I got in a Sunday grind yesterday, and it was a true test on my poker discipline.

We all have those days where we look down at 84off, J6, 26, and we just keep on folding like lawn chairs hand after hand. Hours on end we never flop a set, never make a full house, never a flush, never anything but pairs and on an occasion 2 pair. It's a test on discipline.
Some players will change and play some of those raggity hands, but I just stay the course and battle through. That is what I did yesterday, and I was proud of myself for not getting out of line.
If I can make a small amount of money on these days; then more is possible on days where I am getting the goods, making hands.

+$95 never felt so good.
#wefight

That's the problem though, playing poker is not your job. You don't have an employee/employer relationship with the casino. You are a customer of the casino, and they are not obligated to provide you anything. They aren't even obligated to allow you to play. If you are a bad customer (bad for the games, tip poorly, demanding of the floor, squeezing recs, etc.) you should expect to receive poor customer service.

I get what ur saying, but what I am saying is; I feel if u run a poker room properly then players will show up. Thus, everyone wins...dealers, casino, players.
If I ran that room I cd without any doubt make the dealers way more money than what they are making now. I feel sorry for them too.
Maybe I am backwards in thinking this, but I feel u grow a poker room by catering to the players needs not the staff/dealers.

No promo today, yet still taking a dollar drop. Why no promos today? Somehow they got in debt with promotional fund. On top of that, there is actually a handling fee that "handles" the promo fund. To me this is all comical, but I guess I'm just a guest and shouldn't ask why they are taxing the players' promo money, why they got rid of bbj, or how they got in debt. TBH, I cd care less about promos. I rather their not b any and not drop a $. But, I get it, the recs like this stuff so mayb it helps the regs in a way.
Well today no promo because they can't even "handle" the $.

I'm not the only one who is upset w things. One table going in the middle of the day. It's the same ole same ole. Nothing changes.




I guesss when I show up, I'll be 11% of the total guests. Many players hv left this place because of poor management, how many more can they afford to run off?

CET gonna CET. Hammond will have 50 person lists and close down tables to let dealers go home early.

As bad as it sucks, you should try to do everything you can to have a good relationship with all the casino employees. Poker is your job Sym. but that means you should figure out why the floor wasnt getting you a table change asap! If that means you should tip a little more here and there it will be worth it in the long run.

I think the promos are +ev for you because like you say, it attracts rec players like a big tuna net. During those times when a player needs "just 1 more flush" for a 4 flush promo, they will chase that like crazy/ incorrect pot odds to win the $400

must hate money

After seeing the decrease in players on days where no promos, i agree w u, the recs like these promos.

Last night...
Started the sesh when I led out w oesd and hit yahtzze ott. I bet turn, guy raises, i 3bet, he calls. I shove the brick river, he calls. I double

Up $300 within 30 mins.

A hour later....
4 way limp w 22 until the button raises to $12, and all limpers call.
Flop is A 10 2 r
2 checks to me, I check my set, player to my left bets $30, button folds, all others fold, and back to me. I call.
Turn in a Q hearts and brings a flush draw.
I check, the player on my left bets $65. By the way, this is his very first hand and he started w $300 and i cover. I check raise all-in, he calls.
River is a 3 hearts.
I show set of deuces and he shows set of 10s.

Lose all my profits and back to where I started.

The next hour on the roller coaster...
$5 button straddle, 2 calls and I raise to $20 w A10. The straddler on the button calls, and the short stack limp raises all-in to $65. One player folds, and I call $65, button calls and covers me.
The Flop is 10 6 4 r.
I tank bet $210 all-in w top pair top kicker on the side pot. Button goes into the tank for a couple minutes. At this time, I think I want him to call w something like J10, Q10, K10. After a couple of minutes, he calls.
The turn is a 10.
The river is a 5.
I show A10 for trips, and shortie mucks pocket Jacks, and button had pockets Queens .
I thought i was getting it in good, and it turned out that I got extremely lucky!

After another hour I felt it was a good time to wrap up the session.

+$430.
($11,534 rt)

Sooooo, the United passenger from the controversial video is HSI's very own 'Asian' Dave.

How about that? Dave had always seemed pretty chill anytime I played or talked with him.

Asian Dave aka Super Dave, yep, that's him.
He once gave me his phone number in case i ever wanted to ride w him to any WSOP events. I still have it in my contacts. I never took him up on that because i usually like going place solo, but the dude has always been nice to me.
I think United handled it all wrong, and none of the other passengers shd hv seen that taken place. Dave is Dave, some like him, some do not.

We sat in a game a couple weeks ago and he was friendly to me as always.

Super Dave may very well become your newest whale at HSI. I imagine lawyers are chomping at the bit to get a piece of United on this one. Crazy...

Lmao that's awesome,

he already has 2 different lawyer firms on retainer according to an article in my pixel's news feed

The Kentucky doctor dragged from a United flight at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago suffered a significant concussion, broken nose and lost his two front teeth, attorneys for David Dao said Thursday.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$

Ole Silver Hair: 60 year old reg, loves action, high % of vpip, likes to straddle, likes to get involved. $330 stack
* He's beaten me up in some big pots. Not sure if u remember the one from a couple weeks ago where i flopped a set of 8s and he turned his oesd. A 4 way all-in otf and about a $1400 pot. Same opposing player.

Me: I think Ole Silver perceives me as more action than what I am.
$500 stack.

1/2nl. Ole Silver Hair opens in early position to $15, I call right behind him w JJ, 1 more caller.

Pot $45.
3 to the flop of 472

Silver Hair leads for $35, I call, other folds.

Pots $115
Heads Up. Turn is 6
He quickly leads for $80, I call w no redraw. My read is that he doesn't have a flush, but maybe 88+.

Pot $275
River is 7

Board: 47267

Ole Silver pauses then checks, and action on me w no .
Ole Siler Hair has $200ish behind, I cover.

How many of u just go to showdown on this hand and hope he doesn't have a club? Maybe he has 88, 99, 1010, or air w no club.

or

Is it better to shove and hopefully he folds?

I'll tell u what I did and result tomorrow.

I check back.

Don't see a good justification for a shove.


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Only shoving to try to fold out QQ+ without a club. Do you really wanna turn your hand into a bluff here?

Why not consider betting $80 to try to get pocket 5s or something similar with a club?
Just a thought.

If you had JJ you probably wouldn't shove you'd probably bet $140-150. I think I like $140-150 better than shoving.

well.. your tone seems to incline towards him having QQ+ here... If you dont think he x with intentions to x/c river with QcQx or KcKx and that he NEVER calls with QQ+ no club , then yeah you can jam... however I highly doubt it.

Probably lose at showdown so you're going to have to bet to take this one down. I guess he could have lower pockets, but he can't really call without a club, unless he is tricky or calls light I would probably hero jam.

He has to pay $200 for a $475 pot and you said he thinks you are an action player. I'm not sure you're getting him off of QQ+

Appreciate the feedback from everyone.

With no club in my hand and thinking I had some showdown value, I decided to check. Still not sure if it's the correct play, but...
I thought mayb he had an overpair to the board and just hoping it wasn't bigger than Jacks and hoping he didn't hv a club w that pair.

He won w AJ