06-19-2013
, 07:05 PM
06-19-2013
, 07:57 PM
Spoiler:
: Helsinki is wonderful this time of year, isn't it?Spoiler:
: Especially the snow. It affords one solitude even in a city full of people.
06-19-2013
, 09:32 PM
06-19-2013
, 11:55 PM
06-19-2013
, 11:55 PM
06-20-2013
, 01:11 AM
Vision Lanes trip report:
First time I've been to this room since Electric Stick burned down. They've really improved it. It's twice the size it was before after knocking down the wall into that arcade room. More TV's on the wall, I was impressed with the change, used to consider it to be the dirtiest room I've played in.
Tonight was the pick your poison tourney, you can buy in anywhere from $20-$50, receiving 10k per $10. I bought in for the minimal $20 since I'm not feeling rich these days.
Decided to play a little tighter than usual, given my stack size. I attempted to play in position as much as possible and out of position as little as possible. Obviously most players try to this anyway, but this was the first time in a while I've consciously told myself to do avoid playing out of position.
Stack: 20k
Blinds 25/50
4 tables left
The first hand I play I have K
9 in the CO. One player limps and I raised to 300. Both Blinds and the limper calls.
Flop: A
9
7
It's checked to me and I bet 700. Both blinds call, the limper folds.
Turn: 2
It's checked to me once more and I bet 2,000. The small blind raises to 4,000, with about 10,000 behind. Big blind folds, I call.
River: K
Small blind checks quickly. I bet 4,000 and he calls pretty quickly. I announce two pair and he winces, flashes an Ace, and mucks.
Stack: 31k
Blinds 100/200
4 tables left
I raise with J
8 from the HJ after one limper. Everyone folds to the limper and he calls.
Flop: K84
Limper checks, I bet 1,000, he calls.
Turn: 5
He checks, I bet 2,000. He ponders for 10 seconds before calling.
River: 5
He checks, I check behind. He says "Drat!" and turns over 57o and drags the pot.
Stack: 24k
Blinds 200/400
4 tables left
I have AA in the CO. UTG limps, +1 limps. I raise to 2,000, both limpers call.
Flop: 963
I decided to play this one tricky and check behind after both limpers checked to me.
Turn: 2
UTG checks, +1 bets 4,000. I flat. UTG shoves, having both of us covered. +1 folds, I call and am up against QQ. I hold and double up to about 55k.
Stack: 55k
Blinds 300/600
4 tables left
+1 raises to 1800. MP calls, I elect to call from the BB with AQ
Flop: Q73
I check/called a 3200 chip c-bet, MP decided to get out of the way.
Turn: 9
I checked, +1 bets 3200 again. I decide I definitely have the best hand but I feel like raising never keeps a worse hand in, so I call.
River: T
Not my favorite card, as a lot got there. I was torn between check/calling and bet/folding, and chose to check/call. +1 checked behind and said "Your AQ is good" and showed QJ. Not happy with how I played this hand, but won so I can't complain too much.
Stack: 62k
Blinds 300/600
3 Tables left
AT in CO. One player limps, I raise to 2.5k, BTN calls, as does the limper.
Flop: A63
Limper checks, I bet 3k, BTN calls, limper folds.
Turn: 9
I checked hoping for some pot control and I didn't like blasting off with top pair mediocre kicker not knowing where I'm at in the hand. He checked behind.
River: K
I checked and he snap shoved for about 22k. I did not see this coming and started talking to him a little bit.
Me: You must have two pair...
Him: You have two pair?
Me: No you must have two pair...
Him: Ah alright...
We talk a little more, I say I can really only beat a bluff, and he laughs a little bit. His laughter seemed like nervous laughter, not comfortable laughter. I decided to go with it and called a few seconds later. He shows J2 and I am now up to about 95k and am CL of my table.
After this I was pretty card dead, we got down to two tables since the previous hand I mentioned and I've hardly played a hand.
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Stack 82k
2 tables left
I'm on the button with AA. Table CL with about 120k raises to 16k and it folds to me. I really felt like I don't get any action with a shove and a small 3bet seemed transparent so I slowplayed it and flatted. BB came along as well.
Flop: Q86
It was checked to me and I shoved for my remaining ~66k. BB tank called and CL folded. BB showed Q9 and I was looking to hold.
Turn Q
****. Club?
River: 4
I barely had BB covered and was left with 5k. Worst part was she said the classic, "I thought you had a Q with a bigger kicker!" Sigh then why did you call? I got it all in soon with AA again and tripled up, but busted a few hands later shoving my 3 bigs with J8s and losing to A9o.
Overall I enjoyed myself. Had some decent table talk and feel I played fairly well.
First time I've been to this room since Electric Stick burned down. They've really improved it. It's twice the size it was before after knocking down the wall into that arcade room. More TV's on the wall, I was impressed with the change, used to consider it to be the dirtiest room I've played in.
Tonight was the pick your poison tourney, you can buy in anywhere from $20-$50, receiving 10k per $10. I bought in for the minimal $20 since I'm not feeling rich these days.
Decided to play a little tighter than usual, given my stack size. I attempted to play in position as much as possible and out of position as little as possible. Obviously most players try to this anyway, but this was the first time in a while I've consciously told myself to do avoid playing out of position.
Stack: 20k
Blinds 25/50
4 tables left
The first hand I play I have K
9 in the CO. One player limps and I raised to 300. Both Blinds and the limper calls. Flop: A
97It's checked to me and I bet 700. Both blinds call, the limper folds.
Turn: 2
It's checked to me once more and I bet 2,000. The small blind raises to 4,000, with about 10,000 behind. Big blind folds, I call.
River: K
Small blind checks quickly. I bet 4,000 and he calls pretty quickly. I announce two pair and he winces, flashes an Ace, and mucks.
Stack: 31k
Blinds 100/200
4 tables left
I raise with J
8 from the HJ after one limper. Everyone folds to the limper and he calls. Flop: K
84 Limper checks, I bet 1,000, he calls.
Turn: 5
He checks, I bet 2,000. He ponders for 10 seconds before calling.
River: 5
He checks, I check behind. He says "Drat!" and turns over 57o and drags the pot.
Stack: 24k
Blinds 200/400
4 tables left
I have A
A in the CO. UTG limps, +1 limps. I raise to 2,000, both limpers call. Flop: 9
63I decided to play this one tricky and check behind after both limpers checked to me.
Turn: 2
UTG checks, +1 bets 4,000. I flat. UTG shoves, having both of us covered. +1 folds, I call and am up against QQ. I hold and double up to about 55k.
Stack: 55k
Blinds 300/600
4 tables left
+1 raises to 1800. MP calls, I elect to call from the BB with A
QFlop: Q
73I check/called a 3200 chip c-bet, MP decided to get out of the way.
Turn: 9
I checked, +1 bets 3200 again. I decide I definitely have the best hand but I feel like raising never keeps a worse hand in, so I call.
River: T
Not my favorite card, as a lot got there. I was torn between check/calling and bet/folding, and chose to check/call. +1 checked behind and said "Your AQ is good" and showed QJ. Not happy with how I played this hand, but won so I can't complain too much.
Stack: 62k
Blinds 300/600
3 Tables left
A
T in CO. One player limps, I raise to 2.5k, BTN calls, as does the limper.Flop: A
63Limper checks, I bet 3k, BTN calls, limper folds.
Turn: 9
I checked hoping for some pot control and I didn't like blasting off with top pair mediocre kicker not knowing where I'm at in the hand. He checked behind.
River: K
I checked and he snap shoved for about 22k. I did not see this coming and started talking to him a little bit.
Me: You must have two pair...
Him: You have two pair?
Me: No you must have two pair...
Him: Ah alright...
We talk a little more, I say I can really only beat a bluff, and he laughs a little bit. His laughter seemed like nervous laughter, not comfortable laughter. I decided to go with it and called a few seconds later. He shows J
2 and I am now up to about 95k and am CL of my table. After this I was pretty card dead, we got down to two tables since the previous hand I mentioned and I've hardly played a hand.
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Stack 82k
2 tables left
I'm on the button with A
A. Table CL with about 120k raises to 16k and it folds to me. I really felt like I don't get any action with a shove and a small 3bet seemed transparent so I slowplayed it and flatted. BB came along as well. Flop: Q
86It was checked to me and I shoved for my remaining ~66k. BB tank called and CL folded. BB showed Q
9 and I was looking to hold.Turn Q
****. Club?
River: 4
I barely had BB covered and was left with 5k. Worst part was she said the classic, "I thought you had a Q with a bigger kicker!" Sigh then why did you call? I got it all in soon with AA again and tripled up, but busted a few hands later shoving my 3 bigs with J8s and losing to A9o.
Overall I enjoyed myself. Had some decent table talk and feel I played fairly well.
06-20-2013
, 06:38 AM
06-20-2013
, 07:37 AM
How has the 2/5+ action been at MCC this past month? seen a ton of se mich players in Vegas.
It's been a rough couple of weeks in Vegas but had a good session tonight. Been running bad and playing bad so decided to take some detailed notes tonight and record every vpip hand. highly recommend doing this every once in a while especially if you're on a downswing. it makes you accountable for all the ****ty hands you play OOP
. stats were 17/12 over 235 hands. ran above avg and ended up a few hundred BBs.
fav hand of the session. we're playeing 2/5 unlimited bet texas style holdem. 6handed on the button and the man that sparked the poker boom ten years ago straddles UTG. I open to 35 w/KK he calls and we see a flop HU so it's basically like Mike McD vs Johnny Chan. Flop($70) A96r check/check. Turn 8 bringing backdoor spades, he checks I bet 45 he calls. River ($160) 2o, he checks I bet 130, he calls after ~20 seconds I table and he says "nh sir" and mucks.
Played about with Chris for about 1.5hrs. He's a really nice guy and was gracious in defeat when I flopped a set and got scooped all the manies
It's been a rough couple of weeks in Vegas but had a good session tonight. Been running bad and playing bad so decided to take some detailed notes tonight and record every vpip hand. highly recommend doing this every once in a while especially if you're on a downswing. it makes you accountable for all the ****ty hands you play OOP
. stats were 17/12 over 235 hands. ran above avg and ended up a few hundred BBs. fav hand of the session. we're playeing 2/5 unlimited bet texas style holdem. 6handed on the button and the man that sparked the poker boom ten years ago straddles UTG. I open to 35 w/KK he calls and we see a flop HU so it's basically like Mike McD vs Johnny Chan. Flop($70) A96r check/check. Turn 8 bringing backdoor spades, he checks I bet 45 he calls. River ($160) 2o, he checks I bet 130, he calls after ~20 seconds I table and he says "nh sir" and mucks.
Played about with Chris for about 1.5hrs. He's a really nice guy and was gracious in defeat when I flopped a set and got scooped all the manies
06-20-2013
, 08:17 AM
