Appreciate ya @4get2pwnedo. Getting in the black will b tough, but I'm gonna try.
Gd luck to u.
@steve0 welcome to the thread and thanks for posting. Sometimes I write, and not sure if anyone is out there in the webworld. It's always gd to hear that people actually follow my poker journey.
Yes, I have played a few wsop events and cash games at Hammond the last couple of years, but won't b able to make it this year. Best of luck to u during the series!
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Today had more ups and down than my bipolar neighbor. For the first few hours it was mostly down, and super frustrating.
I arrived in the morning and folded the first 5 hands dealt to me, and then our 1/2nl table gets the "splash".
*HSI splashes $100 in the pot before the cards are dealt, and I am utg w the first option to straddle.
I straddle $5, get 5 limpers, and raise to $100 w Q♥️10♥️ and $300 stack. The first limper w a $200 stack calls, and the rest folds.
HU to the flop, pot = $320.
V has half his stack in the middle pre, so I just decide to bet $100 in the dark before the flop of A73 rainbow. Mayb I shd hv waited for the flop, and then bet. I think that shows more strength on my part.
Anyhow, V tanks for awhile, and then calls.
I tell him gd call, and that I need some serious help.
Turn 9.
River J.
Now check this out, he shows Q9!!
Q9>Q10
First off, can't believe he called pre, and then calling on the flop is suspect at best.
But that's neither here nor there, I just thought I was way behind after he called otf, but turns out I was a huge favorite!!!! 84.2% favorite to be exact! Yes, I ran it on the poker calculator in between hands just to add some more misery to the 3 outer.
Of course, I took it like a man, and said nice hand. But inside i felt like a 5 yr old boy who just dropped his single scoop off his sugar come before taking a lick.
*Never let them see you sweat.
Pause:
Currently watching the Cubbies. We now tied after a solo hr in the 4th.
Just shouted "LETS GO, C'Mon" and was asked if that was necessary by the gf. My reply, "most definitely".
Ok, I am calm...let's continue...
So my first hand played, and I'm quickly down $200. Therefore, I have to dip into my pockets for the "reach of shame" and pull out a couple black chips.
Now in the game for $500, and slowly build my $300 stack up to $450.
Now I'm at that point where you start counting your stack to see how much more u need to get even. I noticed I'm just $50 shy of the even mark.
Then I get a hand where I flopped the nut broadway w A10. I get it in w another fella who has my $450 covered w the same hand + free rolling his flush draw. Uh oh!
I don't even have to finish telling u, u know what it is...Flushed upon.
Now down -$500.
At this point, I would like to take my sweatshirt off because now I'm experiencing the hot face, sweaty brow phase. You know how it is, you lose a couple big pots and now it's feels like the poker room turned into a sauna.
Like Nelly, it's getting hot in here.
Stubborn me, I kept my sweatshirt on because I don't want them to know about my discomfort. So instead, I am sweating at the table while trying not to sweat, but u know the more u think about it, the more perspiration starts to show up on your face. ...Please make it go away... go away...go away already...stop sweating...
It wasn't going away, so do I get up and take a walk? Nah, I'll just sit there red faced and look like an utter idiot.
Now that I have now doubled up what feels like everyone at the table, I guess we can play a little deeper on my behalf.
Pause:
for a stupid wild pitch that put the Mets up 3-2.
Being a Cubs fan is like wrestling w my 2 kids. It's starts out happy and fun, and ends w crying.
Back to today...
So after I get flushed out, I "reach of shame" once more into my pocket, but i notice I only have one black chip left. Shucks, now I have to "walk of shame" to the cage for more chips.
I buy in for $600, and now I'm in the 1/2nl game for $1,100! #theJoys
To make matters worse, a few of the big stacks leave the game, and now I'm playing w players that have $200 and less. Ugh!
I play at the table for a bit, then move to a table that has more money in play.
Pause:
the Cubs getting ass raped like me getting 3 outed for a $720 pot today!
5-2 final. Gg
Continue...
I lose a couple more hundred in the cash games, and super frustrated because I'm playing really well.
Sitting w $400 and a frown, I then hear a familiar voice over my shoulder from a lady reg. It sounds like she's upset because she is $5 short of an add-on for the daily tournament. Mr. Nice Guy Rayz, tosses her a Redbird, and says "Go get em Sammie".
I say this only because from that moment on it all turned around for me. I was scooping pots left and right, and in a Jordan-esq zone. Gd karma, maybe. I just think it's because I trusted in my abilities, stayed the course, didn't tilt, and kept playing solid. My hands were holding up, and my moves were working.
My stack grew from $400, to $600, to $800, to $1k, to $1200, and finally cashed out at $1311, for a +$211 profit.
#noquit