I write for me, obviously. I know not many people read this. I think that truth probably frees me up a bit, but I think I'd write better if I had the pressure of readers.
Anyways, in my last post I mentioned that I expected to play quite a bit of poker the last two days. And, that happened. Results were mixed, but I don't have as much in the bankroll today as I did Thursday night, so that's never good.
Session 1 - TARGET. There are many idiots and douchebags who play poker. In my experience, however, the vast majority of people who are really good at the game are also great people. Add to that my enjoyment of poker theory in addition to poker practice and you can see why I try to make time for the wpdg and BARGE groups. An offshoot of BARGE is TARGET, an annual satellite between us dorks into a WSOP event. I got AA once, stole the blinds, and had NO other hands to speak of. After the first break, I had 1400 of my original 2k stack in the SB. It folded to me, and I decided to ship Q4+. I shipped, BB called, and there were two Q on the flop, so I wish I had the bottom of my range instead of the AJo I had which didn't improve against the BB 99. The guy who busted me ended up being one of the three winners, so good on him. We have 3 horses in various events, and we all get a piece, so hopefully one of them makes a good run.
Session 2 - I had planned on being in the satellite longer and/or being involved in some craps shenanigans which were cancelled, so I had some free time to kill before the reindeer dealer's choice game was to start with the same group Friday night. After hitting up my go-to (Panda), I headed downtown. A couple hours of NL at the Nugget did my confidence and bankroll some good. No hands worth mentioning, but I made some moves and won a little.
Session 3 - Reindeer games. I enjoy games other than NL against friends, and especially games I have to try to figure out, so this was perfect. We played some Razzdugi, some Murder, some Mississippi Stud'em, some Stud 9 or better bottoms up, and even invented a new game (crazy pine-omaha now re-named Hawaii 508). I called boring ol' TD2-7 both times I got to choose, simply because I never get to play it. I was able to play well and run really well, and cashed out up a couple of racks.
Session 4 - After a decent sleep, I got up and Dave, Tom, and I headed to the Rio for the daily deepstack. For $235, you get to play a crapshoot with a chance to cash out $50k. Pretty awesome. I call it a crapshoot, but there is play in the first couple of hours. I chipped up nicely and had a great table. Unfortunately, in Level 6 I got involved in a huge pot with the best of it and lost. My story is that had I won the hand, I would have been in great shape. I guess we'll never know.
Session 5 - We hit up the South Point after dinner. I played for 6 fucking hours and didn't get any hands. I rode the roller coaster of emotion of missing hands, getting chops, idiots talking, playing great, being in the zone, etc. and left after a last stand. I was in EP and limped AJhh. One more limp on the button, and then the BB makes it 35 with 63 behind. Obviously AJhh is a pretty easy fold here, except, as I mentioned, I was in the zone. I knew I was ahead, and racing at worst, and might even get a dumb fold. So, I raised AI. Other limper folds obv and BB tank calls. He had KQo, but hit a Q. Then, I did something I rarely do. A little backstory first. One guy at the table was especially on my nerves. All night, he had been talking about other peoples' hands while making his decisions. This is ok, even if not smart, headsup. Multiway, however, it's not allowed (or at least not good manners). The dealers, however, rarely run the game since that might hurt their tips. So, I told the guy (in a friendly way) that what he was doing was bad etiquette. He replied, "no, it's not" and looked at the dealer who confirmed that indeed he shouldn't talk about a hand until headsup. He shut up for about 15 minutes, but then went back to it. His inane scattershooting wasn't contained to this offense, but I won't spell it all out. Well, when the hand mentioned above happened, my opponent and I didn't flip our hands on their backs. When he showed after the board ran out, I mucked quietly (if maybe obviously frustrated). He then goes on a rant to his neighbor about how dumb it is for players not to expose their hands. He just doesn't get it haha. I mean why is everyone so scared to expose their hand haha? At this point, instead of calmly explaining why a player wouldn't show their hand when they aren't required to and maybe even explaining why it's bad etiquette to deride other players' actions and further expound on why he shouldn't share his reads in multiway pots, I decide to simply tell him to shut the fuck up. After that, I left. Time to find my boys. I find them, and they are drunk. Really drunk. So, I tell them to enjoy the rest of the show and come find me at the blackjack tables when they're ready to go. Well, they decide instead to come over and sweat me then get in the game themselves. Hijinks ensue. At least I recouped some of my losses and had some fun playing blackjack.
Today is a scheduled day off. Laundry, working out, and maybe a movie. Tomorrow, I win the GN HORSE tourney.
Later.
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