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September 22, 2007, 2AM: Played 3 hours, Lost $28.00 at Napa Valley Casino
$3/6 Texas Hold'em
Feels like a $200 win with the way I've been playing. 6-7-way action every hand preflop, so of course I started playing any two cards and lost a bunch, then made most of it back.
Last hand before I get up I decide to straddle and raise myself, and am capped by a guy across the table from me. Flop comes AK2 and I bet and get raised by this guy as he says "same hand, eh?".
I mucked when I should have reraised. "same hand, eh?" shows a lot of weakness, in my opinion. Whatever, you're not going to make a million bucks on stone cold bluffs playing 3-6 (I had 67o).
Last Update: September 22, 2007, 1:41PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
August 23, 2007, 2AM: Played 2 hours, Lost $203.00 at Bay 101
$4/8 Omaha Hi-Lo
Omaha is a very boring game (to me). I thought I would get to see more flops, but I did not. At least now I know I should stick to the holdem tables.
For the last half hour I was really pressing to get some action to get rid of my last $60 or so. I finally succeeded. Other than that, I don't think I played particularly bad. I seemed to be allergic to Aces.
Had one hand where I threw way what wound up being a winner, but I think it was the right play. I had 345J and flop came 678, I am first to act and there are four players. I check, then bet, raise, re-raise, so I muck. Turns out nobody was stronger than my 34 on the low. I'm pretty sure I was right to muck there.
Last Update: August 23, 2007, 2:30AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
August 23, 2007, 12AM: Played 1 hour, Made $4.00 at Bay 101
$6/12 Texas Hold'em
Played for an hour and won $4. Got bored and decided to try out Omaha for a while.
Last Update: August 23, 2007, 2:24AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
August 12, 2007, 3AM: Played 2 hours, Lost $111.00 at Bay 101
$6/12 Texas Hold'em
Was up abt $40 until the last 8 hands. Just sort of played like an asshole and donked off about $140 from the button until one before my big blind (time to go). It started with an "acceptable" loss where I aggro-played J5h and hit my flush...someone else had KQh...whatever. Then it got really bad when I check-raised the turn 5-handed with a pair of deuces after the flush hit.
I guess those hands will make me a better player later. $140 lesson...no biggie.
Last Update: August 12, 2007, 3:04AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
June 30, 2007, 4AM: Played 5 hours, Lost $198.00 at Bay 101
$6/12 Texas Hold'em
Played too long...about three hours too long. Was up about 140, and went a bit card-dead. I could feel myself pressing by playing too many hands preflop trying to manufacture another rush. Jesse will probably have a lot to say about a full house that I badly mis-played (checked the river with the third-nut hand).
The leaks in my game are fairly obvious. One problem I have is that I tend to stay at the table too long, especially when winning. Since I don't play often, and I win even less often, I am always tempted to just sit there forever when I'm ahead.
Last Update: June 30, 2007, 4:38AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
March 17, 2007, 4AM: Played 50 minutes, Lost $199.00 at Garden City
$6/12 Texas Hold'em
I had a plan when I walked in: get my money into the pot as fast as possible. I was successful. I think I'm afraid to play ultra-tight. It's almost like I'm going in feeling defeated already. Like, if I'm going to lose anyways, I may as well lose by playing like a donkey.
I think I need my next log entry to say "I lost because I got blinded to death for 4 hours" or "I lost becuase I hit flops and kept getting outdrawn". I don't think I can play loose anymore. I need to play boring, like REALLY boring, regardless of how much preflop action there is, and regardless of how predictable my play is.
Last Update: March 17, 2007, 4:07AM | Permalink (1 Comment)
February 18, 2007, 2AM: Played 2 hours, 40 minutes, Lost $126.00 at Napa Valley Casino
$3/6 Omaha Hi-Lo
Played Omaha -- very loose table. I was by far tightest player. Not tight enough. I do like Omaha. Need to learn to value starting hands better.
Last Update: February 18, 2007, 2:07AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
February 17, 2007, 11PM: Played 2 hours, Lost $74.00 at Napa Valley Casino
$3/6 Texas Hold'em
Played with dad and Jesse for dad's birthday. Ran into a lot of trouble with Ace-Rag. Need to learn to raise or muck that. Really need to learn to extract the information to see whether there is another Ace.
Last Update: February 18, 2007, 2:05AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
January 30, 2007, 4AM: Played 3 hours, 30 minutes, Lost $120.00 at Bay 101
$100 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (12th out of 83 Players)
Almost got healthy enough to make the final table. Last two hands, UTG look at A8o -- it holds up against K3h. Next hand BB look at 55, gets beat by 67s. Could have probably limped into the money after doubling up with the A8o, but I made the right call.
Again: played well but did not get paid for it. Hit a nice rush with AA, AJ, and JJ to bust three players. More interesting were the mistakes:
Early in the tournament I got lucky getting way over-committed to A2o on the button. I make it 3x BB to go and BB calls me. Flop is XXX, two spades, so I fire again for 3x BB, turn is not a spade so I fire again for 5x BB. Now I've only got about 7x BB left. River is a blank, no spade, and the BB folds to me before I can even shove my chips in. Thing is: I was pissed at myself for playing that hand that way, and wasn't sure whether to check the river or not. In the end, I was going to move all-in. On this hand I showed Jesse what I had and everyone got all pissy about it. What's the big deal? When is it Ok to show cards.
Later in the tournament, smooth call a raise (2x BB) with AKo, BB also calls. Flop is 7XX, BB goes all-in for another 3x BB and I call. He rolls over 77. Should have known to fold, but I had this voice in my ear telling me he went all-in with AQ two hands earlier.
Next mistake was a big one. In SB with TT, folds around to me, and I double the BB. BB calls, flop is XXQ, check, bet, muck. Should have smooth called the BB and mucked when I missed. Either that or continuation-bet the flop (preferably after having already made a bigger raise than 2x BB), but I think the conservative play would have been best.
Last Update: January 30, 2007, 11:57AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
January 20, 2007, 12AM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes, Lost $200.00 at Garden City
$6/12 Texas Hold'em
I played well. I can't think of any hands where I donked off chips. I think I just lost some hands I was ahead in. Last three hands I got involved in were:
23d flop a flush, 4th diamond hits river odds
44 flop set, beat by runner-runner gutshot straight odds
AA flop QXX, up against KK and QJ, turn is Q odds
I mean, I'm only *way* ahead in one of those, but I would have liked to drag at least one of them. I also got chopped twice (two people dealt same two cards).
When I first sat down I felt very good about the table I was at. Felt like I had a good read on many of the players -- lots of loose-passives, and the only decent players were the two on my right. Those guys got up pretty quick, though, and the table got a little trickier. I did not have as good a feel at the end.
I feel like I'm getting better. Never panicked and got way loose or super-passive (or both) like I have done when down. Don't feel like I leaked too many chips. I may have been having trouble playing medium pairs this time. I need to muck when the overcard hits, or even muck if I have top pair to start, counting on the overcard to hit. But I'm ahead in that situation...??? Maybe I just got unlucky, or just need to know the other players at the table better. Also had a hard time with Ace-rag -- laid it down most of the time. Played a couple A8o...not sure if that is a good idea.
Only disappointing thing is I'd like to be rewarded when I play well, since it happens so rarely.
Last Update: January 20, 2007, 12:29AM | Permalink (1 Comment)
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