Hand looks pretty standard PB, it's s a cooler.

Is English not your first language? You quoted an exact post that pretty much answers every question you go on to ask.

It's hard to trust a place that has a menu that is like 10 pages long. It's a jack of all trades but master of none' type restaurant. I ordered a calzone from there once and it was awful. Although late night food options are pretty limited in PP.

My one bad beat bitching post: got it all-in 3 ways preflop with AA vs AKo vs AKo. Dream scenario! Flop J99 rainbow. Turn Q. River.... well you know what it was. GAAAAAY

Came back from Siem Reap this afternoon. Clocked a 2.5 hour session and made a respectable profit of $476. One of the players joked that I must have been praying hard in Siem Reap. Well...

Major hands include:

(i) Doubling up my $200+ stack when I limped jammed QQ into my opponent's $25 open
(ii) Called off a $140 river bluff bet (I rivered a full house)
(iii) Stacked off a guy for $200+ when my AKss and KQss outflopped his QQ and JJ respectively

It's unfortunate I did not count my chips before I cashed out. (Think the cashier on duty might have counted my $100 chip as a $1 chip instead). My profits for the session seem to be off by $100+. :-/

[Disclaimer: It could have been an honest mistake on my part. I did make $476 in the session and the cashier counted correctly. Just a little reminder to myself to diligently check and count my chips before I hand it off to a third party (cashier).]

This is a valuable lesson for me and all (live) poker players out there. It's YOUR (and MY) responsibility to check your chips before handing it off to the cashier. Unlike online poker where everything is automatically done for you. Trust but verify.

Told Mike (aka poker_triad) it's my fault since I have signed off on the accounting sheet and secondly, it's my responsibility to check how much I have before cashing in. However, I have reminded him to instruct the cashiers to be more diligent about such stuff in the future.

Didn't go there unfortunately.

One day is more than enough for me.

It's not that bad in Siem Reap. It's relatively safe and you just need to be a little street smart. Don't count your hundred dollar bills in the open. Don't flash your Rolex/Omega. Use protection if you want to "Boom Boom" etc.

Good advice. That's mostly what I did.

Googled for number 1 hostel in Siem Reap. It led me to The Siem Reap Hostel (http://www.thesiemreaphostel.com).

Went there. The staff settled all my travel and tour needs.

Your hand is auto stack off (more so considering that you are short stack). Unless you are playing very deep stack (200 BB+) and you have specific player reads.

WarMage and I have already discussed this in private text. I've told him that I have footage of the count at the cashier's window and the amount reflected on his account sheet is correct. I will show him said footage the next time he comes in, which he just informed me will be tomorrow.

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Update: I have spoken to Mike and it was an honest mistake on my part. I thought I initially cashed out for $676 (profit of +$476) when it should have been $876 (profit of +$676).

It happened because the cashier showed me "676" on my accounting sheet when I signed off. Upon closer inspection, it said "WON 676". No wonder I felt the numbers were off when I left RK.

Immediately apologised to Mike for the misunderstanding when I realised my mistake.

Some photos to share from my Siem Reap day trip.

No worries; honest mistake.

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It was awful when I was there. On the bar street especially there was a gang of kids who would try to distract people while others picked their pockets. Everyone in Siam reap knew about them after being there for a day.

Nice pics.

Headed over to Naga Casino to earn some "Tuk Tuk money" before I start my poker session. Was blessed with blackjack hands back to back. I quit right then. Up $15. Not much but I'll take the win.

I have a golden rule when it comes to table games. Quit when I am ahead. Since the house always have an edge, the more I play, the more I'll (eventually) lose. This has worked out pretty well for me so far. :-)

Went on to log a 2 hour session on the poker tables. Decided to end the session early as I was feeling a little under the weather and I was playing way too nitty. Folded an overpair (88) on a 2 4 2 board to a pot sized bet, then folded an open ended straight (8 9ss) on a 10 J xx board to another pot bet. I would have rivered a straight in the latter hand. Up $60. I definitely could have earned more if I opened up my game but again, I'll happily take the win.

Some people will comment I am a lucky man today. I will say that I am simply on the positive side of variance. Taking into account the fact that I was on a $2,500 downswing my first week in PP (and almost flew back home) [Refer to previous posts], I think I am due for some run good.

Thanks! I have been silently following the thread over the past two years. It's about time I contribute back to the community.

I've seen the same kind of kid on Snooki beach the first time I went the couple here ago. I was impress, me and my friend laid back and watched them rob drunk and fool tourists for hours

How much did they take you for LB?

I gave them $1 bill as a tip when I left. Was great entertainment, definitely worth more than that .

Logged a 4 hour session at RK today. Up $24. This time, I counted my chips before handing it off to the cashier. No major hands for me. Some days you just have break-even sessions like these, not going to sweat over it.

There was one player who min buy-in like me but managed his stack poorly. Whittled his $200 down to $60+ (after 4 hours of play) before getting it in with a flush/gut-shot straight draw against a top pair. "Need some help" he cried out. Unfortunately, he bricked the turn/river and was felted. :-/

Short stack play is definitely viable in cash games but a very specific strategy has to be employed. Coming from a MTT background has helped me a lot in implementing such strategies for cash games.

Hope I can do better for my night session. :-)

Warmage you play poker fulltime?

Not really. I'll hate poker if it's my profession.

To quote a cash game specialist from where I live. "Where got people go to work and lose money one." :-/

Any nice food in Cambodia? I am a sucker when it comes to tasty food.



Cambodia curry chicken over at Mad Monkey (http://www.madmonkeyhostels.com/phnompenh/) gotta be the nuts. :-)

Hey!

Will be coming to PP tomorrow, do I need to have flight ticket out of the country? No vaccines necessary?
thanks in advance!