Since the last time I haven't had any luck with process of the helmet law. I played one cash session last Monday (I think?)....anyway, it didn't go very well. Sat down at a newly opened 1/2 table and was ready to go. Table was average and they had one guy who had to reload in the first 20 minutes which is a really good thing. That's the worst part of the time rake, no matter how the game is going the casino is gonna get their $120 per hour off the table. I used to struggle with the concept of the time rake for quite a while. The time rake is the biggest joke and the people of Harrah's actually told players it was better for them once they made the switch to it. Like that casino would ever do anything in the best of interests of it's players! Harrah's has been my home court for the last 3 and half years and not once have I ever gotten a free thing from there, not saying that I need free stuff but it would be cool if you could get a free meal once and a while. I'm lucky if I make it to the Beau once every three months but in all the trips I've made there I think I paid for food once! It's nice to play at a place that recognizes poker players (or atleast morons who sit at poker tables).
Back to the session. Sat down with the max buy in at the time $200 and proceeded to win ONE hand. Now I have been cold decked for a while and can't ever seem to get things going lately but it's almost getting comical. In over three hours the biggest starting hands I had was AQ(2), AJ(1), 88,22...that was it, so needless to say it was hard to get into a rythm due to not having any sort of consistency of "ok" hands. I'm not super tight and I don't have a problem getting in there with marginal hands but when you know you haven't been running well it's doesn't make it any easier to call raises so I think it's in my best interest to somewhat tighten up and play big hands when I get them (duhh) and restrict my play of marginal or one and two gappers...only playing those from position. Not sure if this is the best approach but you only have $200 infront of you it's kinda hard to just go wild and play every connecting hand and every suited ace from any position. In the past I have used this approach while playing through a cold deck and been able to ride out the slump with minimal bankroll damage.
I start out and don't have anything and I mean ANYTHING to play in the first 3o minutes and it was so awesome b/c I didn't even get to play my blinds b/c the straddle was on by the guys on my left and it got raised almost everytime for an hour straight. I love when I can't play my blinds or defend them are anything, I just like sitting there and contributing my blinds for everyone else to win...it makes me feel like I'm bringing happiness to someone's chip stack without them even knowing it. Well the first hand of false hope (meaning i thought i had a chance but we all know that ain't happening) I'm in the cut off w/ 6h,3h and the big blind makes its $10 straight. I love this move, it's not quite as good as the $5 straight from the big blind, but it is close! What makes morons think this is a good idea? Six other people limp in and you make $10 to go just praying that someone makes its $35 so you can tell the guy next to you "my hand ain't that good" as you fold k,7 suited. Anyway, no one repops it and we take a flop 5 handed b/c one idiot thought $8 more was a little too steep?!?! (two people at this table need a helmet) Flop comes 4x,5h,10x and of course the preflop idiot..I mean raiser checks and the 8 seat bets $15, the 10 seat calls and I shoulda raised but unfortunately I have the "you have't been running well" thought going through my head....so I call and we take the turn 3 handed. The turn is the Qh and this is a great card...well it is a great card to force me to put money in the pot. Checks to me and I bet $55 and the flop bettor folds and the 10 seat goes all in for $12 more and I call. River is of course a blank and he turns over his A,10 and drags the pot. Now that I've lost $90 or so on that hand I'm feeling disgusted and of course thinking to myself "what the hell did I do to deserve to run this bad?"...I honestly don't know if I have ever missed this many draws are waited this long for someone to run a set into my bigger set, or just making hands in general. I firmly believe that the biggest pots you win are from the hands you come from behind on b/c for one thing: you know you're beat and the other is that you know exactly how big your implied odds are.
So after I stop feeling sorry myself for a few minutes I get dealt my winner!...Oh yea, it's a monster. I get dealt A,Q and call a $12 raise and take the flop heads up. A,9,7 and I bet into the raiser $20 and he raises me (you guessed it) $20 more. I put the rest of my money in the pot knowing he's about to turn over AK and says, "well I have to call". Of course you have to call it's like $40 more and there is already almost $100 in the pot you moron! He sheepishly turns over A,6 and I know i'm drawing dead. Turn is..............................6!!!..followed by "I had a feeling I was gonna make two pair"....well the problem came on the river when he made three pair, a 7 on the river and finally some justice w/ the resuck out. Once again I was almost done in by a guy who "had a feeling"...I just don't get it and I don't think I ever will.
So after the double up I'm feeling a little better and hoping this is the time I turn it around and put in a descent session and pick up a few hundred bucks and regain some confidence. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.......wrong answer. I proceed to pick up my only pocket pairs in the best/worst situations. Both times I called a small $10 raise and both times someone reraised to $20 more and everyone called and of course I missed the flop...so right there goes $60 on two hands and I'm starting to notice how short my stack is and that I need some hands and I lost some of my limp money b/c the two pocket pair hands. Well nothing went my way after that. I have 10,8 for a limp and the flop comes 10 high and I bet $12 into a $12 pot and get two callers. I'm not shocked by it and I don't mind it either. The turn is a K and apparently my two opponents were on King draws. It goes, $20 bet, raise to $50 and of course I have to fold. The turn bettor calls and the river is x and it goes check bet $100, call...the winner is K,J and loser is K,6.......I just don't get it, I know i'm running bad but how the hell am I supposed to put a win streak together when I get called by K,J and K,6 on a ten high board and they BOTH hit the card to put me in third place.
It didn't take too long for me lose the rest of my money. I have As,10s and the guy on my left who is the button makes it $12 and we take the flop 3 handed. Qs,Js,8x!!!.....sweet, Don't know when was the last time I smoked a flop like that...problem is, smoking the flop doesn't pay out for shit!. First guy bets $25 and I know I should raise but then again I know I'm not going anywhere and I know I'm a favorite at this point. My reasoning behind just calling was that if the preflop raiser makes the raise and the flop bettor calls then I move in....I will get called by both and get a true triple up oppose to me making the flop raise and the preflop raiser rerasing and the flop bettor folding and I lose the money that he woulda put in otherwise. I think all that makes sense, if you don't agree let me know. Well SUCCESS!....the preflop raiser raises and the flop bettor calls and I put all my money in and both call. Turn is a total brick and the preflop raiser bets the other guy out the hand and the river is a Q and he asked me if I hit the queen and I tell him no and he shows KK. Why couldn't I have the queen and play bad and get bailed out on the river. Instead I get all my money in as a 57% favorite agaist the KK and bust off the table.
It's easy to sense myself sounding as though I'm whinning about the way I'm running but if I don't feel sorry myself, NO ONE will!...hahaha
It's not fun writing about how I can't seem to get an "ok" run of cards and string together some winning sessions but until some breaks go my way that's all I have to write about. I'm confident things will level themselves out and all will be ok but I'm getting a little tired of waiting.
Is anyone else tired of these damn hurricanes!?!....well I'm sitting a hotel room in Arkansas and it SUCKS. My girlfriend is serving in a wedding and she has been gone all day and I had a big day of chilling in hotel room and sweating college football and seeing how much damage Ike did. Well that isn't going like I planned. Apprently the news stations in Arkansas are obsessed with weather that "might" produce a tornado. I dont' get it at all. I know tornados are really serious and that we need to be informed is something is gonna form but give me a freaking break!...I had it on the Notre Dame game and they were rolling and then Michigan gets the ball and throws deep to the endzone and the guy lays out and then............a freaking guy in a suit comes on the tv an tells me that there is weather that could produce a tornado and the game has not been back on since. Just reporting on weather and not even cool pictures or video, just satellite images and dumb people talking. The only station that is being considerate is the CBS affiliate...they only report the weather during commercials and keep a satellite in the corner of the screen but the game is the main thing....the other yankee ass stations have the games in the small box and you can't hear the commentators. I guess enough SEC fans have been calling in and bitching. The guy on the NBC station is getting mad because people are calling b/c the ND/MICH game isn't on tv. Well on top of not being able to watch all the games I want to see I can't watch the USC/Ohio State game tonight b/c the wedding is at 7pm....honestly, don't people pick up a freaking football schedule before they plan shit like a wedding???....I question a groom's ability to have a "man card" when they allow stuff like this to happen. With all that being said, I'm gonna freak out if I look out my window and see a big ass tornado coming at me...that's the kinda shit that would ruin someone's day.
Keep it real homies.
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