My doggy day care shift didn’t start til 1:00 today, so I played a quick 3-hour session of poker, and made $867, because the table had two of the worst players I have ever seen in my life.

Guy randomly starts playing poker after losing job for a whole year. Is still a winner.

Best thread ever.

Keep it up @davomalvolio

Made $494 at poker last night.

On my way in to work at the Doggy Day Care this morning, my wife said “hey, do you want me to just text you some gift ideas for (our upcoming ten-year anniversary)?” I say HELL YEAH, I’m terrible at picking presents.

Middle of my shift, I get a text—she wants a $450 pearl bracelet from Tiffany’s.

NB: Worm, poker, life, women, rake, etc.



(I kid, she’s a saint for putting up with my nonsense over the years).

Come play in Vegas sometime davo! We let you bet your whole stack at one time!

Is 1$ 2$ live that soft?

HAND HISTORY FROM A HAND THIS AFTERNOON AS NEAR AS I CAN RECALL:

SB posts $1
BB posts $2 (this is me. I’m the BB.)
UTG posts $4 straddle
Everyone limps in.

I raise to $22 in the BB.
One of the MP limpers calls.
The SB now raises to $64.
I reraise to $164.
The MP limper calls the $164.
The SB goes all-in for $190.
I call the $190.
The MP limper calls the $190 and is also all-in.

BOARD: KsJs7s6sJc

SB shows: AdAc
BB (your Hero) shows: QsQd
MP Limper shows: Ts8d

You have to have a very high IQ to understand the MP Limper’s play here.

MP just has a lot more money than you and likes to gamble.

MBN to scoop with < 17% equity there though.

I decided to SHOT TAKE at the Omaha $5-$100 game on Wednesday. Bought in for $2,000…..

…cashed out with $0.

I made $900 back at Hold’em last night, which was a MUST WIN session since I only have a $3,000 bankroll lol.

Omaha sucks IMO. Too many ****ing cards.

Honestly, they should remove two of them.

I raise with JT, Old Man Coffee calls, flop comes AJ5, he checks I put out a tiny bet, he calls. Turn Q, check check. River King. He immediately fires out a $100 bet into the $30 pot. “Yeah I call, let’s chop.”

A look of terror on his face. “You have the Ten?!?? I was bluffing.” And he mucks.

Thanks!

Ok—I’ve made $1850 in four sessions of Hold’em this week to mostly undo the damage of that incredibly stupid decision to play Omaha. I’m still down $450 total for the month of October…my wife is gonna soon start asking why I haven’t made any cash deposits lately…need one more big session tomorrow!

FINALLY: Fully recovered from the Omaha disaster!

If I ever get the urge to play Omaha again, I want one of you to come to my house and slash my tires. And then slap me in the face.

A buddy of mine had a close to $40k upswing in that SL Omaha game in a little over three weeks. Moron thought he was God's gift to poker and quit his job. Promptly lost it all back.

Oh my God….Okay at least I feel a little less dumb.

TODAY’S UPDATE:

I had a 3-hour session after my Doggy Day Care shift and played about as bad as it’s humanly possible to play….

…and ran so good I still turned a $19 profit. That’s cheeseburger money!

That’s been my story at Hold’em all month: play like ****. Get my money in bad. Draw out for the win.

My favorite hand today: 4 guys limp in a $4 straddle pot. I call the extra $2 from the BB with ATo. The UTG Straddle raises to $30. $30! What an absurd number. So when it folds back to me I make it $130. YOLO.

He calls. Flop TT5. I check, he bets $100, I raise all-in to $150 he calls with Jacks. SORRY BUDDY.

Davo, congratulations on the great if not the greatest run ever at 1/2. Would you believe me if I told you I’m jealous?

Who are your opponents? I’m assuming they are retired if they play 1/2 during the day. How did they make their money? Are Ole and Lena whales who
drop thousands at 1/2 for the sharks? What would a guy think about telling us about these Minnesotan whales, then?

I once made 2523 BB in 10 hours

Made $800 in 3 hours today, through a combination of insane luckboxing and one well-timed bluff. Also, playing J6o (“The Insurrection”) for the lolz:

4-bet Andy w J9dd to 140 he calls. Flop 888. I bet 100 he calls. Turn 9 I bet 50 to put him all-in and he calls, he has AK and doesn’t improve.
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Openlimp on Button w AcQs against Andy’s straddle (Andy is on tilt) but Andy checks, heads-up. Flop Q43ss. X I bet 4 he raises 8 i reraise to 40 he calls. Turn 7x. X I bet 50 he calls. River 3x. X I bet 70 to put him all-in he calls MHIG.
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Raise Jc6d pre to 16 in straddle pot. 2 callers. Flop KJ6cc. Xx I bet 35 Andy calls. Turn 2c. Andy x I bet 60 he calls. River 3x. X I bet 100 Andy calls and MHIG
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Overlimp UTG2 65ss in straddle pot. Couple calls, Button min raises to 8, everyone calls, I make it 34, Button calls it and the Straddle calls. Flop A63r with a spade. X I bet 24 Button calls. Turn 4x. I bet 100 he folds.

Rough day for Andy

Yeah, I play weekday mornings. Crowd is a mix of older white retirees or young Asians. Plus a few guys my age who seem to work jobs with irregular hours, or people older than me who are self-employed (or just earn passive income).

The regulars at the higher-stakes Omaha game (which is essentially a $50-$100 Limit game—the biggest game in the room) are all guys in their 30s. Most of them are Asians. They play basically every day (occasionally sitting with us at $2-$100 Hold’em while they wait for their table to open). One of them brings a laptop with him (with Outlook open) so I guess he “works” while playing, but I have no idea about the rest.

It’s a fun crowd. When I’m winning!

Yeah, I think he dropped $1500. He’s a winning regular, though.

Best 1/2 player ever

I’m going to pass the 500-hour threshold some time next week. Variance hasn’t caught up with me yet!

my worst downswing lasted ~450 hrs before I was able to make it all back. When it hits, you will know