Friday night poker thread

[Giants Fan 85]

So, I go over to the casino, a little shell shocked after losing to that one outer last session, and I bring $400 with me. That's more than usual, but I didn't want to be in a situation where I needed money and didn't have it. After not very long I have like $300 of it on the table (1/2 NL).

 

Was down, and then back to even, and then down a little, when a 2/5 game opens up, and one of the fishiest players moves over to that table. I ask the floor if there are any more seats, and they say there is one, so I move over there.

 

Well, the fishy guy was in the 10 seat, so I couldn't get position on him, but the 9 seat was open, so I sat there. Then, this new fish shows up. A poker players dream. He's drunk off his ass, and has an envelope full of money. I dunno how much he had, but he wanted to buy in for a grand. The max is 5. I had bought in for like $250, but after a couple hands I saw how this guy was playing and took all but $4 out of my wallet to get me up to $400, when this hand happened:

 

Drunk guy raises to like $15. So, I read that he does not have a very strong hand. That's a small raise for him. I look down at AJ and call. Pretty good flop for my hand, AAQ hits. I check. The guy moves $75 across the line, they make him leave it all in because he crossed the line. I flat. The turn is a 5. No flushes, and I think we both checked there. The river is another Q and the guy aggressively pushes out $300. I re-raise all in for like $23 more and you can see the look on the guys face ... he might have a queen, but he likely has nuthin, and how can you fold now? He eventually calls and I scoop the massive pot. Then I won a smaller hand against some other players where I had 88 and the flop was 225. I bet and everyone folded.

 

Then I get into another hand with this drunk guy. I had 68 spades and he either limped or only raised to $10. I want to be in every flop I can against this guy, so I call and the flop is A88 with 2 hearts. I made a small bet and sadly the drunk guy folded and another guy called. The river was some rag diamond, putting 2 hearts and 2 diamonds out there, guy checks, I bet $100 and he calls. River is the 9 of clubs and he checks. Now, he could be slow playing AA here, so I just check, and take it down. He tells me he had a diamond draw. I think he really had hearts, but whatever.

 

So, then like 45 minutes later, drunk guy has hit some massive hands. One where he calls 2 all ins with JQ off. All ins have aces and kings of course, he flops a jack, rivers a queen and sends both of them packing. I was thinking, "Seems like that's usually what happens to me. I'm gonna play tight, because I don't wanna hit some cooler." I fold lots of K8 and Q2 type hands, this guy loses some of his stack to other players, when this hand happens.

 

2/5 really spread limit, max bet is $650 so neither of us can go all in preflop. I have about $1200 and he has like $700. He is 2 seats to my right. Drunk guy raises to $30. One guy, who is sober, but not really all that good, flats and I look down at AK. It's not suited, and not my favorite hand, but it absolutely crushes his range and I want to isolate. I raise to $120. Folds around to drunk guy, who calls, which tells me he does not have a very good hand. He would re-raise with AQ for sure. Sober guy folds. Perfect.

 

Flop comes K,10, 4 rainbow. This is where it gets pretty funny. I bet $300. Actually hoping just to take the pot down, but no. The guy gives this speech and he actually says, "I'm not afraid of your AK. C'mon man, I like you, why are you doing this, I don't wanna take your money." but the whole time, he is talking to the guy to my left, who doesn't have cards and folded preflop. I look at him and he just shrugs his shoulders. Eventually someone says, not him, him and points to me. And he goes, "Oh him? Ok, I call." Now we are both pretty much committed, and the pot is almost $900. Turn comes another 10 and the guy shoves in his last $300 (he has more in his pocket, but thats it on the table). I'm thinking, if he has a 10 ... that sucks, but I hafta call. So, I call, turn over my AK. The guy looks at his cards and says, "I need a 4."

 

It echoes in my head ... and I am having flashbacks to the other day where a guy said "I need a 5." and then his one outer came. One out, in the whole deck ... this guy is TWICE as likely to nail a 4 on the river and this pot is for $1500. I can't remember what the river was, but it was not a 4. The guy mucks his cards, someone demands to see them ... 2, 4 off suit. Bout 15 minutes later I took almost 4 racks of red ($2000) to the cage, cashed out and left.

 

So, I made almost $1600. That's a record cash win for me. Previous record was in Vegas at the WSOP this year for $1300.

[Giants Fan 85]

Oh, I also won another hand with K5 against this guy where I flopped and turned a 5. Won every big hand I played against him, which was fortunate.

[Giants Fan 85]

He was this big fat guy, joked that he was George Lucas, but he was probably 40. Not only did they continue to serve him drinks, but he ordered and sloppily ate a club sandwich and fries ... which, I can't eat the whole thing and I am 220 pounds. It's like 2 sandwiches, and a huge pile of fries.

 

I'm amazed they let him play. There was some woman that was there, that seemed to be looking out for him, and hopefully was driving. I saw her talking to the floor, and I don't know what she said but they let him play.

[Giants Fan 85]

I dunno how much money the guy had, but some better players had come to the table, and an argument broke out between 2 guys over crossing the line with more chips than you are betting, which the drunk guy was doing constantly, but nobody was saying anything. And the floor had to come over and clarify that you can come across the line with more than your bet, but if it was over half you must make the min raise. Guy who was complaining wasn't even in the hand, made another guy really mad ... Now is the part where I post videos:

 

[Giants Fan 85]

Best part is, all that money he won against those guys where he cracked AA and KK ... he lost to me. Without a doubt, one of the juiciest cash games I have ever played, and I will buy this guy drinks in the future, and remember his name.

 

There was some tight kid at the 1/2 table that hasn't been around in months. And he limped in and felted this guy that was even shorter stacked and on tilt, with AK suited. And I said to the kid, "I bet you play less than 10% of your hands. You limp in with AK suited?" And he says he was trapping. Then a couple minutes later he says, "I haven't been here in 6 months. That's pretty impressive that you remember how often I fold. I play like 6.5 percent." and that probably works, multi-tabling online ... but the kid just sucks live. Might as well be playing his cards face up, his range is so small.

 

I said to the kid, "I remember hands, and people I played poker with 20 years ago. If I have ever played poker with you, for more than an hour ... i have some idea about how you play."

 

It's weird, but it's true. First time ever in a casino was like ... 1996. 5 card draw. I got really intimidated, and lost a little before cashing out, but I felt like the fish at the table, so I left. I saw some guy walk into the Rio, this June and he asked me, "Which way to the WSOP? I've been playing poker for 30 years, and I am here." And I looked at the dude and he was like 40. I just pointed and said, that way.

 

I think I was about 6 when I learned to play poker. I could say 38 years, but that's not really accurate. I was better than my brother right away though, and he quickly refused to play me. I played lots of other card games too, through High School, mostly Gin and Hearts or Spades. Everyone I have ever played Gin with for money, has eventually quit playing me. And of course I played poker in college, I was in a frat after all. I was good, but I was not a good bluffer. Usually. I was always excellent at false tells, things like that to get my opponents to put their money in bad. I play good hands, and bet big, still ... that can be an excellent strategy.

 

One of my favorite poker stories happened in college. Like 1992. I went out to a bar with friends, and then we went to an after hours party at someones house ... A kegger. We show up, like 1 AM and they are playing nickel dime, dealers choice. I literally have 35 cents on me. I walk up and watch for a second, then pretend to be a fascinated newbie. "Is this poker you guys are playing?" And of course they were like yeah, sit down. "But I only have 35 cents." they didn't care ... Ready to fleece me for 35 cents. I think I bluffed, the very first hand I played. Or semi bluffed, but since they thought I was a newbie .... they believed it, and then I had like .65 cents. Couple hands later I had $1.50. This went on and on. It was too easy, they folded when I bluffed and called when I had it. I was selling the change back for bills, and after a couple hours, I had taken almost everyones money, but one guy that was starting to figure it out, and these 2 girls got in an argument over if a flush beats a straight. Yeah, people were that bad back then. So, while they are arguing, I pull out my wallet, and say, "I have a rank of hands card. Flush wins." as I show them the card ... and then everyone was all, "Ohhh! You suckered us!" and I was like, "Yep." Half the table quit right there. One guy held in for a little while, but he was dead money too ... Then my friends showed up and when we left I was like "Here's $5 for gas money." And they were like, "How much did you make?" and I just showed them the wad and said, "bout this much".

[Giants Fan 85]

Even after college, I won the electricity bill off my roomate playing Gin every month, until he stopped playing me.

 

Wanna know how to beat me? Get it all in with 1 out, and hit it.

[Giants Fan 85]

FYI, I tipped the cashier $5. I dunno why, but I like the kid and I always tip him a buck. He had a big smile on his face as he accurately counted my checks. I had 3 full racks, and then like 400 some in my pockets, and I spilled some when I was pulling them out.

 

He's a good kid. I hope he gets a dealer job eventually.

[Giants Fan 85]

Also, my Mom doesn't know yet. I am gonna give my step dad $100, but all I am going to tell them is that I broke my $1300 record, that I set in June. The numbers, are not their concern. I am having my best year ever. Feel like I really have turned a corner, and become kinda deadly in live cash games. I make good reads.

 

But it's all booked. I gotta play 60 hours over the next 2 months to make a $25k tournament. There is also a $20k tournament, in a month, that is a $200 buy in, BUT if you make 20 hours, you can get in for $50. So, obviously ... i want to make that 20 hours and play that tournament. I've already accrued some points in the ONE league tournament I have played in, might as well lock up that $7500 tournament while I am at it.

 

Back to the grind. Gonna be Sundays, some Fridays, some Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Thursday night is the big $100 tournament, so I play the other nights, why?

 

Like Clooney said in A Perfect Storm, "Because that's where the fish are!"

[Giants Fan 85]

74 views ... The famousest poster in the history of geekdorderdum ... $1600 .... nobody has anything to say?

[Giants Fan 85]

It's become a job. I enjoy it. I gotta get over my losses better. My step dad said something to me the other day, and I responded, "I remember." to which he responded, "You remember too much."

 

Might be the wisest thing, anyone has ever said to me. So, he gets a taste.

[Giants Fan 85]

He's an artist. Here's another one of my favorites ...

 

"You can sell marble statues of naked cowboys in Manhattan, but that's not what I do. I don't make marble statues of naked cowboys."

[Giants Fan 85]

Hookers and blow, on the way.

[Giants Fan 85]

That would be such an awesome story, if I liked hookers and blow. I don't even like strippers .... know what I like?

 

1960's Big Block Fords with fancy trim.

 

 

That car, gets me hard. Q code, bucket seat, convertible ... there can't be a lot more than like 5 of these that were made. Probably the only one that still exists.

[Giants Fan 85]

LOOK AT ME! I am a 45 year old guy that takes money off drunks and little old ladies. I am awesome ... you guys suck.

 

Wheeeeeeeeee!

 

Thanks for the food stamps and free health care, Obama!

 

The son of a millionaire, and I am on food stamps. Only a discount on dental, I want DENTAL! Should be part of health care.

[Giants Fan 85]

Best 13 ... Now 14 posts, in the history of ever, all by one poster?

 

I'm gonna say yes.

 

16 hundo!!! Biachez.

 

Suck it.

[IronToe Nedney 0]

Nice job Kid.