maybe worse. panic stuffed in the $330. In my head I was like "well yeah I have equity against everything!!!" but literally idk what worse hands would call. Maybe cause he's crazy I would get paid off by like AQ...but I get snapped off by 96 (of COURSE he has it)

turn: A (wow really sick)

river: J

literally first hand I've come from behind to win after all the chips went in for a long time.

3 more days of work. then i'll be at the tables every ****ing day till I find a job. LETS GOOOO

sounds like you won the max. wp

glgl - are you going to be updating the thread again?

yessir. last day of work is Tues. Playing basically everyday after that. HYPEEE

when I get to parx (for sure within the next few months) I'll make sure let you know (and donate to the dizzy fund of course)

that's awesome - very jealous. pretty sure I will do something similar at some point in my life but happy with where I am work wise for the time being.

sounds good man - I've been trying to start playing more recently but it's tough with current life situation, only have 70 hrs YTD but trying to play more consistently. will do my best to make it when you're around and I am always accepting donations

edit: 69 hours YTD - felt important to clarify that.

I hear that. You will know when it’s time. If you are happy it’s definitely not the time to leave.

In my case there were a few factors. Unfortunately the company was falling apart, a few members on my team got salary CUTS and I felt like I was next at some point. Also, commenting 3 hours round trip totally kills. I should be able to find something much closer to home. Actually was interviewing for about a month before I put in my two weeks, thought I had something definitely lined up but that fell through. On to the next one.

Totally get how hard it is to put in hours working FT. Kind of upsetting but definitely highest life ev (imo)

69 hours the GTO number obv


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Got in a session over the weekend. Nothing too spectacular happened - lost about ~150 in 7 hours. Flopped quad jacks in a 3bet pot, and was 3 minutes away from the high hand bonus of $1,000 but got beat by quad kings . Would have been a nice little boost

Three days of grinding here in CT and then I'm off to Dallas for a week. Going to play a bunch @ Winstar, while taking in some of the sights of Dallas. pretty excited about it.

Goal for May:
150 hours

Set this number a bit high, but let's see if I can do it . Tomorrow is the day we start playing full-time until an offer comes in for employment

Day One:

Got in a solid 5 1/2 hour session. Won a little over 100 bigs and was really happy with how it went.

I made one huge mental mistake where I bet 125 black fell into the pot while I made the bet) into 60 after being the PFR on J86:diamond with AJ. Two players jammed behind me and I made the fold. My ****up may have changed the action but I have to get over it.

Planning on getting a bunch of errands done tomorrow and putting in a 10-12 hour session Friday.




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Marathon Friday

Got in about 10.5 hours on Friday. Able to get into two action packed games and was also able to win near zero pots of note. Ended up -60BB in a session spanning two different casinos.

Just landed in Dallas. I should have some cool updates this week. Getting in a session today at Winstar

May Hours:
16/150


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Good luck!


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Please give us an update on the state of poker at winstar

Winstar & Dallas Days One & Two

For poker - scroll down about halfway

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Landed at DFW at 8:30 am Sunday morning. After getting a quick nap in at the hotel it was time to hit the American Airlines Center for the Stars/Blues game 6. Got to hang out outside the arena with a few thousand fans. Atmosphere was sick imo



Dallas has these sick public scooters that are operated by uber. Basically you just scan a QR code on the uber app and you get to ride around on an electric scooter for 15 cents/min. Was super efficient from a tourist POV and really got the job done.



Didn’t really do too much but hang out by the pool. Pool itself and the view of the city was pretty awesome.



View from the room.




Today it was time to get the gamble on. Ended up getting in 5.5 hours. Played an hour at 1/3 waiting for a 2/5 game, and lost ~60bbs.

Played one interesting-ish hand where we had T 6 in the BB and saw a limped flop 4 ways of Q T 6 . We lead for 10 and get two callers. The turn is the 5 and we lead again for 35. First player calls and the button raises to 135. We call with ~150 behind and the other player folds. The plan was to just call it off, but his mannerisms of basically putting the rest of his stack in before the river came out gave us second thoughts. We end up check folding the 8 river.

A new 2/5 game opens and we’re able to get into an amazing game. Every raised flop is going 4+ ways. Obligatory being stuck another 60bb in this amazing game when the following hand happens. I’m fine with being blasted for how this was played.

There’s a straddle, two calls and a tight player makes it 55 from MP. We look down at A K in the SB and just call. BB calls and one limper calls as well. We’re 100bb eff with everyone and we see a flop of A Q 7 . We check planning to check call. BB leads for 15 (lol) limper gets out of the way, and the original raiser makes it 95. We call, bb folds. The turn is the J and we check. We end up folding to a bet of 200 which was essentially all in but maybe feels even stronger. It’s probably the worst card in the deck and feels like this hand was played super weak tight. For some reason I don’t hate it though. Passive players showing aggression is usually not great.

Anyway of course we’re stuck over 100bb in the best game in the country on this Monday morning until we look down at 3 3 OTB. We make it 20 over a limp, and the BB 3bets to 40 (lol). All his 3 bets were min 3 bets. The UTG limper cold calls, and we call as well, 100bb effective and they both have me covered, going to a flop of 3 9 9 . 3 bettor bets 65, UTG calls and we make a tiny raise to 140. 3 bettor jams for 460, UTG tank calls, we call and see a runout of K 6 and win.

Ended up getting them for a few hundred bbs.



Had to get a round of burrs to celebrate




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See post above.

tldr: poker is alive and well my friend.



Appreciate it


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You gonna hit up Choctaw too? WPT is going on there right now. There is probably not a ton of action during the week but it has to be better than normal. For instance I see a 2/5 game running at Choctaw right now and that wouldn't be the case if the tournament wasn't running.

Yeah I definitely want to. Only think scaring me is I’m going to be playing the day shift all week. I looked a few times during the day and it looked like a 2/5 didn’t get going till ~4pm yesterday .


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Dallas Days 2-3 (Tues/Wed)

A little rough going over the past two days. Booked two small losses totaling about 120bb. Weekday games have been off the chain here but I haven’t really been able to capitalize. The games ply significantly different from what I’m used to I think (or i’m just rusty, or both)

Played one hand on Tuesday that I think I butchered.

Unknown reggy middle aged Asian guy raises 20 UTG. BTN call and we make it 95 in the SB with Q Q . Only UTG calls. We started with 500 and he covers. The flop comes down J 6 5 . and we decide to check planning to call. I think the default should have been to bet bet/GII on most turns, but we end up c/c 120. Turn is the worst card in the deck J and we end up c/f to his jam.

Ended up playing one funny one yesterday. Straddle is on and we go 7 way to a flop with 8 8 . of T 7 5 . Rec with clear sizing tells bets 20. We call and so do 3 others, and see a turn 7 . Rec bets 25, we call and so do two others. River of J checks through and we’re good.

May hours: 29.5

One more session left in me this week before heading home Saturday morning.

Hit the aquarium hard as well














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Dallas - Final Days

Just got back home over the weekend from the Dallas trip. Got in one last 5.5 hour session at Winstar which was a ton of fun. Played with a few of the same people over the last few days and had a little bit or a friendly rivalry going with one of the regs there.

Not too much interesting to report other than one funny hand which saved me a ton of $$.

folds to me in the CO and I open to 20 with 7 6 . The BTN who is a VIP calls, and the SB who is a reg calls, as well.

The flop comes the beautiful 7 7 8 and the SB checks. We bet 25, and only the VIP calls. (300 behind). The turn is the 2 and this time we bet 40. He tries to snap raise to 140, but put a stack of red 100s in first so the raise it to 100. We call and see a K river. We check, and he ends up checking back A7o .

Pulled back a cool 13bbs, ending the trip up about ~120 bbs in 18 hours.

Some more Dallas:

















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Last Two Sessions

Got in another 9 hours combined on Saturday & Tuesday and lost about 85bb. Played pretty boring poker in some average games back home. Really missing Winstar after what I’ve seen there.

Played one hilarious hand of 20/40 limit (lol this hand actually happened in a 2/5 NL game)

We look down at J J in MP and open to 20. The SB (recreational) 3 bets to 40, the BB (nit) flats, and we call as well.

We go three ways to a flop of 9 7 3. SB leads out for 40, and the BB raises to 80. We end up making a tight fold, and SB folds as well. Can’t make these plays up.

Up to 43.5/150 hours halfway through the month, but I’ll be stepping up the volume game in the coming weeks. Also getting in a long session today.

gl all!




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Up only slightly for a month, it was always going to be a big week. Me being the life nit I am, I like to see my funds as a game, and for me I’m winning when it goes up. Not having any stable income it’s always going to be tougher to do that.


Wacky Wednesday:


On Wednesday we get into a pretty action packed weekday game.

We’re stuck about 40bb until we open 9 9 over two limps from MP to 30. The spot at the table who covers everyone calls OTB, and the two limpers call. (The rest of us as $500 eff)

We go four ways to a flop of A 7 Q . Limpers check, we check praying from a check from the BTN and we get one. The turn is a game changer, but also brings out a second flush draw, the 9. It checks over to us again and we see the BTN lining up chips. We pray he is going for the bet and check it over to him. Immediately we see a bet of 85 and two limpers fold. We decide to go with a specific sizing to Target this player. We don’t think very long, and stick it all in there. He tries for a little to get a read out of me, but makes the call. The river is the 8 and we scoop this pot.

Not much else interesting on Wednesday, but we’re able to rack up a decent 125bb win into the weekend.

Saturday:

Saturday started off as many sessions have for me this month. Almost every session we’ve started down early and had to climb out. Once again we’re stuck about 50bb when we look down at J 9 and open to 20 from the HJ. Only the SB calls who is the spot at the table.

The flop comes down A 7 5 . Seems like this won’t be the best spot for us to continue against a fun player, so we take the free card when he checks to us which is the Q . Now given some life in the hand we make the call when he leads out for 30. We make the call and love the 6 on the river. He leads again for 55, and we make it 150. He thinks for a decent amount of time and calls. We scoop and are turning things around.

After some general run good and winning some medium sized pots were up 100bb and then this hand happens.

We look down at K 9 in the BB with a straddle on. 4 calls, we become the 5th in the BB and the S checks.

We go 6 way to a flop of K 2 3 . We check and the straddle bets 25. Everyone folds to us and we make the call. The turn is the 9 and we’re going to be looking to put in a c/r. We get our wish when he bets 60, and calls when we pop it to 150. The river is the unfortunate A but we’re still going to look to target his Kx hands. We bet 140. He ranks for two minutes and calls with K8o.

Played an interesting hand where we had a tough decision. One limp and we raise J 9 to 25. The BB, a young player who I’ve never seen before who is playing way too many hands, but also playing straightforward makes the call in the SB, and the limper calls as well.

The flop comes down J T 9 .

Tho checks to us. We wager $40 and both players call.

The turn is the 2 . They check again and this time we wager 110. Once again, they both call and we see a 4 on the river. This time villain leads for 275. Player in the middle folds.

we?

Played another 10 hours and won 150bb

May Hours: 62.5



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Reposting the hand in question since it’s at the bottom of the last post:


Played an interesting hand where we had a tough decision. One limp and we raise J 9 to 25. The BB, a young player who I’ve never seen before who is playing way too many hands, but also playing straightforward makes the call in the SB, and the limper calls as well.

The flop comes down J T 9 .

Tho checks to us. We wager $40 and both players call.

The turn is the 2 . They check again and this time we wager 110. Once again, they both call and we see a 4 on the river. This time villain leads for 275. Player in the middle folds.

we?



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In for the first time but caught up on the last few pages.

I think because V is playing too many hands we can sigh call but it is also a good card to lead as a bluff with AhXx or KhxX to fold and we get exploited too much if we fold here. I think maybe turn is too small? - but that's a minor point at this stage.

I’d size up flop/turn and muck river

Sigh fold

Thanks for the updates!


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thanks guys. appreciate the post - can you guys elaboate on why you think we should size up here?

Thanks brent. Appreciate the support as always.

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@all we ended up making the fold.


What I will add is next orbit we play the following hand with him:

Straddle on
Hero open 8 8 35
Only Villian (same V from J9 hand) calls in the S.

Flop ($72) 7 4 6

check
we bet 45
call

Turn (162) 2

check
we bet 110
call

River (382) 5

He leads 200
We call

He has 8 3 for the chop. (outlines a little of the preflop hand selection imo) but of course we didn't know this att. But also shows how straightforward he plays OTR.

it's just a very wet/dynamic board where there are many combos of worse hands/draws that will call larger bets and it is not a board I am going to bet/barrel off on that often so when I do I will be sizing up (getting more value with strong hands and more FE with the bluffs I choose)

river is a very easy fold when SB leads into 2 people there so wp.

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& second hand just makes it even more obvious h1 was a good fold.

Size up because they have lots of fd and sd type hands that will never fold but will also never raise all in over a bet. They play loose pre but they’re very fit or fold post. They all try to realize equity as cheaply as possible and bet when they have it no matter how stupid the line. That’s why river is a fold.

H2 is interesting because you have the 8s. Raising to push him off a chop here would be good.

J9hh is also a bet otf