Had an awesome rush last night, that pretty much lasted the entire session. I got started at 9:30pm in the 40/80 game and cashed out at 2:00 am for $7300, up 5300 in 4.5 hours of play.
For the longest time it seemed like every time I had a pocket pair, I would never flop a set. Last night it was the exact opposite. Every time I had a pocket pair, it seemed like it was impossible for me NOT to flop or turn a set. Even the pocket-pairs I ended up folding either on the flop or turn, seemed to make a set by the river. I don't know why I bothered to fold anything last night, as even the rags I was tossing were seemingly turning to gold, if only I had played. But I'm not greedy, I played my A game, and raked in the chips.
Happy Turkey Day! Gobble Gobble.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thousand Dollar Scan!
Oceans-11 is having a promotion where your player's card gets scanned every hour and as you accumulate hours you can get cash back. It's sort of the Brick+Mortar equivalent to the rake back deal of on-line casinos.
So on Saturday night (really early Sunday Morning) at 1:55 am, I decide that I'm going to get the 2am scan and then call it quits and head home. At that point I had 3 racks and 2 stacks in front of me in the 40/80 game. I was up $1400 and was having a good night. Unfortunately, the girl who does the scans for whatever reason was inexplicably late doing the scans for this hour. Normally, the scan happens right around 5 to 10 minutes after the hour. In this case she came by at 2:25 am instead.
Don't worry in the half an hour I played while I was waiting for the damn scan only cost me a thousand bucks. I flopped a set of 4's on all spade board while I was in the BB. I called a raise from early position after a few other callers, including the SB. I think there was a total of 5 of us. In any case the flop came Qs 4s 8s. Long story short, many bets went in. I lost to the small blind's AKs who flopped the nuts and it held up. I was drawing totally live though. Then I lost a few other pots where I flopped TPTK, and ended up losing by the river.
So I still went home a winner, but not nearly as big as I would have if I had left earlier. I know that in the long-run it won't really matter as it's just one big long game, and I should be focused on performance, not results.
So on Saturday night (really early Sunday Morning) at 1:55 am, I decide that I'm going to get the 2am scan and then call it quits and head home. At that point I had 3 racks and 2 stacks in front of me in the 40/80 game. I was up $1400 and was having a good night. Unfortunately, the girl who does the scans for whatever reason was inexplicably late doing the scans for this hour. Normally, the scan happens right around 5 to 10 minutes after the hour. In this case she came by at 2:25 am instead.
Don't worry in the half an hour I played while I was waiting for the damn scan only cost me a thousand bucks. I flopped a set of 4's on all spade board while I was in the BB. I called a raise from early position after a few other callers, including the SB. I think there was a total of 5 of us. In any case the flop came Qs 4s 8s. Long story short, many bets went in. I lost to the small blind's AKs who flopped the nuts and it held up. I was drawing totally live though. Then I lost a few other pots where I flopped TPTK, and ended up losing by the river.
So I still went home a winner, but not nearly as big as I would have if I had left earlier. I know that in the long-run it won't really matter as it's just one big long game, and I should be focused on performance, not results.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Jackpot!
I won the jackpot sort of on Wednesday night. I was playing the 20/40 when a player from a 4/8 game who had won a table share of the jackpot (about 2k) decided to take a shot at the 20/40 game I suppose. In any case he snapped me off in back to back hands where I had pocket queens (he rivered two pair) and ace-king where I flopped TPTK (he rivered a flush) when he first sat down. So I buckled down and before the night was over, he was felted and I was up about $1200. So I didn't win all of his money, but I got more than my fair share because it appears that he was gunning for me for some reason. This guy was in way over his head and didn't stand a chance in the 20/40.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Free as a Bird
My wife took the kids to visit her sister and Mom in Sacramento for the weekend. So as soon as I leave from work tonight, I am officially on a 72 hour free pass until Monday morning when I have to come back to work. A bunch of my buddies are out in Vegas for Big Smoke this weekend, and I was tempted to go along, but to tell the truth I'm kinda Vegased out. I've been to Vegas like 5 or more times in the last 2 years (I lost count), which is more than enough for me.
So, I have some things around the house I'd like to take care of as well, but I hope I'll be spending quite a bit of time at the poker tables. We'll see, since I have been feeling a little bit under the weather since Sunday, and playing poker for significant amounts of money while not feeling well is not a good recipe for the bankroll.
So, I have some things around the house I'd like to take care of as well, but I hope I'll be spending quite a bit of time at the poker tables. We'll see, since I have been feeling a little bit under the weather since Sunday, and playing poker for significant amounts of money while not feeling well is not a good recipe for the bankroll.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Killing the 20/40
It's been slow at Oceans 11 the last month or so. The 40/80 game has been pretty weak, and the bad players seem to have moved on. So I've been playing a lot of 20/40 this month and have been killing the game to the tune of 123.41/hour or a little over 3 big bets per hour over 27.25 hours of play.
The fires we had here in Southern California were scary. My family and I had to evacuate our home and we spent the night at our friend's house in Mission Bay. We were glued to the TV all day. Fortunately the fires got no closer than 5 miles to my house.
Lately there have been some 8/16 players playing in the 20/40 game attempting to move up. One of them, this younger Asian girl is getting her ass handed to her, because she hasn't adjusted to the 20/40 game properly yet, she's still playing with an 8/16 mentality.
I'll give an example. I was playing the 8/16 the other night while waiting for a 20/40 seat when I got dealt pocket aces in the big blind. Couple of limpers, the button raised, and I 3-bet from the big-blind. All called. Flop comes A T rag. I bet, get called by UTG+1 and the button. Turn was a Jack. Now KQ just got there, but I don't want to give a free card, plus I should value bet this till I hit resistance, so I bet again and get called in both spots. River is 9. Again, if I was beat before I'm still beat, that card changed nothing. But since I wasn't raised by the button, I'm 95% sure I have the best hand so I bet again. CALLED in BOTH SPOTS. I turn over the winner, and inexplicably both other players turn over their hands. What did they have? UTG +1 had t/9 suited for a rivered two pair. Button had pocket queens. Now this is an 8/16 game with some god-awful players. Let's look at the flop calls. UTG+1 called with middle pair and runner runner straight draw. Button called with an underpair to the ace and a runner runner straight draw as well. Remember I 3-bet before the flop, from the big-blind and bet the flop when the ace hit. In the 20/40 or 40/80 game I take this pot down on the flop with my bet. But in the 8/16 game, I get called by weak hands all the way to the river.
Now this young Asian girl is playing in the 20/40 but still playing as if she was in the 8/16 game. Raising in early position with trash like ace/ten off, ace/jack off, q/t suited, etc. I played a hand against her last time out that went down like this. I raised in MP with ace-king, she called in the big-blind with King/Jack. Flop comes K Q rag. She checks, I bet, she check-raises, I 3-bet, she calls. At this point she's down to 8 chips, and bets the turn which is a blank. Of course I call, and she sucks out when a Jack hits the river. Now let's think about this hand. Maybe, since she was close to being all-in she decided to play the hand out no matter what. But if you think about it, the only hand she could be possibly beating at that point was king/ten or pocket jacks. Unless you think that a) I would raise in MP with king/ten, and b) 3 bet the flop with king/ten, she should fold to the 3-bet. Any reasonable hand that is willing to 3-bet that flop has her killed: AK, AA, KK, QQ, KQ. I think she's too used to the 8/16 players. If she doesn't learn to adjust soon, she's going to go busto.
The fires we had here in Southern California were scary. My family and I had to evacuate our home and we spent the night at our friend's house in Mission Bay. We were glued to the TV all day. Fortunately the fires got no closer than 5 miles to my house.
Lately there have been some 8/16 players playing in the 20/40 game attempting to move up. One of them, this younger Asian girl is getting her ass handed to her, because she hasn't adjusted to the 20/40 game properly yet, she's still playing with an 8/16 mentality.
I'll give an example. I was playing the 8/16 the other night while waiting for a 20/40 seat when I got dealt pocket aces in the big blind. Couple of limpers, the button raised, and I 3-bet from the big-blind. All called. Flop comes A T rag. I bet, get called by UTG+1 and the button. Turn was a Jack. Now KQ just got there, but I don't want to give a free card, plus I should value bet this till I hit resistance, so I bet again and get called in both spots. River is 9. Again, if I was beat before I'm still beat, that card changed nothing. But since I wasn't raised by the button, I'm 95% sure I have the best hand so I bet again. CALLED in BOTH SPOTS. I turn over the winner, and inexplicably both other players turn over their hands. What did they have? UTG +1 had t/9 suited for a rivered two pair. Button had pocket queens. Now this is an 8/16 game with some god-awful players. Let's look at the flop calls. UTG+1 called with middle pair and runner runner straight draw. Button called with an underpair to the ace and a runner runner straight draw as well. Remember I 3-bet before the flop, from the big-blind and bet the flop when the ace hit. In the 20/40 or 40/80 game I take this pot down on the flop with my bet. But in the 8/16 game, I get called by weak hands all the way to the river.
Now this young Asian girl is playing in the 20/40 but still playing as if she was in the 8/16 game. Raising in early position with trash like ace/ten off, ace/jack off, q/t suited, etc. I played a hand against her last time out that went down like this. I raised in MP with ace-king, she called in the big-blind with King/Jack. Flop comes K Q rag. She checks, I bet, she check-raises, I 3-bet, she calls. At this point she's down to 8 chips, and bets the turn which is a blank. Of course I call, and she sucks out when a Jack hits the river. Now let's think about this hand. Maybe, since she was close to being all-in she decided to play the hand out no matter what. But if you think about it, the only hand she could be possibly beating at that point was king/ten or pocket jacks. Unless you think that a) I would raise in MP with king/ten, and b) 3 bet the flop with king/ten, she should fold to the 3-bet. Any reasonable hand that is willing to 3-bet that flop has her killed: AK, AA, KK, QQ, KQ. I think she's too used to the 8/16 players. If she doesn't learn to adjust soon, she's going to go busto.
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