Well, tonight I played for a loooong time. They decided to start playing at 1700, which is way earlier than they usually start, and for some reason I decided to stay pretty late. The end result was pretty good, but I'm pretty brain-dead/tired, and stink, and can't stop coughing (don't worry, it's not serious... just annoying). I'm happy to say that this is my last time I play here, though I wish I had known about the game longer. Then again, perhaps I wouldn't have been ready for the game any earlier. Who knows?
Tonight I got quad K's, which was cool, and I even got paid for them a little bit, but.. I think my favorite hand was when I had QQ. I was sitting either on the button or the cutoff seat (seat next to the button) with like 4 limpers, so I made it $12 to go. It was folded around to a guy who... re-raised me for $25 on top! The guy that re-raised me was a guy that 'respects' my raises, since I generally only raise on pretty premium stuff, and yet he re-raised me?? It didn't seem right... and ... I folded. Shane (the guy that reraised me, and also the guy that holds the game) told me if I gave him $2 he'd show me his cards, and since it was worth it to me... I threw him the chips, and he flipped over AA, one of the two possible starting hands that could have me drawing virtually dead. It was a proud moment for me. I mean, I've folded QQ preflop before, but... this is the first time in a live game, and QQ is honestly not an amazing amazing hand online, since you see so many hands so quickly. QQ is hard to get live.
Other than that, I misplayed AA early on, and though I had built my stack up to $160 from my starting $40 from a flopped straight with 9-7o, I failed to re-re-raise enough, and gave someone the right odds to call me with his small flush draw to beat me. I ended up buying in for $140 total for the night, which means $40, $40, and then $60 at the end, after I had run my 2nd $40 up to $250 and back down due to a lousy streak of second-best. heh... so! here are the stats:
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 10
Started the night with: $140
Ended the night with: $633
Plus or minus for the night: +$493
Overall cash bankroll: $1861
Total plus or minus: +$1701
Total hours played: 57
Total per hour average: +$29.8/hour
Well, at this game I made a reasonable amount of money, and I now have a bankroll with which to work and try to make even more money. I need some sleep now, but I wanted to update this stupid thing before I went to sleep. Goodnight. And maybe tomorrow I'll try to find that extra $100 that seems to be off on my calculations between overall cash and total plus and minus...
-Trike
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Perhaps the last day
Well, tonight might have been my last night at the awesome $1/$2 smokefest that I've been going to. Their next game is night after next and it's very possible we'll be on 'lockdown' because of our imminent departure for Kuwait! As awesome as that is, my goal was not QUITE met yet, though I'm happy with my results overall.
Tonight got crazy, since Shane (the guy holding the game) decided to get crazy and raise every pot to $7, regardless of his cards, and if someone raised to $7, he re-popped them for $7 more. It went this way for a full hour or so, with every single pot without exception being a minimum of $7 to get into. I got TT once the whole hour for acceptable cards, and was able to re-pop the guy $20 with two callers, making the pot about $70 or so. J-6-6 flopped, I bet $30, and they both folded. Other than that, it was fold city, with me getting almost NO good holdings, and even worse re-raise hands. It could have made me rich, and indeed, a few people spent a good $300 in the hour this fever was happening.
There was a big 'coincidence' that 7's kept popping up on the flop, so EVERYONE was playing their 7's to the river, no matter what other hole cards, because EVERYONE who knows anything knows that when a certain card is hot, it's going to make you a lot of money, regardless of the play around you. Especially 7's. Aces are generally treated the same way. A lot of times people call enormous bets with the slim hope of spiking an Ace on the turn or river. I like to call it an 'Ace draw' since their hand really has no real hope of winning except for their ace. It doesn't even matter what the card accompanying it is. I see people calling ridiculous bets with A-7 offsuit simply because it has an Ace in it. What are you hoping to catch with it? An Ace? of course! It's a nice thing called (well, I call it) Ace disease, and it makes me a lot of money. hehe. I'm not complaining at all. Don't get me wrong, I like hands with Aces in them. I just won't call 2/3 of my stack out of position with A-6 offsuit when the action went bet-raise-reraise.
Well, other than that, tonight was pretty straightforward. I folded Ah-Qh on an A-9-9-K-5 board to a guy with A9o. It was a pretty good feeling to be able to fold it, actually. Everyone was like 'you're folding that?! you're crazy if you fold it' and 'scared money can't make money' but I was even able to narrow his hand down to A9, so... not saying I'm an amazing player... it just felt good. As good as losing $30 in action leading up to my fold on the river can ever feel haha.
So, here are my stats for the night:
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 4
Started the night with: $80
Ended the night with: $200
Plus or minus for the night: +$120
Overall cash bankroll: $1468
Total plus or minus: +$1208
Total hours played: 47
Total per hour average: +$25.7/hour
Well, if this IS my last poker game here, I'll have to get back on this thing when I'm finally back in the states, or possibly a bit sooner if we play a company game if we're bored in Kuwait. I plan on taking a bit out to use on sending boxes home tomorrow, and I'll end up having a more even amount. When I get back to the states, I plan on opening a 'poker' savings account, where I can stash my winnings, and keep my poker money separate from my other money. Not that I have a big bankroll yet, but it's nice to be able to say that what I have right now has all stemmed from $160. It's ALMOST ten times as big as it was when it started :)
Alright, I gotta get outta here, behave yourselves, hope the next time I type on here it's from the states...
-Trike
Tonight got crazy, since Shane (the guy holding the game) decided to get crazy and raise every pot to $7, regardless of his cards, and if someone raised to $7, he re-popped them for $7 more. It went this way for a full hour or so, with every single pot without exception being a minimum of $7 to get into. I got TT once the whole hour for acceptable cards, and was able to re-pop the guy $20 with two callers, making the pot about $70 or so. J-6-6 flopped, I bet $30, and they both folded. Other than that, it was fold city, with me getting almost NO good holdings, and even worse re-raise hands. It could have made me rich, and indeed, a few people spent a good $300 in the hour this fever was happening.
There was a big 'coincidence' that 7's kept popping up on the flop, so EVERYONE was playing their 7's to the river, no matter what other hole cards, because EVERYONE who knows anything knows that when a certain card is hot, it's going to make you a lot of money, regardless of the play around you. Especially 7's. Aces are generally treated the same way. A lot of times people call enormous bets with the slim hope of spiking an Ace on the turn or river. I like to call it an 'Ace draw' since their hand really has no real hope of winning except for their ace. It doesn't even matter what the card accompanying it is. I see people calling ridiculous bets with A-7 offsuit simply because it has an Ace in it. What are you hoping to catch with it? An Ace? of course! It's a nice thing called (well, I call it) Ace disease, and it makes me a lot of money. hehe. I'm not complaining at all. Don't get me wrong, I like hands with Aces in them. I just won't call 2/3 of my stack out of position with A-6 offsuit when the action went bet-raise-reraise.
Well, other than that, tonight was pretty straightforward. I folded Ah-Qh on an A-9-9-K-5 board to a guy with A9o. It was a pretty good feeling to be able to fold it, actually. Everyone was like 'you're folding that?! you're crazy if you fold it' and 'scared money can't make money' but I was even able to narrow his hand down to A9, so... not saying I'm an amazing player... it just felt good. As good as losing $30 in action leading up to my fold on the river can ever feel haha.
So, here are my stats for the night:
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 4
Started the night with: $80
Ended the night with: $200
Plus or minus for the night: +$120
Overall cash bankroll: $1468
Total plus or minus: +$1208
Total hours played: 47
Total per hour average: +$25.7/hour
Well, if this IS my last poker game here, I'll have to get back on this thing when I'm finally back in the states, or possibly a bit sooner if we play a company game if we're bored in Kuwait. I plan on taking a bit out to use on sending boxes home tomorrow, and I'll end up having a more even amount. When I get back to the states, I plan on opening a 'poker' savings account, where I can stash my winnings, and keep my poker money separate from my other money. Not that I have a big bankroll yet, but it's nice to be able to say that what I have right now has all stemmed from $160. It's ALMOST ten times as big as it was when it started :)
Alright, I gotta get outta here, behave yourselves, hope the next time I type on here it's from the states...
-Trike
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
I think I'm getting lung cancer
Well, I played (again) at the place I've been going, and did alright again. I ended up re-buying once for $40, so the total invested was $80. Anyways, it was one of the more crazy nights, with raises being anywhere from $12 to $25 preflop with no action before hand. In a $1/$2 game, thats pretty steep, generally, since the average stack (especially at this table) is only about $150-$200. Spending 1/8 of your stack preflop is a bit ridiculous, and the fact that people were doing it out of position with J-9o and other slightly more crazy holdings make it worse. Still, if one is patient, they can generally make a decent amount.
I had one hand with AA in the SB (small blind) where I raised to $12, and was called by like 5 people. The flop was T-5-3 with two clubs, and I bet $30 at the pot, and two people called! The turn was another T, and I checked, sure that someone had hit their third ten. Someone bet $10, was called by the other guy, and I called, praying for another A. The river was an 8c, and at this point I was pretty sure I was beat. I checked, the other two surprisingly checked, and the best hand besides mine was... AQo? WTF? What were they doing? Seriously... a crazy night.
Other than that, the night wasn't horrible, except for the cigar/cigarette smoke. People chain smoke in a little little room, and... they were pissed that I left after only playing like 4 hours. I told them I couldn't really breathe, and they ignored me, saying 'what else do you have to do?' I told them... I don't know... breathe? live? Not suffocate?
I won one hand with a runner runner flush (it was checked on the flop and bet small on the turn when I had a small pair already) and then called a reasonably big sized bet on the river, and someone was like 'I don't think he knew he had the flush'. blah. I've played conservatively the whole time I've been over there, would I really have called a pot-sized bet on the river with a pair of 6's and a 7 kicker? Seriously. Would ANYONE have? with 3 overcards on the board? blah. Alright, here are the stats for the night.
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 4
Started the night with: $80
Ended the night with: $326
Plus or minus for the night: +$246
Overall cash bankroll: $1248
Total plus or minus: +$1088
Total hours played: 43
Total per hour average: +$25.3/hour
Well, I'm halfway to my goal of making $500 more before I leave Iraq. Hopefully next session (which might be my last) I'll make the other $254 I need. I'll be happy with any positive gain though. Alright, I need to go shake a tower. I feel dirty and smell... worse. Somehow.
I had one hand with AA in the SB (small blind) where I raised to $12, and was called by like 5 people. The flop was T-5-3 with two clubs, and I bet $30 at the pot, and two people called! The turn was another T, and I checked, sure that someone had hit their third ten. Someone bet $10, was called by the other guy, and I called, praying for another A. The river was an 8c, and at this point I was pretty sure I was beat. I checked, the other two surprisingly checked, and the best hand besides mine was... AQo? WTF? What were they doing? Seriously... a crazy night.
Other than that, the night wasn't horrible, except for the cigar/cigarette smoke. People chain smoke in a little little room, and... they were pissed that I left after only playing like 4 hours. I told them I couldn't really breathe, and they ignored me, saying 'what else do you have to do?' I told them... I don't know... breathe? live? Not suffocate?
I won one hand with a runner runner flush (it was checked on the flop and bet small on the turn when I had a small pair already) and then called a reasonably big sized bet on the river, and someone was like 'I don't think he knew he had the flush'. blah. I've played conservatively the whole time I've been over there, would I really have called a pot-sized bet on the river with a pair of 6's and a 7 kicker? Seriously. Would ANYONE have? with 3 overcards on the board? blah. Alright, here are the stats for the night.
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 4
Started the night with: $80
Ended the night with: $326
Plus or minus for the night: +$246
Overall cash bankroll: $1248
Total plus or minus: +$1088
Total hours played: 43
Total per hour average: +$25.3/hour
Well, I'm halfway to my goal of making $500 more before I leave Iraq. Hopefully next session (which might be my last) I'll make the other $254 I need. I'll be happy with any positive gain though. Alright, I need to go shake a tower. I feel dirty and smell... worse. Somehow.
Monday, September 17, 2007
A few nights combined
Well my friends, I'm afraid I've slacked in that I've played four times since my last posting, and haven't posted any of the games. I think it had to do with the fact that I lost two of the nights and only won $33 the third. Tonight I did reasonable, and... yeah. It feels crappy to talk about a losing night, but I resolve henceforth to post regardless of wins/losses. This is supposed to be objective, but how can it stay that way if I only talk about winning? So.. henceforth. excellent.
That being said, I'll talk a bit about tonight, though perhaps not too much. The game didn't last very long, only about 4 hours, and about 1.5 of it was playing 5-handed. The table is generally always full at 10 people the entire night, and its been fun the last couple of nights to play when you're short handed. The hand requirements aren't nearly so strict, and you get to play a lot more pots, which actually in the long run contributes to more $$ earned. Still, it can give you a headache, playing that many pots and having to think so much (imagine that: a degenerate poker player like me having to THINK!! poor baby huh. shut up.)
Anyways, there was one hand in particular that sticks out to me tonight. I held Td-Jd in middle position. I limped (which means I called the $2 minimum bet, because nobody had raised the pot yet) and there were about 3 callers after me, when the button decided to get frisky and raise $12. This is the exact sort of situation that my hand does well in, since if I can catch something, it will generally win, and if I don't, it's easy to fold. So, big pots with lots of people contributing are ideal. Everyone else called, and the pot was instantly $60. The flop came 7d-8d-5c. This gave me a gutshot straight flush draw, which is a great hand. I checked, someone bet $5, someone reraised to $10, and I flat-called. The next card was 5d, giving me a flush, and letting someone possibly have a full house. I checked, the original bettor from last hand bet $10, someone reraised to $20, and I called the $20, hoping to get more action. The guy who bet re-raised to $40 more on top of it all, which basically said he was pot-committed since he only had about $28 left. He was a loose player though, and one that usually bet too hard for the hands he had. I really didn't think he had a flush, since he had been betting hard on the flop. Everyone else folded, and I thought for a long time before going all-in, knowing that if he had a full house I at least had one card in the deck that would save me (the 9d). He of course called, and flipped over Ad-5s. He had the nut flush draw and trips, so I had to avoid a lot of cards, but luckily for me, a meaningless Jc came on the river, and I raked an enormous pot. Incidentally, another player folded a 6d, which means, since the board read 5d-7d-8d-Jc-5c, if he had hit the 9d for a straight flush, I would have beat him out with a higher straight flush (he was in the hand for a long time, until the $40 re-re-raise. It was a very interesting hand, and I'm not sure if I played it entirely correctly or not. I guess someday I'll read this again and decide, haha.
Well, here are the stats for the first 3 (not posted) sessions, as far as I can tell:
First night, Second night, Third night
Plus or minus for the night: -$160, $-160, +$33
Total plus or minus for 3 sessions: -$287
Total hours played in those sessions: 3, 4, 2.5
And here are the stats for tonight, with the other ones added in:
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 4
Started the night with: $40
Ended the night with: $283
Plus or minus for the night: +$243
Overall cash bankroll: $1002
Total plus or minus: +$842
Total hours played: 39
Total per hour average: +$21.6/hour
Well, its discouraging to lose a few nights in a row, but I'm back on the right track now hopefully. I'll only be playing about 2 or 3 more sessions over here before we leave Iraq, my goal is to make another $500, though I'll be happy with ANY positive numbers. It's been a good place for me thus far, and I have reason to have 'positive expectation' for going a lot. Anyways, I need to go to sleep, it's a bit late and this is the only time of the day that my tent isn't unbearable to be in. Goodbye!
-Trike
That being said, I'll talk a bit about tonight, though perhaps not too much. The game didn't last very long, only about 4 hours, and about 1.5 of it was playing 5-handed. The table is generally always full at 10 people the entire night, and its been fun the last couple of nights to play when you're short handed. The hand requirements aren't nearly so strict, and you get to play a lot more pots, which actually in the long run contributes to more $$ earned. Still, it can give you a headache, playing that many pots and having to think so much (imagine that: a degenerate poker player like me having to THINK!! poor baby huh. shut up.)
Anyways, there was one hand in particular that sticks out to me tonight. I held Td-Jd in middle position. I limped (which means I called the $2 minimum bet, because nobody had raised the pot yet) and there were about 3 callers after me, when the button decided to get frisky and raise $12. This is the exact sort of situation that my hand does well in, since if I can catch something, it will generally win, and if I don't, it's easy to fold. So, big pots with lots of people contributing are ideal. Everyone else called, and the pot was instantly $60. The flop came 7d-8d-5c. This gave me a gutshot straight flush draw, which is a great hand. I checked, someone bet $5, someone reraised to $10, and I flat-called. The next card was 5d, giving me a flush, and letting someone possibly have a full house. I checked, the original bettor from last hand bet $10, someone reraised to $20, and I called the $20, hoping to get more action. The guy who bet re-raised to $40 more on top of it all, which basically said he was pot-committed since he only had about $28 left. He was a loose player though, and one that usually bet too hard for the hands he had. I really didn't think he had a flush, since he had been betting hard on the flop. Everyone else folded, and I thought for a long time before going all-in, knowing that if he had a full house I at least had one card in the deck that would save me (the 9d). He of course called, and flipped over Ad-5s. He had the nut flush draw and trips, so I had to avoid a lot of cards, but luckily for me, a meaningless Jc came on the river, and I raked an enormous pot. Incidentally, another player folded a 6d, which means, since the board read 5d-7d-8d-Jc-5c, if he had hit the 9d for a straight flush, I would have beat him out with a higher straight flush (he was in the hand for a long time, until the $40 re-re-raise. It was a very interesting hand, and I'm not sure if I played it entirely correctly or not. I guess someday I'll read this again and decide, haha.
Well, here are the stats for the first 3 (not posted) sessions, as far as I can tell:
First night, Second night, Third night
Plus or minus for the night: -$160, $-160, +$33
Total plus or minus for 3 sessions: -$287
Total hours played in those sessions: 3, 4, 2.5
And here are the stats for tonight, with the other ones added in:
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 4
Started the night with: $40
Ended the night with: $283
Plus or minus for the night: +$243
Overall cash bankroll: $1002
Total plus or minus: +$842
Total hours played: 39
Total per hour average: +$21.6/hour
Well, its discouraging to lose a few nights in a row, but I'm back on the right track now hopefully. I'll only be playing about 2 or 3 more sessions over here before we leave Iraq, my goal is to make another $500, though I'll be happy with ANY positive numbers. It's been a good place for me thus far, and I have reason to have 'positive expectation' for going a lot. Anyways, I need to go to sleep, it's a bit late and this is the only time of the day that my tent isn't unbearable to be in. Goodbye!
-Trike
Friday, September 7, 2007
meh
Well, tonight I ended up going to play once again at 'the game' I've been going to. I was/am really tired from sleeping about 3 hours last night, and I'm really really convinced it was a bad idea for me to go at all, but I sort of got coerced into going by another guy in my unit. I'm not sure how he was up to it either, we had already gone on half a mission and cleaned our old rooms and moved to the disgusting tents all in one day. But I suppose that sort of thing should be for another blog, since this is supposed to be strictly poker.
I bought in for the normal $40 at the start and quickly doubled up with 8c-9c in the cutoff seat. There were no raises and I called, and the flop came 9s-Qc-2d. One guy who always does really tiny bets when he has a weak hand and wants to define it, bet $3, and after 2 other people called it, I called as well. The next card came as the 3c, which gave me a flush draw with my pair of 9's. The guy apparently liked the 3 because he bet $12, and only one other person called. I called as well, and the next card came as... 6c. I had a flush, and the guy bet $10, I reraised my final $16, and when he called he turned over... Q-3o. Nice for me.
After that, I struggled, I had a million draws that I was getting a GREAT price on, but I never hit one, it was pretty frusterating, and I ended up losing an all-in with A-K on a A-7-2 rainbow board to QQ who spiked a Q on the river. I rebought for $100 (my last money, since I had 'added on' to my stack with a $20 earlier in the night) and right away was awarded TT. A series of raising went on, where I ended up paying about $29 preflop since people kept going all in and doing ridiculous stuff, but I was getting a good price for my hand, when... I spiked a T on the flop. I was pretty excited, and bet $25 in a sidepot, and a guy called. He folded to my all-in of $38 on the turn, and I gladly raked the sidepot. The river came a heart and... the guy who had gone all-in with Ah-5h hit his flush and took in the massive $150+ pot with a donk hand. It frusterated me, but ... I kept trucking. As an interesting sidenote, I ended up losing about $10 on that pot. Actually, not too interesting.
The rest of the night was also frusterating, it seemed like I couldn't get anything going, and my AK's that I got 6 times hit exactly 0 times on the flop. Not a whole lot of action for me, it was basically a grind the whole night and I ended up cashing out at 0130, about 6 hours into the game. I really should have quit a long time sooner. Still, I can't complain about the results, for me being as tired as I was, I'm excited that I was even able to end the night up at all. So, here are the stats for the night:
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 6
Started the night with: $160
Ended the night with: $228
Plus or minus for the night: +$68
Overall cash bankroll: $1046
Total plus or minus: +$886
Total hours played: 25.5
Total per hour average: +$34.7/hour
Still not too horrible I suppose. Hopefully next time I'll be able to do better next time. Still, my undefeated run has to end sometime, though hopefully it won't be soon. I realize that nobody really reads this, but I'm stoked-ish to read this like, a year from now, haha. Anyways, I love you, whoever IS reading this, you seriously rock.
-Trike
I bought in for the normal $40 at the start and quickly doubled up with 8c-9c in the cutoff seat. There were no raises and I called, and the flop came 9s-Qc-2d. One guy who always does really tiny bets when he has a weak hand and wants to define it, bet $3, and after 2 other people called it, I called as well. The next card came as the 3c, which gave me a flush draw with my pair of 9's. The guy apparently liked the 3 because he bet $12, and only one other person called. I called as well, and the next card came as... 6c. I had a flush, and the guy bet $10, I reraised my final $16, and when he called he turned over... Q-3o. Nice for me.
After that, I struggled, I had a million draws that I was getting a GREAT price on, but I never hit one, it was pretty frusterating, and I ended up losing an all-in with A-K on a A-7-2 rainbow board to QQ who spiked a Q on the river. I rebought for $100 (my last money, since I had 'added on' to my stack with a $20 earlier in the night) and right away was awarded TT. A series of raising went on, where I ended up paying about $29 preflop since people kept going all in and doing ridiculous stuff, but I was getting a good price for my hand, when... I spiked a T on the flop. I was pretty excited, and bet $25 in a sidepot, and a guy called. He folded to my all-in of $38 on the turn, and I gladly raked the sidepot. The river came a heart and... the guy who had gone all-in with Ah-5h hit his flush and took in the massive $150+ pot with a donk hand. It frusterated me, but ... I kept trucking. As an interesting sidenote, I ended up losing about $10 on that pot. Actually, not too interesting.
The rest of the night was also frusterating, it seemed like I couldn't get anything going, and my AK's that I got 6 times hit exactly 0 times on the flop. Not a whole lot of action for me, it was basically a grind the whole night and I ended up cashing out at 0130, about 6 hours into the game. I really should have quit a long time sooner. Still, I can't complain about the results, for me being as tired as I was, I'm excited that I was even able to end the night up at all. So, here are the stats for the night:
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 6
Started the night with: $160
Ended the night with: $228
Plus or minus for the night: +$68
Overall cash bankroll: $1046
Total plus or minus: +$886
Total hours played: 25.5
Total per hour average: +$34.7/hour
Still not too horrible I suppose. Hopefully next time I'll be able to do better next time. Still, my undefeated run has to end sometime, though hopefully it won't be soon. I realize that nobody really reads this, but I'm stoked-ish to read this like, a year from now, haha. Anyways, I love you, whoever IS reading this, you seriously rock.
-Trike
Monday, September 3, 2007
A better day!
Well, today our mission went very smoothly and I decided to go play poker at 'the game' tonight. I was a bit tired, but felt that with all the energy drinks floating around in my system I was bound to be awake for a while anyways. After showering, I left for the place with the intention of playing from 2000 to 0000, as in, 4 hours tops. Just enough to get in, play a bit, and get out. It's a pretty rough environment for me, since they allow smoking and the room is really really small. I'm in the military, and everyone knows that military people smoke. Even the non-smokers smoke cigars. And though I'm not above smoking a cigar with friends, people here CHAIN-smoke. So, it's nice to play for about 4 hours at a time and then escape into the fresh air. It'll be nice to get back to the states and quit second-hand smoke cold turkey. But thats besides the point.
I ended up buying in for $40 and after a few circuits, I found myself in a reasonable situation. I had $33 with As4h in the cutoff seat (the seat to the right of the dealer, which is generally considered the 2nd best position) and I called the $2 blind after about 4 callers. The blinds called/checked, and the flop came 4s-5s-9s. There was a $7 bet followed by two callers, and then me, who merely called. The next card was the 8s, giving me the nut flush (though someone COULD have a straight flush), and I was able to get all in with 2 callers, with the result of me more than tripling up the first hand.
After that I literally played 6 hands in 3 hours. I think the highlights include a $70 pot I took with Q-2o against a few bluffers, another A-4 hand I split the pot with someone with another weak ace, and my Qs-Js hitting top two and a flush draw. All these hands helped to keep me in the $100 range, though I seemed like I was stuck.
I was literally about to give them my 30 minute notice the next hand, when I was dealt KK in the big blind. It was called around the table almost to a man, and I raised to $15. Someone went all-in for their remaining $27, and he got 3 callers. I ended up taking the pot, with the best my opponents could offer being pocket 6's. After that I hit a few other reasonable hands and before I knew it, I had a giant chipstack. No really interesting hands for me, the coolest I think I had was J-9d on a Qd-8d-9c-Ad-2h board. I had literally zero three of a kinds, zero full houses, zero straights, and about 5 pocket pairs the entire night (2 of which were QQ, of which both got busted). Single pairs seemed to be the defining factor of the rest of the night.
Anyways, I ended up staying til 0230 which was a lot later than I had really planned on. I was (and still am) pretty darn tired, and I was starting to stop thinking coherently. Still, I felt it would have been rude to make a lot of money there and then try to cash out as soon as possible. So I stayed a few extra hours, in the smoke. woot. I have a horrible headache right now.
Well, here are the stats for the night! I never had to rebuy from my original $40, though I had brought $160.
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 6.5
Started the night with: $40
Ended the night with: $481
Plus or minus for the night: +$441
Overall cash bankroll: $978
Total plus or minus: +$818
Total hours played: 19.5
Total per hour average: +$41.9/hour
As you can see I had a pretty successful night. I'm beat though, have a good night.
-Trike
I ended up buying in for $40 and after a few circuits, I found myself in a reasonable situation. I had $33 with As4h in the cutoff seat (the seat to the right of the dealer, which is generally considered the 2nd best position) and I called the $2 blind after about 4 callers. The blinds called/checked, and the flop came 4s-5s-9s. There was a $7 bet followed by two callers, and then me, who merely called. The next card was the 8s, giving me the nut flush (though someone COULD have a straight flush), and I was able to get all in with 2 callers, with the result of me more than tripling up the first hand.
After that I literally played 6 hands in 3 hours. I think the highlights include a $70 pot I took with Q-2o against a few bluffers, another A-4 hand I split the pot with someone with another weak ace, and my Qs-Js hitting top two and a flush draw. All these hands helped to keep me in the $100 range, though I seemed like I was stuck.
I was literally about to give them my 30 minute notice the next hand, when I was dealt KK in the big blind. It was called around the table almost to a man, and I raised to $15. Someone went all-in for their remaining $27, and he got 3 callers. I ended up taking the pot, with the best my opponents could offer being pocket 6's. After that I hit a few other reasonable hands and before I knew it, I had a giant chipstack. No really interesting hands for me, the coolest I think I had was J-9d on a Qd-8d-9c-Ad-2h board. I had literally zero three of a kinds, zero full houses, zero straights, and about 5 pocket pairs the entire night (2 of which were QQ, of which both got busted). Single pairs seemed to be the defining factor of the rest of the night.
Anyways, I ended up staying til 0230 which was a lot later than I had really planned on. I was (and still am) pretty darn tired, and I was starting to stop thinking coherently. Still, I felt it would have been rude to make a lot of money there and then try to cash out as soon as possible. So I stayed a few extra hours, in the smoke. woot. I have a horrible headache right now.
Well, here are the stats for the night! I never had to rebuy from my original $40, though I had brought $160.
$1/$2 NL Hold'em
Hours logged for the session: 6.5
Started the night with: $40
Ended the night with: $481
Plus or minus for the night: +$441
Overall cash bankroll: $978
Total plus or minus: +$818
Total hours played: 19.5
Total per hour average: +$41.9/hour
As you can see I had a pretty successful night. I'm beat though, have a good night.
-Trike
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