Re-cap of a $20k losing week.
Ten of twelve losing days... Well, it's officially been five days since I have written anything of substance. For that, I apologize. It has been a hellacious month as far as poker goes and I have pretty much went into hibernation mode in the past several days. I have taken the biggest short term loss of my life (that I had 100% of) at $20k. I lost 10 of 11 days including two days at over $5k. So basically Saturday when Lara and I checked out of her hotel, I went into hibernation mode.Friday night was a ton of fun. If you are interested, I have uploaded pictures here. There's some special ones there :-). After getting crushed once again in the 100-200 game, Lara, Miri, Dutch, and myself headed to the Orleans to meet Sebok, Tiffany Michelle, Gloria, Poff, and a few others at the bowling alley. From there we went to the Imperial Palace for a karaoke night. The lineup was spectacular and good times were had by all.
While I was playing the 1-2 game that night a good friend of mine said something pretty disturbing to me. He pulled me aside and told me that I needed to leave the game because it was being cheated. Now, the game already wasn't the best game in the world, but I know what to look for in terms of collusion and dealer mechanics, and I did not see anything resembling those. I asked him how he knew and he said that he couldn't tell me. Regardless I left the game because that is not a situation I ever want to be in anywyas and it wasn't all that good of a game. On a side note, it took me an entire two racks ($5k) to win a single pot post flop. I made it entirely through the first must move game plus twenty minutes on the second game to win that elusive pot. So sick.
Saturday I played online for a while and was up $1k quick. But, it was all a tease and I ended up blowing $3k online. Sunday I also played online. I made it deep in the Stars Sunday Millions, taking 430ish of 6600ish good for a profit of $600 - but all the other tournaments and cash games I played were super disappointing as well. Blew another $1k. Monday I tried to play online, but within ten minutes I had this hand come up. 15-30 limit game 6 handed, button opens, I 3-bet TT, and we see a flop heads up of T63 rainbow. I bet, he raises, I three bet, he caps. Turn 7, we go four bets again. River K, we go four bets again. He had 89o. I've been thinking if I should have slowed down at all, but with him 4 betting the flop it's pretty hard for me to put him on 89, and by the river the only hand I'm afraid of is KK - and if he has that, more power to him. Regardless, I got pissed and didn't play any more. We went out that night to the piano bar at Harrahs and had a great time. After that we did some gambling and I actually won just over $200! WooHoo!
Today, Tuesday, Lara and I headed over to Binions to meet her friend Jen who is a poker writer about a book that she is thinking about doing and about me doing some writing in other ventures. I'm pretty stoked on that. When we arrived I called Kenna because I knew that he was there, and he was killing time on break in a 1-2 NL game. I snuck over there and had to sit for a little while. The good news is that I actually won! I profited $335 in just over half an hour and didn't have any big all-in hands. This hand cracked me up though. I raised QTo in the cutoff behind three limpers to $10. Kenna called on the button and all three limpers called. The flop came down Q T 2 . Check to me, I bet $40, Kenna called after some thought saying "I'm only calling because of the way you tilted your head when you bet." The three limpers folded. OK I'm thinking, possibly a flush draw, possibly a monster, but either way I'm going to give him a chance to bluff the turn. It came 3 . I checked, and Kenna checked behind. The river came Q . Nice. The nuts. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do. Kenna doesn't have a Q, nor does he have much of a big hand. Finally I decide that there's no value in betting, so just as I am about to check to induce a bluff, Kenna open folds out of position! I didn't even have a chance to check! Ahhhhhhhhh! Not fair! You can't fold out of position heads up when I have the nuts! Was quite funny that's for sure. We all got a good laugh and I scooped the pot.
So, I'm pretty thrilled to have a winning day of poker. I'm going to drop down to the 30 or 40 game to re-build some confidence and some bankroll, and hopefully by Christmas I'll be back up to the 100 game banging it out!
Lara leaves tomorrow. I'm super bummed about that. I've had an incredible time with her this week and cannot wait until she comes back out for good.
Peace and good luck!
Devo
posted by Devo @ 2:03 AM
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