For the last week or so since my schedule dosent allow me to play, I've been doing some reading and mentally preparing myself for a week of non stop poker action coming up when I leave for vegas. At first all I could find was hellmuth "play poker like a pro" but after some long searches I finally found skalansky small stakes holdem in my garage last week. I've read it through once last week and right now I've been concentrating a lot on per flop plays and flop plays. I know my biggest problem right now is my preflop play. I've got the "SAG" blood in me so a lot of cards looks good to me to play. But right now I'm really starting to understand proper cards and position of what to play. In vegas I got to step up my game. Even though I'm planning to play either 6/12 or 10/20 hold em mainly or 8/16 if they have it, I don't want to be the fish on the table. At the creek I'm usually the tag of the table unless the santi or Tony is at my table then they usually a lot more aggressive than me for some reason. But now I'm entering vegas when its the wsop happening and there's gonna be a lot of players there. And the worst thing that I want is to be painted the fish at the table when I want to be the shark.
Well hopefully all my reading isn't for nothing. I plan to play either sat night or sun before I leave for my poker extravaganza.
So hopefully I learned from my reading and imporove on 3 of my greatest weakness.
-selecting proper playing cards to play
-know my position and not limp in with crap cards.
-Raise or fold should be my main options preflop.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Cache Creek Round 2
As I said I was planning on going back to the creek today and I did. Funny thing though was when I got there there was like 3 tables running of 4/8 and a list of 20 people waiting for a seat. So I went to grab a bite to eat and when i returned the list didn't change. Since all the chairs were taken and i didn't feel like standing and wait, I went to my car to take a nap.
Fast forward two hours........
Its now Midnight and i woke up from my nap. I went downstairs and saw 5 tables running with no list. COOL..... Now I'm refresh and i sit right into a open seat. After 3 table breaks and drawing the worst cards for the open seats at another table I think i played like a total of 4 1/2 hours with a profit of $390 at the tables. Not bad if i do say so myself. I didn't start to run good till my 3rd table when i went on a heated and won like 4 hands in a row twice. That felt great.... But kind of bad because I had crap cards and was winning with them. But what can I say....
Well most of my hands went pretty standard last night. My first table I would win a hand and then lose the very next hand with top 5 playing cards. It made it look like I was way too aggressive. But hey i am not limping in with aces or ak like most donks at the creek.
One hand That i was pretty pissed off with was pockets 8 on the bb. Alot of callers and we saw the flop of 987 rainbow. I did a check raise but a player on seat 8 reraised me and we capped it to the turn. 3 players to the turn now. I'm thinking pair the board pair the board. Turn comes 9 BOOYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I check and the next player bets. Seat 8 raises and when it came to me I reraised. The that player i think he was seat 4 or 5 thought about it and folded the hand in frustration. Seat 8 caps it and we are heads up. River 2..... BAM baby i think i have the total lockdown on this hand. I bet out seat 8 raises, I reraise, and he reraised it right back to me.... I'm like in total awe..... Damn it did he flop 2 pairs and turn a bigger boat than me???? Its heads up and we can keep raising all we want, but now i decided to just call. He shows..... and I was about to shit in my pants when he turn over 92 for a bigger boat!!!!! That's so sick i was puking all over the guy next to me!!!! He went crazy with 9,2 !!!!!!!! WTF!!!!! ARE U shitting me!!!!!!
Well i will blog more later I'm fallng asleep right now.
Fast forward two hours........
Its now Midnight and i woke up from my nap. I went downstairs and saw 5 tables running with no list. COOL..... Now I'm refresh and i sit right into a open seat. After 3 table breaks and drawing the worst cards for the open seats at another table I think i played like a total of 4 1/2 hours with a profit of $390 at the tables. Not bad if i do say so myself. I didn't start to run good till my 3rd table when i went on a heated and won like 4 hands in a row twice. That felt great.... But kind of bad because I had crap cards and was winning with them. But what can I say....
Well most of my hands went pretty standard last night. My first table I would win a hand and then lose the very next hand with top 5 playing cards. It made it look like I was way too aggressive. But hey i am not limping in with aces or ak like most donks at the creek.
One hand That i was pretty pissed off with was pockets 8 on the bb. Alot of callers and we saw the flop of 987 rainbow. I did a check raise but a player on seat 8 reraised me and we capped it to the turn. 3 players to the turn now. I'm thinking pair the board pair the board. Turn comes 9 BOOYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I check and the next player bets. Seat 8 raises and when it came to me I reraised. The that player i think he was seat 4 or 5 thought about it and folded the hand in frustration. Seat 8 caps it and we are heads up. River 2..... BAM baby i think i have the total lockdown on this hand. I bet out seat 8 raises, I reraise, and he reraised it right back to me.... I'm like in total awe..... Damn it did he flop 2 pairs and turn a bigger boat than me???? Its heads up and we can keep raising all we want, but now i decided to just call. He shows..... and I was about to shit in my pants when he turn over 92 for a bigger boat!!!!! That's so sick i was puking all over the guy next to me!!!! He went crazy with 9,2 !!!!!!!! WTF!!!!! ARE U shitting me!!!!!!
Well i will blog more later I'm fallng asleep right now.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Cache creek blog while waiting for a seat.
Well that's right I'm blogging while I'm waiting for a seat. I got here around 2am and there was 3 tables plus a list. So I thought not bad it may last for a while. But as the first seat open up, they called and called till it was my turn. So I guess no waited around. So as I sat down there was some chips flying, nice pots and lots of action. Too bad I was card dead. I only played my blinds for the first 4 orbits and I never saw past the flop. Till this hand came up.
On the button with kj of spades. 3 limpers so I raised. 5 players to the flop. Flop is j54 two hearts. Good flop I think. It gets checked till it reached seat one who donk bet into me. I raised and he reraised and I capped it. I'm thinking man I hope he is on a flush draw and didn't flop a set or two pairs. Turn comes 9club not bad no strait or flush. Checks to me I bet and only he calls. River comes ace heart. Worst card ever. He checks and I checked and I showed my kj and he flips over AQ of spades??? That threw me off big time I was like wow u donk bet me with a bluff. But the guy turn out kind of cool. He thought I was a tight player and said he thought I raised with ak. I said well I still had you beat if that was true. He didn't expect me to have those cards. I'm like that's cool w/e. Well the table breaks after a few hands and we had to draw cards. I drew first and I get the 2 diamonds the lowest of the low I think. Well look like I'm next now they called the other three players now and looks like I'm next. Well hopefully that is.
Well that table didn't last too long as i sat down 3 players left. Only one other player was on the list so its 7 handed and this table had alot of donks and my hated female player that I don't know her name but she was almost busto. But as i sat down she won 4 hands in a row. She rebuilt her stack pretty quick. Now one of my favorite dealers sat down and started to deal. Soucho last time I played killed me pretty badly. But hopefully not this time. So its a kill and I'm under the gun? Well I'm first to act and I looked down and see KK so i raised it up. Only my nemesis who's the killer and the BB called which is a donk too. I think her name is sue, not the sue that plays at capital but i different sue that's normally at the creek alot. Well the flop comes and its queen high rainbow. Checks to me and i bet and they both folded. Not bad I think keep this up soucho.
Now I am in the bb and i looked down to see AK off suit. Everyone limps and i raised. All called, flops comes 7 5 2 rainbow. sb checks I bet 3 callers. Turn 10, SB bets into me and I paused and looked at Soucho and he smirks and shakes his head, I laughed and said i guess im no good now and fold. 2 callers and the river came q. Momma bets and one my nemesis calls. And sb shows 10 7 for two pairs and take down the pot. Well I thought Soucho liked me but i guess he still favors the santi.
Well a player left and now were 6 handed. Sb I get 10 8 suited and with a flop of 79A. I bet out and get 2 callers, Turn comes another A this is were I'm not sure if i played this right but i decided to check since there was two callers and either one could have a Ace in there hand. Seat 2 bets and seat 3 calls and I called. Maybe I should have folded?? But i blanked out the river and seat 2 bets and seat three folds and so do I. Seat two laughs it up a bit and showed ace duece off. Well he was ahead the whole way. But bad turn call? I gotta ask the santi.
Now I'm on the Button and its 5 handed, one player got up to go smoke. I looked down to see pocket 6. This is another question I have, 5 handed and I get pocket pair on the button first to act folds next Sue calls and now its on me I decided to raise. Too spewey? SB and BB calls and so does sue. flop comes AJQ. Argh..... that was pretty bad flop. All check to me and I bet and all called. Yikes!!!!! Not good! The Turn is 8, SB checks BB bets out. Sue calls and I fold and SB folds. River i think made a possible flush but sue didn't call. BB showed 10,9 off for a straight. But over all Makes me wonder was that a preflop call or raise? In my mind that should be a easy raise especially short handed. But Maybe not. Another santi question for him to ridicule me on.
Well after that a couple more orbits pass and the table breaks and I'm down 8 bucks for the night. I cashed out but One thing i did which was bad was The creek has this new slot machine that has EBAY on it. while I looked at it I just had to throw in a 20 bucks in it to try it out. The machine has been crowded most of the night since i guess alot of people wanted to try it out. Well so did I. A few pulls later and I saw a old asian lady started to scream, She sat right next to me and her friends were around her while she was playing and she hit a nice little jackpot for about 1200 bucks. Good for her, Fuck me, for picking the wrong seat to sit in. Well my 20 bucks went fast and I picked up a rockstar to drink on the way home. I plan on playing again today so hopefully this time it will go better.
Lates All.
On the button with kj of spades. 3 limpers so I raised. 5 players to the flop. Flop is j54 two hearts. Good flop I think. It gets checked till it reached seat one who donk bet into me. I raised and he reraised and I capped it. I'm thinking man I hope he is on a flush draw and didn't flop a set or two pairs. Turn comes 9club not bad no strait or flush. Checks to me I bet and only he calls. River comes ace heart. Worst card ever. He checks and I checked and I showed my kj and he flips over AQ of spades??? That threw me off big time I was like wow u donk bet me with a bluff. But the guy turn out kind of cool. He thought I was a tight player and said he thought I raised with ak. I said well I still had you beat if that was true. He didn't expect me to have those cards. I'm like that's cool w/e. Well the table breaks after a few hands and we had to draw cards. I drew first and I get the 2 diamonds the lowest of the low I think. Well look like I'm next now they called the other three players now and looks like I'm next. Well hopefully that is.
Well that table didn't last too long as i sat down 3 players left. Only one other player was on the list so its 7 handed and this table had alot of donks and my hated female player that I don't know her name but she was almost busto. But as i sat down she won 4 hands in a row. She rebuilt her stack pretty quick. Now one of my favorite dealers sat down and started to deal. Soucho last time I played killed me pretty badly. But hopefully not this time. So its a kill and I'm under the gun? Well I'm first to act and I looked down and see KK so i raised it up. Only my nemesis who's the killer and the BB called which is a donk too. I think her name is sue, not the sue that plays at capital but i different sue that's normally at the creek alot. Well the flop comes and its queen high rainbow. Checks to me and i bet and they both folded. Not bad I think keep this up soucho.
Now I am in the bb and i looked down to see AK off suit. Everyone limps and i raised. All called, flops comes 7 5 2 rainbow. sb checks I bet 3 callers. Turn 10, SB bets into me and I paused and looked at Soucho and he smirks and shakes his head, I laughed and said i guess im no good now and fold. 2 callers and the river came q. Momma bets and one my nemesis calls. And sb shows 10 7 for two pairs and take down the pot. Well I thought Soucho liked me but i guess he still favors the santi.
Well a player left and now were 6 handed. Sb I get 10 8 suited and with a flop of 79A. I bet out and get 2 callers, Turn comes another A this is were I'm not sure if i played this right but i decided to check since there was two callers and either one could have a Ace in there hand. Seat 2 bets and seat 3 calls and I called. Maybe I should have folded?? But i blanked out the river and seat 2 bets and seat three folds and so do I. Seat two laughs it up a bit and showed ace duece off. Well he was ahead the whole way. But bad turn call? I gotta ask the santi.
Now I'm on the Button and its 5 handed, one player got up to go smoke. I looked down to see pocket 6. This is another question I have, 5 handed and I get pocket pair on the button first to act folds next Sue calls and now its on me I decided to raise. Too spewey? SB and BB calls and so does sue. flop comes AJQ. Argh..... that was pretty bad flop. All check to me and I bet and all called. Yikes!!!!! Not good! The Turn is 8, SB checks BB bets out. Sue calls and I fold and SB folds. River i think made a possible flush but sue didn't call. BB showed 10,9 off for a straight. But over all Makes me wonder was that a preflop call or raise? In my mind that should be a easy raise especially short handed. But Maybe not. Another santi question for him to ridicule me on.
Well after that a couple more orbits pass and the table breaks and I'm down 8 bucks for the night. I cashed out but One thing i did which was bad was The creek has this new slot machine that has EBAY on it. while I looked at it I just had to throw in a 20 bucks in it to try it out. The machine has been crowded most of the night since i guess alot of people wanted to try it out. Well so did I. A few pulls later and I saw a old asian lady started to scream, She sat right next to me and her friends were around her while she was playing and she hit a nice little jackpot for about 1200 bucks. Good for her, Fuck me, for picking the wrong seat to sit in. Well my 20 bucks went fast and I picked up a rockstar to drink on the way home. I plan on playing again today so hopefully this time it will go better.
Lates All.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
What have I been up to? Well pretty much I haven't played much in a while and when I have its been a spanking.I think the last four trips has been losers so yeah it sucks big time ass. Also been a little rusty since I haven't played all to often.
My last session I actually came up for once for about a 60 dollar profit. Considering the trip before I drop 180, and who knows how much I drop before that and I think it was 200 or something like that. Just running bad I guess. During these time when I run bad I need to cut my bleeding more. I need to continue the same play and not play scared. When I play scare I'm not maximizing my profit when I do win a hand.
So on my last session I was sitting at oppisite table with the santi. When I sat down I was enjoying my table it was truly a donk fest. Big pots with a lot of callers. It was music to my ears seeing so many callers. But with so many callers my hand were not holding. I was losing with ak aq kk jj 1010 just couldn't maintain my lead after the flop. Next thing I know I had bought in for 360.intill I won 5 hands in a row. Most of it from a asian momma sitting on seat one that the santi kept telling me to go after. That sick bastard.
The one hand I remembered that got me back was it was like my 3rd win and I was still the killer.I get J4 off. The button had just pass me. It was 4 to the flop. Flop is j83. It gets check to me and I bet. All called. Turn was a queen. Checks to me and I continue to fire and they still all called. I'm sitting there thinking I'm way no good now. River was a blank not sure what it was but it get checked to me and I said I check I only have a jack with no kicker. Then I saw everone fold. I was like wow are you kidding me? 28 bucks preflop. 32 flop and 64 bucks on the turn and no one can beat a jack with no kicker wow oh wow I love it.
My last session I actually came up for once for about a 60 dollar profit. Considering the trip before I drop 180, and who knows how much I drop before that and I think it was 200 or something like that. Just running bad I guess. During these time when I run bad I need to cut my bleeding more. I need to continue the same play and not play scared. When I play scare I'm not maximizing my profit when I do win a hand.
So on my last session I was sitting at oppisite table with the santi. When I sat down I was enjoying my table it was truly a donk fest. Big pots with a lot of callers. It was music to my ears seeing so many callers. But with so many callers my hand were not holding. I was losing with ak aq kk jj 1010 just couldn't maintain my lead after the flop. Next thing I know I had bought in for 360.intill I won 5 hands in a row. Most of it from a asian momma sitting on seat one that the santi kept telling me to go after. That sick bastard.
The one hand I remembered that got me back was it was like my 3rd win and I was still the killer.I get J4 off. The button had just pass me. It was 4 to the flop. Flop is j83. It gets check to me and I bet. All called. Turn was a queen. Checks to me and I continue to fire and they still all called. I'm sitting there thinking I'm way no good now. River was a blank not sure what it was but it get checked to me and I said I check I only have a jack with no kicker. Then I saw everone fold. I was like wow are you kidding me? 28 bucks preflop. 32 flop and 64 bucks on the turn and no one can beat a jack with no kicker wow oh wow I love it.
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