Taking Stock


Bankroll: Fairly deep. Liferoll well under control, though slightly less as I'm in a more expensive home right now, and even more of a drain will be when my oldest gets his license next year. I'm adding him to my insurance and giving him my old car, so I'll need another one. That being said, my expenses are less than my income, so my roll is good.

Studying: I've read many books on poker, and I've found the one's most beneficial to me are mental strategy books. How I apply is much more of a struggle than what to do.
seatopenpoker.net. Bart Hanson is a proven winner and teacher. his training site, which includes weekly podcasts and videos and a strat discussion board is more than worth the minor cost. I highly recommend, and if you are doubtful then listen to his free podcasts from his duecescracked days.
The one part that is missing is having friends and/or acquaintances with whom to discuss the game. I have one work friend who plays, but he is more of a limit guy. Being middle aged I find that with my local room I am a rarity and stuck smack-dab in the middle of old rocks and youngsters. so I am in a double generation gap. Would be nice to have a study group.

Time: Aye, there's the rub. I have a great career that pays a lot for mostly doing little, and I can pick the days I want to work. But work I must - 14 days a month is about average except for summertime where it is a little more. I also travel most of October and a lot of November. I have two kids and all that goes on there, but they are getting older and have their own activities, so there is slowly more time to play. Lastly I have to keep my supportive girl friend happy. She encourages me to play, but the challenge is that I am not a big fan of the casino near where she lives.

So in summary I have important issues lined up to make something good happen.
After one gets the fundamentals down, does this game really come down to hours and guts?

Read most your hand history's. Your play overall is very weak timid. My poker partner plays very similarly. You understand the game well but play to weak to capitalize.

Value, value value!!!!!!

You call yourself a nit but have shown you call bad draws alot. So does everyone else!!!!!! Capitalize and bet more.

Don't be afraid to chase people out of pots. Its amazing how many times you will get called.

When facing old nits on river bet more!!! They will call too!!! (When you had trip queens your bet 40$ on river was way to small)

If your not value owning yourself on river a couple times a night then you are not getting Max value.

Charge draws on turn. They will pay the toll. (Enjoy the medium size pots when they fold)

Make larger bets to put pressure on other players. We all make a ton of mistakes. Larger bets cause bigger mistakes. (More costly mistakes)


I have enjoyed the thread



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Button Straddle is bad for the game, but it can be +EV for you do it. Basically, you should put out a Button Straddle if the table is very deep (most players 300bb+), and you want to make the game play bigger when you have the BTN. This is best used when the worst players on the table are very deep (300bb+ effective), and you cover them.

If there are some shorter stacks (100bbs or so), then it is a bad idea to put out a Button Straddle because your skill advantage decreases if you artificially create some 50bb stacks out of formerly 100bb stacks.

Correct turn bet sizing here with top set of KKK is probably $60-$65. Shoving is an overbet, and you want action on your top set of KKK even if Villain has a draw. $45 was a little too small, but you shouldn't beat yourself over the head about it.

Thanks Mikko.

Yea a lot of bets seem timid, and many certainly are. I am really trying to size correctly and I am still going too small when, like you said, chasers will call more.
Also with river value bets there is an axiom I need to remember that it is more profitable to bet $100 and get called 5/10 times than bet $40 and get called 100% of the time.

ATsai,
Yes, I see the inherit value in doing a button straddle in the right games, but the idea in general is bad. Won't any kind of thinking player tighten their opening range way up when potentially dealing with a straddle and play OOP the whole way?

You are right that BTN straddling is bad most of the time.

NIT

So after being away for three weeks it was great to get back home. Slept in my own bed; see the kids and do dad stuff; just decompress. Of course I was also excited about going to play cards at my home casino.
My morning went well as I was up $200 fairly quickly by felting a short stack and making some good cont bets IP. Hit a card wall after that but I floated around the +$100 mark into my last hour. The table was a mixed bag. Three action players to my left made playing OOP a difficult proposition. Saw many times players in a pot, multi-way or HU it did not matter, bet pot or more on a two-flush flop so as to not lose. Other guys open raising to $50-$60 with JJ to AA so as to not get a bad beat. The best of the bunch was the guy directly to my left who seemed to play and hit every flop. I have $600 and he has me covered when this hand happens that has finally put me over the edge.
I raise to $20 in ep with AK. Villain on my left calls as does one other.
Flop($60): Q53
Check to me and I bet $35. Villain raises to $75, and it's folded back to me and I call.
Turn($210) 10
I check/call $55
River is 5
I check and he shows Q2
....OK, now that I've given any decent player a chance to MF me I'll now do the same.
Here was the totality of my thinking when he raised the flop: "I'll call to hit and pot control turn by check-calling if I miss."
So after the hand, like a cascade of molten lava, the utter lameness of how I again played such a hand washed over me. In that heat of recrimination and embarrassment as to what a hopeless NIT I seem to be, the correct thought process became clear(Boy am I good after the fact)
General observation: As snug as I was playing a 3-bet there looks like a big pair.
Reality: Just a tiny bit of reflection on the hand would reveal that I am only doing bad vs pocket 5's, pocket 3's and pocket Queens. I could discount Queens as he was the type to RR PF. I am only slightly behind AQ/KQ. Versus and other Queen I have 15 outs along with 12 other cards that give me a straight redraw. I've got $545 and the pot is now $170. I probably could have got the job done by making it $225 and I certainly should beat him to the pot if he shoves back.
Instead I played it passively, which means even if I hit it I'm probably not getting paid. And it is not that I was reacting to fear of losing. I am reacting to a gut instinct I guess that takes the easier path.
Win small pots and lose big pots. The life of a NIT.
Jared Tendler writes of the four levels of one's mental game:

(1) Unconscious incompetence
(2) Conscious incompetence
(3) Conscious competence
(4) Unconscious competence.

I used to believe I was (2), but by my thoughtless knee jerk passive reactions at the table the majority of the time, I now believe my mental state is still closer to (1).
So I steamed pretty good the rest of the session, and finally lost most of my $500 when my NFD+straight draw to a chop did not get there.
I am still going to see this through a few more months, but if I do not harness this anger at myself and use it to actually analyze situations I am going to have to eventually admit that I am just going to be throwing away too much money long term.

Opening Day at the Graton Resort

For those interested in a fuller TR of the new casino/poker room in Rohnert Park please visit this link to the San Francisco Bay Area poker thread:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/20...l#post40900546

Lovely day for a grand opening. The area was all agog for this big day 10+ years in the making. The casino opened early due to the excitement. I got to the new poker room at 9:30am and there was already a full 2/5nl game. They were close to starting a second one, but it wasn't quite happening, so I made my way to a new 1/3 game and bought in for the full $500. So here we go, my very first hand at the brand-spankin' new, spacious and comfortable Graton casino poker room.
I call $13 in the SB with A10vs a good young aggro player I know. Flop is a dream:
KQJ.
I check/call a bet of $20. I know he'll bet again so no need to scare him off.
Turn is a 5
I check and he bets $60. I pause and raise to $140 and he's instantly all in. Oh my God I call and my first hand is looking very much like a $1000 pot...He turns over A10! I call for a club but it is not to be and we chop.
Right after that the other 2/5 game begins. I am in a sticky spot as the previous villain is on my right and another unpredictable young guy is on my left. In the end things actually go well in the short time I have to play. I make $515 for the day. Some from two different pots that involved pocket kings for me. Another was when I called previous villain's button raise to $30 with pocket 5's. He had $800 behind so it was an easy call. I flop bottom set on a monotone board three-way. I lead $65 into $90 and villain calls. I fill up on the turn and I check. Debatable move but I do believe that he would fold a big pair to me now, and if he's drawing to the four-flush then let's give him a chance. River is a blank, and I think for a minute and bet $130 into $220 which he snap calls with AA without a redraw.
My other nice hand was when I open raised $20 in the HJ with 98o. My one caller was the worst player at the table. He was an old guy who only played his hand and called everything.
Flop: AJ7
I check and he bets $15. I'm about to fold when I realize that it is just $15 into $55 and there is lots of implied odds vs this guy if I hit my ISD.
Turn: bingo. 10
I check and he bets $30. I raise to $110 which he has no problem calling.
River is a 6
Kind of a bummer, but I'm betting anyway. He has $250 or so remaining. If he jams over me I know I'm beat, but no way does he bet his draws. Since he's shown to be a station I pick a larger amount in $130, but alas he folds. My CR and/or the heart on the river scared him off I guess.

So I'm happy the stars in their courses were on my side today and I had an easy win which allows me to put somewhat put behind me the nitty play yesterday. But I for sure need to hold onto that feeling of despair that comes when I play passively when the opposite is called for.

How is Graton treating you?

Played there two days so far; Opening day as previously reported, and this morning. Played well with successful cont bets getting better to fold, as well as a couple of successful squeezes, one from the button and one in the BB. Something that is 2nd nature for most of you, but a play I am working on.
Graton felt like how you would find an actual casino in the morning. Calm and quiet with just the ring of the slots and the hum of a decent crowd.

Long Grind Pays Off

If today's session at Graton is any indication, I am entering a new world of poker. So many new players. So many new players who will call PF with any suited cards for 15% of their stack. So many new players who will call a pot size bet when their 7makes 2nd pair on the flop. So many new players who bet $55 with middle two-pair on the river and call AI for $400 more when the flush card hits. It is just crazy action for a morning 2/5 game.
And this game was extra tough. Three to my right was TTJ. An older guy but very good and fearless player. Two to my right was a young guy who was very active who ran the table over all morning except for two horrible beats that eventually left him busted. To my right was Steve who is very loose. Most opens PF are $35-$45. And finally to my left was another young unknown who open raised whenever he could and did his best to see any flop. Needless to say I, with my taggy/nitty style. was in a tough spot. And so it was for 3 hours as I was basically did not see a flop. My frustration slowly grew, but I did well for a while to remind myself not to get sucked in. Finally though, after bleeding down from $600 starting stack to around $450 and becoming too passive, I decided to make a stand. I raise to $20 in ep with 96 and got two callers. Flop was 954. I bet $35 and a good young player raised me to $90. I had seen this guy before but I don't recall playing with him much. He appeared to be a thinking player, so my guess was that this would be a good opportunity for him to playback at the nitty middle age guy. I do feel I am good at recognizing these moments and when I play them as such I usually get a fold. So I made it a value looking $230 more and he folded.
Maybe the Poker God's approved of my stepping out of my shell because I then went on a good run of cards. I re-raised Steve with QQ and AJss respectively to stack some chips then I got really lucky.
I raised in ep with Q10 and got 4 callers.
Flop:
QQ7
So this looks promising but I am also aware that there is potential for trouble here. I lead for $65 and get one caller, an older guy in the field fairly new to the table.
Turn:
K
I'm thinking that I'll find out if he has a queen that he likes, but I'm going for value here so I bet $130 with $685 behind. He has about $400 total. He thinks for a bit and calls.
River:
10
Since he called twice I can't really put him on a strong queen, so must be a flush right? I go for big value and bet $300. He thinks for a while and calls with Q7ss.
He claims the king on the turn is what slowed him down after slow playing the flop.
Stack continued to grow after that. In a straddles pot TTJ made it $100 after a few limpers and I made it $320 in the BB with AK and he open folds 9's.
One final good hand was when I raised in ep(Always seem to get my good starting hands OOP)to $20 with two eights and got 3 callers. Flop was a perfect AK8rr. I lead for a small $35 to keep in any ace and I get raised to $90 by an older TAG guy. What could he have here? AA or KK is a possible flat with this guy, but doubtful he would in the field multi-way. Really hard to have the case 8, so it must be AK. He has $295 left so I put him in. He tanks and reluctantly folds A8. Really thought I was getting the rest.
I finished the day +$840. Could have been more if I could totally control frustration when card dead at a loose table, but eventually I wasted money looking to see flops with 106ss, etc.

1,000th Post

Oh what a 999 it has been.
Long time to get to 1k posts. I imagine that is because I have never left one of these:
"First"
"Wat"
"TL;DR"
However, I would say that I am guilty of some silly trolling. I never have personally attacked anyone, but I do find myself pointing out errors such as recently when a thread was started on November 5th concerning the fact that Jay Farber has been banned from 2+2 for "over a year". I followed a link to Farber's last post and it occurred November 21, 2012. So smarmy me leaves a post asking for OP's definition for "over a year"
I also get involved too much with threads that I believe to be absurd - even when the topic itself is serious. A couple of months ago the tragic story of the death of Adrian Peterson's son was posted in the Sporting Events thread. Even though the story stated that AP had little to do with the unfortunate child, people were posting their feelings of sadness for the absent father as well as obvious disgust over the incident. I, of course was disgusted by the story itself, but I truly felt this particular thread was just Enquirer-type sensationalism because it had nothing to do with AP or "sporting events" but with child abuse in general. I posted my feeling as such in a kind way, but I was totally flamed. I should know better than to try and debate rationalizations on the internet.
So, yea, definitely not any kind of memorable member of this community, but I have done some TR's that received decent reviews, and I have found this blog an enjoyable experience. I have found that writing about the good and all of the bad has kept me accountable to my game. They say that writing down whatever you wish to remember helps implant it in your memory.
So happy 1,000 to me and a 1,000 angles giving 1,000 hih fives to you all.

Besides my new local room I'm going to be playing a few different locales in the next few weeks.

Thursday at Commerce
Monday at Harrah's in New Orleans
Saturday the 30th at the Capitol Casino in Sacramento
Dec 7-8 Las Vegas

My Condo is walking distance to MGM. I've heard that the new room is not very good. I could, and probably will go to Aria, but if I'm playing 2/5 might I find easier competition at the MGM?

At the commerce Casino

Upon arrival I had a late lunch including a couple of Captain and Cokes. tonight I am gonna drink and open up my game....

Good luck. While I do appreciate a captain and coke AND opening up one's game, I don't think the two should be mixed!

The results were good, but

The drinks(several beers at the table)just led to me becoming lethargic when I hit a lengthy run of totally unplayable cards and I cut the session short. Before that it all went well:
Table was a mix of loose passive and a few TAGs with one big spot. Here are some of the highlights:
With a $460 stack I limped in ep with 1010. I mix it up with 88-1010 and sometimes limp. Gets to big fish and he makes it $25. Guy to my right and one other call with me.
Flop:
10:Q7
OR makes it $60, guy to my right calls, and I raise to $200 and both call. We all have $200-$300 remaining.
Turn:7
They both check to me. This seems like a good card vs three players as one must have a flush draw. The two checks were disappointing, but with the pot at $500 and I have $235 left I decided shoving was best but they both folded.
Next I re-raised fish to $60 with AKss. Flopped an ace on a two-flush board. I checked the flop, and got value on a blank turn.
Raised a limper to $25 with AK and fish called.
Flop:
1085
He check/calls $40
Turn:
6
He c/c $75
River:
2
He checks, and I announce "Ace" and he says "You're good" and shows QJ.
So I'm up $650, but then I disappoint myself by chickening out a couple of times after opening but not cont betting(one time IP, once OOP). They had nothing but better than my nothing. Also wussed out when I called an old guys $15 raise and checked the whole way and he won with a weak ace. So at this point in my life it appears that drinking no longer drops inhibition, but creates lethargy. I played for a few more boring hours and decided it was best to wrap it up. Final profit +$492.

When I held opponents nut card

This happened last week at Graton.
-Usual loose-passive morning table. I raise to two limpers to $20 OTB with QJ and unknown older guy calls.
Flop: Q102
He CC's $25
Turn: J
He checks and I bet $65 knowing chances are slip he has AK, but what about 89? He goes all-in for $45 extra and I call. River is a blank and he shows K9dd. The other ISD that I forgot about.
-I check in the BB with 54o vs two others including villain from previous hand.
Flop: AQ5rr.
All check
Turn: 4
I bet $15 and both call.
River blank.
I bet $30. One call and previous villain sticks out $100. So rare to get bluff raised on the river at this level, so I fold. Villain say he flopped a set of 5's which is slim, but again, odd spot to bluff after I bet twice.
-In the SB I raise three limpers to $25 with KK and they all call.
Flop: Q102rr
I lead for $65 and Cowboy Dan, a decent but tightish player calls.
Turn($230) is a jack completing the rainbow.
He never limps with AK so I bet $95 and he calls. I'm pretty sure Dan would at least min raise here with a nut hand.
River is a king completing the one-liner.
I spazz here. The way it is played there is an ace in Dan's hand. But I have a set and I convince myself that this is a bet-fold situation, which clearly it is not. I light $100 on fire and Dan goes all-in for $330 or so, and I fold. He shows AQ.

So total I lost a little over $500 which was my first losing session at the new place. Just an odd one as I held their outs in my hand in those big pots.

Harrah's New Orleans

Last Monday night arrived in New Orleans later than expected so I was only able to play a short session at Harrah's



The 2/5 list was long, but I got into a 1/2 game right away. The game was fairly TAG which seems unusual for this level. Mostly younger guys sitting on decent stacks. I bought in for $300 and was down $60 or so fairly quickly. I was in SB with AQo. folded to the button who I pegged as a decent player and he makes it $8. Seems like a good spot for him to raise light, and a good spot for me to 3-bet. I make it $23 and both he and BB call. Flop was K-x-x and I really saw no good reason to cont bet into 2 people as the king really narrows my betting range in the SB to AA, KK, or AK. I check and button takes it down with a 1/3 pot bet, showing an ace. My bad for chickening out.
A little later I make it $6 in ep with 55 and I get 2 callers.
Flop: K85r
I bet $10 and guy next to me calls.
Turn($38) os6
Not worried about 97 or 74, but I forget this is loosey-goosey 1/2 and I only bet $18 when I probably could go up to $25. He calls quickly. I am putting him squarely on a king.
River($72): 7
no flush but scary one-liner. Still a bet-fold spot. I go with $25, which of course is a weak and exploitable bet vs a thinking player, but I am at 1/2 so he calls and I win. I should have made $25 more with better value sizing.
There was a lot of straddling to $6 and then a dead $10(not by me). On one of those times I find pocket aces. It goes two callers and I make it $30. I actually want a call or two, but again, I'm not thinking. This is mall stakes. I could have got value at $50. Anyway guy next to me makes it $50! folds back to me and obviously I'm ahead. He has me slightly covered with $350 behind. But would he only raise $20 more with kings? I think not and a re-raise by me now seems like playing my hand face up, so I elect to call.
Flop($135) 773r
He bets $60. To me a min RR with stack sizes again seems obvious. So with such a non-scary flop I decide to turn it into a bluff and jam. He thinks for a while but finally folds 99! Never would have put him on that.
Shortly after I call it a short night up $145 as I have to work the next day.

The room itself is a tad ragged and cramped, but it is well run and dealers are good.

Eventually you can't help but play bad

So am off day in Sacramento led me to the Capitol Casino


Decent older poker room. Median player age was probably 50.


Table was loose-passive with a couple of crazy spots - like all-in $300 pre flop crazy. I tried not to get sucked in and wait out the bad cards as TAG would be the best way to deal with this. It worked for a while as after a $60 down tick I worked back up $60 or so by raise PF with 77, flopping a set and betting three streets even though the board kept getting scarier.
Alas, the cards ran bad while chips were flying around and I lost my patience.
I raise a limp by a good player to $11 with K10dd and get 3 callers inkling original limper.
Flop: Q83r.
After a check the good player bets $22. I think this is a good spot to raise and use my tightness to my advantage vs a thinking player. I make it $75 to go. However guy next to me adds on another $100 and I have to Hollywood-fold.
Later I call $10 PF with 98o, and flop comes 4 ways.
Flop: Q106r. Good player bets $30 and I call. Same dude from previous hand CR's to $125. Gets to me and I'm double-gutted and impatient so I call leaving $100 behind.
Blank turn and I have to fold.
So after a bunch of folding I rack up -$232.
1/3 is crazy by and large. And coming down from 2/5 it is hard to get sucked in eventually. Especially when one is not that mentally tough.

Embracing my image has early results

I obviously struggle with concentration, and that is a big part of my lack of real progress. It's been difficult to keep focused on what's going on around me when I'm not involved, and when I am in a hand it's hard to keep the pace slow in my mind. Ugh, all that mess has led to so many disappointments. I guess slow progress is better than none because since I started studying at seatopenpoker and did a live assessment with Bart the concepts he imparts are finding their way into my game. Man, I hope I can finally pull this off, and I know I need to log many, many more hours to know if I have made any inroads, but I feel hopeful after the last couple of sessions.
This last session at my home casino in particular. It was a winning session, but only because I worked hard to use my image, position and hand reading to make successful moves.
After being patient with bad cards I check the BB multi-way with J9o.
Flop: J109r
I bet $15 into $20 and get two callers, including Craig who is a good player who does quite well in tournies and takes that kind of aggression to cash tables, so I know he'd raise a big draw or made hand here.
Turn($65): ace.
I'm still betting here and I make it $40 and Craig only calls again.
River($145) os7
OK, a hand with an 8 gets there. Again, Craig would put pressure on me with this draw so I'm still betting. I put $70 in. Craig looks frustrated, say, "I let you get there", and folds a set of 10's face up!
So after some more sad cards and calling a raise with an OESD that missed, I was down some when I was dealt J10o in the HJ. Jeremy, who after some more observing I find to be a decent, but splashy, young loud player, raises to $15. Pat, and older ATC-type guy calls. I had not raised in a while, so I made it $55 to go and everyone folded.
Later I look at AJss OTB. This time Jeremy raises to $30 and again Pat calls. Great position and equity if called and I make it $100. Jeremy folds and Pat folds pocket 10's face up.
After another long dry spell I do get a little impatient and raise 108s in ep and get 4 callers. At that point Pat leans in and say, "You've played like three hands and you raise and four people still call?"
Flop: AQ4r
I check and so does everyone else.
Turn($100): Another queen.
After I check again TTJ, the best player at the table because he is willing to put money in the pot but also thinks about situations, bets $45. So I'm thinking that it is rare for a pair of aces to get checked through, especially by TTJ. Now with the queen pairing I decide that if this gets folded back to me I can rep a big ace or trips. It does and I do. I raise to $125 and TTJ folds.
Cautiously confident, but looking forward to playing more and test myself.
Tomorrow heading to LV for a long ago planned trip.

Good luck in Vegas! I was just there but I'm jealous.

A day a the MGM Poker room


We come here every year at this time for my girlfriend's softball tournament. Usually the weather is mild, but this time around, like the rest of the country, Las Vegas is cold and windy. Gets me out of having to go watch her play.

The new poker "room" at MGM is more of an area now.

But it is fairly quiet in its far off area, and well run.
Going into playing all unknowns I vowed to keep it TAG, and at that I mostly succeeded. Table was mostly loose-passive with a couple of good players and one ATC-type guy. First orbit in I was still making judgments when I get QQ in a straddled pot. One caller and I make it $35 and straddle(the potential good player)and one other calls.
Flop($105) J57r
I bet $65 and good players calls.
Turn($235) os4
I measure out a $125 bet. Villain makes it $350. So here I am with just an overpair at a 2/5 game where a turn bluff raise to an obvious good hand is extremely rare. He is young and he is deep, but he spends his off time watching his I-Pad. Later on I will be convinced that I was dead here, but at the time it was a grudging, but quick fold. Such a dry board there were several combos of sets to slow play, and maybe there is 86s in his straddle defense range.
So for quite a while I was down $250 or so. Middle age ATC guy raises all his junk to $15 and good cards to $20 and hits every thing. Others pot bet aces on scary flops to minimize value and then can't lay them down to aggression.
I work my way back up to near even when I get Aces. A new young and good player makes it his usual $20. ATC calls of course, and I make it $80. A bad player in seat 1 cold calls, and ATC also calls.
Flop($240):974
Seat one goes all-in for $320. ATC calls off his last $145. From watching seat one for a while I know that he has JJ-KK here with a tiny chance for 9's, and that's it. ATC has anything of course, so it is an easy call for me.
Turn, blank. River: 5
Seat one folds without showing. ATC turns over J3for the flush. I get $95 from the pot instead of $550.
A little later a new guy with $500 sits in seat one. He calls $20 then calls $100 vs good player to his left. Flop is 1098r. He bets $300, and young guy calls. He puts his final $100 in blind. Young guys calls and wins with trips vs his stone cold bluff with A4s.
Very next hand while I'm lamenting the fact that I don't enjoy the profits from these rare crazy types I complete with KJo in the SB.
flop: KJ6r. Crazy guy has re-bought for $300 and is in the pot. Any choice is profitable vs him I think, and I go with the CR. Gets to him and he bets $30. I make it $120, and he instantly goes all-in. Turn fills me up, and I easily beat his K8o.
After that I dwindle down calling several raises with mid pairs and missing I finally lose my cool a bit and call $10 more in the BB multi-way with 53o.
Flop is A96 and it gets checked around.
Turn($60) is an os4. SB bets $35 and I make a speculative(loose-wishful)call and so does one other.
River($165): os 2
I luck into my hidden bingo card. SB unfortunately checks. I make a $65 value bet but get no action.
So +$260 is not a great day, but not bad for me considering it was somewhat roller coaster. Vegas reinforces the fact that live poker is not dead. Sit at a table for 6 hours and you will see your NITs of course, but also many loose-passive players along with crazy ones and always one fish on a heater. Very few bluffs-never on the river, and no one value bets the river without the nuts. If I notice and apply these facts to my game with some success, then 2/5 is akin to printing money to the upper-tier players.

in for more

Thanks.
It seems like folks are stopping by, but I was hoping for more responses, good or bad....