Since my last post (two posts ago technically) (Not yet updated)
Tournaments: -$681.75
Online Cash Games: -$704
Live Cash Games: $0
Net since last post: -$1,385.75
Winnings this year to date.
Live Cash Games: +$3,069
Online cash games: -$1,052.07
Online Tournaments: +$2473.32
Net winnings this year: +$4,490.25
My title of this post is sadly accurate.
My online bankroll is currently $0.
Almost no tilt. Yet I have run so bad, I somehow managed to drop nearly $2k at microstakes online. I lost with sets, against sets, with combo draws, against combo draws, and so on.
According to the software I use, I am running about $500 below expectation in all in situations. That's 20 buyins at the game I play.
And that's only in all in situations. That doesn't count all the times, I miss draws more often than I should, my opponents flop top pair more often than expected, and when an overcard always hits to my pocketpairs without fail. Unless they flop a set.
It's been absolutely brutal. I have had the worst run of my life in these past 2 weeks. I would sit down and play 25nl and drop double digit buyins nearly every day.
I'm gonna take a break for a while. Finals are coming up anyways, so I'm gonna take a break and study for a bit. I need to relax and get away from poker right now.
I might still blog on strategy and stuff, but for now I'm taking a break from playing. I'll keep coaching, the people I'm coaching seem to be doing well. I walked Todd through the end game of a tournament for him to get 15th place. He decided not to listen to me in one spot, where I suggested he move all in, because I was quite certain he was best. He would've won a big pot, and it might've changed the outcome. You never know.
I was talking to Flanagan. He made me feel better by pointing out I was still up 4-5k on the year, and that's still pretty good. He is still down on the year, and I know he's a solid player. I appreciate all the support I've been getting from my friends.
Signing off.
This time, I won't be seeing you across the felt for a few weeks.
- Bryce
Leviathan101
Modoaddict
Friday, April 18, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Progress Post #13.2: Trip Report #2 and taking a beating online.
Since my last post (two posts ago technically) (Not yet updated)
Tournaments: -$147.95
Online Cash Games: -$1,148.32
Live Cash Games: +$725
Net since last post: -$571.27
Winnings this year to date.
Live Cash Games: +$3,069
Online cash games: -$348.07
Online Tournaments: +$3155.07
Net winnings this year: +$5,876
I've been getting brutalized online. I manged to satalite in the FTP 750k and busted with AKo <> just called. But there is really no point. The only way I fold postflop is if an AQJ hits the board. But if I truly feel he has AA, I should fold preflop. I feel he could have other hands, I'm better off pushing preflop. He's isnt folding his hand after putting 1/3 of his stack in preflop, so there is really no difference.
Anyways, it folds back around to the rock, who dutifully puts in the remainder of his stack. Before the flop even comes out, I tell him "You have aces, I just can't fold this hand."
The flop comes out Q74, which means I lose to QQ now too. It didn't bother me much, I was pretty sure I was already beat. The turn and river brick and sure enough he showsdown AA, and scoops the pot.
I reload $500 more, and then Rob lends me $200. So I'm in for 8 bills now.
I ended up running card dead for about another 4 hours. It's about 2 AM and we are playing 5 handed. It's been slow because there is now Rob, the fish who doubled me earlier, the LAG, me and some random tight guy. We're all gunning for the fish, but I keep getting bad beat, or blown off my hand, so I'm down to about $500.
Finally the LAG leaves, the tight guy leaves, and a bunch of fresh players come in. It's like 3:30AM. They seem happy and full of gamble and just like that, the table shifts from being a bad table to a great one. Rob quickly gets it all in with AK vs QQ on a Kxx flop. It was pretty funny. Rob checked it, the guy bet $150 into an $80 pot. Terrible play. Rob check raises all in, and covers the guy's $500 stack. The guy snapcalls (another terrible play) and loses. Rob is now up $600 and gets up to go to Starbucks. I wait around for cards. I get KK and make it $30 and end up with 5 callers! The flop came out Q77. I keep seeing small bets on every street and make crying calls. The fish has K7 and the other guy had AQ. The fish never once bet or raised his trips. It sucked.
I brick with a bunch of hands and keep getting laughed at by this guy. He's really bad, but he's starting to tick me off. Justice is served as I proceed to stack him with my flush draw. I'm up to about $500 again, and immediately, I lose $200 back to a maniac. The TAG on my right calls a minraise on the btn and I call with 97o in the SB. Flop comes out Kc8c6s. I c/c against the tag and spike a T. I check/raise him all in, and he has K8 and I hold up. I keep missing my other hands and I get back down to $300 again.
One of those brutal hands is when I 3bet to $90 with QQ against the maniac. I'm in the SB and of course I get three callers. That's fine. The calling station limp/calls a reraise, the maniac tags along, and the bad TAG on the btn calls. The flop, of course, comes out AK6r.
I check, and everyone checks behind. Now I'm feeling a lot better about my hand, but I still have to be careful. The turn is a 2 making the whole board rainbow. I check again, the calling station checks, and the maniac of course bets out $200. The TAG moans then folds. I think a long time. I have $400 about, so my check raise is practically an auto call if he has anything. I'm beat by a king and ace and set. I feel the A and set are very unlikely and he is very bluffy, so likely I'm ahead. However the calling station behind is so ready to put the rest of his chips in the middle, I decide to fold.
They have 67o and 99. I would've scooped a pot pushing $1.2 k. =/ Well I was right with my hand reading.
Finally around 6AM, I get my break. I call a reasonably small raise, and then c/r all in with A8c on an 8 high flop. Well apparently the maniac woke up behind me, and crammed for over $1k on top. The tag folds KK! And the maniac shows QQ. I spike an ace and scoop a $800 pot.
Then I get QTs and flop top pair on a T high flop. The aggresive asian kid who was laughing at me had reloaded at this point. He bet the flop, and both the calling station and I called. The turn bricks, and he pushes all in. Both the calling station and I call again. The river is a 3rd diamond and I'm not happy. The calling station checks, and I check behind. The calling station shows A6 for a pair of sixes and the kid shows 99. I scoop another $600 pot and I'm gone and out the door with a net win of $575. I got my car washed at Morongo for $6 and then we drove home.
I got home around 10 AM and slept.
Lately I've started to get back into Limit Hold'Em. I forgot how much fun it is to play different games. Poker is still about fun to me, and for most people it's good to mix up your games sometimes.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
Leviathan101
Tournaments: -$147.95
Online Cash Games: -$1,148.32
Live Cash Games: +$725
Net since last post: -$571.27
Winnings this year to date.
Live Cash Games: +$3,069
Online cash games: -$348.07
Online Tournaments: +$3155.07
Net winnings this year: +$5,876
I've been getting brutalized online. I manged to satalite in the FTP 750k and busted with AKo <> just called. But there is really no point. The only way I fold postflop is if an AQJ hits the board. But if I truly feel he has AA, I should fold preflop. I feel he could have other hands, I'm better off pushing preflop. He's isnt folding his hand after putting 1/3 of his stack in preflop, so there is really no difference.
Anyways, it folds back around to the rock, who dutifully puts in the remainder of his stack. Before the flop even comes out, I tell him "You have aces, I just can't fold this hand."
The flop comes out Q74, which means I lose to QQ now too. It didn't bother me much, I was pretty sure I was already beat. The turn and river brick and sure enough he showsdown AA, and scoops the pot.
I reload $500 more, and then Rob lends me $200. So I'm in for 8 bills now.
I ended up running card dead for about another 4 hours. It's about 2 AM and we are playing 5 handed. It's been slow because there is now Rob, the fish who doubled me earlier, the LAG, me and some random tight guy. We're all gunning for the fish, but I keep getting bad beat, or blown off my hand, so I'm down to about $500.
Finally the LAG leaves, the tight guy leaves, and a bunch of fresh players come in. It's like 3:30AM. They seem happy and full of gamble and just like that, the table shifts from being a bad table to a great one. Rob quickly gets it all in with AK vs QQ on a Kxx flop. It was pretty funny. Rob checked it, the guy bet $150 into an $80 pot. Terrible play. Rob check raises all in, and covers the guy's $500 stack. The guy snapcalls (another terrible play) and loses. Rob is now up $600 and gets up to go to Starbucks. I wait around for cards. I get KK and make it $30 and end up with 5 callers! The flop came out Q77. I keep seeing small bets on every street and make crying calls. The fish has K7 and the other guy had AQ. The fish never once bet or raised his trips. It sucked.
I brick with a bunch of hands and keep getting laughed at by this guy. He's really bad, but he's starting to tick me off. Justice is served as I proceed to stack him with my flush draw. I'm up to about $500 again, and immediately, I lose $200 back to a maniac. The TAG on my right calls a minraise on the btn and I call with 97o in the SB. Flop comes out Kc8c6s. I c/c against the tag and spike a T. I check/raise him all in, and he has K8 and I hold up. I keep missing my other hands and I get back down to $300 again.
One of those brutal hands is when I 3bet to $90 with QQ against the maniac. I'm in the SB and of course I get three callers. That's fine. The calling station limp/calls a reraise, the maniac tags along, and the bad TAG on the btn calls. The flop, of course, comes out AK6r.
I check, and everyone checks behind. Now I'm feeling a lot better about my hand, but I still have to be careful. The turn is a 2 making the whole board rainbow. I check again, the calling station checks, and the maniac of course bets out $200. The TAG moans then folds. I think a long time. I have $400 about, so my check raise is practically an auto call if he has anything. I'm beat by a king and ace and set. I feel the A and set are very unlikely and he is very bluffy, so likely I'm ahead. However the calling station behind is so ready to put the rest of his chips in the middle, I decide to fold.
They have 67o and 99. I would've scooped a pot pushing $1.2 k. =/ Well I was right with my hand reading.
Finally around 6AM, I get my break. I call a reasonably small raise, and then c/r all in with A8c on an 8 high flop. Well apparently the maniac woke up behind me, and crammed for over $1k on top. The tag folds KK! And the maniac shows QQ. I spike an ace and scoop a $800 pot.
Then I get QTs and flop top pair on a T high flop. The aggresive asian kid who was laughing at me had reloaded at this point. He bet the flop, and both the calling station and I called. The turn bricks, and he pushes all in. Both the calling station and I call again. The river is a 3rd diamond and I'm not happy. The calling station checks, and I check behind. The calling station shows A6 for a pair of sixes and the kid shows 99. I scoop another $600 pot and I'm gone and out the door with a net win of $575. I got my car washed at Morongo for $6 and then we drove home.
I got home around 10 AM and slept.
Lately I've started to get back into Limit Hold'Em. I forgot how much fun it is to play different games. Poker is still about fun to me, and for most people it's good to mix up your games sometimes.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
Leviathan101
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Progress Post #13.1: Maniacs and Madness, More Craziness at Morongo.
Since I'm heading out to Morongo again this weekend, I'll just wait till I come back to update my winnings.
So I went out last week. Todd came along, and we met Derrick out there. Derrick and his buddy were playing blackjack.
It took us almost 3 hours to get there. Traffic was very bad. As in like you just got all in set over set bad.
Anyways, by the time I get there, Derrick is up $500 in blackjack. I'm pretty impressed. SK, I found who you need to learn from.
I get on the 2/5 list and get a seat pretty quickly. Morongo had a few dealers call in sick, so they had to call someone off break to get a table started. I sit down and look around at what people are buying in for. There are two people who buy in for 1k, several $500s and a few smaller. I think a bit and buy in for $500, of the $1,000 I brought, I wanted to see how people played before putting myself into a tough spot against unknown deepstack opponents.
I start off poorly. Seat 2 proves he's a maniac without a care in the world about money. He is hyper aggresive and much of his betting is uncalled for. The table dynamics shift as people look to get into pots with him.
I end up losing a good sized pot when another deepstack called me down light with a weak top pair. I'm down about 200, so I load up $400 more. I want more in case I get it in with the maniac.
Unfortunately the best plans often go awry. I was sent away to another table after losing another $100.
At the new table, it was much more calm. I sat down and tried to run the table over. However, I kept missing flops and people kept catching against me. It made it really hard. After not too long, a bad player opened to $25 in middle position. I decided to flat call with JJ on the button. I wanted to underrep my hand, cause I felt it would be easy to extract postflop, and I felt 3betting would fold out everything I beat, and get hands I flip with or are dominated to call/raise. Both the blinds call, which kind of ruins my plans. The flop comes out a nice 997 rainbow. Both the blinds check, and the bad player bets $50. I call with my JJ, planning to extract a lot of money out of lower pocketpairs, which I felt was most of his range. I expected a bigger bet from an overpair. Both the blinds fold, which was a great sign. The turn is an 8 and the guy thinks, then says all in. He pushed for $250 about, which is a little over a pot sized bet. I didn't really like the sound of that, but I thought his range was still mostly composed of hands I beat. If I am beaten, I probably have 6 outs to a gutshot or set, unless he had a made boat. I didn't think a boat was likely unless he just turned it. So I called, figuring I had around a decent chance I was ahead of like 22-66, behind 77+, and beating some random pairs.
He shows me 88 for a turned set. Gotta say I was dissapointed.
I was down to about $130 after that. I got AJs, made it $25 to go. The tightest player on the table pushes all in over me. I died inside, cause I knew she had me beat, but it was only $35 more. I called and she shows QQ. I whiff again.
I'm down to $60. Todd lost a huge pot to the maniac on the other table. Nut flush vs a rivered boat.
I say hell with it. I live straddle and pick up 54o. 4 calls (which is really funny, since I think it's pretty off what I'm doing.) I did infact push. The SB calls me with ATo (perfectly reasonable). I catch two pair and triple up almost. I apologize and say, I was just going home if I lost.
In the BB I pick up 92o. I checked and the flop came out 982. I bet out $30 or so, and the tight girl raises to $70. I puke. I figured she could be going nuts with a draw or maybe TT or A9. either way I'm not really folding two pair this short. I put her in and she has 99 and I'm drawing practically dead.
I wait around for a while then straddle again. This time I get K3s and with $130 behind. I make it 50 to go over 4 callers. The calling station limp/reraises me all in. I call (priced in), and she has AQo. A on the flop and I catch running spades for a flush. I apologize again, with the exact same excuse.
The maniac sits down at our table. I find out his name is "Frank." I dunno if that's actaully his name, but that's what I'm calling him. Anyways he blind raises to $100 like every other hand. It's hilarious cause people keep calling, and folding to his flop bet of $100-$500. Eventaully he opens to $100 blind, I get KQo and push over. The guy on the BTN pushes over me for another $50 or so, and I'm like fuckkkkkkk, I'm crushed by his range. The maniac shows J5o and folds it. The BTN has TT! A Queen on the flop puts me ahead and I win a $700 pot. The irony is the board comes out AQ243 and the maniac would've beat us both if he called.
Now with $700, I wait around and wait for good spots to get in against Frank.
He loaded up over $6,000 more, when the guy on his left bought in for $2,000 more.
I call his $100 with 99. The flop comes out K77 rainbow. I check he bets $200, I push in for another $400 and he folds his 8 high. This pushes me up to around $1,000.
He ends up taking $300 off me, when I river top two pair and he catches a gutshot. He berates me for calling, but I don't really care.
Frank is constantly getting his money in bad, and talking lots of trash. I just laugh inside, because he is free money against any decent player.
I lose some money waiting for a while, then get AJ and reraise to $300 over his $100 blind raise. He calls. The flop comes out AJT, he checks and I push all in for $600 or so. He folds. I've seen him call with gutshot draws and middle pair so I felt it was ok.
I call a small raise from his this time $35, which is quite small compared to before. I had Q9d and position on him. The pot goes 4 way and the flop comes out JT8! Catching the nuts is nice. Frank checks for once, (of course the only time I catch something.) I check also, trying to induce a bet from someone. The turn is a K giving me second nuts now. Frank checks AGAIN, so I have to bet now. I make it $100, and the calling station pushes all in over that for another $200 or so. Frank folds and I call. We're all in and she's drawing dead with K7. I'm up almost $500 now. Pretty good from being at $60 from my $900 buyin.
The maniac leaves with his buddy to get food.
The table calms down a bit. I get caught bluffing a few times, and get drawn out twice.
This was a sick hand. 3 limpers, and the tight player on my right limps. He's unimaginative and tends to be quite conservative postflop. I complete T9o and we're off 5 way. The flop is QsJx4s. It checks through, and the turn is the 8s. I have the Ts in my hand, so I fire out about $30. The calling stations calls (obviously), and the player on my right calls. I have the calling station on a pair of some variety maybe with a spade draw. I figure the guy on my right to have a high spade, maybe KT with the Ks, or a Queen with a spade. The queen falls on the river, which is what I felt was a great card. I felt it was unlikely someone had a boat, so I valuebet $50 on the river. The calling station calls, and then the tight old guy on my right raises to $200! I just stared at him. I couldn't believe it. I had him on exactly 88 when he made that play. MAYBE Q8. But I was feeling 88. I puked, and mucked my hand. I'm glad I thought long enough to revaluate my analysis. Otherwise, I might've stacked off. The calling stations calls with Q7, and the old man did infact have 88.
When I'm around $900 again, I get ATo. The calling station reloaded again. She raises to $15, I call on the CO. The BTN also calls. He is pretty decent, but again unimagnative and pretty straightfoward (meaning he's easy for me to read). The flop comes out AdQs5s. The calling station bets $25, I call and the BTN calls. The turn is the Ts! That probably one of the best cards in the deck for me for improving my hand, but it could also improve me to a strong second best hand. The calling station bets out $25 again, and I think. I think the BTN won't 3bet my raise with a flush or straight. I felt he would just call and try to trap. I raise to $60, just enough to try to freeze action with my big hand. The BTN indeed just calls, and I instantly put him on a made flush or straight. The calling station folds. The river brings my gin card, a Tc. I think and bet $200 which is close to a pot sized bet. He thinks and thinks and then calls with J6s. I felt like I read the hands perfectly although if I realized how much was in the pot, I would've bet more on the river. The calling station said she had QTo. Too bad she didn't stay in.
Anyways, in the end Todd lost a lot of money. I came up $150 total.
Hilarity ensued, when a guy on another table had an issue with something that happened in a hand. He kept arguing with the floor and the dealer. The security was called in and he was forcibly removed from the casino. I don't really know what was going on except the whole card room froze as everyone got up and watched. It was pretty funny.
I'm heading back out there again on Saturday. Hopefully, I'll run good. As a side note, Rob, Winston, Nate and I are working on a new project called Degenerate Gamblers. We plan to have a website that provides poker related content that is entertaining and educational. Keep an eye out for it.
So I went out last week. Todd came along, and we met Derrick out there. Derrick and his buddy were playing blackjack.
It took us almost 3 hours to get there. Traffic was very bad. As in like you just got all in set over set bad.
Anyways, by the time I get there, Derrick is up $500 in blackjack. I'm pretty impressed. SK, I found who you need to learn from.
I get on the 2/5 list and get a seat pretty quickly. Morongo had a few dealers call in sick, so they had to call someone off break to get a table started. I sit down and look around at what people are buying in for. There are two people who buy in for 1k, several $500s and a few smaller. I think a bit and buy in for $500, of the $1,000 I brought, I wanted to see how people played before putting myself into a tough spot against unknown deepstack opponents.
I start off poorly. Seat 2 proves he's a maniac without a care in the world about money. He is hyper aggresive and much of his betting is uncalled for. The table dynamics shift as people look to get into pots with him.
I end up losing a good sized pot when another deepstack called me down light with a weak top pair. I'm down about 200, so I load up $400 more. I want more in case I get it in with the maniac.
Unfortunately the best plans often go awry. I was sent away to another table after losing another $100.
At the new table, it was much more calm. I sat down and tried to run the table over. However, I kept missing flops and people kept catching against me. It made it really hard. After not too long, a bad player opened to $25 in middle position. I decided to flat call with JJ on the button. I wanted to underrep my hand, cause I felt it would be easy to extract postflop, and I felt 3betting would fold out everything I beat, and get hands I flip with or are dominated to call/raise. Both the blinds call, which kind of ruins my plans. The flop comes out a nice 997 rainbow. Both the blinds check, and the bad player bets $50. I call with my JJ, planning to extract a lot of money out of lower pocketpairs, which I felt was most of his range. I expected a bigger bet from an overpair. Both the blinds fold, which was a great sign. The turn is an 8 and the guy thinks, then says all in. He pushed for $250 about, which is a little over a pot sized bet. I didn't really like the sound of that, but I thought his range was still mostly composed of hands I beat. If I am beaten, I probably have 6 outs to a gutshot or set, unless he had a made boat. I didn't think a boat was likely unless he just turned it. So I called, figuring I had around a decent chance I was ahead of like 22-66, behind 77+, and beating some random pairs.
He shows me 88 for a turned set. Gotta say I was dissapointed.
I was down to about $130 after that. I got AJs, made it $25 to go. The tightest player on the table pushes all in over me. I died inside, cause I knew she had me beat, but it was only $35 more. I called and she shows QQ. I whiff again.
I'm down to $60. Todd lost a huge pot to the maniac on the other table. Nut flush vs a rivered boat.
I say hell with it. I live straddle and pick up 54o. 4 calls (which is really funny, since I think it's pretty off what I'm doing.) I did infact push. The SB calls me with ATo (perfectly reasonable). I catch two pair and triple up almost. I apologize and say, I was just going home if I lost.
In the BB I pick up 92o. I checked and the flop came out 982. I bet out $30 or so, and the tight girl raises to $70. I puke. I figured she could be going nuts with a draw or maybe TT or A9. either way I'm not really folding two pair this short. I put her in and she has 99 and I'm drawing practically dead.
I wait around for a while then straddle again. This time I get K3s and with $130 behind. I make it 50 to go over 4 callers. The calling station limp/reraises me all in. I call (priced in), and she has AQo. A on the flop and I catch running spades for a flush. I apologize again, with the exact same excuse.
The maniac sits down at our table. I find out his name is "Frank." I dunno if that's actaully his name, but that's what I'm calling him. Anyways he blind raises to $100 like every other hand. It's hilarious cause people keep calling, and folding to his flop bet of $100-$500. Eventaully he opens to $100 blind, I get KQo and push over. The guy on the BTN pushes over me for another $50 or so, and I'm like fuckkkkkkk, I'm crushed by his range. The maniac shows J5o and folds it. The BTN has TT! A Queen on the flop puts me ahead and I win a $700 pot. The irony is the board comes out AQ243 and the maniac would've beat us both if he called.
Now with $700, I wait around and wait for good spots to get in against Frank.
He loaded up over $6,000 more, when the guy on his left bought in for $2,000 more.
I call his $100 with 99. The flop comes out K77 rainbow. I check he bets $200, I push in for another $400 and he folds his 8 high. This pushes me up to around $1,000.
He ends up taking $300 off me, when I river top two pair and he catches a gutshot. He berates me for calling, but I don't really care.
Frank is constantly getting his money in bad, and talking lots of trash. I just laugh inside, because he is free money against any decent player.
I lose some money waiting for a while, then get AJ and reraise to $300 over his $100 blind raise. He calls. The flop comes out AJT, he checks and I push all in for $600 or so. He folds. I've seen him call with gutshot draws and middle pair so I felt it was ok.
I call a small raise from his this time $35, which is quite small compared to before. I had Q9d and position on him. The pot goes 4 way and the flop comes out JT8! Catching the nuts is nice. Frank checks for once, (of course the only time I catch something.) I check also, trying to induce a bet from someone. The turn is a K giving me second nuts now. Frank checks AGAIN, so I have to bet now. I make it $100, and the calling station pushes all in over that for another $200 or so. Frank folds and I call. We're all in and she's drawing dead with K7. I'm up almost $500 now. Pretty good from being at $60 from my $900 buyin.
The maniac leaves with his buddy to get food.
The table calms down a bit. I get caught bluffing a few times, and get drawn out twice.
This was a sick hand. 3 limpers, and the tight player on my right limps. He's unimaginative and tends to be quite conservative postflop. I complete T9o and we're off 5 way. The flop is QsJx4s. It checks through, and the turn is the 8s. I have the Ts in my hand, so I fire out about $30. The calling stations calls (obviously), and the player on my right calls. I have the calling station on a pair of some variety maybe with a spade draw. I figure the guy on my right to have a high spade, maybe KT with the Ks, or a Queen with a spade. The queen falls on the river, which is what I felt was a great card. I felt it was unlikely someone had a boat, so I valuebet $50 on the river. The calling station calls, and then the tight old guy on my right raises to $200! I just stared at him. I couldn't believe it. I had him on exactly 88 when he made that play. MAYBE Q8. But I was feeling 88. I puked, and mucked my hand. I'm glad I thought long enough to revaluate my analysis. Otherwise, I might've stacked off. The calling stations calls with Q7, and the old man did infact have 88.
When I'm around $900 again, I get ATo. The calling station reloaded again. She raises to $15, I call on the CO. The BTN also calls. He is pretty decent, but again unimagnative and pretty straightfoward (meaning he's easy for me to read). The flop comes out AdQs5s. The calling station bets $25, I call and the BTN calls. The turn is the Ts! That probably one of the best cards in the deck for me for improving my hand, but it could also improve me to a strong second best hand. The calling station bets out $25 again, and I think. I think the BTN won't 3bet my raise with a flush or straight. I felt he would just call and try to trap. I raise to $60, just enough to try to freeze action with my big hand. The BTN indeed just calls, and I instantly put him on a made flush or straight. The calling station folds. The river brings my gin card, a Tc. I think and bet $200 which is close to a pot sized bet. He thinks and thinks and then calls with J6s. I felt like I read the hands perfectly although if I realized how much was in the pot, I would've bet more on the river. The calling station said she had QTo. Too bad she didn't stay in.
Anyways, in the end Todd lost a lot of money. I came up $150 total.
Hilarity ensued, when a guy on another table had an issue with something that happened in a hand. He kept arguing with the floor and the dealer. The security was called in and he was forcibly removed from the casino. I don't really know what was going on except the whole card room froze as everyone got up and watched. It was pretty funny.
I'm heading back out there again on Saturday. Hopefully, I'll run good. As a side note, Rob, Winston, Nate and I are working on a new project called Degenerate Gamblers. We plan to have a website that provides poker related content that is entertaining and educational. Keep an eye out for it.
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