Thanks for the comments everyone!

Watching you on latb now and what? Why do you show your hands? Your betting is very fast as well.

Kk utg makes it $35 and gets raised to 105 and fold to you and you insta $300 he calls.

Flop 44x and you insta bet and take it down then show kk!

Showing hands on LATB = they'll find out in 10 minutes anyway if they really want to.

Also I don't really mind showing that much in general, it gives my opponents info but as long as you're aware of what your opponents have seen then it doesn't really help them more than it helps you. For example, I almost 5-bet shoved JTo over JCW's 4bet with KK (the commentators had JCW's stack size wrong so they didn't even consider 5-bet bluffing an option) because I saw him 4-bet all-in with 54o earlier and get called. Obviously he knew this, etc. and it *almost* worked to his advantage.

It's very possible I have timing tells but they definitely aren't "easy", I bet fast with value hands/bluffs and bet slow with value hands/bluffs (Limon/BartHanson actually said I was over the line with hollywooding /w the nuts last Tuesday- but in the booth they knew my opponent had ten high, so yea, easy for them to say ). As another example, I took the exact same line/fast timing right before the show started with 98o on K22ss, except I was in MP and the guy who flatted my 4-bet was on BTN.

Anyway I'll pay more attention to timing next session.

Thanks for the comment!

I cant comment on hold em and I was just watching it from work but when there are PLO hands I will get more involved.

Phone update. Played 2 hours at Hawaiian Gardens. Down $335, mainly from 1 hand, UTG (young guy in hoodie but he was snug) opens to $45 at 5-10, i flat AK, flop low cards, check/check, turn A, check/call $70, river blank, check/call $150. He had AA! Lost the minimum no doubt.

This venue is alright I guess, not great but no serious issues. I probably won't come back just because Bike/Commerce unless there's good reason. The "Hawaiian" theme is so out of place its hilarious, will upload a pic when I'm home.

LA: $20568, 107 hours.

Alright I'm home. So yea, Hawaiian Gardens casino's wallpaper alternates white/picture/white/picture/white/etc. Looks absolutely horrendous IMO, but I'll let you guys decide for yourselves:



Needed to take a quick break so i figured I'd use the time to drive to the Bike. Played 3 hours there. Super uneventful, I think the biggest pot I lost involved me raising to $20 pre, cbetting, then giving up. The biggest pot I won was loose player opens to $20, 2 tight players call, I squeeze from BB to $105 with K3o and they all fold.

Very slightly hesitant to give away all my secrets since I know for a fact some of my table opponents read this, but fk it, hasn't hurt me yet. This is an amazing squeeze spot when a loose player opens and tight players flat, because it LOOKS like you're 3betting two tight players when in reality neither of the tight players are ever calling for this sizing, so really you just have to get by the loose player who is obviously opening wide and not continuing (unless your image is shot) without AK/JJ+. I try to fit one of these in roughly once every 2 hours.

Was down $53 in 3 hours.

LA total: $20515, 110 hours.

I love the post from 1/19 so much gold in there thanks.

Thanks. It's a collection of stuff I've wanted to say for awhile now.

I really appreciate these comments everyone.

I'm glad you're back posting regularly...enjoying your experience so thanks!

Ty for the comment LeeCrab2.

Played 8 hours (like 4 hours NLHE, 4 hours PLO), up $1304. Was up $4k at one point (got 5-bet, snapcalled with JJ preflop and was good vs. spewy villain even with 2 overcards on the flop, he didn't show, some more standard stuff). Near the end of my session I got outflipped in a couple big PLO pots and gave away like 800 in this pot...

I forgot preflop action but a guy raised to $40 and I flatted with AAQ8 in the SB, 4 ways to the flop. We're super deep (800bbs+) so I don't know, maybe I should 3 bet this but I honestly don't mind having a 0% 3-bet range from OOP right now until I'm more comfortable with PLO.

Flop KQ4, pot $160
I check, villain who I believe is a pro bets $100, preflop raiser and other guy folds. I flat.

Turn 4, pot $360
I check/call $250.

River 2, pot $860
I check/call $570. She has KKxx... I didn't bother looking at her other cards.

GODDAMMIT AESAH WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT CALLING RIVERS FKFKFKFKFKFKFKKFKFFKFKFKFKFKFKFKFKKFKK.

FKFKFKFKKFKFKFKFKFK

SERIOUSLY FKFKFKFKKFK I'M LITERALLY NEVER GOOD HERE LOL

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ok also I noticed I've been lacking on posts regarding "funny things that happen at casinos", I guess it becomes standard after awhile, but an RL friend asked me to write more about that so I'd figure I'd start noting them in my phone to write about. Here are a few from today:

-At my NLHE table, on the "high card for button", a guy predicted he would get a 5 or lower. I snap-offered him an even money bet before he could flip it over and he accepted! I lost though

-It's ok I won my next side bet, where I bet this guy whether I-40 ran through Missouri. Now as I drove about 1700 miles on I-40 starting from Arkansas earlier this month, I was like 99% sure it was a lock for me. The other guy stayed at a hotel in Missouri that he swore was off I-40, but he had it confused with I-44 I think.

-I played a hand where it got limped around. I checked the SB with 96o and flopped trips on a 993AA board runout. I check/called a flop bet, turn checked through, and I check/called a river bet (AGAIN WITH CALLING RIVERS WTF IT DOES NOT WORK. STOP CALLING RIVERS AESAH). Villain had A6o. Now another guy not in the hand was absolutely CONVINCED that villain had a 1/33 chance to win on the flop. The funny part is he said this was the odds to win with runner runner, no matter if it's a runner runner flush, straight, or trips. Another guy at the tabled argued with him for quite some time as I tried my best to steer conversation away from poker...

Yea. I'm steaming like crazy from that river call with the nut flush but at least variance still smiles favorably upon me and I'm up.

Oh I just remembered there's 1 other hand that mega-tilted me. I raise 99 on the button to $50, fishy villain in SB 3-bets to $150 (his range is literally AK/QQ+), I flat.

Flop A93, pot $330
Villain bets $150, I jam for about $700 more. I thought he was the kind to think I would make that sizing if I were trying to get him to fold, he eventually mucks AK after tanking for awhile. Should have just clicked it back and let him jam =/ sooooooooooooooooo tilting.

Between the 2 hands I posted here I should have like $1500 more and it's not even close.

LA total: $21819, 118 hours.

Nice to see you on a heater dude.. I am in the processing of reading through the entire thread. I like your writing style, it's very engaging.

When will you play LATB again? I want to watch

Nice thread and gl. Has PLO been running at the bike regularly since wsopc ended and Lapc started?

Fwiw, there have been good PLO games every day/night at commerce, mainly "600" (which sometimes magically morphs into "1000"), 10/20 w 5k max. Game plays a bit weird w some small stacks of 1k or less and a few monster stacks of 5-20k.

Also, sometimes Mississippi straddle is allowed sometimes it isn't.

Alright I'm playing LATB. Going on air in 30. I'm Don.

Goodluck!

Watching now gl gl

I'm watching too!


Discussion of hourly in the 300-1k 5-5 game.

IMO 80-90/hr


Such a sick hand right now.

gl on LATB

Why did you not 3 bet with AK in the C/O in a multiway limper pot? lol





Okay that's why (: nh lol

Loooll nh

I didn't like my river overbet vs Ivan on AKTK9 right after I did it (I bluffed him so many times), but I feel like he folds a good chunk of his range there so I don't mind it in retro...retro-spect.

Didn't like my preflop sizing with KK (for the 3rd time on LATB already...) 3-betting from BB vs. LP open. I keep trying to think "this is what i would raise as a bluff" but yea I already discussed how that is stupid thinking. If I make it like $50 he probably feels priced in to call with position then I pwn him.

Also as harborlaw mentioned, I think flatting AKo in like a 6-way single raised pot was bad. Easy 3-bet/jam over a 4-bet given my image.

Didn't really mind anything else too much. Was a bit too loose overall, I tried to take advantage of my "winning image" but no one was having any of it.

I also played PLO for about 5 hours before the show and broke dead even, got in my 230bb stack on KQ3dd with QQ and the Q high flush draw... only to find I'm up against two different players with nut flush draw and KK, drawing to quads. wtf. Can't remember the other hands that well, I won a 300bb 3-way AIPF pot with AAxx vs another AAxx and something else and I hit a flush.

Thanks for the sweat guys. Was up $1879 for the day, 8 hours.

LA total: $23698, 126 hours.

I wasn't a fan of the AK hand but it was watever sounds like u booked a healthy win again nice one. I stopped watching about 25 mins after the AK vs 89 hand, It was my first time watching latb, would you that game was representative of how the games usually are over there?

No, I played the table because my friends were watching, but it was a much tougher than average table. Would never sit in that game otherwise. It was like 3 good players, 3 thinking tough breakeven players, and 3 slightly weak players.

Watch Tuesday's show (free for a few more days) where multiple players are limping UTG with A4o.

fk i have no idea how i won money today. I literally punted off $1000 at 5-5 NLHE calling with AA on 644ss when I cbet, shortstack lady jammed, and a tight guy flatted. Tight guy happened to have 66, but my equity vs. his range here is like soooooooooooo bad. Unbelievable, worst play I've made in awhile.

Played PLO, bought in for what was left in my wallet, $200, played HU vs. a mega-whale for awhile (god that was awesome), ran up my stack to $2500, then punted that off again in another horribly -EV spot where I 3-bet AAxx, 2 people called (1 who covered me, another basically AIPF), with a $1300 pot and $2100 behind vs. the deep guy. This is just like the worst spot ever and I bet/called on a Q95 board, villain had KQJ9 and held.

I actually didn't have any more money in my wallet so I borrowed $500 from the guy who just stacked me (a very friendly reg), then miraculously ran that up and cashed out for $3235. So I ended up $1535 for the day (10 hours) after paying him back. Craziness.

LA total: $25233, 136 hours.

Also, my personality leans towards remembering my badly played hands more than my well-played or even questionable hands, so I need to remind myself to post some of those too... one of them I called a $320 river lead with 1 pair in a heads-up pot on 97xx5 rainbow after flop and turn went check/check, aggressive fish was trying to rep 86 but there's no way he ever checks both flop AND turn with that hand. I wish I remembered more details but I don't, but I felt it was a pretty great call.

For the record, I still advocate never hero-calling in spots where there is even the slightest chance villain could potentially have the nuts. In this spot villain was just so unbalanced by betting all his draws that he can't possibly have anything decent here.

Another hand:

I raise pre with JT97 on the button, 2 callers.

Flop T86, pot $150
checks through.

Turn T, pot $150
Decent villain bets $115, V2 folds, I call.

River A, pot $370
Villain bets $250, I raise to $600. He folds... good spot to rep AAxx maybe??? If the ace wasn't a club it'd be a lot better... lol

As with the previous hand, I don't recommend running river bluffs very often either... derp.

Oh well. Met fellow 2+2ers serio and VERY BRIEFLY Turntup today too!

So you definitely know much more about PLO than me so maybe you can help me this since i am just barely getting started in PLO.

A hand like you had above JT97 badugi. is this the kind of hand that you will just open fold UTG in a 9-7 handed game since it has no suits? or is it an auto-raise? Also if this hand is suited or even double suited are you willing to get stacks in (~150bbs) against most opponents pre?

I can guess that most of these situations will be very player/game dependent, but i was just wondering if there is any kind of standard with these types of hands