After last night's adventures I was planning on a relaxing day running errands, grocery shopping, and probably a haircut. However, upon waking (at 4:00pm), I check the twatter account & see my fellow blogger Grrouchie was eager to play a little pokah. Being that I'm a social creature I happily obliged, and after a (healthy, not really) dinner at BLT in the Mirage, I set out to Bally's, where the games are significantly softer.
I arrived about 5 minutes before him, taking the 5 seat at table 4, while he got seated at table 9. About 30 minutes later he gets moved to my table, directly to my left. The shit talking started immediately as either he or I raised every other hand for about 5 orbits. I was trying a looser style brought upon by watching my friend Raj at Harrah's last night. It generally seems to keep the other players confused & irritated, thinking how can this guy have a hand every time, so they play back at you when you actually HAVE a hand.
This goes on for a couple hours. I slowly built my stack up by about $50 to $100 when I get a guy to shove AK on a Q hi board into my AA. Bingo! Loose style working like a charm. I also watched Grrouchie take one in the butt as his turned straight got rivered by a boat, and he lost about a buy in on the hand. For the night he only lost a few bucks, while I won over a buy in. Good start to the night.
We parted ways as he has a real job - sucker! - and has to be there at 6am. I went on to Harrah's to log in more hours for the freeroll tournament on Sunday, in which you only need 15 hours of live play to participate. I get my seat and immediately start raising. I take down a few small pots before flopping two pair with the mighty Wulf (35 soooted) and taking a decent pot off a guy. Then things went downhill.
First I double up a guy who bought in for around $175 when I completely went brain dead and over-thought things, totally leveling myself into shoving into this guy's full house. Why do I feel the need to think on the 5th or 6th level when these idiots can barely think on 2 levels? Guess it was another case of tilting & another Stump blow up (pardon the infringement Mr. Matusow). Not 30 minutes later I do the same thing & stack off to KK with my TT when the board read out QJ9x, trying to hit my straight on the river like a fish. Oh I was so mad at myself.
Damn, when am I ever going to quit overthinking things & just play ABC poker? Especially at these levels? With these morons at Harrah's? It's not like they're tougher competition at like Aria, Venetian, or the like. Maybe one day. Until then I might look into dealer schools to learn blackjack or craps & get my foot in the door at a casino. I'll learn poker later in January when classes start up. Who knows.
The "recreational" poker rooms are famous for handing out bad beats and coolers. That is the price for playing against loose, touristy types. The money is there for the taking ... as long as you are willing to bend over on a regular basis.
ReplyDelete"get a haircut?" Wow, I saw you just last week, and that seems pretty much the last thing you needed.
ReplyDeleteIt's touching my ears, I feel like a hippie!
DeleteLast night was fun but sorry that Harrah's tanked for you.
ReplyDeleteLearning to not overthink things and believe that your opponents are thinking creatures is a hard step to take to make your game more profitable.
With time you will continue to improve and maybe I'll follow along behind. Once I know what day I can go on a drunken bender I'll be sure to pass the info along.