"Official" Live at the Bike thread (12/19) (8/16 limit)

[Rick Nebiolo]

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5 bike club props and 4 rocks.

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I may be a rock but I no longer work for the Bike. Only props were Dimitri in seat 5 and later the young lady who also played seat five (I don't know her, she started working after I left the Bike).

The table was much tougher than a typical 8/16 at the Bike or in LA. I was probably the biggest donk except for a couple players who left early. Not a game you want to play for profit, I considered moving but they were potentially short and I'm still friendly with the Bike staff.

My biggest mistakes:

Last hand trying to steal tough blinds with 94 offsuit. I had folded so much previously in steal spots that I thought I might get some respect. In reality the fact that I was card dead for the last 90 minutes should have tightened me up further since opponents won't fear me.

Possibly calling seat fives river bet when she made an ace high singleton flush on the river (I made a queen high flush on the turn). Because I check raised the flop with a draw I thought she might be making a move since I didn't play the hand like a draw. She did look down at her hand after I bet the turn, usually an indication that she's looking to see if she has the big flush card, but some people are tricky and capable of the fake look down. Still, I had a fold.

The calls of seat 2 when I flopped an AK straight and he flopped an ace high flush head up was routine. The other call when I went six bets on the button BTF with KK and he rivered an ace was fairly standard (I might have considered a raise). I'm getting 10 to 1 and he was certainly capable of betting a pair of jacks in that spot (and folding to a raise). I ran well against him on the small pots [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Fun game but not a lot of action. I was minus 180 or so. Got to see a lot of friends at the Bike. That's plus EV.

~ Rick