4/8: TP = +$73 TSP = 2 Hr
Just a quick blurb, before I get to watching the game. Dam, did I play absolutely fucking atrocious. I had my head so far up my ass that it was difficult to breathe. I made two stupid moves that I just want to beat my head in for.
I feel that I am about to get owned by the Santi:
1: I have J8os in the BB and flop comes Jack high w/ 6 players, and a 2 flush on the board. Everyone Check, the turn is a 2 that pairs the boards and the SB immediately leads out. I fold, and only 2 others call. I knew that I was good and needed to make the call. But the way that the SB (uber donkish) bet out screamed I just made trips. Some ROT, I win the hand w/ Jacks up but whatever, I think that I made too much of a nitty play.
2: Here it is get ready to be owned. I have AsQs the next hand after I just survived dueling flush and straight draws w/ red Queens to make two pair on the river when the flop was capped and the turn was raised once. I was never behind in that hand but one player bet out, another raised a 8 high flop, I 3 bet and then It got capped. Etc, but I digress. Huge pot worth about $120.
Back to the action, I have AsQs, and raised it up. I get called in 5 spots. Flop comes Jx Ts 8c all right now I have a double gutty and a backdoor nut flush draw, and two overs. Prepare for ownage: SB leads, BB raises (extremely nittly) UTG calls, I fold. God dam it, just made a huge mistake, and didn't even think when I did it. Here were the odds: 7.5 to 1 on my roughly 10 outs. God dam I am a nit. Mde a huge mistake, and of course I gut it out and would have end up making the straight.
But I did manage to make a couple good plays and got called down by some weaker hands, that made my some money. I also couldn't hit a flush draw to save my life. I had 3 K-high flush draws go down the tube w/ a 2 flush on the flop. Oh well.
Let me have it. Gotta go, first pitch in 10 min.
Probably playing at Cap or Cache at night during the week depending on how my truck is doing with the check engine light.
Show some love. Late.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Bringin' It Back: Major League with Major Leaguers
Boredom breeds creativity, sometimes:
If Major League was to be played by actual Major League ball players who would be on the roster?
Center Field:
Willie Mays Hayes – Kenny Lofton
Catching:
Jack Parkman – AJ Pierzenski
Rube Baker – Doug Mirabelli
Jake Taylor – Gary Carter
Third Base:
Roger Dorn – Chuck Knoblauch, or A-Rod
Left Field:
Hiroshi Kazahiro Tanaka – So Taguchi Obviously
Right Field:
Pedro Cerrano – Manny Ramirez (Because he had a slow start, and then brought it on later in the season)
Wild Thing Rick Vaughn:
Rick Ankiel (when he first came up with the lack of control), Trevor Hoffman (when he lost his velocity), and finally Rod Beck, RIP, (with the shooter mentality, and the crazy haircut).
Eddie Harris:
Jamie Moyer (the thumber, who can toss all kinds of crap up to the dish). Also considered, Gaylord Perry because of the KY-Balls, Vaseline curveballs, and sandpaper splittys.
Shooby (The Slow Lefty Guy):
Rick Ruschell. Big Daddy, fat, slow, and garbage.
Clue Haywood:
No question, John Kruk in the prime of his Phillies career, with the huge-ass dip and gut.
Post a comment if you have improvements to my shabbily put together list.
If Major League was to be played by actual Major League ball players who would be on the roster?
Center Field:
Willie Mays Hayes – Kenny Lofton
Catching:
Jack Parkman – AJ Pierzenski
Rube Baker – Doug Mirabelli
Jake Taylor – Gary Carter
Third Base:
Roger Dorn – Chuck Knoblauch, or A-Rod
Left Field:
Hiroshi Kazahiro Tanaka – So Taguchi Obviously
Right Field:
Pedro Cerrano – Manny Ramirez (Because he had a slow start, and then brought it on later in the season)
Wild Thing Rick Vaughn:
Rick Ankiel (when he first came up with the lack of control), Trevor Hoffman (when he lost his velocity), and finally Rod Beck, RIP, (with the shooter mentality, and the crazy haircut).
Eddie Harris:
Jamie Moyer (the thumber, who can toss all kinds of crap up to the dish). Also considered, Gaylord Perry because of the KY-Balls, Vaseline curveballs, and sandpaper splittys.
Shooby (The Slow Lefty Guy):
Rick Ruschell. Big Daddy, fat, slow, and garbage.
Clue Haywood:
No question, John Kruk in the prime of his Phillies career, with the huge-ass dip and gut.
Post a comment if you have improvements to my shabbily put together list.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Session No. 13 Capitol Casino (10/13)
4/8 Kill: TP = -90 TSP = 3 Hrs
Blah. This was pretty lame. Ran pretty cold the whole day, only playing 3 hours. I wanted to play for about 6 hours but I was getting bored and wasn't getting any playable hands and decided to go home.
Made 2 mistakes:
1) Not calling down w/ TPGK AQ vs. AK on an Ace high flop. That was a mistake that was just too nitty.
2) Leading into the field w/ JTs w/ a couple back door draws and top pair probabaly was a stupid move.
The table was completely dead, and I was card dead.
Oh well. Not much more to say.
Blah. This was pretty lame. Ran pretty cold the whole day, only playing 3 hours. I wanted to play for about 6 hours but I was getting bored and wasn't getting any playable hands and decided to go home.
Made 2 mistakes:
1) Not calling down w/ TPGK AQ vs. AK on an Ace high flop. That was a mistake that was just too nitty.
2) Leading into the field w/ JTs w/ a couple back door draws and top pair probabaly was a stupid move.
The table was completely dead, and I was card dead.
Oh well. Not much more to say.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Session No. 11 & 12 Lucky Derby and Capitol Casino
4/8 1/2 Kill: TP = +40 TSP = 4 Hrs (Last Weekend 9/30)
4/8 Kill: TP = +$100 TSP = 3.5 Hrs (Friday Night 10/6)
Had a pretty swingy session both days. Will get more into the Capitol Session later, I felt that I played pretty solid and ran decently well, just got ran down in two big pots.
Hand I felt that I played ok but could have got a lot more value out of:
Hero is UTG+1 w/ Black Aces
Uber Donk UTG w/ K4os
Solid Female LAGish (Tammy) to my left w/ AKos
Preflop:
UberDonk limps, Hero Raises, Tammy 3bets, Some other idiot in LP calls,Uberdonk calls, Hero caps, All Call
Flop: 2dAh5d BOOOOM!!!
Checked to me, I lead, Tammy Raises, LP folds, Uberdonk calls, I 3bet, Tammy caps.
Turn: 4h
Checked to me I fire, Tammy just calls, Uberdonk calls,
River: 4d BOOOOM!!!
Checked to me, I fire again, called in both spots.
I rake it in ($176 pot)
How would you guys have played it? I played it this way because it was very easy especially the uberdonk to have 2 diamonds here and I wanted to get in the most value if he didn't hit.
I guess that I could have just called Tammy's flop raise, and check raised the turn and hope that she 3 bets, but that might not have happened.
What do you think?
I will talk about some other nicely played hands later.
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From that last Capitol Session I played another hand exceptionally well, but I did end up gettin lucky. Turned trips vs. top pair when I raised pf w/ AJs and flop came king high.
I snapped QQ from the BB w/ As8s.
Flop comes Ace high I and CR'd the crap out of this woman who just calls down w/ 2nd pair. Thanks :-)
I made 2 mistakes that I can remember.
1.) Check raising w/ TPGK against a pf three bet in late position.
-Hand AsTs UTG and I raised it, gets called in 3 spots, then the button 3 bets. All call. Flop comes AK6, all check to raiser who bets, I then CR'd, 2 call, button 3 bets, I call hoping to pick up some sort of draw, and then check fold the turn. He ended up showing AK to top two.
Does anyone else play this hand like that? It was the second hand that he played at the table and I didn't have his range down yet.
I did learn, however, that he was the type of player that only would bet/raise w/ TP or better. So I guess that he played somewhat optimally minus being aggressive w/ draws.
2. Versus that same button player, action gets folded to him and he open raises, I am dealt AQos in the BB. I knew that he could have any hand like A9+ so I should have 3bet for value to define my hand.
Comment, complaints, concerns?
4/8 Kill: TP = +$100 TSP = 3.5 Hrs (Friday Night 10/6)
Had a pretty swingy session both days. Will get more into the Capitol Session later, I felt that I played pretty solid and ran decently well, just got ran down in two big pots.
Hand I felt that I played ok but could have got a lot more value out of:
Hero is UTG+1 w/ Black Aces
Uber Donk UTG w/ K4os
Solid Female LAGish (Tammy) to my left w/ AKos
Preflop:
UberDonk limps, Hero Raises, Tammy 3bets, Some other idiot in LP calls,Uberdonk calls, Hero caps, All Call
Flop: 2dAh5d BOOOOM!!!
Checked to me, I lead, Tammy Raises, LP folds, Uberdonk calls, I 3bet, Tammy caps.
Turn: 4h
Checked to me I fire, Tammy just calls, Uberdonk calls,
River: 4d BOOOOM!!!
Checked to me, I fire again, called in both spots.
I rake it in ($176 pot)
How would you guys have played it? I played it this way because it was very easy especially the uberdonk to have 2 diamonds here and I wanted to get in the most value if he didn't hit.
I guess that I could have just called Tammy's flop raise, and check raised the turn and hope that she 3 bets, but that might not have happened.
What do you think?
I will talk about some other nicely played hands later.
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From that last Capitol Session I played another hand exceptionally well, but I did end up gettin lucky. Turned trips vs. top pair when I raised pf w/ AJs and flop came king high.
I snapped QQ from the BB w/ As8s.
Flop comes Ace high I and CR'd the crap out of this woman who just calls down w/ 2nd pair. Thanks :-)
I made 2 mistakes that I can remember.
1.) Check raising w/ TPGK against a pf three bet in late position.
-Hand AsTs UTG and I raised it, gets called in 3 spots, then the button 3 bets. All call. Flop comes AK6, all check to raiser who bets, I then CR'd, 2 call, button 3 bets, I call hoping to pick up some sort of draw, and then check fold the turn. He ended up showing AK to top two.
Does anyone else play this hand like that? It was the second hand that he played at the table and I didn't have his range down yet.
I did learn, however, that he was the type of player that only would bet/raise w/ TP or better. So I guess that he played somewhat optimally minus being aggressive w/ draws.
2. Versus that same button player, action gets folded to him and he open raises, I am dealt AQos in the BB. I knew that he could have any hand like A9+ so I should have 3bet for value to define my hand.
Comment, complaints, concerns?
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Session No. 10 Cache Creek Friday Night (9/22)
4/8 Kill: TP = +$140 (5.83 BBs/Hr) TSP = 3 Hrs
Tonight was a pretty short night for me at the Creek, boo. I had originally planned on playing until 2am and meeting up with the 4/8 Superstar (Nik Santi), and the 4/8 Super Donk, to get a 5 hour session in, but I became very mad, not at the table, and I figured that it would be better for me to just get up and leave.
The table last night was your typical assortment of LAGs and mostly LPPs, and a couple of guys who thought that they could bluff, and of course yours truly.
After getting moved from the 3/6 table, where I basically chatted it up with my friend from school and Cache Creek Dealer, Jon Olson, I proceeded to get dealt AQ of clubs my second hand and fire all the way down and pair my Q on the river and then I get bluff raised, but I call and the guy mucks and I don't show.
I feel that I am getting a more aggressive at the table, and feeling like that I can play a little bit better after the flop.
I won a couple big pots, 2 other little ones with AQ, and then I won a 8 way capped pre-flop w/ JJ. ($128 pot preflop) and of course the flop is AKK, and I lead out, then 2 people end up going all in, one had the K and the other 2 players missed their flush draws and I take 80 of that pot.
Best hand that I played of the night:
Hero is in the Hi-Jack w/ TT
Pre-flop: Folded to UTG+1 who raises to 8, UTG+2 cold calls, folded to Hero, Hero 3-bets, all fold and both the UTG+1, and UTG+2 call.
Flop: Q 7 5, or two other rag-like cards
UTG+1 Donk bets out, UTG+2 calls, Hero Raises to see where I am at, both call.
At this point I figure that I am in a good spot to take down the pot w/ a turn bet but then:
Turn: A, shit, I wanted bet again had a safe looking card came off.
It gets checked around.
River: 2
Again it gets checked trough, and Hero shows TT, UTG+2 shows 99, and UTG+1 shows KJs. That was a nice pot and but I still really wanted to bet that turn.
I feel that I am a little more comfortable playing some suited Aces in MP and hoping to flop a big hand, or strong draw.
So who knows for today, maybe I will return back out to Lucky Derby for about 6 hours.
Comments, questions, concerns?
Tonight was a pretty short night for me at the Creek, boo. I had originally planned on playing until 2am and meeting up with the 4/8 Superstar (Nik Santi), and the 4/8 Super Donk, to get a 5 hour session in, but I became very mad, not at the table, and I figured that it would be better for me to just get up and leave.
The table last night was your typical assortment of LAGs and mostly LPPs, and a couple of guys who thought that they could bluff, and of course yours truly.
After getting moved from the 3/6 table, where I basically chatted it up with my friend from school and Cache Creek Dealer, Jon Olson, I proceeded to get dealt AQ of clubs my second hand and fire all the way down and pair my Q on the river and then I get bluff raised, but I call and the guy mucks and I don't show.
I feel that I am getting a more aggressive at the table, and feeling like that I can play a little bit better after the flop.
I won a couple big pots, 2 other little ones with AQ, and then I won a 8 way capped pre-flop w/ JJ. ($128 pot preflop) and of course the flop is AKK, and I lead out, then 2 people end up going all in, one had the K and the other 2 players missed their flush draws and I take 80 of that pot.
Best hand that I played of the night:
Hero is in the Hi-Jack w/ TT
Pre-flop: Folded to UTG+1 who raises to 8, UTG+2 cold calls, folded to Hero, Hero 3-bets, all fold and both the UTG+1, and UTG+2 call.
Flop: Q 7 5, or two other rag-like cards
UTG+1 Donk bets out, UTG+2 calls, Hero Raises to see where I am at, both call.
At this point I figure that I am in a good spot to take down the pot w/ a turn bet but then:
Turn: A, shit, I wanted bet again had a safe looking card came off.
It gets checked around.
River: 2
Again it gets checked trough, and Hero shows TT, UTG+2 shows 99, and UTG+1 shows KJs. That was a nice pot and but I still really wanted to bet that turn.
I feel that I am a little more comfortable playing some suited Aces in MP and hoping to flop a big hand, or strong draw.
So who knows for today, maybe I will return back out to Lucky Derby for about 6 hours.
Comments, questions, concerns?
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Limelight and Lucky Derbry: Two Short Sessions
Lucky Derby: 4/8 Half-Kill: TP = +$40 TSP = 2 Hrs
Limelight: 3/6 Half-Kill: TP = +$20 TSP = 1Hr 30 Mins
Well I haven't been playing live since my last trip to Cap a few weeks back, and I thought that this week I would check out some of the other Cardrooms in Sacramento.
Overall opinion of these places:
Limelight: The players were soooooo aggressive and terrible. I actually saw one just 3-bet pre-flop with K5os vs my TT, and of course he won. But you pretty have to go to showdown with the nuts, because I have never seen players just call w/ and Ace and try to hit, or just look for that wicked two pair draw. Didn't really like the structure, tooo small, it was pretty boring to me.
Lucky Derby: This was the opposite end of the spectrum. The players were sooo passive. Everyone limped around and just was passive as all hell. When I was first moved to the table from the normal 4/8 game, I was dealt AK and raised it up, everyone said wow woah woah??? What you doing that for??? As I got 5 callers and took down the pot with a C-bet. Not one pot was 3bet pre-flop, that pissed me off. The structure of the game is pretty odd, they have no Small Blind, wtf? But I might make another trip back there.
As for the issue of my play. I got a little to loose in MP w/ a suited Ace at LL and lots a couple bets in a pot that I shouldn't have been involved in. I ran TPTK into a set and had to call down against a prop player at the Derby. But all in all I feel that I played fairly decent and stayed disciplined. I played pretty straight forward and didn't go for the unsure CR.
At Lucky Derby I was up about 85 at one point but I blinded and whiffed my way down w/ overs and AK/AQ to +40 but that is way it goes. I had one huge combo nut flush straight draw that didn't come in which would have been a huge 100+ pot but oh well...
I give the Limelight a 5 out of 10, and Lucky Derby a 7.5 out of 10.
Limelight: 3/6 Half-Kill: TP = +$20 TSP = 1Hr 30 Mins
Well I haven't been playing live since my last trip to Cap a few weeks back, and I thought that this week I would check out some of the other Cardrooms in Sacramento.
Overall opinion of these places:
Limelight: The players were soooooo aggressive and terrible. I actually saw one just 3-bet pre-flop with K5os vs my TT, and of course he won. But you pretty have to go to showdown with the nuts, because I have never seen players just call w/ and Ace and try to hit, or just look for that wicked two pair draw. Didn't really like the structure, tooo small, it was pretty boring to me.
Lucky Derby: This was the opposite end of the spectrum. The players were sooo passive. Everyone limped around and just was passive as all hell. When I was first moved to the table from the normal 4/8 game, I was dealt AK and raised it up, everyone said wow woah woah??? What you doing that for??? As I got 5 callers and took down the pot with a C-bet. Not one pot was 3bet pre-flop, that pissed me off. The structure of the game is pretty odd, they have no Small Blind, wtf? But I might make another trip back there.
As for the issue of my play. I got a little to loose in MP w/ a suited Ace at LL and lots a couple bets in a pot that I shouldn't have been involved in. I ran TPTK into a set and had to call down against a prop player at the Derby. But all in all I feel that I played fairly decent and stayed disciplined. I played pretty straight forward and didn't go for the unsure CR.
At Lucky Derby I was up about 85 at one point but I blinded and whiffed my way down w/ overs and AK/AQ to +40 but that is way it goes. I had one huge combo nut flush straight draw that didn't come in which would have been a huge 100+ pot but oh well...
I give the Limelight a 5 out of 10, and Lucky Derby a 7.5 out of 10.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Session No.9 Saturday Capitol Casino 9/1
It was a losing day not too bad at Capitol Casino for me; not a pleasant welcome back to live poker. I hate live poker right now, I mean Capitol. Plus I am running mediocre at best. Running KK into AA, 2 pair into straights, I can't hit 1 draw to save my life; it is just soo frustrating to say the least.
This session was just atrocious on both other players part and my part as well. I made 3, really 2 mistakes.
For the first time at Capitol I saw a player that played Santi-like very TAG and was running just the Santi was running a few months back hitting 3 nut flush draws, and catching up when behind to top pair. He was a 20 something Filipino guy who who had good table talk. We didn't clash much save for 1 hand where he completed the SB w/ 85s and I limped behind a couple of people w/ AJos and flop cam J88, first limper leads, I raise, Filipino guy Check 3bet and I call/folded the turn.
Quick Recap:
QJ < 75s
98 > JT (Rivered Boat!)
KQ < 84s (Douche goes runner-runner flush of course)
KK < AA (All-In) I won the side pot w/ Kings up vs. another player who flopped 2 pair)
AA < TT (Capped 4 way preflop) That just sucked that I couldn't hold
AK > KT (Older Chicano man w/ Sombrero live 8'd and I obvisouly 3 balled it called in 4 places)
I lost a ton on missed draws today. I couldn't hit one!!! In other news, I haven't hit a set since the Clinton Administration and my premium hands can't get any action.
Mistakes.
1. Not betting the river w/ TPTK when the flush hits on the river with position (1 BB missed)
2. Not raising the AJos after a couple people limped into the pot vs the Filipino cat. (ROT possibly)
3. The KQ hand w/ TPGK and the guys went runner runner and I led out on the river and of course he raised, I called. Didn't really have him on a flush draw. Had him more on a weak King.
4. The KK vs. AA vs. Flopped 2 pair hand. This is the hand that really bothered me and I wanted to kick myself for it.
HH
Capped PF. I am in MP, AA in EP (all in PF), other AZN guy calls 3 bets cold w/ Q8os, nice.
Flop: Q 8 4 rainbow, the AZN and myself capped the flop.
Turn: 4 Not I am thinking, wtf? I checked, he bet, I called.
River: Blank of some sort, I checked, he bet, I called.
I knew that on that turn, I was good and should have CR'd, I just I had no Idea what that guy would call 3 bets cold w/ PF. I honestly thought that he had 88.
What do you guys think??
As a vow to myself, I am not going to play until I run my online roll to double what it is right now, and I feel that am more comfortable w/ playing certain hands from LP.
Quick question about Blind defense and hands to play from the small blind:
What hands do you defend with against a raise, and what hands can you complete with in the SB?
Also how do you feel about K9s-K2s in LP??? I just fold the crap out of them, Is this wrong? Maybe a little too tight?
This session was just atrocious on both other players part and my part as well. I made 3, really 2 mistakes.
For the first time at Capitol I saw a player that played Santi-like very TAG and was running just the Santi was running a few months back hitting 3 nut flush draws, and catching up when behind to top pair. He was a 20 something Filipino guy who who had good table talk. We didn't clash much save for 1 hand where he completed the SB w/ 85s and I limped behind a couple of people w/ AJos and flop cam J88, first limper leads, I raise, Filipino guy Check 3bet and I call/folded the turn.
Quick Recap:
QJ < 75s
98 > JT (Rivered Boat!)
KQ < 84s (Douche goes runner-runner flush of course)
KK < AA (All-In) I won the side pot w/ Kings up vs. another player who flopped 2 pair)
AA < TT (Capped 4 way preflop) That just sucked that I couldn't hold
AK > KT (Older Chicano man w/ Sombrero live 8'd and I obvisouly 3 balled it called in 4 places)
I lost a ton on missed draws today. I couldn't hit one!!! In other news, I haven't hit a set since the Clinton Administration and my premium hands can't get any action.
Mistakes.
1. Not betting the river w/ TPTK when the flush hits on the river with position (1 BB missed)
2. Not raising the AJos after a couple people limped into the pot vs the Filipino cat. (ROT possibly)
3. The KQ hand w/ TPGK and the guys went runner runner and I led out on the river and of course he raised, I called. Didn't really have him on a flush draw. Had him more on a weak King.
4. The KK vs. AA vs. Flopped 2 pair hand. This is the hand that really bothered me and I wanted to kick myself for it.
HH
Capped PF. I am in MP, AA in EP (all in PF), other AZN guy calls 3 bets cold w/ Q8os, nice.
Flop: Q 8 4 rainbow, the AZN and myself capped the flop.
Turn: 4 Not I am thinking, wtf? I checked, he bet, I called.
River: Blank of some sort, I checked, he bet, I called.
I knew that on that turn, I was good and should have CR'd, I just I had no Idea what that guy would call 3 bets cold w/ PF. I honestly thought that he had 88.
What do you guys think??
As a vow to myself, I am not going to play until I run my online roll to double what it is right now, and I feel that am more comfortable w/ playing certain hands from LP.
Quick question about Blind defense and hands to play from the small blind:
What hands do you defend with against a raise, and what hands can you complete with in the SB?
Also how do you feel about K9s-K2s in LP??? I just fold the crap out of them, Is this wrong? Maybe a little too tight?
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