Supposedly was supposed to wake up at 10:30 , grab a nice normal food court meal and then head to the casino for the tournament, but lazied out once again and slept in till 11, just grabbed mcdonalds drive thru , ate in car and rushed to casino, and ran across the street from the parking lot, just to make it for the last seat left.

I pay $300, turns out, theres only 1 table of tournament players in total, last time I came it had 4. I was like wtf? Then dealers like ya, bad beats at 500k , noone wants to play tournament. Anyways $300 is the biggest buy-in tournie this month for RR, i thought for sure there was gonna be a bunch of ppl and a huge prize pool.

Turns out:

Top 3 / 11 gets paid, $1400, $900, $600.

Early on in the game, starting 20,000 tc, get stepped on half with AA , raising, getting couple callers, winning guy had J10 and flop was 894, turn A, making me trips, I bet big, calls, hits Q on river, gets another 5k outta me. GG, i thought I was goner for sure after that hand with only less than 7k remaining.

Held my balls tight, finally got in a few good hitting hands / bluffs, AA > 99 all in and AA > KK the same guy from first hand to nearly knocking him out, i 4 bet and he reshoved haha, pretty sure he coulda got away if he noticed that I would never 4 bet without AA there =/

Running good like a gorilla and then sucking out with A10 on A97 flop against AK all in on flop, hit 10 on river, BOOM, i literally got up and was like YES, and we shook hands , nice guy anyhow.

Finally lasted till last 3, had 40k chips 1.5/3k , shoved with K9 on SB against big stack's BB and he had A2 and knocked me out. Probably a mistake here... 3 / 11 . Not bad I guess, at least I earned my friends and I a little cash for 6 hours of work.

How's the action at RR with the huge bad beat there. Must be lots of tables running?

Yea RR and hardrock always packed , waiting list is huge, gotta call in everytime , and even when I do , its like 45 min wait everytime. River Rock is more reg infested, games are tougher than hard rock. thats for sure.


Just got out of hardrock for 4 hours, standard stuff, but QQ losing 2 pots is pretty hurt to a 4 card straight board, guy has Q9SS on 5678K board .

Made a couple mistakes, especially one time value owning myself hard wit 2nd pair only.


But still +100 of the day thanks to this hand:

QJ raise to 7, 2 callers,

Flop:

910K

Double checked my cards, lol'ing finally hitting a nuts hand hoping to get some value... bet 10 , villain calls, fold.

Turn:

A

I bet 20, villain calls with regret.

River:

Q

I bet 30... maybe I shoulda betted more here because he called fairly quickly, and I was praying he didn`t have a J or else split pot ?? no thanks.

Villain shows Ace something, Hero Scoops, yay.

Cool HR chip

No idea how it turned out this way

Rise and shine, 2pm, the good old running chicken rice with milk tea for $10 at our aberdeen food court. ran into an old friend, had a nice talk, feel energized and ready to play.

Sat down, feeling rich , $200 stack , 1st hand, limp Q10o ,called a 15 dollar raise went 4 way, QsJs8, called 20 bet, turn: 10s, 2 pair wohoo but on 3 spade board, no worries, i can still boat up right? 4 ****ing outs here i come.... call 25 dollar bet, river 9h, folded to big bet... lol what am i doing..??

KJss, flop Jh 8h 6c, bets 30, 5 way, lp re-raises all in 150, unknown asian player, this should be a clear fold, and bet shoulda been more like 20, instead of 30 trying to get people out like i planned, i tanked.. hoping he was on flush draw or a straight draw, called, set of 6s, im drawing dead. lose my $200 within 5 hands.

Another $200 ... just really hovering this for a while until ..

AQo, calls LP's squeeze of 25, 4 callers ( lol ) ,

Flop: Qc10c6d, i just shove here thinking i can get fold equity and if anyones drawing, im a favourite right?

2 callers, turn: Ks, river 9s.

MP shows KQ, LP shows AQ . GG, we both got turn'd, he had 3 outs and we were gonna chop his money... seriously wtf is going on , i have $50 remaining dude.

*Seat open*

Walk across to some blackjack tables with remaining $50, lost it in a instant, pull out another $400, knew it was a bad table but kept playing, lost that as well, went to the ATM withdrew my last $300 of cash of the day thinking if I lose this, i might actually have to job hunt to back this up... then instantly hitting the $15 min bj tables, ran that **** up from $300 to $1650, running hot like the sun, profiting of $550 of the day. I'm definitely not happy with this win, I should be making money in poker, not blackjack, i swear i never do well when at river rock, prob being close to home and I just don't pull out my A-game enough here for some weird reason.

Stay away from the table games. That ain't the way to build your roll. Gotta make the fold and have disciple in the second hand against those old Asians. They never are bluffing in that spot.

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Woke up actually early today at 12 , went happy date restaurant for some macaroni + sunny side eggs + bad sausage + toast + milk tea... yumyum...

Got a hair cut, called in right away after, arrived 1 hour later, still had to wait 15 on the list, turns out it was a 2 hour wait and during that 2 hours, I won $665 from table games, thanks to a $10 dragon baccarat bet. LOL, I started from $5 min blackjack to that, I seriously didn't wanna play but I literally had nothing to do while waiting for the pager to beep, I promised myself I was only gonna use $100 to play if I lost it, I woulda just waited until I got called but turns out lady luck was on my side and I stepped into the poker room being up already, feels good.

I believe self-assesment afterwards is very important becuase you need to realize what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong so you can improve for the next session and won't make the same mistakes.

I learned limping Q10o or calling $15 raises is a bad idea offically. The reverse implied odds is strong and you rarely hit hard enough you need exactly 89J to be the best hand.

Nothing special lost $40 right away thanks to pocket pairs not hitting the flop, I thought it was once every 8 times, seems like forever since I hit a set.

Anyways look down at AA cringing ... im in BB, white fishy guy in LP raises to 13, I ask how much and 3 bet him to $32. He calls without much hesitation.

Flop is:

J 10 7

BINK ! even if he has a set here I still have outs to improve to a flush, I shove my remaining $100ish and i cover him, he calls and shows KK

And I easily win the pot hehe.

Pretty much nothing really going on from that point on except calling off a limped pot with J10o on a 102862

I bet 15 on flop, old bluffy fishy guy calls on my left, check check turn, check river, he bets 30. now this is a signifcant amount for this pot, im pretty sure if he flopped a flush , he woulda betted the turn or raised me on the flop , so thats out of the equation, he could have a 2, but the bet should be much lower and I beat pair 8s if he thinks I have nothing. I tanked and called, showed pair 10s, he mucked and couple ppl on table said nice hand.

Also this other hand:

I called a $15 squeeze from BB in LP, heads up with 24.

Now this hand, I actually had a plan, with my image I could represent or bluff him off because this guy actually knows how to fold .. i think. So I didn`t think it was a -EV play and he was raising quite a bit so I didn`t believe that he had a premium of any sort.

Flop comes:

3 5 J. holy... what better of a flop can i ask for. OESD + FD.

Called his $20 bet

Turn:

8 , check check

River:

A .

Wohoo, he bets 25, I raise to 50 and he called after thinking for a bit so I think the min raise was ok because anymore might have just pushed his low pair out. Its nice finally hitting boards.

Im not sure if calling $15 with A3s is a good play or not because there was this hand I woulda flopped a nut flush, but there was AQs on the pf raiser so I guess I made a discipline fold because I knew that lady wouldn`t raise to 15 without anything at least 99+ AQo+ , not even AJ . Quick Pokerstove, im 29% against 70% if I called that bet, even though it went 3 way.

Anyways last hand of the day, I decided to just muck but looked down at the AA and was like o time to scoop some blinds before I leave, I announce its my last hand for some weird reason because it was a friendly table, prob a mistake.

I bet 20 UTG and get 2 callers, and 1 of them is the winning stack guy wit $1000 and he smells like nasty ass curry, and he announced he has his favorite hand, uh oh.

Anyways, Flop comes Q 10 8 , I checked for some weird reason I dunno why , I should have bet at least something here but for no apparent reason, i checked and they all checked behind

Turn: K I bet 30 quickly hoping to fold those 2 guys out, MP folds, LP the 1k stack calls.

River: 5 , I check, he bets $50, now here , hes not bluffing for sure I know, and $50 is quite a big bet, I have blockers to AK and I lose to KQ, K10 2 pair. For sure this $50 bet is telling me he has 2 pair or better, theres no way hes betting $50 with K 7 or some bs like that or he wouldnt even have called the $20 pf call. Anyways I called because i'm a 1/2 donk who can't fold aces when he knows hes beat, and villain announces straight and tables J9.

Hero leaves the table in despair, but still profited $746 for the day, and proceeded to have a nice double date dinner for $65. Good day ytd, prob won't be playing today , throat is getting dry and coughing, maybe smoking too much? or drinking? time to get some exercise (hopefully) and rest.

Been sick the past couple days, couldn't pull myself to play after those couple wins, thought I would take a break and spend some of the money before i risk it again. Bought myself a new 27" led monitor ( that can't adjust it's height grr ) on a 1 day sale , couldn't help it, always wanted to upgrade and might as well give the old one as a gift to my mom. haha, going to go back to it tmr at HR if i don't feel like crap after car maintenance and lunch. Also seeking my friends to stake me again at a decent sized / advertised tourney, much more fun aspect of poker than cash. We'll see how we do very soon.

Kinda Disappointed

Finally got myself to go after a week rest cuz i was sick but im still kinda sick. Not sure why I still haven't recovered...

Got to the tables, pretty much seat changed quickly into the session and started raping **** up with A7 against AK on a AJ875 board for $200 pot.

Then made a mistake where I paid the guy off with AJ on a AQ975 board, he clearly has 2 pair or AK when the old guy decided to bet 30 on the river. Couldn't lay down my hand like a noob.

Then most tilting hand I got today was QQ, LP TAG 40 yr asian with sunglasses bets $6, I call in SB, flop was J 5 7 , deciding to trap instead of 3 bet, but i got $15 - $45 - shove $130 bluffed on the river when board was ending with 9 7 , i folded to his shove on river, but he showed a 10, so prob busted clubs... he couldnt be raising in LP with 10-7 now he would he?? I thought for sure I was beat by something... but it was actually a bluff, god , why couldnt i sniff that one out.

Only profited $66 for today, not happy with these results at all, left alot of money on the table.

Good luck - subbed.

He probably had 8T clubs. The LP 3x raise doesn't mean much, if it were a standard 6x then I'd narrow his range. People usually show single cards to cause pain and deceive. If he had a busted flush draw why not show both?

Was this table 3 at Hard Rock? I doubt Len is bluffing.

No this was at River Rock, yea now that you speak of it, prob T8, why wouldnt he show both if it was some complete bluff? you're most likely right. god i feel so much better for folding that river now thanks to you haha.

I'm not reg enough to know ppls names and stuff yet haha.

The definition of running bad

My first time encountering live actually "running bad"

Was up $200 before stepping into the poker room, felt like a boss, had to play and wait cuz its such a huge line up , its ridiculous , maybe it'll calm down a bit now cuz the 600k bad beat was hit earlier today, now its back down to 200k i think. still not bad money, but im not really here for that, im here to be a profitable player.

Hand 1:

hero in LP with 44 calls 40 yr old $15 bet in MP.

Flop comes:

3 6 7

villain checks, right here, i shoulda bet I had a gutshot and prob the best hand, he prob has Ace+face and missed, but I decided to take free card, not sure why , i prob woulda taken it down here with a decent bet, but due to me being a pussy or something, i decided to check.

Turn:

10

Nothing changed here unless he has A-10... but $15 dollar bet wit A-10, really? doubt it.

Villain bets 25, Hero calls.

River:

J

I seriously doubt hes on flush draw, villain shoves remaining $80, im thinking this is a complete bluff or he hit a J on the river on me... since i'm a 1/2 donk, i can't lay down my hand and gotta look him up and I was feeling "balling" from winning earlier, hero calls, Villain shows AJ. Typical 6 outer on river i guess, but i admit i made a mistake.

Had to reload another $100 to top off back to $200ish, now im thinking , great now i have a losing image, ppl will call my value hands more, wippie.

Hand 2:

This hand I was kinda tilted and was trying to make a move, but honestly with my image, i doubt anyones gonna fold against me because before this hand, i have called several raises and limped then proceeded to just c/f most of them cuz not hitting jack.

Hero in EP limps QJ , calls Villains $15 bet in LP.

Flop comes:

9 7 5

hero checks, villain bets 20, hero calls hoping to hit a Q or J on turn or river to win the hand, not sure why I would do this prob cuz im tilted, and if doesnt work out, ima donk out on turn and he will probably fold cuz he prob didnt hit either..? A9 ? doubt it.

Turn:

4

Hero donks out 25 hoping for a fold, villain re-raises to 75, hero hollywoods and folds and thinking how big of an idiot he is. LOL

Hand 3:

Hero in EP wit KJ limps, calls 27 yr old white 2/5 reg villain on the left $15 squeeze ( he raises to 15 alot when theres limpers, so he cant have that good of a hand ) , LP calls as well.

Flop comes:

K J 8

Yes, finally I hit a decent hand and wit my losing image, ima get paid off for suree if anyone has a decent piece. Hero checks, Villain bets 20, LP calls, hero raises to 40, maybe 60 here? but i want to get paid off thinking... villain calls, LP folds. At this point, im thinking he either has some kinda K or on a draw.

Turn:

6, i check stupidily, i should have shoved my remaining $100ish in here first to act since I prob still have the best hand, but I checked thinking villain would bet, honest noob mistake here, totally didnt think about it, wanted to be "deceptive" and I was thinking he was drawing dead if not close it... WRONG

River:

Q, F me, A10 just got there... hero checks, villain bets $100 quickly and bluffly, at this point im thinking.. hes either bluffing or he just hit his straight

Villain turns over 910 , yep he hit his 8 outer , i even asked if he would fold the turn if i shoved, he said yes, very inaccurate play of me, i should really think 2 if not 3 times before making a move.

Doombringer hand:

Hero with J8 limps on dealer, sb folds, BB checks.

QJ7

Villain bets pot 17, no idea how the pot got to 17 , i rmb it was limped.. anyways, only hero calls.

Turn:

8

My luck has turned, and i got this guy on lockdown, doubt he has 9-10, what are the chances and even if he was on draw i doubt he would bet pot cuz hes a old guy, prob TPTK but I have 2 pair, 90% best hand right now.

Villain bets 30, hero re-raises to 90 with 100ish behind.

Villain looks at hero's stack and says, eh your gonna go all in on river anyways might as well do it now.

We both shove all in.

River:

A

Villain shows AQ

Never was I so mad playing poker, all the other times I lost, i made a mistake blah blah, but today was just straight out run bad, as played, the cards fell all in my opponents favour. I know this is part of the game, but it hurts 10x as much live than it does in like a 2/5NL online game.

Lost $300 poker, couldn't take it, ATM'd another $400, luck was wit me and recovered all wit baccarat and roulette ending the day wit +800, i know this is not the way to go, but how else can I sponsor such a expensive hobby like bad beat poker. I truly seek to improve my game , i wish i didn't have to play pit games, i wish i was good / run good enough to profit decently in poker. O well, this games all about BRM, and as long as I got it, im still in here to advance forward. One day, I'll just be like the other grinders in this forum, grinding all day in vegas. One day, mark my word, I will do it.

Done with the dreaming, got my friend to sponsor 40% of tournament tmr, hopefully it really is 9 tables full, so the prize pool is some what decent this time. To run good and beyond.

Fraser Downs almost downs me

Got to the casino, turns out tournaments cancelled after a 40 min drive, got put in line for 1/2 , 20th on list, took a pager, headed to bj tables, nearly losing $800 but managed to profit $250 before stepping into poker room.

Turns out, 1/2 is still full, but theres a seat in limit, i took it, friendly table, easy game, whoever has best hand wins the pot pretty much. I keep flopping the world, 10-10 hitting J109 then 4 4 comes, then AK praying for TPTK, board comes AKK, wtf? how come this never happens to me in NL games. I was up $100 just from limit before changing to NL.

Got greedy with AJ, on 3 diamond board , facing 1 $60 shove on turn wit 1 card coming, if i hit diamond, i win all, also another guy who was in it as well, so it was almost a triple up if i hit, but turns out no diamond on river, and i wasted nearly $100 chasing that, both of them had medium flushes, so really i only had 5 cards in the deck that can save me... shoulda thought about it, they would not have shoved so hard without a flush, on a Q1074 board. O well, lesson learned dont chase the nut diamond on turn facing $60 all in shove.

Managed to pull myself back up with AA preflop raised 10, got called board was J107 - bet 15 called turn 5, bet 20 called, bet 25 called. maybe river should have been a bit more maybe 30-40... o well.

Then didn't get a river bet with KJ on JQ7K5 board, was scared loose passive player has a straight, but turns out he had QJ. O well still binked a K for the win.

Was pretty much card dead at this point, so i decided to pull a raise with 69 for 15, this is usually a fold, but i was so card dead and thinking my tight image will help me represent something like A on the board if it comes, shockingly 4 ppl call but flop comes , 945, i bet 25, villain calls, rest folds, turn: 3, i shoved my remaining $100ish in here and villain covers, i shoved thinking i have a 9 and a SD, and i didn't want him to have a chance to bluff at it and my shove might fold his A9 since a straight just came on board. He tank folded, feels good winning a medium sized pot with marginal cards.

I am quite happy that today my bank account has been higher since I quit my job and paid off all expenses till now thanks to casino grinds, taking break tmr to play some ps4 and chill out.

Only won $60 this recent session at GV, but I feel like my game has improved and learning to value bet better. If my luck was a bit better that day with how the cards fell down, defiantly woulda been up $300 + . o well, you can't win every pot i guess.

My bankroll sadly took a hit due to argument with parents, I couldn't go home for the night, so decided to stay in a hotel downtown , bill came to $240 , entertainment fees of $220 + $30 drinks. What an expensive night, but what a fun experience, never did I before could have this kind of money to be doing this kinda stuff. Just gotta make sure to keep it down and need to save my BR for going up in stakes to 2/5 . My short - medium term goal is definitely moving into 2/5. The fact that grinding 1/2 just can't make enough cash to actually play for a living. Please run hot like the sun.

Running cold like north pole.

Was Pretty much card dead for 3 hours. Best hands were 66, AQo, A2dd. O did I mention I didn't flop anything to help my hand. Stack trickled down to $60 , all in wit QJo lost to 2-2. Hmm well played. Then took remaining $240 to lose in baccarat and blackjack. Fooookkkk me... I needed a win today, Not a loss...

O well, like Antonio says, "What defines us is How well we rise after falling."

Note to self: next time just table change and start fresh somewhere else. Pit games is not the way.

You can learn this the cheap way or the expensive way.

Most of the hrs you spend at the poker table your cards will not be very good, just fold and stay patient. Focus on playing your best!

Is the dream still alive?

Went busto , lost job, survived on 1/2 poker winnings for couple months, then bankroll went in critical condition when i lost $800 in a session. not to mention the others before that...

Got a FT job again, im half a year in, chill job, not much stress, pays alright, realizing lately i need a part time job to increase income... tried searching.. without a degree its tough around here to get anything decent.

Been watching youtube videos, live on bike, to train up, reading threads , playing some hands online when im bored.

Decided to hit the tables today, but AQss, AKo twice, didn't hit anything , and ofc they always see young kid with a <$200 stack, will always call u , cbet fail = i c/f = fail .

Lost $400, not a good start to my "part time job" lol , don't worry i got the roll now, i'll be back tmr

I can always hope for bad beat right... it's at 330k , quad 8s or better lawl

The session started decent, after an hour, i was probably up $50 max, playing TAG, telling myself to play a value game, hit hands and get value, but sometimes I do it, sometimes I don't. There were quite the many times where I would limp -> fold on raise or even limp -> call with spectulative hands-> fold, pretty bad when you have less than $200, I guess. Guess playing weak-tight just isn't all that good , I need to be more aggressive in certain spots, but having the young asian look doesn't help when you're trying to get people off hands I think, so therefore; I would wanna take people to value town more, but how to get value when u rarely hit? What a grind...

Probably the coolest hand today I've had today was:

J10cc ($150 ) called villain ( $200 ) 15 raise, 3 ways to flop:

Kc3c9d

Villain cbets 45, hero c/r all in , villain tank folds.

I have came to a conclusion I have monster syndrome, when I have monster, I bet big, bet sizing tells then people fold. I had AA 3 times this session and I barely got any money out of it, because I decided to bet big... especially when you're weak tight image, people will not call a big bet from you. I must say, my heart races and I get nervous when I get big hands.. guess I'm just not experienced enough yet... with time I think, with time... All in all fun session though, everyone was very sociable , its great to have fun at the tables as well even if it didn't turn out well money-wise =[

I am offically a weekend warrior. Adminstrative assistant by day, weekend poker warrior. Trying to slowly become semi-pro by night, but it's hard. When you get off work, you just wanna have a smoke and rest, but nothing comes easy I guess. What's even more sad is, today is the annual dinner for my good friend with 30+ ppl drinking and partying; however 2 years ago, I decided to get way too drunk and got into "talking ****" trouble with with another friend, and we had a huge argument and I was pretty much exiled from that group. Today I see them on FB for events, and there were no invites for me. But, that's okay, I've come to learn that, if they don't want me, i don't want them either.

I made a note in my phone to remind myself of these things:

Good Solid Fundamental Poker
Don't triple barrel bluff
Bluffing should be small part of the game
Beware of your mindset
Play tight pre-flop / ABC post flop
Focus on Value betting
Don't bluff or call down light

Let the run good begin .

Good luck bro! See you at edge or rr maybe.

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I have came to a conclusion I'm more of a pit degen than a poker player. FML.

Back to the drawing board again.

Lost $300 in poker , this is 5th losing session in a row.

Lost $50 in Mahjong

Got kicked out of CS GO game cuz I sucked

I'm done with life .

Got stepped on again, but made it back at pits.

Getting better at this game, will do a full live session record next time. I think im missing spots to get money playing too tight or non-aggressive.

Took a huge poker break. Got a job as an assistant at car rental place making half decent money for vancouver standards. Took a shot at the casino the other day, lost $200 poker, came out up $1000 in baccarat/blackjack. Decided to use this to pay off bills and focus on poker more. Put some money on PS, canadian -> usd = $150 to $100. Built some confidence and experience playing tournies, sit n go hyper and zoom cash. Just trying not to tilt off my PS money at this point. Grinded 7 tiring hefty hours of poker last sat and made $683. Pretty decent and glad i invested some money in PS to gain more experience.

Cool hands at the 1/2 table:

Utg agressive smart villlain raises to 15 . I had a feeling this is QQ+

I called with AJo in MP , 4 players total

Flop: J 6 5 r

Utg bets 65

I tanked for super long and decided to fold because he most likely has QQ-AA at this point.

SB shoves $200 with J10 and wins pot , river came a jack and villain had QQ.

Best fold i made in live poker so far in my life, sad at the same time because i could have tripled up since AJ would have been best hand.. Sigh " u cant be results oriented" says this young reg which is true...

Winning hand of the night:

4 players , $10 each, i called with 45ss

Flop: A 2 8 r

PF raiser bets $20 , 2 callers including me

Turn: 3d

I was shaking up at this point, cheking my cards 4-5 times to see if this was really it, did i just hit the 4 outer in a decent pot???

PF raiser bets 35, i take a bit and raise to 125, player after me shoves all in for $280. We both cover. Pf raiser calls, i shove my remaining $300. Holy crap fireworks everywhere and i pray please dont pair the board, river was a beautiful J of clubs and i win bigggg. I was so happy i kept chanting 12345 not loudly though. Or maybe once lol.

After that hand i was up$600 and just played snugg until it was dinner time and left. Went on winning tilt and lost $100 at first, but won it back with aces and cbets here & there. I had total of 4 aces and 2 kings that night. All aces hands won, both kings lost. KK < A2hh all in pre for $120 pot total. Ace first card on flop.

Won a satellitle for 100k guaranteed and donked it hard came in 250/290. Better luck next time.

I worked out yesterday for the first time in 2 months. Feel great and alive again from all that posion. Well gonna hit the grind again soon. Lets take that 200-500k BBJ down !