Session No. 28 Capitol Casino (1/26)

4/8-Kill: TP = +$60 TSP = 5 Hrs

Got up to $140 at about the 4th hour mark it was a little better day even for Capitol.

My table was pretty loose and mildly aggressive. Flopped a couple of sets and they held. Had a couple of boats, and a few straights.

Not too much to really blog about.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I got into it with some Momma when she donk bet into me. Things were said, and more things were said. Basically went like this.

I ended up pointing out that she donk bet, and then she questioned my raise etc., and then she said that I play bad and show go play no limit as, I was up $140 at the time, I could care less.

It was great she thought that she was good, and I saw her limp 54os UTG and cold call a couple raises with such stupendous holdings as K6s and T7os. But, what do I know, I am a bad player.

See you all at the Creek at about 2:30 on Wednesday.

-Out

Session No. 27 Cache Creek (1/23)

4/8-Kill: TP = -$40 TSP = 6.5 Hrs

Very slow swingy day at the Creek. Got there at about 5:15 and was seated shortly after.

I proceeded to go on a mini heater where I only played 5 hands before our table broke and I was moved to the SD's table.

I ran down a boat on a guy who had bottom two, and I turned top two, and rivered the boat. Then two hands later I got aces cracked in a kill pot.

After that it was just slow, didn't have any hands of note, just didn't run to terribly well.

Ended up down 40, not much to say. Just missed a couple 15 outers and on 4 OESD's, but that is poker.

Session No. 26 Cache Creek (1/10)

4/8-Kill: TP = -$230 TSP = 5 Hrs

Ran atrociously, not even cool, I suck at life.

Lets see where to start, I was reviewing my play along with the Superstar, and I didn’t play bad except in 1 spot. Other than that I just got unluckly and couldn’t get a hand to hold.

Here is a little run down of the hands.

AK soooted < KQ: Flopped TPTK, and got in a raise on the flop, Momma turn is a Q and donk bets into me, I call down.

KQ soooted < AT: Flopped top two (board K Q T), flop was capped w/ “Queen High Ship It”, turn A, got to check it down cause I mentioned that I got her beat.

KK < A4s in Kill Pot: Villain Random Asian Gambler (RAG) turned nut flush and didn’t raise.

And my personal favorite-

Dominic (ooh, Middle Aged Persian Man, who called me eh-Scrooge, and hates me) Got involved in a hand along with another person)

Here is the hand:

Hero is in BB w/ T3 of spades, Dominic is UTG. 4 to the flop.

Flop: T 3 2 (2 hearts) Sweet

SB Checks, Hero bets, Dominic Raises, everyone folds to Hero, Hero 3 bets, Dominic Caps.

At this point I am either way ahead or way behind, and I feel that he has a vulnerable hand, maybe a draw, or even a huge hands like a set of deuces.

Turn: K

Hero checks, Dominic bets, Hero calls. (I ask, “Do you have a set?” Knowing very well that he doesn’t have tens, or a set of threes (very unlikely)

River: 2 of Hearts

Hero checks, Dominic bets, Hero calls.

Dominic immediately says, “Full House.” Like an asshole, I figured to set pocket 3’s but of course, what do you think he had…

Exactly T2 sooooted FTW, nice 2-outer fuckboy. Wow I wish I could limp T2 UTG like that, but hey I play bad.

Its okay though, the Superstar got him back in a Kill Pot. Can you say, “Captain 1-Outer”?

It was so sick. Dominic flopped a full house, got in a raise on the turn, and the Superstar rivers quads. HA HA HA!!!

But yeah, I can’t run good all the time, that is poker.

The hand I played bad was where the SD raised UTG w/ AT, folded to me, w/ QQ I 3-bet, Xue (Sue) Caps. All call, and the flop was TT4.
We capped the flop, all call down. Whoops. Should have folded the turn. The SD only has 1 hand here, he isn’t check raising the flop at that with out a ten.

In other news, I moved out, WOOOT!, won’t probably be playing this week, maybe Saturday downtown w/ the Superstar but that is about it.

Apartments rule.

-Late

Session No. 25 Cache Creek (1/1)

4/8-Kill: TP = $25 TSP = 5 Hrs

Happy 2008!!!

GG to the Superdonk who came up $270 or so. I run so bad... I run so bad. Must be tough when you have the nuts and the 2nd nuts wants to cap every street with you. Ha Ha Ha. Nice work T.

Ugggggggggggggggggggggg. Not too much to talk about, was pretty card dead the entire session and only played 11 hands out of the blinds or so "Life Nit". It was bad really. Was up 70 at one point and then I missed w/ some over and the didn't have any of my pairs hold. Oh well.

Thanks to the Superstar for Panda, which is horrible by the way. Now it is Pick up Stix FTW!!!!

In other news, I "Fendered" my way to talking 2nd in the CP Forum Olympics Event No. 8 a 6-Max NL Freezeout for $40. I had two fairly sick hands; a 3 outers in the first level, and a 2 outers when I already was ITM.

AT > AK soooooted
66 > 77 sorry Cas.

And then I went busto heads up when my A7 < Cas's K7 sooooted both flopped a 7, and he rivered the K. Oh well, I a huge NL donk but it was fun.

Maybe the Creek tonight w/ JP, the Superstar, and the Superdonk but who knows depending on the weather.

Session No. 24 Cache Creek (12/27)

4/8-Kill: TP = -$97 TSP = 5 Hrs

Ran pretty horrible (true statement)

I played pretty terrible in the first half of the session as well, try to push people around and was just looking like a maniac. It was bad. I think all and all, I learned a bunch for this session more than I have in a real long time, though:

1.I need to talk more at the table.

2.I just need to be a lot more friendly and cheerful by saying some goofy shit while
playing.

3.“Win with grace, lose with style.”

I won’t talk about most of the hands where guys just straight out-flopped me but I can say that I did get 2-outered and 1-outered tonight. Sick

So in my 3rd hand of the night, right when the Superstar and I arrived, I get 99 UTG. Here is the HH:

Hero raises, called by the button and SB, and BB.


Flop: Q96 (2 hearts) Good flop, I think.

SB checks, BB donk bets, Hero raises, button calls, SB folds, BB 3 bets, Hero Caps, and button calls 2 more and is all in.

Turn: 4

BB donk bets again, Hero raises, BB calls. I know that I am way good here and I think this guy flopped 2 pair.

River: Q

Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BB bets out, Hero just calls.

BB Donk shows Q6os for the rivered 2 outer. Hero shows 99 :-( Sucks to be me.
And the worst part was he didn’t even know that he had won the pot. He tells me, “Ooo, nice hand,” and I sheepishly reply, “Yeah, you won though.” Ouch, so in 3 minutes, I was already in a 60 hole. Great way to start off the night.

I then progressed to not run like the Santi and kill the table. Oh well, its all good.

Happy New Year!

See you all in 2008.

Session No. 23 Capitol Casino (12/23)

4/8 Kill TP = +$212 TSP = 3 Hrs

This was the most aggresive (preflop) session to date. On the advice of the Superstar, and in an effort to be less exploitable, I adapted the mantra of "If it is folded to me, I would raise to play, regardless of the cards." Obviously they had to be playable.

I had a huge range today, and I was running really well. Here are the hands that I raised when folded to:

T9s in MP, JTs, KTos in LP, and on a straight steal attempt QTs UTG+1, and my personal favorite 66 UTG.

Here is the HH for that hand:

Hero is UTG w/ 66:

Hero raises, called in 2 spots and the blinds call. (5 players)

Flop: 5 6 7 rainbow (Boom???)

Checked to hero who leads, folds back to the SB who Check raises, then the BB 3 bets, Hero caps.

Turn: A (2 hearts).

SB checks, BB leads, Hero raises, SB folds, BB 3 bets, Hero calls. Pretty sure I need to pair the board now and the aggro tard BB has a a straight but I didn't give him any credit at all. He was the same guy from the session that The Superdonk, Santi, and I were on the same table and he donked away $600+ in a little more that 2 hours.

Anyways, River: 7 (Boom!!!!!)

BB leads, Hero Raises, BB 3 bets, Hero Caps, BB calls.

Hero shows Sixes Full of Sevens, and BB shows 34 of hearts for the flopped straight.
:-) I run goooooooooooot!!!!

That was a huge pot.

The table was really loose and I was able to limp behind in LP w/ the gap connectors, 57s-68s, and the T7s it I made some goofy two pairs, and flushes.

See you at the Creek on Thursday.

-Merry Christmas!!!!!

Session No. 22 Capitol Casino (12/22)

4/8 Kill TP = +$112 TSP = 4 Hrs

I ran decent, but also missed some huge combo draws and whiffed and aggro/blinded myself down from up $250 to up $110. Can't Complain.

I told myself that I was going to work on my agression today, and I didn't I can recall 3 spots where it was folded to my in MP and LP and I raised it up w/ QJos, 87s OTB, and 55 in the HJ. Gotta do it to be less exploitable.

Here is a huge hand:

Hero is somewhere in MP w/ KQ of spades.

Kill Pot 8/16 limped in 3 spots, Hero raises to $16. Folds to BB who calls, and limpers call.
Flop: A T 6 ( T and 6 of spades, I am praying someone has an ace and will Creck raise because this was a live table, but that didn't happen )

Checked to me, I fire called in 3 spots.

Turn: J of clubs, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!

Checked to me, I fire out $16 again, folds back to some guy in MP who check raises. Can you say snap double-fist??? I 3-bet and he just calls.

Cue Tom Petty - And I'm free, free rollin'....

River: 2 of spades.

Checked to me, I fire $16 again, and other guy just calls, I show the 2nd flush, He flopped a set of tens. Man, that would have been interesting to see how much more we could have got in on the flop had he check-raised me.

That was a nice $200+ pot.

Not too much more to talk about, next week the Star, Donk, and the Nit will probably be back up at the creek.

-Good nite now.