05-13-2002, 12:05 PM
Had my second game in a casino on Sunday after 300 hours of online play and half dozen books. I'm not sure anyone cares, but I will post it anyway /images/smile.gif .
9-handed, $2-5 spread limit with kill. Three tight/passive, one tight/aggressive, two loose/aggressive, two loose/passive and me – this seemed really good for me.
I made many errors in this game. Namely not raising, I really turned tight/passive on several hands I should have been knocking out players. There were a couple players who recognized my style and ran a couple bluffs against me. I snapped three of them off and won modest pots. I never made a flush draw, except a baby one in the BB that was busted by the nuts and was never delt AK one time. I spent a lot of money jamming the pot, just to miss. Again, I was playing very passive by not betting the river a few times when I could have won at least one of those pots. These players would be in there with any pair or draw, even if it were inside or the ignorant end.
I know it is usually wrong to slow-play a set, but is it slow-playing if you did not even know you had it? I raised in EP with TT and had two callers, flopped set and check/called it. I realized I had a set on turn, bet and got called down and lost to an ace-high straight on the river. It was awfully misplayed and I felt horrible for letting this guy in the hand. He may have come along anyway with the nut straight draw and I saved money, but I played it poorly all the same
The highlight of the game for me was calling in EP with 77, getting 5 callers and flopped quads. I checked it, thinking if I get a bet to my left I would raise and a bet to my right I would call and hope I get a few to come along for the ride. It gets check all the way around to my left and he sits there and thinks about it for a minute. He starts to check and suddenly bets. I was sweating bad, thinking he was going to check it. I call and get two more in behind me. I bet the turn and all fold to this guy who raises me. I re-raise and bet the river. He did not even have a pair, just a flat out bluff!
The drive home was fine after I played for six hours. I was able to recognize many errors and I and still made 8.66 BB/hr. There were two who recognized me from last weekend and left the game to sit at the other table when I sat down. It made me feel pretty strong for them to not want to be at the table with me. I have cut back my online play quite a bit. Down from 12 - 15 hours per week to maybe six or so. This game is so much more fun than online play! The players are really poor and are just there to gamble. I am headed back next Sunday, so if I don’t get flamed too bad I’ll post week 3. See ya’s!
9-handed, $2-5 spread limit with kill. Three tight/passive, one tight/aggressive, two loose/aggressive, two loose/passive and me – this seemed really good for me.
I made many errors in this game. Namely not raising, I really turned tight/passive on several hands I should have been knocking out players. There were a couple players who recognized my style and ran a couple bluffs against me. I snapped three of them off and won modest pots. I never made a flush draw, except a baby one in the BB that was busted by the nuts and was never delt AK one time. I spent a lot of money jamming the pot, just to miss. Again, I was playing very passive by not betting the river a few times when I could have won at least one of those pots. These players would be in there with any pair or draw, even if it were inside or the ignorant end.
I know it is usually wrong to slow-play a set, but is it slow-playing if you did not even know you had it? I raised in EP with TT and had two callers, flopped set and check/called it. I realized I had a set on turn, bet and got called down and lost to an ace-high straight on the river. It was awfully misplayed and I felt horrible for letting this guy in the hand. He may have come along anyway with the nut straight draw and I saved money, but I played it poorly all the same
The highlight of the game for me was calling in EP with 77, getting 5 callers and flopped quads. I checked it, thinking if I get a bet to my left I would raise and a bet to my right I would call and hope I get a few to come along for the ride. It gets check all the way around to my left and he sits there and thinks about it for a minute. He starts to check and suddenly bets. I was sweating bad, thinking he was going to check it. I call and get two more in behind me. I bet the turn and all fold to this guy who raises me. I re-raise and bet the river. He did not even have a pair, just a flat out bluff!
The drive home was fine after I played for six hours. I was able to recognize many errors and I and still made 8.66 BB/hr. There were two who recognized me from last weekend and left the game to sit at the other table when I sat down. It made me feel pretty strong for them to not want to be at the table with me. I have cut back my online play quite a bit. Down from 12 - 15 hours per week to maybe six or so. This game is so much more fun than online play! The players are really poor and are just there to gamble. I am headed back next Sunday, so if I don’t get flamed too bad I’ll post week 3. See ya’s!