Vegas Mindset: Upcoming Trip (Rounders: Getting People Amped)

Mindset for upcoming Las Vegas trip, LOL:

Hey listen, I put it on the line. It wasn’t a bad beat. I wasn’t unlucky. I got outplayed that time. But I know I am good enough to sit at that table. It’s not a fkn pipe dream.

I’ve never told anybody this, about eight, nine, weeks ago I am down at Capitol and its late. And I see Nik Santi walk in fresh off In-n-Out Burger. And he goes and sits 15/30, and ya know the whole place stops. ‘Nik Santi walks in’ everyone puts an eye on him.

I mean after a little while, there wasn’t a Pai Gow game going ‘cause all the Sick Azn Gamblers are over there watching. And some of them are sitting there playing with him, they’re giving away their money to the 15/30 superstar, just to say ‘Oooh, I played with the Santi.’

And you know what I did?

I sat down.

I would need about half to one grand to play right in that game. Well, I had $300.

But I had to know.

So this is what happened?

I played tight for an hour, I folded mostly. Then I made a score.

Aces or Kings?

Rags, I had 73 sooooted and the button, I had nothing.

But the Santi raised UTG, and was called by like 3 Azn gamblers, std. I just decided, you know, I have the button, and I don’t care about the money, I am just gonna outplay the this table, this hand. I re-raised.

So you played right back and the whole table, huh?

And the Santi comes right back over the top of me, trying to bully me like I am some fkn 4/8 donktard. The Azn gamblers fold, and I hesitate for like 2 seconds. I’ll re-raise.

The Santi makes a move for his checks and he looks at me, and then he makes a move toward his Coke, and then at his cards. And he looks at me again. And he mucked it, I took it down.

‘Did you have it?’

‘I’m sorry Nicholas, I don’t remember.’

I got up and walked to the cashier.

I sat with the best in Capitol, and I won.

I put a fkn move on the Santi, I am an SOB.

So that’s why I made all those runs to Mongolian BBQ/In-n-out/Pho.

And I’ll do it again if I am hungry, lol.

Basically, just up the aggression in the upcoming weeks.

Capitol Casino: 9/25 & 9/30 - 4/8 Kill

9/25: TP: +$100 TSP: 3 Hrs
9/30: TP: -$150 TSP: 3 Hrs

Continuing with the theme of September, up and down, up and down.

Ran decent one session, and then couldn't hold in another.

Nothing much else to report, I had the nut flush hold tonight on a double paired board. Ugg, I really wanted to spin.

We will see what October brings.

Vegas on the 15th w/ Nik, Shabba, Duece, and possibly the Superdonk.

-Cheers.

Capitol Casino: 9/12 & 9/18 - 4/8 Kill

To start some results:

9/12: TP: -$100 TSP: 6 Hrs
9/18: TP: +$120 TSP: 4 Hrs

Continuing with the theme of September, alternating sessions have been a loser and then a winner respectively.

I have done some reflecting on my play particularly in the losing sessions, and I found that I have become a tab bit less aggro, booo. Also, on that same note, I noticed that I may be folding my borderline playable hands from the SB against a raise and a caller. In particular hands like the J9s-QJs, and the KJos hands.

To remedy this, and to prepare for the upcoming Super Friends (Star, Donk, & Nit) Poker Classic, (also starring Duece, and Shabba), in Vegas I played a little more online and threw some chips around. Same thing with the last live 4/8 session that I played.

I won't really go into detail about the 9/12 session, I played bad, and I knew it. Basically I had to remember what the Superstar told me a long time ago, "If there is a question of 'should you raise?' the answer is always yes." So I re-adapted this mantra and told myself just to work on the aggro again.

So with this in place I hit the tables at Cap after the new Curry Beef Stir Fry Dish (+1 to the Capitol Kitchen), and adding Nik to the 9/18 list I was called of course to the Pai Gow room. As an aside, Cap has wheel spin in place now if you have Trip Tens or better beat (not including straights). There was a guy on my table that spun 2x in 10 min for a total profit of $550; too bad he probably gave at least half of it back that same night, LOL.

The first three hours were pretty lame have a couple hands hold in medium sized pots which floated me at or above even until I was moved into the main room to another 4/8table where I had trip dueces snapped off in a monster pot by another guy who hit his 6 kicker to fill up on the river. Fwiw, I had 72os in the BB, I run goooooot.

I didn't really get involved in a massive pot until I was moved to the Kill table with many familiar faces including Sue, Tina, Vo (Azn guy who hero called me down a few weeks ago, decent for Cap player), and antoher Filipino cat who is OK put seemed to piss me off for going running two pair vs. my over pair w/ J3os UTG mind you, w/e though.

The hand summary went ah-lika-ah dis:

Hero raises w/ KQos after 3 limpers, folded to Sue on the button who calls. Flop is Q-high with 2 diamonds (I have none), Flop is capped 5 ways, I bet the turn called by 3, but the diamond hits the river and Sue makes her flush w/ 96 of diamonds, oh well, that is std for live 4/8.

An orbit later:

Hero is dealt A9 of diamonds in mid position.
UTG, UTG+1, and the Guy immediately to my right limp in, Hero raises, Called by Sue in the SB, Tina in the BB, and everyone else.

Flop: T:d:4:d:8:s:

Sue leads out, Tina Raises, UTG, and UTG+1 call 2 cold, guy folds, Hero 3-bets, Sue Caps, and all call.

Turn: 5:s:

Sue leads, Tina, and everyone including Hero call.

River: 8:d: (boom)

Checked to Hero who bets, all call. Hero rakes.

That hand put me at about even for the night. It was getting late (for the Super-life-nit) so I told myself 1 more orbit when this hand came up:

Hero in MP w/ AQos, and Vo posted behind me.

Limped in 3 spots, Hero raises, called by Vo, the Button (Filipino guy), SB, BB and all limpers.

Flop: AxT:s:9:s:

Checked to BB who donks, called by limpers to Hero who raises, Vo insta-3bets, folded back to BB who caps, all call.

Turn: A:c:

Checked to hero (wtf?) who bets, called by everyone. Now I know I at least get a wheel spin if someone gets a goofy straight/flush/boat but w/e.

River: Q:d: (Glorious)

Checked to Hero who bets out, Vo folds, BB, and one other limper calls.

Hero shows Aces full of Queens and rakes. The BB claimed to have AJ but, yeah that was a bunch of crap so. I had 2 more hands, which folded; then confirmed Mongo Reservations with Nik for Friday (std) and then took off.

Thanks for reading.

On a unrelated note, if Tim Lincecum doesn't get the Cy Young this year the writers and voter need to be shot.

-That is all, out.

8/29 & 9/3 Capitol Casino: 4/8 Kill

So the last two sessions have been an up and a down. Last week I was on a sick heater to start the night; at one point I was up $440. But of course god mode went off and I ended the night up $260

The week prior was just bad game selelction and I dropped $220

In other news I won a home game tournament for $50 last Sunday. Also I took second in the weekly URS pick em pool for a modest win of a 3 x 3 Combo Animal Style obv (also known as $6) LOL.

I also made a horrendous play with TT last session that both the 15/30 Superstar and the Superdonk let me have it for.

Hopefully should make it down to Capitol tomorrow night or saturday for some low stakes action

Also next week the Casino Royale opens, hopefully they spread a 6/12 game for those of us who can't swing they 15/30

-Out