@absherrj @confections @h_ven thanks man. Last few days have been middling, but gonna try to finish strong. The $10K month is going to be very hard, but it's doable. I'm definitely a 80/20 dog right now in accomplishing this feat, but u never know. $7,056 in cash right now, and -$165 in tournaments (bricked the $165 wsop league tourney). $6,891 total.
Crazy Day:
First off, I crushed for the first hour on 1/2nl (table 12) to the tune of +$400. I sat down and just started mashing from $300 to $700 in a snap. After an hour, a couple action players switched tables, so I bumhunted and switched too
. I don’t play for the pipe dream; I’m there to win money, so I follow where the money's gd. That said it doesn’t always work out for the better.
After my change to table 6, I go from +$400 back to even within an hour
. I was getting some great cards, and making some great moves; but cards weren’t holding and moves weren’t working. No big deal…I move to another table for fresh start and regroup. Table number 11 didn’t start off so lucky as I was down -$100 the first hour, but then rebounded to b up +$100. After a few hours I was back in the black, and starting to settle in.
Then this hand…
Let my preface this hand by saying I was within the rules, but I don’t feel gd about it. Even though I say that, I still did what I did, so maybe I do feel gd about it. Heck, I’m not sure what to think. I guess u can judge me.
It’s not my fault that people don’t know the rules, or get impatient and call before I release a bet. I’m a poker player trying to make $, but busting people doesn’t always feel gd. Especially when it’s done in the way I did it today.
The Hand:
Not sure preflop action or how many players…I think I raised $X in late position w A
Q
and get 3 callers, but none of that matters.
I bet the suited flop of J
8
4
after it was checked to me. Sb calls.
The pot is $75, HU, and the turn is a meaningless 2
. Villain with a $150 stack checks, I check behind w $300 stack.
The river brings a 4 card flush on board w K
. Villain again checks, and I grab about 12 red chips in my hand and reach out to place my bet. This is where it gets sticky...As I’m cutting out my bet Villain says “Call”! I haven’t finished acting on my bet, and ask the dealer what my options are.
For one, I know I have the best hand because he would b raising if he had the A, unless he’s an utter idiot. Worth noting, being an utter idiot is always a possibility at the 1/2nl level…I have definitely seen people check the nuts or (just call) otr many times before. I’m hoping this isn’t one of those times!
I never seen this recreational player before, and I don't think he knows all the rules.
Dealer calls for the floor, and the floor rules I can bet any amount since I haven’t finished my bet. Floor rules that Villain is obligated to call since verbal is binding. While this ruling is being discussed my betting hand is still extended out in front of my chips frozen like a statue
. After the ruling has been finalized, I then unfreeze like a childhood game of red light/green light and say “All In” as I place the chips in my hand on the felt.
Villain gets felted, my Q
is of course gd.
I get some frowns from a couple players at the table, but what’s a poker player suppose to do??? It’s not my fault Villain called prematurely, and not my fault floor ruled in this manner.
Ended up +$209 on 6hrs 13mins.
Also not included in my winnings was a black chip ($100) I found on the floor today. I can’t elaborate any further because it’s being investigated, and I don’t want to get anyone in trouble. I will say that their are a few different parties involved in this mysterious black chip, I consider all of them my friends. I don’t want to start any gossip, or ruin friendships over something so trivial. Let’s just say the poker room can be drama central sometimes, and I rather not b a part of it. I ended up leaving an hour after this happened because nothing about today felt right. I had bad vibes going through my body, and I didn’t think the poker wd end well if I stayed. First I take advantage of a floor ruling and go ALL IN against a rec player, and then I’m in the middle of a $100 black chip controversy. Wish I never wd hv found it, and “mayb” I wish I didn’t go All In.
Now 3 hours later I still feel a little bummed out. I won a couple hundred, but lost some of my well being. Perhaps I shdn’t b so cold-blooded.
Feel free to start the hate train if u feel it's what I deserve. Mayb I do.
133hrs 22 mins.