Well my first month of law school is in the books. I am having a grand time. I really like being back in school, being intellectually challenged and thinking critically about the assigned reading. So far, I have not felt like the work load has been anything that I can't handle. Although the next month, I may regret having said that. This week looks fairly full. And all 3 of my substantive courses have midterms. I thought that wasn't supposed to happen in law school. Oh well. I have midterms scheduled on the 8th, 22, and 28 of October.
This week is going to be fairly busy. I need to study up for my midterm next Tuesday in civil procedure and I have a 1250 word legal memo due this Friday at 9am. I have read all of the cases regarding the legal memo, but need to pencil in some time for actual drafting of the memo, which I imagine will take at least 8 to 10 hours minimum. That and the studying I need to do for my midterm will make me a very busy guy this week.
September poker wise is also in the books. I had my best month of the year dollar wise, making 11k in 49.5 hours, so I am happy about that. In other news Helen who continues to hate me, had another bad night on Friday, in no small part due to me. I got her good quite a few times, with bluffs, value bets, and suck-outs (maybe). Here's one hand I played, in which I think I sucked out on her, but it's possible I flopped the best hand.
Amos, drunk and spewing, live straddles. UTG+1 folds, I 3-bet next up the QdJd, Helen caps next up, and it folds around to Amos and he calls, and I call. Flop comes QJ5 1 diamond. Checked to Helen, who bets, Amos calls, I raise, Helen calls, Amos calls. Turn T. I bet, Helen raises, Amos folds, I call. River J. I check, Helen bets, I raise, and she insta calls, and I win. She lost probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 racks on the night and was super frustrated and on tilt most of the night. I am beginning to think that she comes pre-tilted.
October is shaping up to be a light poker playing month for me. I will probably play this Friday, but the next couple of weeks after that I have family commitments on Fridays that will likely prevent me from playing.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Absent
As I expected the spot that kicked out last Friday night was nowhere to be seen this Friday. Don't know if it was because he was away on business, or if he made a conscious decision to not come. We shall see. It will be a shame if he stays away for a while, due to the poor treatment he received from the casino management.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Really?
You gotta love Oceans-11 sometimes. They make some of the stupidest decisions I have ever seen.
Friday night 40 game going strong and with all appearances that it will go well into the early AM hours of Saturday, when the inexplicable happens. The spot is kicked out of the casino!
For what? Apparently shooting off his mouth to one of the floor men in the California Games part of the casino while taking a break from playing poker. Now this guy is one of the biggest whales in the casino and in our 40 game. He's super nice, gives great action, tips EVERYONE well, and is easily one of the biggest losers in the game. He also likes to play the other table games, and I know he's a big whale in Las Vegas as well. Even at Oceans-11, he's been known to play Ultimate Texas Holdem, and min-bet the ante and blind bet ($10) and max-bet the trips bet ($500).
Now all of this is hearsay, so I can't vouch for any of this personally. So while on a break from our game around 2:00 am in the morning, he goes to the restroom and stops by the pit games and wants to play Ultimate Texas Holdem. There is currently not a table open spreading that game. He talks to the floor guy, and apparently he is reticent to opening a table for him to play. Our gentleman says something to the effect, "get off your fat ass and get a dealer over here so I can play."
For this, the floor man has him kicked out for the night. He is escorted back to our table around 2:15 am, security in tow, and is forced to rack up, cash out and leave. The rest of the table is dumbfounded and is in awe of what a bad decision was rendered. And of course, as soon as he is out of the building, the game insta breaks. No duh, the entire reason for that game existing, walked right out the door, with like 5 or 6 racks, that would have inevitably ended up in the other players' stacks. At least that's what happened last week.
Sometimes I just don't get it. In Vegas, I have seen people get away with far more egregious behavior and get nothing more than a warning to the effect of please try and control yourself, and as expected, the bigger and more you bet, the larger the tolerance for obnoxious behavior, justified or not. I'll leave it to you to decide for yourself what you think the appropriate policy on the part of the casino should be in this regard, although I tend to believe in the end, that money talks.
Overall, I did ok this week. I was running really well, getting up 5 racks, but by the time the game had broken, I was only winning 2 racks, so that was a bit of a downer. The game was off the charts good too, with the maniac who got kicked out, raising and capping most hands, and two others on his left, not knowing how to adjust properly 3-betting super light and doing all other sorts of stupid things. We had more than one 8-way capped pre flop pots. It was a sight to behold, if you could happen to win one of those behemoth pots, which I unfortunately, I didn't seem to win my fair share of those. Oh well, as long as he shows up this Friday, it'll make for another good Friday game.
Friday night 40 game going strong and with all appearances that it will go well into the early AM hours of Saturday, when the inexplicable happens. The spot is kicked out of the casino!
For what? Apparently shooting off his mouth to one of the floor men in the California Games part of the casino while taking a break from playing poker. Now this guy is one of the biggest whales in the casino and in our 40 game. He's super nice, gives great action, tips EVERYONE well, and is easily one of the biggest losers in the game. He also likes to play the other table games, and I know he's a big whale in Las Vegas as well. Even at Oceans-11, he's been known to play Ultimate Texas Holdem, and min-bet the ante and blind bet ($10) and max-bet the trips bet ($500).
Now all of this is hearsay, so I can't vouch for any of this personally. So while on a break from our game around 2:00 am in the morning, he goes to the restroom and stops by the pit games and wants to play Ultimate Texas Holdem. There is currently not a table open spreading that game. He talks to the floor guy, and apparently he is reticent to opening a table for him to play. Our gentleman says something to the effect, "get off your fat ass and get a dealer over here so I can play."
For this, the floor man has him kicked out for the night. He is escorted back to our table around 2:15 am, security in tow, and is forced to rack up, cash out and leave. The rest of the table is dumbfounded and is in awe of what a bad decision was rendered. And of course, as soon as he is out of the building, the game insta breaks. No duh, the entire reason for that game existing, walked right out the door, with like 5 or 6 racks, that would have inevitably ended up in the other players' stacks. At least that's what happened last week.
Sometimes I just don't get it. In Vegas, I have seen people get away with far more egregious behavior and get nothing more than a warning to the effect of please try and control yourself, and as expected, the bigger and more you bet, the larger the tolerance for obnoxious behavior, justified or not. I'll leave it to you to decide for yourself what you think the appropriate policy on the part of the casino should be in this regard, although I tend to believe in the end, that money talks.
Overall, I did ok this week. I was running really well, getting up 5 racks, but by the time the game had broken, I was only winning 2 racks, so that was a bit of a downer. The game was off the charts good too, with the maniac who got kicked out, raising and capping most hands, and two others on his left, not knowing how to adjust properly 3-betting super light and doing all other sorts of stupid things. We had more than one 8-way capped pre flop pots. It was a sight to behold, if you could happen to win one of those behemoth pots, which I unfortunately, I didn't seem to win my fair share of those. Oh well, as long as he shows up this Friday, it'll make for another good Friday game.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Law School and Poker
I have begun law school in earnest and I am really enjoying it. I am taking Civil Procedure with Shaun Martin, Torts with Christopher Wonnell, Criminal Law with Jean Ramirez, and Legal Writing and Research with Lisa Pearl.
My weekly schedule is fairly full, but I have only one class on Fridays from 10:30-11:30 am, so it looks like I will still be able to play the 40 game once a week on Friday for most of the day and evening and into the night, depending on how I'm running and how tired I am. Last week, I stayed until 4:45am in the morning because the game was so good. Of course I only won $281, but that's not the point.
Interestingly enough, the class I thought that would be the most interesting and the one I would like the most, is actually my least favorite, criminal law. I don't know for some reason, the material just doesn't "speak" to me. Possibly because I am not particularly fond of the professor or her style, but whatever. And ironically enough, the class I thought I would like least, Civil Procedure, is actually my favorite. Professor Martin is engaging, energetic, quick-witted, and super fun to be in class with. And the material is actually fairly interesting, and much more "technical" than other substantive areas of law. It's likely my engineering background makes this area of study enjoyable to me.
I'm amazed at exactly how important language and its usage and meaning is in the study of the law. Back in the Clinton era, I was fairly disgusted with Bill Clinton's response to a question with the response it "depends on what the meaning of the word is is." I now have new appreciation for that quote.
My weekly schedule is fairly full, but I have only one class on Fridays from 10:30-11:30 am, so it looks like I will still be able to play the 40 game once a week on Friday for most of the day and evening and into the night, depending on how I'm running and how tired I am. Last week, I stayed until 4:45am in the morning because the game was so good. Of course I only won $281, but that's not the point.
Interestingly enough, the class I thought that would be the most interesting and the one I would like the most, is actually my least favorite, criminal law. I don't know for some reason, the material just doesn't "speak" to me. Possibly because I am not particularly fond of the professor or her style, but whatever. And ironically enough, the class I thought I would like least, Civil Procedure, is actually my favorite. Professor Martin is engaging, energetic, quick-witted, and super fun to be in class with. And the material is actually fairly interesting, and much more "technical" than other substantive areas of law. It's likely my engineering background makes this area of study enjoyable to me.
I'm amazed at exactly how important language and its usage and meaning is in the study of the law. Back in the Clinton era, I was fairly disgusted with Bill Clinton's response to a question with the response it "depends on what the meaning of the word is is." I now have new appreciation for that quote.
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