Thats raw oysters
Had some more good poker sessions before I left...
-$950 GN
+$350 GN
+$800 GN
+$100 GN
+$600 GN
+$150 GN
+$150 LB
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+$1200
Played the last session at L'auberge next door, the games were dead in the morning at the Nugget.
Saw some more crazy shit. I saw a guy call a $500 raise (put him all in) into about an $800 pot, after the turn on nothing but a flush draw (he lost).
These games are easily beatable by playing ABC poker. I can only think of one hand where I bluffed, to try and steal the pot on a late position bet
(didn't work). A couple times I continuation bet with nothing... But other than that, I was just patient, and used smart bet sizing, and
calculated implied pot odds on every move I made - which it seems like at least the half the table had no clue about.
-$950 GN
+$350 GN
+$800 GN
+$100 GN
+$600 GN
+$150 GN
+$150 LB
--------
+$1200
Played the last session at L'auberge next door, the games were dead in the morning at the Nugget.
Saw some more crazy shit. I saw a guy call a $500 raise (put him all in) into about an $800 pot, after the turn on nothing but a flush draw (he lost).
These games are easily beatable by playing ABC poker. I can only think of one hand where I bluffed, to try and steal the pot on a late position bet
(didn't work). A couple times I continuation bet with nothing... But other than that, I was just patient, and used smart bet sizing, and
calculated implied pot odds on every move I made - which it seems like at least the half the table had no clue about.
I played today myself.. Literally was involved in 6 hands.. 2 of them I bet 3x the blind and was reraised... I folded both times... to AA...
First Flop I see I have Ah10h
Flop 4h6h 10... someone opens, I rereaise, he reraised me..
He has KK vs my top pair with flush draw, turn and river misses, we both checked it down from there, minimized damage I guess...
2nd Flop I see... 10J, flop 9d,Jd,Qd, .. Turn Jx..
.I lost to straight flush flopped. minimized damage yet again..
3rd Flop Ace to me exposed. Which our rules its the burn.... I get the burn card.. Next card is an ace (so I would have had AA..) Instead I get a J to make AJs... Flop 445, I tilt bet, everyone folds, first winner of the night....
And 4th flop I se. I have 66... Flop AA7.. checks around, 6 turns. X river...
He has A7... Welp. That wasn't very fun.
Review: 3 hours, 6 hands I "played"
2 hands (99 and A10) I opened pre, was reraised by AA, I folded both times...
Top pair+Flush Draw vs KK .. Loser...
Trip J, Straight Draw vs Flopped Straight Flush... Loser...
Ace exposed, takes away my AA, I tilt bet AJ Winner
666AA loser to AAA77 Loser...
Literally the only 6 hands I was involved
First Flop I see I have Ah10h
Flop 4h6h 10... someone opens, I rereaise, he reraised me..
He has KK vs my top pair with flush draw, turn and river misses, we both checked it down from there, minimized damage I guess...
2nd Flop I see... 10J, flop 9d,Jd,Qd, .. Turn Jx..
.I lost to straight flush flopped. minimized damage yet again..
3rd Flop Ace to me exposed. Which our rules its the burn.... I get the burn card.. Next card is an ace (so I would have had AA..) Instead I get a J to make AJs... Flop 445, I tilt bet, everyone folds, first winner of the night....
And 4th flop I se. I have 66... Flop AA7.. checks around, 6 turns. X river...
He has A7... Welp. That wasn't very fun.
Review: 3 hours, 6 hands I "played"
2 hands (99 and A10) I opened pre, was reraised by AA, I folded both times...
Top pair+Flush Draw vs KK .. Loser...
Trip J, Straight Draw vs Flopped Straight Flush... Loser...
Ace exposed, takes away my AA, I tilt bet AJ Winner
666AA loser to AAA77 Loser...
Literally the only 6 hands I was involved
I'm back in VA... Huge underground poker here as closest casino is 4+ hours away
It was a deep stack tourny $130 buy in. So I guess in retrospect I should be glad it wasn't cash.
This tourny goes on to wee hours in the morning. I slept in all day and was looking forward to playing cards at least most the night..
Instead 0 entertainment value.
Yeah its not nearly bad as yours given it was cash. I'd still be there if its cash.. that or completely broke.
Just found out yesterday that there is a legal poker room in the Austin area.
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/03/20/legal-poker-room-opens-in-south-austin/25125795/
http://www.texascardhouse.com/
I went and played some last night. It's small (5 tables) but clean and secure. I'll be going back on a regular basis.
The real nice thing is, no rake, and no tipping dealer. Though, you have to pay membership fee to join the club.
I played 5 hours of $1/$2 NL. +$263
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/03/20/legal-poker-room-opens-in-south-austin/25125795/
http://www.texascardhouse.com/
I went and played some last night. It's small (5 tables) but clean and secure. I'll be going back on a regular basis.
The real nice thing is, no rake, and no tipping dealer. Though, you have to pay membership fee to join the club.
I played 5 hours of $1/$2 NL. +$263
Last night I went on a heater unlike any I've ever been on. I sat down at 7 PM to a $1/$2 NL game with $300. I played for 6 hours, but 90% of these
hands happened w/in the first 2-2.5 hours:
AA - twice
KK - 4 times
AK - 3 times
QQ - once, and was up against KK, we both hit a set on the flop, but I hit a 1-outter on the river for quads
99- once, and flopped a set, and won when no one called my flop bet
AJ - a couple times, but only remember winning a fairly big pot against jack ten who overplayed his jack
I was never sucked out on all night long, all those big hands held up. I lost a coin flip calling an all-in with AQ against 77, and also folded AQ pre-flop to a big re-raise.
Cashed out with $2012 after 6 hours.
hands happened w/in the first 2-2.5 hours:
AA - twice
KK - 4 times
AK - 3 times
QQ - once, and was up against KK, we both hit a set on the flop, but I hit a 1-outter on the river for quads
99- once, and flopped a set, and won when no one called my flop bet
AJ - a couple times, but only remember winning a fairly big pot against jack ten who overplayed his jack
I was never sucked out on all night long, all those big hands held up. I lost a coin flip calling an all-in with AQ against 77, and also folded AQ pre-flop to a big re-raise.
Cashed out with $2012 after 6 hours.
I wish it worked that way, but it doesn't. Currently you can pay $30 for a one day membership, or $200/month. But that ends up
being way cheaper than pots being raked, and tipping the dealer. I never thought to calculate how much I
gave up playing live poker, and having pots raked, and tipping every won pot - but it must be way more than $30
over a 6-8 hour session...
I've been paying the $30 fee every time I go, as you'd need to go > 6 times a month to make the monthly
fee worthwhile, and I've been going roughly once a week.
