So I attempted to play the last chance "dead money" table Friday night to win a seat in the WSOP main event. Well that plan didn't work out as I hoped it would. It was an all or none situation and I was all about the 'none' part of that. I only really played two hands and I played them TERRIBLE!!!!! They had 10 people and the structure was great with a lot of chips. We started off and everything was going as normal. I was card dead and people played terrible. There was some people from all over. A guy from Mass., a guy from Delaware, someone from Virginia, Texas. So needless to say I wasn't familiar with the other guys. They had one guy from Austin who was solid and for some reason people just wanted to give him a lot of chips for no apparent reason. Now aside from the fact that I played two hands really bad it just made me really flustered early on the way the first two guys busted. The guy from Austin..Rob, was forcing people out of their comfort zone and in return those people were losing big pots to him with bad calls....it didn't hurt that Rob was getting run over with the deck early on. There was one hand that just blew my mind.
The board was 10,J,7,8,J....I think that's what it was, I know Rob had Q,9 straight and the other guy made trips on the river. Rob moved all in on the turn in the dark (I think this is a bad play, but when you're playing against bad players I guess it doesn't matter). He moved in before the river card and he already had his straight, the board paired on the river and the guy went into the tank about if he should call or fold. How the hell do you make this call with out a full house blows my mind. Yes the guy has been playing a little open but if you've ever played the game then you realize who a good player is and who a bad one is, Rob was a good player. Well by going all in usually you would ONLY get called if you're beat, or if someone just doesn't want their chips anymore. He called after deliberating and showed his trips like he thought he was good. Another guy donated his chips but I don't remember the specifics on the hand other than it was bad. I think what really got me flustered was that these guys came from all over the place to play in this one table and completely wasted their time and money. I basically had chip envy and there was nothing I could do about it.
Well it didn't take long and I made an early departure. Leading up to this satellite I have been trying to figure out how exactly I need to play and been trying to go back and forth with limp and small ball or aggression and establishing action through me. Well in the midst of this dilemma I have played some really bad poker and basically developed a HUGH hole in my game that was never there. (at least not to this magnitude). Well my stupidity came when the blinds were 100/200/25. I was dealt As6s in the small blind and I thought it was folded to me in the blind with Rob (who eventually won) in the BB. I raised to $575 and Rob called and the cut off called, I didn't realize he had cards but it didn't really matter. I would have still raised anyway. Well the flop cam 9 high with two spades. I lead out for $1225 and get one caller. Now here is where I made my first mistake of the hand. The turn card paired the board and instead of moving all in on the turn for $4500, I bet $2200. Rob called and the river card was of course NOT a spade...it doubled paired the board with 99 and 44. I couldn't find the balls to fire out on the river and I checked and Rob set me in and I thought about it and eventually folded saving myself just over $2000 in chips. It woulda been a chopped pot. Now I know I played the hand horrible and I knew it as it was going on but I just couldn't pull the trigger on what I knew was the right play. I know a few things played into this.
One thing that was a factor was just the rust. I haven't been playing a lot, although I have put in two live sessions and two single table satellites in the past 19 days. A lot more playing than I did in the two months prior. The other thing that helped me make my decision wasn't exactly a good thing. Now with the blind levels being long and having a lot of chips I justified that lay down to myself by telling myself that although I should have put it all in, I can make this fold here and save some chips and even though I'm short stacked...I'm still a better player than almost everyone else. Well that logic got me short stacked and flustered and eventually lead to me beating myself up mentally and losing my chips without knowing what my cards were. It was actually kinda funny and I'm usually good for one of these a tournament.
Well after I lost the big pot b/c I played my flush draw so retarded I was dealt 33 and moved in and didn't get called. Then a little while I get dealt 9d,7d and it's limped around and I'm in the high jack. Well I limp and we take the flop 5 handed. Flop came King high two diamonds. It checked around to me and I shipped it with my flush draw. Well one guy folded and then I got a call and everyone else folded. The guy who called showed K,Q and I stated that I'm on a draw and turned over my 9d, 7 of HEARTS!....yep, misread my hand and thought I had a flush draw..I was just as shocked as everyone else when I saw my cards...hahaha, O well and I bet you can guess what happened. If I would have actually had a flush draw, I would have gotten there on the river. All I could do was laugh about it, o well...I was a dumb ass and fell right in line with the way the first 2 guys busted.
Saturday was the Final Table for the Dead Money satellite and my boy Derek a.k.a. Public (b/c he went to public school) was playing in it and I went down to Parc St. Charles to root him on and lend a helping hand if that was at all possible considering how well I had been playing recently. Well I hung out for a good while and watched him play very solid, he never did anything dumb and never really lost a hand while I was there. He's pretty "ABC poker" but as long as you don't get dumb or cold decked you can last a while with that style. Well eventually Davey and Ruttley showed up and we hung out for a while and watched some of the final table and then we headed over to Grandma Harrah's house. It was fun walking into Harrah's with those two, it had been a long time since we were at the casino together. It was pretty funny b/c when we walked in the door the lady asked me and Ruttley for our ID's and not Davey. I asked her if I looked under 21 and she said no but they have to ID up to 35 years old....haha, that's right, she thought Davey was 34 or 35. Ruttley and I called them out on it and we got a pretty good laugh at Davey's expense.
I sat down at a 1/2 game that had just opened and it happened to have two of the guys from out of town that traveled to NOLA to play in the satellite. Well the game was pretty tame, they had the two guys from out of town that were fairly weak, two guys from Texas on a bachelor party sporting brooks brother's shirts...nuff said. Two middle aged guys on business. A local older woman and another local. All in all it was definitely an easy table to maneuver and provided the chance to pick up some money. The only downside to the session was I knew I was not gonna be able to play for a very long time. I usually hate sitting down with a strict time limit but it was my birthday weekend and the girl and I were going eat some crawfish so I wasn't upset about the situation. I was able to with stand a few crappy hands and make a couple and pick up $100 in the hour and half that I played. Prior to going to Harrah's I was doing a lot of thinking about how I've been playing and right before going Harrah's I was speaking with Davey and he confirmed exactly what I was thinking and it definitely made me anxious to play. Well my intention was to talk about what Davey and I discussed and go into detail why we were thinking the same thing but this is getting long and I don't feel like writing anymore today considering it's my birthday. Guess I'll get to that later this week. I'm planning on playing sometime this week, till then.
Keep It Real Homies.
1.19.2009
1.09.2009
Get RollED Tide
Well apparently me being added to GCP happened on Friday. I was surprised to pull up the site and scroll down and see my "Honest Abe" poker chip on the page. Hopefully everyone will be entertained and learn something or hopefully I learn something...anyway, In case you don't know..I'm a smartass and dumb people annoy me and I'm not nearly as pissed off or angry as I may seem, it's just my sense of humor (a lot like the late George Carlin or Lewis Black)...hopefully I can bring a point of view that makes you think about the game of poker in a different way.
Well previously I stated that I enjoyed a quick session before going watch Bama get smoked (which was great!)...I hate bama, and dislike Saban even more. I'm NOT a die hard LSU fan and I didn't like him when he was in Baton Rouge. I've been to tons of LSU games and I know tiger fans can be complete asses but that was the first time I've ever been a part another teams home game with no real cheering interest. If Utah won then it would make it fun and if bama won then I'd get a win in my college bowl challenge. Well it took all of 2 minutes in the stands of being surrounded by crimson and hounds tooth (the gay Bear Bryant hat pattern) to realize that I was now a UTAH fan! I swear I heard "roll tide" once every 30 seconds leading up to kickoff. Well as soon as Utah put up the first points they were still cheering and then Utah scored again and they started to die off and by this point I decided to just randomly yell "roll tide" when bama had nothing to cheer about and people looked at me a little confused b/c they couldn't tell why I was cheering. The dome was about 75% bama and 15% Utah and the rest was dressed in Purple and Gold. And those people quickly became Utah fans. When it went to 21-0 I stood up and took a picture of the Bama fans and the look on their faces was freaking priceless!! I did get to see a fight between a redneck in overalls and a guy in a suit...both were bama fans, truly some classy people. The game was fun and it was dead quiet leaving the dome except for the noise of khaki pants and white shirted alabama frat boys repeatedly saying "i can't believe we lost to Utah, i can't believe we lost to fucking Utah"...followed by a "dude" and then repeated again...it was really weird to leave the dome in silence and be in a good mood, usually it's quiet and I'm pissed b/c Jason David found a way to get burned in the fourth quarter and give up the game winning touchdown. This was a much more preferred exit. I did however get to play some poker and that took place before the game.
My buddy Hunter game through with the tickets and I jetted out of work about 1:00 and met him at his house and then we ventured downtown. He's a med student so we bypassed paying $20 or $30 in a parking lot (Harrahs garages were full) and parked in the health and sciences lot. We hopped in a cab and got a "hometown discount"....just a little f.y.i. for everyone, if you ever take a cap in the downtown area during a heavy tourist weekend....be sure to let the cabby know where you're from and make friends...we got charged $2 a piece and tipped $10 and made our way to the poker room. Their was a short list for the 1/2 game and I got a chance to catch up with Gina...one of the few dealers that I really like over there, she's cool and usually gives you a heads up on what tables or live and which ones to stay away from...that's really cool to have dealers tip you off on that. Well I got seated at table 8 and it was horrible, no one wanted to talk and it was dead. I almost NEVER drink at the table but since I was about to go pay $9 for a jack and seven in the dome might as well take advantage of the cocktail service (that's the big event prices...kinda shitty how they do that, increase every price by $2 from what they normally are...once again got a home town discount, it was $12 for a double shot..but if you're able to give the bar tender a heads up that you're a local that double shot becomes regular price!). I got a table change to go sit at the same table with Hunter and didn't waste any time to start chatting with the table and ragging on the Bama fans. There was a guy sitting next to me that had and LSU shirt with an Alabama hat, I'm not a big LSU fan but I am a hugh college football fan doing that kinda shit is sacrilegious.
Well the table started to liven up and I got in there making a few raises and trying to get some action started as well working on my 4th jack&7. Well I had one significant hand that occurred when I had about $180ish in front of me (in for $200). I look down at 77 in the bb and it's limped around till the cut off thinks it's a good idea to make it $8 and we see the flop 5 ways for $8 (and I'm excited b/c no one repopped it and now we have an ok pot to work with). The flop is 5,7s,3s and I bet out $16 (thinking it was $20, it was prolly an affect of the j&7). I get called right behind me from a guy that definitely thought I was a lot more open than I was. Then I get raised by the one seat who is a good player (a local). He makes it's $60 total back to me. Now I'll have around $110 or so left, if i just call and the pot would be around $180. I know how I played the hand b/c I was there....out of curiosity, how would y'all have played the hand???
That was the most exciting hand I played. Other than that I was fairly card dead but it was ok b/c I was working on a nice buzz for game time and the table was friendly and talkative. There was a bama fan sitting to my left and he had his wife with him sitting behind, what the hell are these guys thinking?...what the hell are the women thinking, I mean seriously..you actually got to go to the Sugar Bowl and watch your team play and now you're gonna bring your wife in the casino and have her sit behind you while you play bad unoriginal poker!...these guys annoy the crap out of me. How much do you think that shit would cost a guy..."hey honey lets go to New Orleans and watch a football game, and while we're there I'm gonna go to Harrahs and have you sit behind me for 4 hours while I bitch about how these guys play 7,8 off for $10 and take all my money." I actually asked this guy why he's making his wife sit there while he plays instead of going enjoy the nice weather and the great bars before his teams' big game.....his response was, "she doesn't mind, she likes poker"...and she agreed...that's just retarded. If you like it so much grab $75 and go sit in a 3/6 game while your husband plays bad poker. If you're gonna have a girl sit behind you (which is completely lame) then at least make sure she's hot! If I EVER, I mean EVER attempted to do that with my girlfriend...I better make sure win an extra $400-$500 so I can buy her a new purse or some shit. Not worth it guys, I actually went to Vegas with my girlfriend last summer for HER birthday and I didn't play one session. Then one day she said she was going shopping and I decided to find a daily. Went play and won that bitch!..which was not like winning at all..considering I won a poker tournament on her birthday trip which meant she basically won a poker tournament. The moral of this story is play poker when you're on your time and don't be the douche who has his wife/girlfriend sit behind him.
Now I did play a few other hands. Raised a few times and CB to win a few. Was dealt 33 and a guy made it $10 and I called from out of position (b/c where else would I get a playable hand?). Flop came 10,9,2 and I checked and he bet $10. At this point I like his chances to get called down the whole way. Turn was a Q, and I was kinda nervous but I knew I was checking no matter what came out. He bet $15 and now I know I'm good and I'm praying the board pairs so it's an easy call. Well like clock work the 9 comes on the river and I check knowing that's the only way to get more money. He obliges and bets $30 and I call and save him the embarrassment by simply saying "I got a pocket pair and you don't have to show us your two big cards"...he folded with a confused smirk and I gave him a "roll tide"......hopefully his wife learned something from watching those few minutes of poker...haha
Well anyway, I put together a good little session and had a nice little buzz and a great time at the game. I can't wait to get back there and play some more. I'm really excited about Saturday, we have a little satellite at Davey's house and have a nice little cast of playas to battle this out with great blind structure and lots of chips. 10 people and it might take all of 7 hours to play this one. Should be fun, challenging, filled with solid play...I'm sure they'll have some memorable hands that I'll post about in the coming days....let me know how you would play the set of 7's and hopefully I'll find out if I messed it up or played perfectly.
Keep It Real Homies.
Well previously I stated that I enjoyed a quick session before going watch Bama get smoked (which was great!)...I hate bama, and dislike Saban even more. I'm NOT a die hard LSU fan and I didn't like him when he was in Baton Rouge. I've been to tons of LSU games and I know tiger fans can be complete asses but that was the first time I've ever been a part another teams home game with no real cheering interest. If Utah won then it would make it fun and if bama won then I'd get a win in my college bowl challenge. Well it took all of 2 minutes in the stands of being surrounded by crimson and hounds tooth (the gay Bear Bryant hat pattern) to realize that I was now a UTAH fan! I swear I heard "roll tide" once every 30 seconds leading up to kickoff. Well as soon as Utah put up the first points they were still cheering and then Utah scored again and they started to die off and by this point I decided to just randomly yell "roll tide" when bama had nothing to cheer about and people looked at me a little confused b/c they couldn't tell why I was cheering. The dome was about 75% bama and 15% Utah and the rest was dressed in Purple and Gold. And those people quickly became Utah fans. When it went to 21-0 I stood up and took a picture of the Bama fans and the look on their faces was freaking priceless!! I did get to see a fight between a redneck in overalls and a guy in a suit...both were bama fans, truly some classy people. The game was fun and it was dead quiet leaving the dome except for the noise of khaki pants and white shirted alabama frat boys repeatedly saying "i can't believe we lost to Utah, i can't believe we lost to fucking Utah"...followed by a "dude" and then repeated again...it was really weird to leave the dome in silence and be in a good mood, usually it's quiet and I'm pissed b/c Jason David found a way to get burned in the fourth quarter and give up the game winning touchdown. This was a much more preferred exit. I did however get to play some poker and that took place before the game.
My buddy Hunter game through with the tickets and I jetted out of work about 1:00 and met him at his house and then we ventured downtown. He's a med student so we bypassed paying $20 or $30 in a parking lot (Harrahs garages were full) and parked in the health and sciences lot. We hopped in a cab and got a "hometown discount"....just a little f.y.i. for everyone, if you ever take a cap in the downtown area during a heavy tourist weekend....be sure to let the cabby know where you're from and make friends...we got charged $2 a piece and tipped $10 and made our way to the poker room. Their was a short list for the 1/2 game and I got a chance to catch up with Gina...one of the few dealers that I really like over there, she's cool and usually gives you a heads up on what tables or live and which ones to stay away from...that's really cool to have dealers tip you off on that. Well I got seated at table 8 and it was horrible, no one wanted to talk and it was dead. I almost NEVER drink at the table but since I was about to go pay $9 for a jack and seven in the dome might as well take advantage of the cocktail service (that's the big event prices...kinda shitty how they do that, increase every price by $2 from what they normally are...once again got a home town discount, it was $12 for a double shot..but if you're able to give the bar tender a heads up that you're a local that double shot becomes regular price!). I got a table change to go sit at the same table with Hunter and didn't waste any time to start chatting with the table and ragging on the Bama fans. There was a guy sitting next to me that had and LSU shirt with an Alabama hat, I'm not a big LSU fan but I am a hugh college football fan doing that kinda shit is sacrilegious.
Well the table started to liven up and I got in there making a few raises and trying to get some action started as well working on my 4th jack&7. Well I had one significant hand that occurred when I had about $180ish in front of me (in for $200). I look down at 77 in the bb and it's limped around till the cut off thinks it's a good idea to make it $8 and we see the flop 5 ways for $8 (and I'm excited b/c no one repopped it and now we have an ok pot to work with). The flop is 5,7s,3s and I bet out $16 (thinking it was $20, it was prolly an affect of the j&7). I get called right behind me from a guy that definitely thought I was a lot more open than I was. Then I get raised by the one seat who is a good player (a local). He makes it's $60 total back to me. Now I'll have around $110 or so left, if i just call and the pot would be around $180. I know how I played the hand b/c I was there....out of curiosity, how would y'all have played the hand???
That was the most exciting hand I played. Other than that I was fairly card dead but it was ok b/c I was working on a nice buzz for game time and the table was friendly and talkative. There was a bama fan sitting to my left and he had his wife with him sitting behind, what the hell are these guys thinking?...what the hell are the women thinking, I mean seriously..you actually got to go to the Sugar Bowl and watch your team play and now you're gonna bring your wife in the casino and have her sit behind you while you play bad unoriginal poker!...these guys annoy the crap out of me. How much do you think that shit would cost a guy..."hey honey lets go to New Orleans and watch a football game, and while we're there I'm gonna go to Harrahs and have you sit behind me for 4 hours while I bitch about how these guys play 7,8 off for $10 and take all my money." I actually asked this guy why he's making his wife sit there while he plays instead of going enjoy the nice weather and the great bars before his teams' big game.....his response was, "she doesn't mind, she likes poker"...and she agreed...that's just retarded. If you like it so much grab $75 and go sit in a 3/6 game while your husband plays bad poker. If you're gonna have a girl sit behind you (which is completely lame) then at least make sure she's hot! If I EVER, I mean EVER attempted to do that with my girlfriend...I better make sure win an extra $400-$500 so I can buy her a new purse or some shit. Not worth it guys, I actually went to Vegas with my girlfriend last summer for HER birthday and I didn't play one session. Then one day she said she was going shopping and I decided to find a daily. Went play and won that bitch!..which was not like winning at all..considering I won a poker tournament on her birthday trip which meant she basically won a poker tournament. The moral of this story is play poker when you're on your time and don't be the douche who has his wife/girlfriend sit behind him.
Now I did play a few other hands. Raised a few times and CB to win a few. Was dealt 33 and a guy made it $10 and I called from out of position (b/c where else would I get a playable hand?). Flop came 10,9,2 and I checked and he bet $10. At this point I like his chances to get called down the whole way. Turn was a Q, and I was kinda nervous but I knew I was checking no matter what came out. He bet $15 and now I know I'm good and I'm praying the board pairs so it's an easy call. Well like clock work the 9 comes on the river and I check knowing that's the only way to get more money. He obliges and bets $30 and I call and save him the embarrassment by simply saying "I got a pocket pair and you don't have to show us your two big cards"...he folded with a confused smirk and I gave him a "roll tide"......hopefully his wife learned something from watching those few minutes of poker...haha
Well anyway, I put together a good little session and had a nice little buzz and a great time at the game. I can't wait to get back there and play some more. I'm really excited about Saturday, we have a little satellite at Davey's house and have a nice little cast of playas to battle this out with great blind structure and lots of chips. 10 people and it might take all of 7 hours to play this one. Should be fun, challenging, filled with solid play...I'm sure they'll have some memorable hands that I'll post about in the coming days....let me know how you would play the set of 7's and hopefully I'll find out if I messed it up or played perfectly.
Keep It Real Homies.
1.04.2009
Deader Money
Hello my friend(s)...it's been a while mainly due to not playing, matter of fact completely due to not playing. Didn't play for a few months and just been working and pretty much blew whatever little bank roll I was working on over the holidays. Christmas is nice but sure does run ya broke. I had a good one, was pretty busy but bought my last gift Christmas Eve around 2:00. The new years was rather uneventful. Started out with plans to stay in the city and maybe go meet my brother and sister and hang out with some friends in the area but they left town and the girl and I decided to venture to Houma and bring in the new year with some friends from there. Not a whole lot to brag about. Watched the guy jump at Paris, Las Vegas...is it wrong for me to have wished for something cooler to happen than the guy slice his hand open?? I wasn't hoping for any bodily harm or death or anything but if you were watching the ESPN coverage and saw all the computer graphics of if he hit the ramp to late or gased it too much and it showed him getting crushed by the bike or landing on his neck. Which I think is messed up more than me wishing for something interesting to happen. All in all that was the prolly the most excitement I had new years eve. Hopefully yours was better.
Well now on to some poker, kinda. Thanks to Gene and Bill for arranging a dead money satillite in Houma at Dinger's place. It wasn't too great for me and they only had 10 players which was nice b/c I only had to beat 9 people. Well it could've been some of the most boring poker I have ever played. I was obviously rusty and timid and hit NO groove whatsoever. Got caught up in one hand early and that pretty much ended any chance of doing anything b/c naturally I went card dead after losing a quarter of my chips chasing a flush. I played the hand pretty badly and I knew it as I was playing the hand but of course I couldn't control myself and momentarily justified the play. It was against Gene and I had 10c8c and flopped a flush draw in a $250 to go pot 4 ways at 50/100 and Gene bet out on an Ace high flop and I called $600 thinking that Gene had less left than what he did and we went heads up to the turn and I missed on the turn and he moved in for about $1300 which put $3500 and I called knowing that if I missed I would be 1k less than the starting stack but figured it was a good chance to be able to put pressure if I got lucky on the hand or I still had chips to play with if I missed. Well I shoulda folded on the flop and been done with it b/c of course I missed and never got anything going after that. Went into a shell and played HORRIBLE. I knew I was playing scared but it was almost as though I forgot how to get in there and make a play. The action wasn't out of control but I kept telling myself I was gonna open up after I won a good sized pot or caught a couple raising hands w/in a 15 minute span. Well neither happened and I was forced to nurse a short stack and pick spots to reraise certain players preflop and take down pots. It worked and kept me treading water but I was never comfortable.
I did however get to see Summerral and that's always interesting b/c he's fun to mess with and it's pretty easy to get into his head but always in good fun. I also got to witness Davey play a lot a hands and not win any of them. He had that night where you look down at your cards and say to yourself "do I really have to put in chips again?" Personally I wish I woulda had that problem b/c after not playing for a while I would have enjoyed being involved in a lot of pots. And I play better than Davey so I would have prolly won more of those pots...haha (it's been a while since I got to take a cheap shot on here)...but he really did run some big hands into some bigger hands and managed to survive and not get totally flustered by it. I on the other hand had very little opportunities to do that. I didn't have much to work with after the hand with Gene and a few people got knocked out and I think blinds were 200/400 when the next hand came up. I was in the BB and it was opened for 1k and one caller and I look down at JJ and I'm really not sure what to do here...my first thought when I it was to reraise no matter what but based on the person who raised and the person who called I had a feeling it would be really difficult to push one of them away and damn near impossible to make both of fold. I decide to reraise 2600 more and leave myself with about 2500. That was horrible raise and I have no idea why I did it...based on the other two people I think I should have called or moved in. I wasn't exactly splashing around a lot and "SHOULD" have had enough credit to only do that with a big hand but not all of these guys notice that stuff or even care. Well both call and the flop came A,K,x and I pretty much shut it down and check as well as both behind me. The turn was Q and just getting a bit retarded. I check and then it's bet call. River is another A and a bet and call and there was a straight for the winner and three aces for second place. That was maybe the only excitement I had. I continue to hang in there thinking that the cards have to eventually level out and it wouldn't be a bad time to start when we're 5 handed.
Well I moved in a couple times and picked up some uncontested pots but never got a good hand to get a double up or anything. I busted on a hand that I was somewhat slowrolled by the dealer. I was in the blind and it was limped all the way around and we take the flop 5 handed and I have 8c,6c and flop is K high two clubs. This is as good of a time as any. I move all in for not a whole lot but enough to push out marginal hands. Well Dinger calls, and if I had to put money on anyone calling it woulda been him. He had K,9 for top pair and he was also the dealer. He turns the card up and looks at it before he puts it on the table and gives a big sigh and an "awh man" and I'm thinking that there's no freaking way I got lucky. I don't run that good!....well he tables the card and it was a 6!..to give me a pair, he was flustered by the 5 outs that I picked up. Well I missed on the river and that was all she wrote. I know Dinger did not realize that what he did was kinda shitty for me, it was harmless and I was done. The guy Dave that won played pretty well, he was definitely catching some hands which will make anyone play with more confidence. He did however use his stack accordingly and make position raises and didn't get called down to often. He was a benefactor of Davey's second best hands. Weather he was actually picking up better hands or outflopping Davey it definitely seemed as though the board made it virtually impossible for Davey to play a hand down to the river.
This post is pretty delayed considering the table was played a few weeks back but I started it and never finished it b/c of lack of time with the holiday madness. Congrats to Matt for his 1st place finish last weekend and Davey for his 3rd place in the 70k gtd. the other night. Not sure if I'll be able to make a trip out to the Beau over the next couple weeks, I will have to just wait and see. I did however get to play the day of the Sugar Bowl. My friend Hunter and I went to the game and made a quick stop in at grandma's house and picked up a couple dollars before watching the Tide get rolled! (i'm not a die hard LSU but I do dislike Saban, even when he was in Baton Rouge). I know Bill was waiting for me to start posting again before he added me to GCP so I'm not sure when that will happen. I finally had something to write about and I also have my sugar bowl session and maybe some more poker next weekend. Good luck to anyone going to the Beau.
Till next time,
Keep it real homies.
Well now on to some poker, kinda. Thanks to Gene and Bill for arranging a dead money satillite in Houma at Dinger's place. It wasn't too great for me and they only had 10 players which was nice b/c I only had to beat 9 people. Well it could've been some of the most boring poker I have ever played. I was obviously rusty and timid and hit NO groove whatsoever. Got caught up in one hand early and that pretty much ended any chance of doing anything b/c naturally I went card dead after losing a quarter of my chips chasing a flush. I played the hand pretty badly and I knew it as I was playing the hand but of course I couldn't control myself and momentarily justified the play. It was against Gene and I had 10c8c and flopped a flush draw in a $250 to go pot 4 ways at 50/100 and Gene bet out on an Ace high flop and I called $600 thinking that Gene had less left than what he did and we went heads up to the turn and I missed on the turn and he moved in for about $1300 which put $3500 and I called knowing that if I missed I would be 1k less than the starting stack but figured it was a good chance to be able to put pressure if I got lucky on the hand or I still had chips to play with if I missed. Well I shoulda folded on the flop and been done with it b/c of course I missed and never got anything going after that. Went into a shell and played HORRIBLE. I knew I was playing scared but it was almost as though I forgot how to get in there and make a play. The action wasn't out of control but I kept telling myself I was gonna open up after I won a good sized pot or caught a couple raising hands w/in a 15 minute span. Well neither happened and I was forced to nurse a short stack and pick spots to reraise certain players preflop and take down pots. It worked and kept me treading water but I was never comfortable.
I did however get to see Summerral and that's always interesting b/c he's fun to mess with and it's pretty easy to get into his head but always in good fun. I also got to witness Davey play a lot a hands and not win any of them. He had that night where you look down at your cards and say to yourself "do I really have to put in chips again?" Personally I wish I woulda had that problem b/c after not playing for a while I would have enjoyed being involved in a lot of pots. And I play better than Davey so I would have prolly won more of those pots...haha (it's been a while since I got to take a cheap shot on here)...but he really did run some big hands into some bigger hands and managed to survive and not get totally flustered by it. I on the other hand had very little opportunities to do that. I didn't have much to work with after the hand with Gene and a few people got knocked out and I think blinds were 200/400 when the next hand came up. I was in the BB and it was opened for 1k and one caller and I look down at JJ and I'm really not sure what to do here...my first thought when I it was to reraise no matter what but based on the person who raised and the person who called I had a feeling it would be really difficult to push one of them away and damn near impossible to make both of fold. I decide to reraise 2600 more and leave myself with about 2500. That was horrible raise and I have no idea why I did it...based on the other two people I think I should have called or moved in. I wasn't exactly splashing around a lot and "SHOULD" have had enough credit to only do that with a big hand but not all of these guys notice that stuff or even care. Well both call and the flop came A,K,x and I pretty much shut it down and check as well as both behind me. The turn was Q and just getting a bit retarded. I check and then it's bet call. River is another A and a bet and call and there was a straight for the winner and three aces for second place. That was maybe the only excitement I had. I continue to hang in there thinking that the cards have to eventually level out and it wouldn't be a bad time to start when we're 5 handed.
Well I moved in a couple times and picked up some uncontested pots but never got a good hand to get a double up or anything. I busted on a hand that I was somewhat slowrolled by the dealer. I was in the blind and it was limped all the way around and we take the flop 5 handed and I have 8c,6c and flop is K high two clubs. This is as good of a time as any. I move all in for not a whole lot but enough to push out marginal hands. Well Dinger calls, and if I had to put money on anyone calling it woulda been him. He had K,9 for top pair and he was also the dealer. He turns the card up and looks at it before he puts it on the table and gives a big sigh and an "awh man" and I'm thinking that there's no freaking way I got lucky. I don't run that good!....well he tables the card and it was a 6!..to give me a pair, he was flustered by the 5 outs that I picked up. Well I missed on the river and that was all she wrote. I know Dinger did not realize that what he did was kinda shitty for me, it was harmless and I was done. The guy Dave that won played pretty well, he was definitely catching some hands which will make anyone play with more confidence. He did however use his stack accordingly and make position raises and didn't get called down to often. He was a benefactor of Davey's second best hands. Weather he was actually picking up better hands or outflopping Davey it definitely seemed as though the board made it virtually impossible for Davey to play a hand down to the river.
This post is pretty delayed considering the table was played a few weeks back but I started it and never finished it b/c of lack of time with the holiday madness. Congrats to Matt for his 1st place finish last weekend and Davey for his 3rd place in the 70k gtd. the other night. Not sure if I'll be able to make a trip out to the Beau over the next couple weeks, I will have to just wait and see. I did however get to play the day of the Sugar Bowl. My friend Hunter and I went to the game and made a quick stop in at grandma's house and picked up a couple dollars before watching the Tide get rolled! (i'm not a die hard LSU but I do dislike Saban, even when he was in Baton Rouge). I know Bill was waiting for me to start posting again before he added me to GCP so I'm not sure when that will happen. I finally had something to write about and I also have my sugar bowl session and maybe some more poker next weekend. Good luck to anyone going to the Beau.
Till next time,
Keep it real homies.
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