better. That’s a promise.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Lucky Phony!
Sometimes you just can’t win a dollar in the casino, even under the best circumstances. BJ count good, lose big since that’s when you’re supposed to lose big. Big VP, lose even when you’re on a 100%+ machine. Poker players terrible, you still run bad and lose. It’s really and it really hurts. But you know I still won over 2700.
I lost the bus spin. Down 60. I lost 393 in 2-5. Got mad and won 440 in pai gow(still need the points for diamond card). I’m starting to wonder if I need that gamble session to play regular poker better. Just as a change of pace. I think once I get it though and I REALLY need that gamble, I’ll do one hand for 25. Low risk slow shit just to relax and socialize. It’s not a bad idea. You just got to remember to keep it at 25 even if you lose hand after hand.
The next day I played the usual plo8. I constantly ask myself, as a base, should I play this game as a bull or a bear. Obviously it’s board, hand, and opponent dependent but the big questions happen preflop. Just in case one of you fuckers secretly get in my game I won’t reveal what I’m thinking, but I def put a lot of thought into it. My swings were wild. At one point I was down 800, but I ended the session up 1732. Big Jeff was the big winner on the day. The guys there always say I’m lucky. Lucky Phony Lucky Phony they say. They say I’m very lucky on the river, which I guess is the best street to be lucky on. Just because I got the huge draw and get there is lucky? Maybe it is, I don’t know. But they never say they would play the hand differently. Jeff was the lucky river guy today so hopefully he doesn’t talk next session. That lasted nearly 17 hours so I needed sleep after that.
Bill Potts recommended to me that I should only play the Random Riches promo when it’s a full house(and any straight flush besides a royal, for sure). But the PLO had all the regulars so I avoided the game this trip. Won 962 over 10 hours there. Would have been more but I had a set vs two guys with a diamond flush draw and it rivered. I got a table game promotion. You get dealt 10 cards and you make the best hand and get paid on that. I hit a flush and got 200 promo dollars(that I promptly lost every bet on in pai gow). I also saw Jim Gaffigan show. He made laugh, again and again. Ditching work tomorrow to play early Thursday. Last two weeks the players were bad so who knows?
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Penguin Road Trip Part 2!
I’ve been looking forward to this one for quite a long time. For those of you who don’t know, Penguin Road Trip is the GF and I going to Pittsburgh to see a Penguins hockey game. This is usually proceeded or followed by a Penguins road game in the NY area. This is exactly what happened. On Sunday we saw Rangers at Penguins and then Tuesday it was Penguins at Devils. But let’s all discuss stuff in order.
I made a rare early Thursday trip since I had to leave Saturday morning to begin the trip to Pittsburgh. GF and I made a new friend at our Penguins Meetup Group and she very generously allowed us to not only stay at her house, but to drive with us there. She keeps an apartment in NYC for work and a home in Pittsburgh. So anyway, Foxwoods. Larry said Thursday evening games are really good. I played a little bit and won 132. Nothing special. I’m now doing the technique where you create a wall with your chips and you sneak looking at your cards with one hand. I like that technique. It gives away less tells I feel too.
This was the funny session. After eating I ended up playing 2-5 with Larry. I actually ended up stacking him. I limped 22 on the button after 3 callers. SB called. Larry makes it 35 in the big. It goes call, call, fold, then I call, Sb calls! Flop 724. Sb checks, Larry bets 130. TWO callers! I call...SB calls. I can’t fold but I think if you’re a good player you have to have set over set in your mind. Turn...2. A safe card lol. SB checks. Larry bets 135(with 200 behind btw). This is a terrible bet, and we ate in the lounge later and he admitted it. What is he possibly putting people on? So they all fold and I call. River is an 8 and Larry checks. I put him all in he calls. He thought I had 56 which is gross. He got upset at me but it’s part of the game. He said revenge would be his in plo8 lol
The next day we got the plo8 going. I did the card technique again and it helped me a lot.
I was protecting my checking range a ton on the river a ton and some people were like what are you doing? Well not only protecting the range but I’m also not inflating pots where I can have a
tough decision if they pot the river. This helped me out in a couple hands
because one time I had a nut flush draw and a gutter for nut straight and a player had a made straight and the board paired. I was OOP and checked, but it froze him. Then I made it on the river. Maybe he checks that turn anyway no matter what but maybe not. I also got quartered in a big hand but it could have been massive so I like it. So I won 816 in NL the previous session and 832 in plo8. Nice to win again. We played like an hour of pai gow after(Larry and I ) and he won 140 and I won 395.
So then the Pittsburgh part of the trip began. I got on the bus and got back to flushing at 8am. Too early, shoulda took the bus an hour later. I take an Uber directly after getting off the bus. Another mistake, should have ate breakfast first. So I’m supposed meet Heather(the new friend) and take a rental car with her. I was 45 mins early and it was freezing. I go up a hill and luckily find a diner. I eat a couple egg sandwiches and go there at the meeting time. Her Uber goes the wrong way and she’s 30 mins late. Uber GPS screwed up. I didn’t see the door to go in so I’m freezing. We eventually get the car and then to her apartment to pick up her dog. I like this dog. Very small and no barking. The dog liked me a lot.
We eventually picked up the GF at her house in NJ. Her dad tested Heather by saying she must be an Eagles fan since she was from Pittsburgh, but she said Steelers and passed. It was a fun ride. We took turns picking songs to play through the radio. I had lots of Lindsey Stirling and Amy MacDonald in there of course. Love those two. Heather is so nice that she allowed my other friend Taira to stay over. She lives in Ohio but is very close to Pittsburgh. Taira and I have an odd relationship. We met on a dating website. We spent a Vegas trip together for a full week after we just talked online and like once on the phone. There are times where I think she hates me immensely and other times where I think she’s a good friend. But 100% she thinks I’m a goofball, so I play that up by saying goofball things. She also REALLY likes to give me shit about stuff. I say or do something that is even slightly off she will call me out on it, so I make sure to be ridiculous. I’ve never had a friendship like this.
After we all got to Heathers house we had plans to meet Goblin the Bulldog and her owner. This dog is amazing. Her mom dresses her up in Pittsburgh stuff. It’s so cool. I’m also a GIGANTIC fan of bulldogs so after we went to Burgatory(if you’re in Pittsburgh you need to try their shakes) and we took it to Allegheny City Brewing. A nice beer spot that’s animal friendly. I played with and took pics of Goblin and it was great. I love that dog SO much. You can look up Goblin, The Bulldog on Facebook if you like. Shortly after that we went back to Heathers, chilled a while, and went to bed. I have been having some neck and shoulder issues lately so I couldn’t sleep with pillows. Luckily the bed was firm and my head was level. Earlier on we went to Target and got a Crosby jersey shirt.
The next day we went to the game. An early game, 1230. Tickets to Penguin games are pretty expensive, almost as much as Rangers ganes. But eventually found nice centered ones for 132 a piece. Heather didn’t go because she had business to do. She promised us she would go to the Devils game though. The Penguins won 6-5. I got endless nachos in a souvenir helmet that was way too much for me. But I did get a nice souvenir cup with it too. Took those home. After the game I got a Crosby jersey at 30% off. I was due for a new one. So Taira took us back to Heathers and then drive home. She hasn’t spoken to me since so maybe she’s mad at me.
Drive back to girlfriends was good. We went to Sheetz(which is a poor mans Wawa yet a rich mans 7-11) and got food for the trip back. Did the song thing again. It made a 6 hour trip breeze by. Eventually got back to GFs and called it a night.
Next day was annoying. We saw Alita Battle Angel and I liked that a lot. GF thought it was iffy. We tried to see Isn’t it Romantic afterwards but some old lady was on the floor after we get in there. I had to get a massage at 615 and clock was ticking even if it ended on time. Couldn’t take the delay so I complained and got a re-admittance ticket. It’s free money since I have A-List and see 3 free a week anyway at AMC. Maybe I’ll give it to my mom. Maybe. I got the massage. Unlike Foxwoods massages, this was a medical massage. She tested my back and shoulder and gave me advice on how to get better. One key thing she said was to do Wall Angels. That shit strengthens and relieves my problem area of pain. You should YouTube them. They feel awesome and I’ve never heard of them. I gave her a 20 dollar tip like I do Fox ladies.
Tuesday was the Devils game. We met up with Heather and our friend Katie and our seats were only 66 bucks this time. Penguins won again. Other friends from the meetup group came over since the place was so empty. Shitty teams give good deals on tickets. So that’s really it. Won tons of cash and the Penguins won twice. Fucking WONDERFUL Penguin Road Trip🐧🐧
I made a rare early Thursday trip since I had to leave Saturday morning to begin the trip to Pittsburgh. GF and I made a new friend at our Penguins Meetup Group and she very generously allowed us to not only stay at her house, but to drive with us there. She keeps an apartment in NYC for work and a home in Pittsburgh. So anyway, Foxwoods. Larry said Thursday evening games are really good. I played a little bit and won 132. Nothing special. I’m now doing the technique where you create a wall with your chips and you sneak looking at your cards with one hand. I like that technique. It gives away less tells I feel too.
This was the funny session. After eating I ended up playing 2-5 with Larry. I actually ended up stacking him. I limped 22 on the button after 3 callers. SB called. Larry makes it 35 in the big. It goes call, call, fold, then I call, Sb calls! Flop 724. Sb checks, Larry bets 130. TWO callers! I call...SB calls. I can’t fold but I think if you’re a good player you have to have set over set in your mind. Turn...2. A safe card lol. SB checks. Larry bets 135(with 200 behind btw). This is a terrible bet, and we ate in the lounge later and he admitted it. What is he possibly putting people on? So they all fold and I call. River is an 8 and Larry checks. I put him all in he calls. He thought I had 56 which is gross. He got upset at me but it’s part of the game. He said revenge would be his in plo8 lol
The next day we got the plo8 going. I did the card technique again and it helped me a lot.
I was protecting my checking range a ton on the river a ton and some people were like what are you doing? Well not only protecting the range but I’m also not inflating pots where I can have a
tough decision if they pot the river. This helped me out in a couple hands
because one time I had a nut flush draw and a gutter for nut straight and a player had a made straight and the board paired. I was OOP and checked, but it froze him. Then I made it on the river. Maybe he checks that turn anyway no matter what but maybe not. I also got quartered in a big hand but it could have been massive so I like it. So I won 816 in NL the previous session and 832 in plo8. Nice to win again. We played like an hour of pai gow after(Larry and I ) and he won 140 and I won 395.
So then the Pittsburgh part of the trip began. I got on the bus and got back to flushing at 8am. Too early, shoulda took the bus an hour later. I take an Uber directly after getting off the bus. Another mistake, should have ate breakfast first. So I’m supposed meet Heather(the new friend) and take a rental car with her. I was 45 mins early and it was freezing. I go up a hill and luckily find a diner. I eat a couple egg sandwiches and go there at the meeting time. Her Uber goes the wrong way and she’s 30 mins late. Uber GPS screwed up. I didn’t see the door to go in so I’m freezing. We eventually get the car and then to her apartment to pick up her dog. I like this dog. Very small and no barking. The dog liked me a lot.
We eventually picked up the GF at her house in NJ. Her dad tested Heather by saying she must be an Eagles fan since she was from Pittsburgh, but she said Steelers and passed. It was a fun ride. We took turns picking songs to play through the radio. I had lots of Lindsey Stirling and Amy MacDonald in there of course. Love those two. Heather is so nice that she allowed my other friend Taira to stay over. She lives in Ohio but is very close to Pittsburgh. Taira and I have an odd relationship. We met on a dating website. We spent a Vegas trip together for a full week after we just talked online and like once on the phone. There are times where I think she hates me immensely and other times where I think she’s a good friend. But 100% she thinks I’m a goofball, so I play that up by saying goofball things. She also REALLY likes to give me shit about stuff. I say or do something that is even slightly off she will call me out on it, so I make sure to be ridiculous. I’ve never had a friendship like this.
After we all got to Heathers house we had plans to meet Goblin the Bulldog and her owner. This dog is amazing. Her mom dresses her up in Pittsburgh stuff. It’s so cool. I’m also a GIGANTIC fan of bulldogs so after we went to Burgatory(if you’re in Pittsburgh you need to try their shakes) and we took it to Allegheny City Brewing. A nice beer spot that’s animal friendly. I played with and took pics of Goblin and it was great. I love that dog SO much. You can look up Goblin, The Bulldog on Facebook if you like. Shortly after that we went back to Heathers, chilled a while, and went to bed. I have been having some neck and shoulder issues lately so I couldn’t sleep with pillows. Luckily the bed was firm and my head was level. Earlier on we went to Target and got a Crosby jersey shirt.
The next day we went to the game. An early game, 1230. Tickets to Penguin games are pretty expensive, almost as much as Rangers ganes. But eventually found nice centered ones for 132 a piece. Heather didn’t go because she had business to do. She promised us she would go to the Devils game though. The Penguins won 6-5. I got endless nachos in a souvenir helmet that was way too much for me. But I did get a nice souvenir cup with it too. Took those home. After the game I got a Crosby jersey at 30% off. I was due for a new one. So Taira took us back to Heathers and then drive home. She hasn’t spoken to me since so maybe she’s mad at me.
Drive back to girlfriends was good. We went to Sheetz(which is a poor mans Wawa yet a rich mans 7-11) and got food for the trip back. Did the song thing again. It made a 6 hour trip breeze by. Eventually got back to GFs and called it a night.
Next day was annoying. We saw Alita Battle Angel and I liked that a lot. GF thought it was iffy. We tried to see Isn’t it Romantic afterwards but some old lady was on the floor after we get in there. I had to get a massage at 615 and clock was ticking even if it ended on time. Couldn’t take the delay so I complained and got a re-admittance ticket. It’s free money since I have A-List and see 3 free a week anyway at AMC. Maybe I’ll give it to my mom. Maybe. I got the massage. Unlike Foxwoods massages, this was a medical massage. She tested my back and shoulder and gave me advice on how to get better. One key thing she said was to do Wall Angels. That shit strengthens and relieves my problem area of pain. You should YouTube them. They feel awesome and I’ve never heard of them. I gave her a 20 dollar tip like I do Fox ladies.
Tuesday was the Devils game. We met up with Heather and our friend Katie and our seats were only 66 bucks this time. Penguins won again. Other friends from the meetup group came over since the place was so empty. Shitty teams give good deals on tickets. So that’s really it. Won tons of cash and the Penguins won twice. Fucking WONDERFUL Penguin Road Trip🐧🐧
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Shes a Saint
So this one is the girlfriend trip. I’ve had experiences in the past where if you play virtually any poker at all while a girlfriend is there you’re either on the clock or already in trouble. My girlfriend doesn’t care. She likes to be with me. It’s awesome and insanely rare. So anyway we got there and I won 60 bucks on the bus coupons since I used hers too. Luckily the one green didn’t hit. After that I played pai gow for a few hours and lost like 730 bucks. She didn’t complain or get mad at me for losing. I told her that the goal is the diamond card and she understood.
The next day I played pai gow again and wasn’t aware it was triple tier until after the fact. I won like 120 bucks and earned like 600 tier points. I thought they just rated me really high. But no that helped me a lot. Played plo8 for like 13 hours and she watched me the whole time(of course we had a couple good breaks)! What other girl would do that? I just couldn’t get much going the whole time and lost 225. But only losing 225 while getting mostly unlucky is a sign of some talent for the game. I destroyed the Professor again which made it worthwhile. I actually broke even on the session because I took a break for mystery jackpot slots and to get points. I got the 225 back.
Saturday was kinda fun. Broke even in pai gow, ate Golden Dragon, and then saw the Aziz Ansari show and it was hilarious. There were like 4 comedians total and we had a great time. We missed the bus that we intended to take so I played some plo and won 425 in a high hour. So I really only lost about 275 cash and made about 1450 tier points. Wellll worth it. No house games until the March 8th triple tier day.
The next day I played pai gow again and wasn’t aware it was triple tier until after the fact. I won like 120 bucks and earned like 600 tier points. I thought they just rated me really high. But no that helped me a lot. Played plo8 for like 13 hours and she watched me the whole time(of course we had a couple good breaks)! What other girl would do that? I just couldn’t get much going the whole time and lost 225. But only losing 225 while getting mostly unlucky is a sign of some talent for the game. I destroyed the Professor again which made it worthwhile. I actually broke even on the session because I took a break for mystery jackpot slots and to get points. I got the 225 back.
Saturday was kinda fun. Broke even in pai gow, ate Golden Dragon, and then saw the Aziz Ansari show and it was hilarious. There were like 4 comedians total and we had a great time. We missed the bus that we intended to take so I played some plo and won 425 in a high hour. So I really only lost about 275 cash and made about 1450 tier points. Wellll worth it. No house games until the March 8th triple tier day.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Shine bright like a diamond card
Blog is actually a few days late because I was on the bus with the girlfriend and I didn’t want her to see this. Gotta keep this shit separate. I actually have two trips to get to so let’s begin.
Remember that plan I had to play 1/2 a lot? Yeah, no. I played for 3 hours and lost 235. Hated my life during it. It’s a tilting level to lose at. But yeah that was annoying. Plo8 is becoming alarming to me. It started at 3 handed(without me). Dave and Larry and some rando. The tough pattern seems to be I lose early and then get it back when it gets short at night. Exactly what happened. This black guy Mike and I call The Professor jumped in and I killed him in most big pots. I mentioned that I beat him in heads up a month and I did it again. He was sitting next to Cancer Bruce and it was a comedy show since he never shuts the fuck up. So I won like 550. I’m almost a month and a half behind in newspapers so I might just bring 5 or so to the game every week.
I lost nearly all those winnings in 5 minutes the next day in 1/2. I missed a flush draw vs a checked set (my c-bet committed me after he check raised. 1/2 broke short stacker). Raised nines pre had to fold on a bad board. Then I picked up AA in position. AsAc, raised to 15 got 3 callers. Flop J54 all spades. Checked to me. I bet. One caller. Turn 5. I bet. Call. River A. Check. Shoved all in. Lady asked for a count. Then calls. Quad fives. She said nothing after I asked why she slow rolled. These people had no idea what the term meant. So I was done. I went upstairs and got it back in pai gow.
Speaking of that, I decided to go for diamond. I’m pretty close. I like the extra goodies that come with it. Bill Potts doesn’t think it’s worth it but I like them. I did a lot of bad things to get these tier points so I may as well go for it since I’m close. I found out the next triple tier day is March 8th so I need to hit that up before stating plo8.
I ended up playing some heads up plo8 Saturday. This guy may have been the most non-agressive person I’ve ever faced. I lost like 220 to him(20 in rake lol). Of course when I start beating him he “had to go” because of course they do. I’ll do the girlfriend trip blog tomorrow.
Remember that plan I had to play 1/2 a lot? Yeah, no. I played for 3 hours and lost 235. Hated my life during it. It’s a tilting level to lose at. But yeah that was annoying. Plo8 is becoming alarming to me. It started at 3 handed(without me). Dave and Larry and some rando. The tough pattern seems to be I lose early and then get it back when it gets short at night. Exactly what happened. This black guy Mike and I call The Professor jumped in and I killed him in most big pots. I mentioned that I beat him in heads up a month and I did it again. He was sitting next to Cancer Bruce and it was a comedy show since he never shuts the fuck up. So I won like 550. I’m almost a month and a half behind in newspapers so I might just bring 5 or so to the game every week.
I lost nearly all those winnings in 5 minutes the next day in 1/2. I missed a flush draw vs a checked set (my c-bet committed me after he check raised. 1/2 broke short stacker). Raised nines pre had to fold on a bad board. Then I picked up AA in position. AsAc, raised to 15 got 3 callers. Flop J54 all spades. Checked to me. I bet. One caller. Turn 5. I bet. Call. River A. Check. Shoved all in. Lady asked for a count. Then calls. Quad fives. She said nothing after I asked why she slow rolled. These people had no idea what the term meant. So I was done. I went upstairs and got it back in pai gow.
Speaking of that, I decided to go for diamond. I’m pretty close. I like the extra goodies that come with it. Bill Potts doesn’t think it’s worth it but I like them. I did a lot of bad things to get these tier points so I may as well go for it since I’m close. I found out the next triple tier day is March 8th so I need to hit that up before stating plo8.
I ended up playing some heads up plo8 Saturday. This guy may have been the most non-agressive person I’ve ever faced. I lost like 220 to him(20 in rake lol). Of course when I start beating him he “had to go” because of course they do. I’ll do the girlfriend trip blog tomorrow.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Africa by PBC
I hear the grinders echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards unstuuuuuck
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten chips or ancient shitty adviceee
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, there is a seat to left of the fish waiting there for you"
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards unstuuuuuck
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten chips or ancient shitty adviceee
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, there is a seat to left of the fish waiting there for you"
It's not gonna take a lot to take that stack away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the flops down in Africa
Gonna take some time rake to play the hands we normally wouldn’t
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the flops down in Africa
Gonna take some time rake to play the hands we normally wouldn’t
The nitty grinders cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some 10- handed company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Borgata rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this stack that I've attained...
As they grow restless, longing for some 10- handed company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Borgata rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this stack that I've attained...
But i paid to see!!
A lot of times in poker you just need to be honest with yourself. You need to realize when things aren’t profitable and make an adjustment. No more 2/5 NL at Foxwoods. Way too many smart guys who play all the time and talk strategy with each other. I don’t have that. Bill Potts and I used to do that but not too too much anymore and it definitely loses context and particulars when you text what happened. So I decided to stick to 1/2 on Saturday. They play bad, they don’t discuss poker in any meaningful way, and it’s way less pressure. Winning small which acquiring points and hours for rooms sounds good to me. Some might say I should play 2/5 other places where it’s easier and they are right...in a bubble. I still got the 2/5 plo8 on Friday’s and literally zero expenses. THAT IS SO KEY TO YOIR WIN RATE.
So I got to Foxwoods, turned 75 slot into 90 cash but lost the 60 bus spin. Mike and I twice did alternate colors on the Euro roulette and chopped up the 60 profit. Sadly this time Mike is in borgata doing high stakes PLO since it’s tournament time. So I played some 2-5 NL and lost 700. I got somewhat unlucky and somewhat outplayed. I love the outplayed part. It makes me know to not play that anymore. I mean if the game looks ridiculous sure I’ll jump in but once the grinders start up I’d run.
I played some pai gow and got 450 back. I had reasons beyond just trying to win money for playing, but let’s just say they watch closely. Happy to win though. I roomed with Adam the Snoring guy again. He snored bad. I actually feel kinda bad because I told him he snores heavily and the last day we were supposed to room together he went home instead so he wouldn’t disrupt my sleep. I had the earplugs so I was ok.
Plo8 was funny. Once again Dave didn’t want to play, and we had 5. I know why now. He’s afraid of me short handed. That’s 100% true. He will never admit it but it has to be it. I couldn’t get it going early. I was literally uncomfortable in my seat and it messed up my play. Eventually I turned my chair and game around and by the end of the night I won over 1200. I compare it to Lincoln Hawk turning his hat around.
Saturday was 1/2. They played like shit. The incredible thing happened was I lost this hand(my AK lost to K9) and I threw my cards near the muck pile. The opponent was A FUCKING RETARD. Literally the stereotype of a stupid black guy. Loud, obnoxious, slowed the game down. He literally took my muck cards and looked at them. Everybody was like WTF are you doing?? Apparently because he called my bet he “paid to see” aka he can look at my cards. If I play with him again I’ll warn the floor that I’ll get him banned if he fucks with me again like that. Or I can be obnoxious and make his life miserable. Call the clock on him over and over. Gut him in the bathroom. Something like that.
So I got to Foxwoods, turned 75 slot into 90 cash but lost the 60 bus spin. Mike and I twice did alternate colors on the Euro roulette and chopped up the 60 profit. Sadly this time Mike is in borgata doing high stakes PLO since it’s tournament time. So I played some 2-5 NL and lost 700. I got somewhat unlucky and somewhat outplayed. I love the outplayed part. It makes me know to not play that anymore. I mean if the game looks ridiculous sure I’ll jump in but once the grinders start up I’d run.
I played some pai gow and got 450 back. I had reasons beyond just trying to win money for playing, but let’s just say they watch closely. Happy to win though. I roomed with Adam the Snoring guy again. He snored bad. I actually feel kinda bad because I told him he snores heavily and the last day we were supposed to room together he went home instead so he wouldn’t disrupt my sleep. I had the earplugs so I was ok.
Plo8 was funny. Once again Dave didn’t want to play, and we had 5. I know why now. He’s afraid of me short handed. That’s 100% true. He will never admit it but it has to be it. I couldn’t get it going early. I was literally uncomfortable in my seat and it messed up my play. Eventually I turned my chair and game around and by the end of the night I won over 1200. I compare it to Lincoln Hawk turning his hat around.
Saturday was 1/2. They played like shit. The incredible thing happened was I lost this hand(my AK lost to K9) and I threw my cards near the muck pile. The opponent was A FUCKING RETARD. Literally the stereotype of a stupid black guy. Loud, obnoxious, slowed the game down. He literally took my muck cards and looked at them. Everybody was like WTF are you doing?? Apparently because he called my bet he “paid to see” aka he can look at my cards. If I play with him again I’ll warn the floor that I’ll get him banned if he fucks with me again like that. Or I can be obnoxious and make his life miserable. Call the clock on him over and over. Gut him in the bathroom. Something like that.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Fear cuts the trip short
Last week, in the northeast, there was apparently a snow storm that was just gonna destroy the tri-state area. People were afraid. I had to call the bus to make sure that buses were heading up to Foxwoods that night(they get really cautious and I’ve gitten burned multiple times). They did indeed go up there Thursday. The storm didn’t hit NJ. It didn’t hit NY. Apparently it hit Connecticut for only a few hours Saturday night and that made the bus station close down on Sunday. I had to cut the trip short and leave Saturday. Very annoying since I had slot play coming to me Sunday. I did go home and watched NXT UK quite a bit since there was a PPV that I wanted to catch up on. That’s pro wrestling btw.
As for the trip, pretty break even. Lost about 300 in plo8. I chopped or got quartered(small quartered) in pots where I’m drawing to scoop. Just didn’t break well for me. Cancer Bruce got crushed again. He tried that play with the Ace suit and three on the board and not paired. The other guy took 2 seconds to call him with a jack high flush. Not because he reads souls or anything he just can’t fold lol. Bruce called him an idiot. It’s funny that Bruce lost but I’ve been in his spot and tried that too and it seems to fail a lot.
Hold em was decent. Cold decked a guy with AA vs AK on a AK3 rainbow board. That was a big pot. I lost a big pot with KK vs QQ on a Q109 board. I turned a massive draw and I check raised but he was going nowhere and I bricked out. Mike is at borgata this week so I’m rooming with Adam, and he snores like a monster. Luckily I got my ear plugs this week. Anyway I’m almost there.
As for the trip, pretty break even. Lost about 300 in plo8. I chopped or got quartered(small quartered) in pots where I’m drawing to scoop. Just didn’t break well for me. Cancer Bruce got crushed again. He tried that play with the Ace suit and three on the board and not paired. The other guy took 2 seconds to call him with a jack high flush. Not because he reads souls or anything he just can’t fold lol. Bruce called him an idiot. It’s funny that Bruce lost but I’ve been in his spot and tried that too and it seems to fail a lot.
Hold em was decent. Cold decked a guy with AA vs AK on a AK3 rainbow board. That was a big pot. I lost a big pot with KK vs QQ on a Q109 board. I turned a massive draw and I check raised but he was going nowhere and I bricked out. Mike is at borgata this week so I’m rooming with Adam, and he snores like a monster. Luckily I got my ear plugs this week. Anyway I’m almost there.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Cards of you!
One thing i enjoy doing is taking mainstream songs and turning them into poker songs. So heres one:
I'm in love with the cards of you
We shove and fold like a magnet do
Although my heart flush is falling too
I'm in love with your bad odds
And last night you were in my poker room
And now my hundred dollar bills smell like you
Every day discovering something brand new
I'm in love with your bad odds
Oh—I—oh—I—oh—I—oh—I
I'm in love with your bad odds
Oh—I—oh—I—oh—I—oh—I
I'm in love with your bad odds
Oh—I—oh—I—oh—I—oh—I
I'm in love with your bad odds
Every day discovering something brand new
I'm in love with the cards of you!
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Dirt worst 2-5 NL
Apparently the 2-5 NL game is just opposite land at Foxwoods nowadays. The classic memo about how Saturday night is the best time to play poker was apparently read and studied by all the grinders and they all believe it. Even when they’re facing each other every week at the same time. There was a point when I literally counted every player at a table and they were all at least decent. It drive me to 1-2. Bigger pool, nobody is any good, yet shitty rake. I think I can beat the game for around 15 dollars an hour though. I’ll have to jump in there when the 2-5 is terrible. 36.8k royal aside, it’s better than playing in the pits.
The peak of the trip came literally the first table I sat at. This guy Pete was playing 48 hours straight and I got into a big hand with him. I tanked, but I called off a massive over bet with TPTK and I was right. I also flopped a set and won a solid pot. All was pretty bad from there.
It was such a bitch getting PLO8 going this week. The early regs are becoming few and far between, and we need those guys to get it going. A few of them wanted to play 1-2 plo8 instead of 2-5 because it’s more in their comfort zone, but no way. Larry and I stood strong and eventually this guy Stan arrived and we got it going 4 handed. Of course it soon fills up. I actually lost 294. We had some new players eventually and I was calling draws a bit light and missing rivers. But I’m ok with it. These were information calls. Plus I think I made a couple loose plays for the sake of the game. I also caught a cold and was fighting that. You better believe that I’m feeling good and ready to rock this week.
So I won about a thousand this week. Let’s try to match that or better.
The peak of the trip came literally the first table I sat at. This guy Pete was playing 48 hours straight and I got into a big hand with him. I tanked, but I called off a massive over bet with TPTK and I was right. I also flopped a set and won a solid pot. All was pretty bad from there.
It was such a bitch getting PLO8 going this week. The early regs are becoming few and far between, and we need those guys to get it going. A few of them wanted to play 1-2 plo8 instead of 2-5 because it’s more in their comfort zone, but no way. Larry and I stood strong and eventually this guy Stan arrived and we got it going 4 handed. Of course it soon fills up. I actually lost 294. We had some new players eventually and I was calling draws a bit light and missing rivers. But I’m ok with it. These were information calls. Plus I think I made a couple loose plays for the sake of the game. I also caught a cold and was fighting that. You better believe that I’m feeling good and ready to rock this week.
So I won about a thousand this week. Let’s try to match that or better.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Hearts baby...but just never again
Those of you who read my Twitter know that I hit a royal flush on a 46 dollar hand in VP late Saturday night. I was dumb for playing and now that I hit it I must only play when I get free slot play. The ridiculous thing was i was up like 800 or so in poker and then the games were bad. Grinder city. So I was like ok ok 10 bucks a hand of VP for 200 hands then I’ll come back and see how the tables are. Slippery slope. So eventually I’m down 3k, and then I put another 3k in and somehow I’m up over 4300 and THEN I just get dealt a royal. I was getting a ridiculous run of like boats and quads and I just couldn’t believe it. The sick part was I just dealt it. No keeping 4 and praying for the fifth. Just bam. I called Bill Potts and broke the news. He was happy for me and def warned me to not spend money on this stuff again. He’s definitely right.
Poker itself is very repetitive. I played well, won money. This guy Miroslsv is a piece of shit and faced me briefly in 5-10 plo8. He always tries to intimidate me with his words and his look and it never works. He’s a terribly fishy player too and he did get me in a big pot in NL when he called my raise of 45 pre(2-5 NL and he straddled) with 26 suited and flopped two pair against my QQ. Whatever. I saw Mike play plo 3 handed. I saw a funny hand. The board was x256 with two hearts. It goes check check, then an Asian does nothing and dealer puts out the river and it’s a heart. There was flop and turn betting btw. Asian says I didn’t say anything and card goes back in. I figured he had a straight and no flush. He ended up having A1033 so he had the blockers. He did end winning the hand. The royal thing happened afterwards cuz I didn’t find a good game still. A proud moment for me was winning 887 after that in NL.
I roomed with Mike and this guy Adam. He’s a good guy. He snores like a monster though to a degree where neither Mike or I can sleep properly. I actually have ear plugs now. He’s not supposed to stay with us this week but I feel bad saying no. Ok just hit fox right now.
Poker itself is very repetitive. I played well, won money. This guy Miroslsv is a piece of shit and faced me briefly in 5-10 plo8. He always tries to intimidate me with his words and his look and it never works. He’s a terribly fishy player too and he did get me in a big pot in NL when he called my raise of 45 pre(2-5 NL and he straddled) with 26 suited and flopped two pair against my QQ. Whatever. I saw Mike play plo 3 handed. I saw a funny hand. The board was x256 with two hearts. It goes check check, then an Asian does nothing and dealer puts out the river and it’s a heart. There was flop and turn betting btw. Asian says I didn’t say anything and card goes back in. I figured he had a straight and no flush. He ended up having A1033 so he had the blockers. He did end winning the hand. The royal thing happened afterwards cuz I didn’t find a good game still. A proud moment for me was winning 887 after that in NL.
I roomed with Mike and this guy Adam. He’s a good guy. He snores like a monster though to a degree where neither Mike or I can sleep properly. I actually have ear plugs now. He’s not supposed to stay with us this week but I feel bad saying no. Ok just hit fox right now.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Putting money where my mouth is
Considering I now have a fanduel account, I took a look at NHL Futures. One thing jumped out at me were the Penguins to win the Cup at +2900. That’s a great price IMO. I put 506.75 on it. I also have 800 to win 500 on Golden State winning the NBA Championship. Parlays too. We shall see.
Last week was pretty good. I got into a hold em game and lost 1k. The idiot guy that was accused of the 900 dollar thing was just leaking money. He’s a real piece of shit too. I actually think I played bad because of him. Reacting to his dumb shit too much. I also wore the wrong hoodie and I think it messed with my head.
The next day we got the plo8 going. I won 2032 in 13 hours 50 mins. Good session. I playedy hands well I suppose. I ended up playing heads up with this super chatty black guy reg. I wanted to play him 5-10 heads up but he didn’t want to buy up to 500 min. I took a few hundo from him but too much rake. I think of that happens again I’ll just play it but let him be short. I’m not sure that’s a great strategical play but still. I beat him for all of it. He did hit a royal and got a space heater tho.
The next day was weird. I went to the gym but got this terrible pain between my shoulder and neck. I couldn’t do crunches or a single push-up. I booked an emergency massage at the spa for 4. In the mean time, we got plo8 going again. Full table too. I won 1250 in 3 hours 45 mins. I told them to keep the game going but they didn’t for some reason lol
I won a few hundred Saturday night too in hold em. So I won a few grand yeah.
Last week was pretty good. I got into a hold em game and lost 1k. The idiot guy that was accused of the 900 dollar thing was just leaking money. He’s a real piece of shit too. I actually think I played bad because of him. Reacting to his dumb shit too much. I also wore the wrong hoodie and I think it messed with my head.
The next day we got the plo8 going. I won 2032 in 13 hours 50 mins. Good session. I playedy hands well I suppose. I ended up playing heads up with this super chatty black guy reg. I wanted to play him 5-10 heads up but he didn’t want to buy up to 500 min. I took a few hundo from him but too much rake. I think of that happens again I’ll just play it but let him be short. I’m not sure that’s a great strategical play but still. I beat him for all of it. He did hit a royal and got a space heater tho.
The next day was weird. I went to the gym but got this terrible pain between my shoulder and neck. I couldn’t do crunches or a single push-up. I booked an emergency massage at the spa for 4. In the mean time, we got plo8 going again. Full table too. I won 1250 in 3 hours 45 mins. I told them to keep the game going but they didn’t for some reason lol
I won a few hundred Saturday night too in hold em. So I won a few grand yeah.
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