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Originally Posted by Labax
Yeah that **** tilts me a lot when I play live
Yeah, it annoys me when they have a 20+ list and only two tables open when they should easily be able to open four.
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Originally Posted by leavesofliberty
I might recommend a puzzle book to keep your mind sharp, and to keep thinking laterally. It's good for a 15 minute warm-up. More than that and you're just tiring yourself out though.
Yeah, I think I'd prefer just reading. I have a ton of books I want to get through and wait list time is a pretty optimal time for me to get those reps in.
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Originally Posted by Kanaxis
I would consider an open limp range in live games, getting that limp reraise in is nuts and you avoid 6 way pots
I have a limping range on most tables, but not usually with the intention of limp reraising. Generally I limp on tables that are very passive, i.e. not a whole lot of isolating or 3betting going on. I'll only limp AA or KK or AK or something if someone's isoing like crazy or it's a v aggressive table. Not worth the risk imo of going 7 to the flop. That said, I opened AA UTG yesterday and still went 7 to the flop so who knows...
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Originally Posted by panetta23
Do you think live will explode if online goes down? If thats the case it might not be so bad, although i am dreading the prospect of no online as im doing really well now (despise playing live and 9 handed, which is my dream job ahahaha)
I don't think it'll explode, no. Maybe there will be on average a few more players in the casino but I don't think it'll be crazy. Hopefully for you and everyone really it sticks around though.
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Originally Posted by ohsnapzbrah
Just saw this thread, good luck Meale! I'd +1 to a puzzle book. Or even something like a sudoko app on your phone. Helps keep the logical portion of your brain exercised whilst waiting. Either way, probably the worst thing to do would be to aimlessly browse the internet while waiting. A tip in one of Jared Tendler's books is to get into the zone before playing and then stay in.
Yeah, probably a decent idea hey. I still think I'll spend waitlist time reading simply because it's a priority of mine to read more.
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Originally Posted by Everest17
Tbh I don't think all sets raise flop in that spot as it's a rainbow board. As played it's definitely a call, but I think more than just J10 beats you in that spot.
Congrats on the win though, hopefully more to come!
What can I beat? The guy'd been playing fairly snug and straight forward. At the time I was like, I should probably bet again on this turn but fold to a raise. Couldn't do it at the time. But curious as to why you think it's "definitely" a call? :/
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Originally Posted by jordan1352
yeah you will never have the waiting problem at crown, you should probably try to get to melbourne asap. good luck for any temporary solution you think of.
Yeah, unfortunately it seems I'm definitely going to be in this place for a good few months at the very least. Hopefully I can get back into the black sooner rather than later and might have some options.
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Originally Posted by fekko
Hopefully when the new casino in the CBD is finished it might have a bigger/better poker room.
Yeah I actually heard the floor talking about it a couple days ago and he recons the new poker room will have 40 tables in it - no one's really sure how they plan on filling so many tables but apparently that's what the floor plan allows for. Unfortunately it's like 5 years off!
Daily Update - Sun 6 Aug 2017
Hours Played:
4.5
Profit:
-$269
Variance:
4
Notes: Frustratingly sat on the wait list for maybe 2-2.5 hours. Managed to get a short-ish session in but it's certainly better than nothing which was originally the plan. Pretty card dead most of the session, one hand of note however.
Hand 1
Hero just sat down at table, opens like 3 hands in a row so has a super aggro image, looks down at A
A
and opens to $20 from UTG. Drooler on my left cold calls, another call, and two more calls. Five to the flop.
Flop $100: T
6
2
Hero cbets $50 - This size is an issue... Based on board texture, we should be betting more. The reason at the time we bet this size was honestly because we expect to get check raised by a set like every time when it's 5 handed. That's such awful logic obviously and it mightn't have actually been that but that certainly crossed my mind. I think something like $70-75 is probably best here.
Anyway, drooler to my left calls and villain to his left tank raises to $250. Both villains cover me. IMO this should just be a fold. Simply because most people will just call their flush draws and straight draws and will raise their sets. I also bet small OTF so I could fold cheaply lol. I figured though at the time that there's A LOT of draws on this texture so think continuing with AA unblocking clubs is decent.
I decided just to call because if I jam I might lose the drooler to my left. And then I can pretty much just close my eyes and stuff any safe turn. Drooler calls.
Turn $850: T
6
2
9
Obv just about the worst turn in the deck... Hero checks, drooler checks, villain bets $50. Lol, I fold, drooler calls.
River $950: T
6
2
9
Brick
Drooler checks, villain jams like ~150-200ish idk? Drooler calls and shows J
T
hence earning him the name "drooler" and villain tables T
8
- kinda interesting tbh... Basically one of the few hands that isn't a set that might raise the flop. So although this makes my call "right" I still think it's a bad call because we see this hand so infrequently with respect to all his sets.
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Tonight I've been invited to a $2/$3 homegame. This beast is mostly short stacks around ~$100 but I think probably fairly good in terms of EV as players aren't the best. It's also lower rake and free piss so hopefully there are some people taking advantage of that and we can make some money from some bad play. The host agreed to pay for my uber there and back since I didn't want to drive due to the curfue, so that's a plus as well. Will cop a free feed as well which will be nice. Might even have a couple drinks!
Finished settling in to the new place today, got a motherload of stuff from home and did a bit of shopping. I still need to go shopping for some comfortable trackpants or something for the casino grind. Unfortunately I need to be up at 7:30am tomorrow for the plumber - apparently our sink's ****ed. Not sure how long I'll play tonight because of that but I'll take any volume I can get at this stage.
Tomorrow me and a friend are going to consummate my moving out by tripping balls on acid. It'll be his first time and the area I live in is super nice, we have an awesome park right downstairs and for any Brisbane locals, you'll know South Bank Parklands are the bees knees, so we're going to go for a walk through there and just enjoy the serenity. I imagine we'll be fairly sober come 9-10pm so I might even jet over to the cas and play a short session afterwards if I feel like it. Then we'll just have Wed and Thur to cram in the rest of the 40 hours volume for the week but I feel like we'll get that done easily.
I also got signed up to the gym today. It's about a 20 second walk away, 24/7, bigger and better than my previous one. I didn't actually sign up but my flatmate has a membership there he doesn't use so I just set up a bank xfer for that and he gave me his tag - was all sorted in 2 mins without having to leave the house!
Will update ya'll as to how this homegame goes a little later on.
Peace