Sit down at a table the other day. Frist hand I'm dealt (I post in CO) I get AJo and it's folded around to me. I pop it to $10 (standard PFR in 1/2 nl here) fold - fold - BB reraises min. I can instantly tell this old guy is a dumb fish. Not like one of the regular retired guys that plays daily and nitty, just a fish.............trust me if you haven't played live before, you can spot these guys a mile away.
Anyway I call of course. Flop comes J73 rainbow, he bets 30 I shove (I started with $200 he had about $170) and he snap calls with 88, 9 on turn 10 on river I lose to staight. Live pokers is so OMG funny and soft. I don't get upset, I'm just happy to be playing daily in games like this. The funny thing is, good players would think, WTF would you shove there? For value obviously, it's so insane how light people call in these games.
I also met this girl named Jing from China. Not 100% sure what she does for work, but she does it on the computer. She works all day from her hotel room, then comes down and plays poker. She's very nice........(translation: six foot tall and gourgeous)........gotta move quick. She's only in town for 3 weeks.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
WTF Did This Fish Have?
So I'm in a 1/2 nl game. One guy that's really tight, I mean like super tight nit that never plays a hand, has $300 in front of him. To his left is a crazy Danish guy that has built his chips up to about $950 mostly by making cray huge bluffs in large pots (showed them all the time) and the one time he gets called he has runner runner for a boat.....against me of course (he had T6o vs my AK on QJT66 board). Anyway, back to the story.
Nit guy raises to $12, Dane 3 bets to $40, folds around Nit guy shoves Dane snap calls. Nit guy has JJ and it holds to beat Danish guys AKo for $600 pot. Now the nit and Dane both have $600ish. Only a few hands later, Nit is BB and Dane is utg. Dane makes it $20, folded to nit who min riases and tells the Dane he has a much better pair this time. Dane looks at him and says I guess I need to get lucky then and calls.
Flop is QJ8. Nit bets out for $100, Dane insta calls. Turn is another 8, Nit bets $200, Dane insta calls. River is a 3 (no flush on board). Nit shoves, Dane thinks for about 15 seconds and calls. Nit shows KK and Dane mucks. $1200 fucking pot in a 1/2 game and he can't beat KK on that board? WHAT THE FUCK? Guess he had AQ. OMG people are fucking retarded in live pokers.
Yesterday was Anderw's 12th birthday. He's getting so big on me it's crazy. Only 3 weeks of school left and it's his summer time. I think he's going to spend a lot of the summer with his grandparents this year, so I'll be home alone a lot this summer. Lots of time for poker and going out.......maybe time for a bit of dating.
Nit guy raises to $12, Dane 3 bets to $40, folds around Nit guy shoves Dane snap calls. Nit guy has JJ and it holds to beat Danish guys AKo for $600 pot. Now the nit and Dane both have $600ish. Only a few hands later, Nit is BB and Dane is utg. Dane makes it $20, folded to nit who min riases and tells the Dane he has a much better pair this time. Dane looks at him and says I guess I need to get lucky then and calls.
Flop is QJ8. Nit bets out for $100, Dane insta calls. Turn is another 8, Nit bets $200, Dane insta calls. River is a 3 (no flush on board). Nit shoves, Dane thinks for about 15 seconds and calls. Nit shows KK and Dane mucks. $1200 fucking pot in a 1/2 game and he can't beat KK on that board? WHAT THE FUCK? Guess he had AQ. OMG people are fucking retarded in live pokers.
Yesterday was Anderw's 12th birthday. He's getting so big on me it's crazy. Only 3 weeks of school left and it's his summer time. I think he's going to spend a lot of the summer with his grandparents this year, so I'll be home alone a lot this summer. Lots of time for poker and going out.......maybe time for a bit of dating.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Got It
Finally. After all this time I got the job I wanted. I start as a bartender apprentice soon. My boss has to sign off on the transfer, which I'm sure won't be until after Memorial Day Weekend since it's one of the busiest weekends of the year. So I should be starting my new job by June 1st at the latest.
This means about a 50% to 70% increase in pay depending on tips. I originally thought I'd be getting less hours but higher pay. Come to find out I'll be getting just as many hours (40 per week) and higher pay plus tips.
Also found out that I don't have to put in 2000 hrs to be a bartender in the union (which our casino is in). I only have to pass the bartenders union school which is 4 months long. I'll be starting the school in June also. It's just a few hours a night a few nights a week, so shouldn't be hard to do. Then once I'm through my boss can put me on as an acutal bartender. That is another large pay increase that will almost double what I make as an apprentice.
And still killing the live pokers. Every day I'm amazed at the dumb shit I see.
This means about a 50% to 70% increase in pay depending on tips. I originally thought I'd be getting less hours but higher pay. Come to find out I'll be getting just as many hours (40 per week) and higher pay plus tips.
Also found out that I don't have to put in 2000 hrs to be a bartender in the union (which our casino is in). I only have to pass the bartenders union school which is 4 months long. I'll be starting the school in June also. It's just a few hours a night a few nights a week, so shouldn't be hard to do. Then once I'm through my boss can put me on as an acutal bartender. That is another large pay increase that will almost double what I make as an apprentice.
And still killing the live pokers. Every day I'm amazed at the dumb shit I see.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Paying To Keep A Fish Around
So yesterday I get at the B at about 8:30 a.m., (normal for me), and there's a table running that I can tell has been going all night. Lots of drunks and guys that look like they can barely keep their eyes open.
I get a seat and it only takes me 1 hand to realize there's 2 huge fish down in seat 2 and 3 but seat 3 is one of these 90/50 guys if ya know what I mean. He is so drunk and being so loud that the poker manager calls security to remove him, a nice tip of a few red chips to each security officer convinces them to leave him though, and I explain to the poker manager if he leaves this table will die..........so he stays.
I end up getting all in 4 times against this guy preflop. 3 times with pair vs pair (all 3 of mine are bigger including AA vs 22 on one) and the other was AK vs his AT. I lost 3 of the 4 hands. My TT vs his 99 is the only one I win. The pots were never too big, he always had between $135 and $75 in front of him, (he would always rebuy for $100). I end up losing just over a buyin for the day but it was fun to see how lively and fishy these games can be.
I also feel like I'm losing value by betting too small with my hands. I value bet everytime I should, but not for enough. I realized this when a really good full time 5/10 player sat down and started playing waiting for his seat. For instance he had one hand where the board was A47JT (no flush possible but the flop had a FD on it) and the pot was about $65 on the river. He bets $100 on the river and gets snap called by A3, he had A4 for 2 pair and gets called for a huge over bet with TP no kicker.
Time for me to value be more. I need to quit considering pot size when I bet. I kinda knew this already, but it's time to really put it into play.
Tomorrow is my adution for bartending at work. I have to pour 20 different glasses to a certain oz from 1/4 to 2 and then make 3 drinks that I pull out of a hat out of 19 possible drinks. I have all 19 drinks memorized and I'm pretty good at pouring blind shots, (been practicing a ton). So if all goes well I should be getting this bartending job offered to me very soon. I'm taking today off from poker to review my knowlegde and prepare one last time.
Wish me luck.
I get a seat and it only takes me 1 hand to realize there's 2 huge fish down in seat 2 and 3 but seat 3 is one of these 90/50 guys if ya know what I mean. He is so drunk and being so loud that the poker manager calls security to remove him, a nice tip of a few red chips to each security officer convinces them to leave him though, and I explain to the poker manager if he leaves this table will die..........so he stays.
I end up getting all in 4 times against this guy preflop. 3 times with pair vs pair (all 3 of mine are bigger including AA vs 22 on one) and the other was AK vs his AT. I lost 3 of the 4 hands. My TT vs his 99 is the only one I win. The pots were never too big, he always had between $135 and $75 in front of him, (he would always rebuy for $100). I end up losing just over a buyin for the day but it was fun to see how lively and fishy these games can be.
I also feel like I'm losing value by betting too small with my hands. I value bet everytime I should, but not for enough. I realized this when a really good full time 5/10 player sat down and started playing waiting for his seat. For instance he had one hand where the board was A47JT (no flush possible but the flop had a FD on it) and the pot was about $65 on the river. He bets $100 on the river and gets snap called by A3, he had A4 for 2 pair and gets called for a huge over bet with TP no kicker.
Time for me to value be more. I need to quit considering pot size when I bet. I kinda knew this already, but it's time to really put it into play.
Tomorrow is my adution for bartending at work. I have to pour 20 different glasses to a certain oz from 1/4 to 2 and then make 3 drinks that I pull out of a hat out of 19 possible drinks. I have all 19 drinks memorized and I'm pretty good at pouring blind shots, (been practicing a ton). So if all goes well I should be getting this bartending job offered to me very soon. I'm taking today off from poker to review my knowlegde and prepare one last time.
Wish me luck.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Live Pokers
Well so far things are going well. I haven't ran really terrible, but I haven't ran good either. I've been involved in 3 all ins, I was bluffing with 8 high in one and I got picked off by pocket sixes on a 75377 board, the other 2 hands I lost when I put my money in ahead. Picked off by a 7 outer and a 3 outer. Yet my winrate is still well above what I'm trying to acheive. Of course it's a very small sample. I've gotten AA 5 times, picked up the blinds and a few limps in one and folded or lost the other 4.
It takes some adjusting compared to online play, but it's extremely easy. I think I'll really do well. Watched a very mediocre player run like God today and win $1600 at the table. Can't wait to have one of those days. This happened in a mater of 4 hrs, which is about 120 hands..........wow, what a run. People just pay you off.
LeSieurs Guide to Winning at Live Pokers:
Chapter 1. Play like a huge nit, nobody will notice or care. Value bet very light, you will get paid off. Base your bet sizing on what you want your opponents to do, the size of the pot or stacks is meaningless. Tell Monica how nice she looks (hot cocktail waitresss), she will rub the back of your neck and call you honey when she sees you for the first time each day.
Fun stories next time.
It takes some adjusting compared to online play, but it's extremely easy. I think I'll really do well. Watched a very mediocre player run like God today and win $1600 at the table. Can't wait to have one of those days. This happened in a mater of 4 hrs, which is about 120 hands..........wow, what a run. People just pay you off.
LeSieurs Guide to Winning at Live Pokers:
Chapter 1. Play like a huge nit, nobody will notice or care. Value bet very light, you will get paid off. Base your bet sizing on what you want your opponents to do, the size of the pot or stacks is meaningless. Tell Monica how nice she looks (hot cocktail waitresss), she will rub the back of your neck and call you honey when she sees you for the first time each day.
Fun stories next time.
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