Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Woo hoo!

Congratulations fellow $1-2 players, we are now considered "high stakes" poker players.

BTW, any black firearm should be considered a machine gun!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Wow, everything happens for a reason

A couple of things kept me from going to the Monday night game this week. I had been sick and took the last 2 days off work, and I am still short on bankroll lately. Otherwise, I'd have been there for sure.

I am almost always armed when I play, but would likely have handed those assholes my little 7-shot .380. Tough to compete with multiple perps whilst carrying just a pea shooter.

I was also recently delayed in purchasing a Kel Tec 9mm for CCW, just a few days ago. I'd been thinking, after watching an episode of Cops where a guy took 2 shots from a .380 and ran away, that I should pack a bit more firepower. Either way, it's hard to say what I would have done in that situation.

One thing for sure, I am thankful that none of my friends were hurt. It could have ended very badly.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Monster hands

Pulled off ONLY a $521 win at Motor City the other night, despite getting completely hit with the deck. $1-2 table. I had quad Q's, AA, KK, and QQ many times, big A's all night long, and hit about half a dozen sets. I did get KK and 2 sets of 8's cracked. Still, I was never up more than $600.

This was the wimpiest, most docile table I've ever sat at. I'd raise from the BB with KK, after 5-6 players limped in, and NO ONE called. This happened a lot. A $15 preflop bet had pocket Q's folding and running away like a frightened schoolgirl.

If I'd had these hands at Nautica, it would have been a $1500 win easily. With the quads and my first 2 sets, I netted about $100 total. Unreal. Almost seems like a waste of good cards.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Monday night win, DET tonight!

I have no idea how, but I managed to profit $196 last night. Got some monster hands cracked early, losing with AA twice and a flopped nut straight. I got $600 deep after borrowing 2 buy-ins from LF (yeah, it was payday eve and I only took a single buy-in after losing last week and spending some of my 'roll). I also ran into a set of 4's with my KK, QQ beat my JJ, yada yada yada. You know the drill. Why can't I just win $900 in an hour like the good old days? I did manage to crack AA once with KK when we got it all in preflop.

Luckily, there were plenty of Nautica donks to keep me in the game. Lots of big action. There was one guy that did nothing but bet big, mostly with nothing. I caught him on a river bluff when he bet $35 into a $50 pot. I had KQ high, and knew it was good. Ship it.

I later flopped quad 9's on Uncle Bob. Flop was 997. UB had pocket 7's. Too bad he didn't have me covered. I got him a couple times last night. I actually got down to $55, and managed to chip back up to almost $800 before cashing out. I hit a couple of BIG draws to double up a couple times, which really helped. 2 open enders with flush draws actually hit. I was actually a favorite in 1 of them.

Aside from the lucky hands, I did play well. Calling with KQ high was a thing of beauty. I just knew that guy was stabbing at the pot. He had missed his gutshot.

Off to DET tonight, just for the night. Conference on cloud computing and virtualization tomorrow. Woo-hoo! Crazy!!

I am gonna hit Motor City first, there is usually a decent crowd there. Hopefully it's the same crowd that was there last time I played there.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Tournament cash

Being light on bankroll this week, I decided to play the $75 tourney at Nautica last night, and took 5th place out of about 45, and made $50 profit. I should have finished at least a little higher, but my A9 got crushed by K-10 on my last hand, and there was a short stack that kept hanging on, in an amazing way. This guy was down to $300 in chips in the 2nd round, and still managed to cash. At the final table, he was all-in 9 times and won. Several of them were blind-outs where he was forced to play. Incredible.

I played well, so I guess I cant complain. Next week...Detroit!! I'll be there overnight for work, and plan to hit up Motor City.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Break time

Didn't play at LF's game Monday. I may head downtown tonight.

The good news is, Lorain Charity Poker may get rolling in just a couple of weeks.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Night of the Donkeys

Doug Poker said it just as he was leaving..."sometimes, the donkey gets you" At least he was smart enough to leave.

Ouch...lost a shitload last night. Started out by hitting a few hands and going up a hundo, then a few gamble-calls with flush/straight draws got me 3 buy-ins deep.

Here are a few examples of a few big hands where the donkeys reigned supreme:
tried to stack one guy when I flopped trip 5's with A-5. He had 2-5, I knew I had him kicked...deuce on the river.

Top pair, open-ender...tried to stack another idiot that was trying to give away his stack...he had bottom pair and a gutshot...calls off his stack and hits his 2nd pair. The list goes on.

Just an ugly night. Of course, the suckouts led to a bit of tilt, which cost me even more. Got my stack in with QQ and ended up against AA and KK. K on the flop, then running diamonds to give AA the nut flush, and I got 2nd nuts. Only the guy with KK had me worried. The other moron was calling HUGE bets with shit like J8 offsuit.

Didn't hit a single open-ender or flush draw either.

Just one of those nights.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Nautica delivers

AS usual, a win downtown last night. Was up over $600 when I got top set cracked by the nut straight. I had 77, flop was 5-6-7. Huge pot, lost a ton on that one, then got popped a couple other times, to get $500 deep. Managed the win in the last few hands. Picked up AA in the last 20 min of play and stacked 3 players.

Up $446 on the night. Might be able to get back there tonight.

Colin, Chan, Matt G were there. I guess Monsignor stopped in for a minute. I still have to check out Chan's blog...should be interesting.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Big mistakes

Built up a nice stack at LF's on Monday, only to donk most of it off on a couple hands. I was $500 deep, and walked away without a penny during the last orbit when I hit top pair but was outkicked.

Played great most of the night, then a HUGE stupid mistake calling Brian all the way with just top pair. He had top-2. Only reason I called was because I know be bluffs a lot. I have crushed him many times at Nautica.

Charlie Ha was at least a G deep, and probably got back about half of it.

Live and learn. Listen to the little man!! He was talking to me when I was up $600+.

Hopefully Nautica will hook me with a win tonight.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Lots of great cards, small profit

Finished up $102 last night at Nautica, despite some great hands all night long. I just didn't play well.

I sat at the 2-2 limit table while waiting for my NL seat and won $70. I hit a boat, 2-pr, and a couple straights in about 40 min.

Started out great at the NL table pretty good, but made one bad call with AK when I hit the A on a board of AQJ. I KNEW the guy had at least 2 pr, but I called his all-in anyway. It was a pretty big pot, so I thought I'd give it a shot. He had QQ. Oops. Got another hand cracked later by the donkey to Hip's right. He couldn't give his money away fast enough, and I called with the best hand. I had J-10 and hit top pair, and this donk had AK. He shoved on the flop and caught running diamonds for the flush. He gave away about $700 in about an hour.

Later on, I called a huge shove by another guy after I had hit top-top with AQ. I put him on a flush draw, and he would have hit it, had he not already had a set of 9's. SHIT!! Terrible call.

I had $550 on the table which included the $70 profit from the limit game, and cashed $582. I walked in with $480, and also spent $80 total in seat fees. So technically at poker I won $182, but my profit was only $102. I always factor in the seat fees, but the math seemed fuzzy last night. Bottom line was I walked in with the $480 and left with 102 more.

So anyway, the table and cards did provide me with a win, although I did my best to donk it all off. Had I laid down those few hands, I would have been up over a grand for sure. All those great hands wasted...damn. I had QQ a few times that held up, 2 full houses with pocket 2's, a couple of other sets, flushes, etc.