$2K winning sesh playing 1/2nl Goal Completed!
Glad to move another goal from blue to green.
MY 10 POKER GOALS FOR 2015.
1).
-Be up 6 stacks of high society by the end of 2015 playing 1/2nl up to 10/20nl. $60,000.
2).
-No Losing Months. (*April lost -$2,528).
3).
-Log an average of 25/hrs a week.
4).
-Come in top 3 in the WSOP League Finale. Getting top 3 will win me a Las Vegas tourney package. (WSOP Packages are: $11k, $4k, $1,500. Finale is April 11, 2015). (*ended up getting 5th in Finale )
5).
-Log 1,000+ hours at Horseshoe Southern Indiana's poker room. This feat will take me from platinum to diamond card. (1,000hr requirement in a year to get diamond).
6).
-Log 200 hrs in Jan and get the $400 promotional bonus HSI is offering. (HSI rake back promotion for Jan rewards a player $2 x hrs logged. 200+hrs requirement). (*Logged 202 hrs in Jan)
7).
-Have a $10k winning month. (*January +$10,151 Overall)
8).
-Have a $5k winning session playing 2/5nl or higher.
9).
-Have a $2k winning session playing 1/2nl. (*+$2,236 on June 26th at HSI.)
10).
-Play a 24hr session (*May 18/19th at HCO+$1,059)
All 2015 goals will b posted in
blue. If I complete a goal, I will move it from
blue to
green. If a goal fails, I will move it from
blue to
red.
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Here are the details from achieving this $2K playing 1/2nl goal...
Started the night off sitting in the 2/5/10nl and after 45 mins all the players were pushing to switch to 5/10/20nl. I was the only one who didn't want it, but I wasn't going to b the stopper. I said it was cool to switch games, and i was fine w going back to 1/2/5nl. #teamplayer. I told the floor to put back on 2/5/10nl list in case it goes again, and I took my seat at the 1/2/5+nl (mandatory winner straddle) game.
Why didn't I want to play 5/10/20nl? Because I just didn't want to play w a $2k stack (all I had on me). Furthermore, doubt if it is wise for my br...especially w the recent pool hit.
So I switch to the 1/2/5 game and within 10mins of playing one of the top 5 action players sits down. It only takes 1 player to make a mediocre game great, and that's what happened!
This whale that sits down to my immediate left is waiting for the 5/10/20nl game, and decides to splash around in 1/2/5. He is known as "Hollywood" and is the nicest and most generous guy in and out of the poker room. He always wins/loses big like a true boss. With always a smile on his face, you never know if he is up or down. #classact
This legend Hollywood is known for his crazy antics in the poker room. I can attest and seen most of them, so I'll share a few.
-Hollywood has been known to walk by the 3/6 limit table and splash the pot w $300.
-Hollywood has bought shirts off a guy's back for $100. This has happened many times in the poker room.
-Paid $100 to someone for telling him a joke.
-Paid $100 to someone for taking a tequila shot.
-Just last night on FB he posted that he was giving a $200 Steakhouse gift card to a random person who can answer a question.
...the list goes on and on and on...
That is a little backstory of his action, so now back to the pokerz.
...Hollywood sits down on my left, and starts straddling $25, then $100, then $125, then $300.
I was in a great seat w his big straddles, because if everyone folds I can jam a lot of hands being last to act.
I bought in for the $500 max, so if he straddled $100, I'm probably jamming K10+, and taking my chances.
A few orbits go by, and I'm up a few hundo w a $800 stack, and Hollywood has around the same. He straddles for $110, everyone folds and it's on me. I look at K
J
and shove $800. He peels one at a time, the first one is an Ace
!!!! I quickly went to an underdog w that one card. I thought for sure he wd snap call just seeing the Ace, but he says if his 2nd card is a 9 or higher that he is calling no matter what. I am shaking in my old beat up Vans hoping his second card is a brick 2, brick 3, brick 4, brick 5, brick 6, brick 7, or brick 8. Please brick! He peels it back and it's a 9!!! Uh Oh, it's 60/40, and I'm the underdog 40!!! THEN a second goes by and I realized I saw his card upside down and misread his 6 for a 9! He has A6, and folds.
...Another orbit goes by, and Hollywood accidentally folds the nuts otr to a tight player that had Aces. He can't believe it, but takes it in stride...
Now I'm sitting w $1100 at this point, and Hollywood reloads w $1200 in all blacks. No one cares it's more than the max buy in, and the dealer never noticed or doesn't care either.
After accidentally folding stone nuts a couple hands prior, Hollywood decides to up his straddle to $300! Everyone folds again to his monster straddle and action is back on me. Wowzer, I have KK and shove. Hollywood flips over 55 in his straddle, and calls. He doesn't improve on the flop of
, but does pick up a 4 flush draw!
I now have to sweat 2 streets of 11 outs! Inside I am SCREAMING NO CLUB OR 5, NO CLUB OR 5, NO CLUB OR 5!!!!
It bricks out and I scoop a nice one.
Win a that nice pot, and continue to play solid to win a few hundred more. Then it dawned on me that I met my $2k goal playing 1/2nl tonight! YES!
+$2,236 playing 1/2/ms on just 3hrs 5mins.
-$18 playing 2/5/10nl on 45 mins
Could have played longer, but really wanted to tackle this goal and didn't want to risk dropping some. Plus the game started to fill w lots of short buys and action was drying up. I feel I left at my peak.
@rayzrayl