Not too bad (going out and another live session)

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SneakrFreakr United Kingdom. Feb 09 2007 09:04. Posts 2534

So on Wednesday I woke up at 4pm, watched new episode of HSP (weak donks that are limping all the time), ate sth and about 8:30pm I went to my friends' campus. After a couple bottles of vodka brought straight from Poland we went to this new club called The Birdcage. It was a students only night but we already had tickets so the didn't check our IDs. The queue outside of the club was really huge (at least 1,5-2h of waiting to get in) but thanks to out tickets we got in immedietaly. Well the club is really good. Looks a bit like 70s 80s style (which is great) and the music was really really god (Especially in the beginning, later on it got a bit shitty). It was a bit too crowded and it would take like 10-15 mins to buy a drink. But the good part was that double vodka with redbull costed £2. Well what can I say - I got pretty drunk (nothing special), spent too much £ (as usually) and before I got home I went to my favourite kebab place (like almost every time I go out). So a pretty standard night out for me. I'm looking forward to next Wednsday and I hope we'll go there once again.

Yesterday I woke up about 2pm, watched some tv, ate my breafakst and had to get ready to work. I started at 5pm (I'm soooo fed up with this job, luckily I've got only 2 or 3 shifts left) and finished about midnight but we stayed for a couple of drinks with our menager. When we finished I had a little dilemma. I work like 100metres from the casino where you can play holdem on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cash games start about 11pm-midnight and it was like 1am. Well my decision was pretty obvious and after a few minutes I was waiting with £200 in chips to get a seat at the £2/£2 pot limit holdem table. I got it after about 45 mins. One of the good regulars had already a huge stack (like £800 or so), others had from 50-200. The beginning was quite unlucky for me. I got pocket kings in the middle position. 2 limpers before me so I make a pot sized raise. Everyone except for these two limpers fold. Flop comes Q29 rainbow They both check, I make a solid bet and one of the limpers (the biggest fish and the biggest bluffer in the game) pushes for like £50 more. Easy call for me but the turn comes Q and the river is an ace so I know I've probably lost. And I was right - he showed Q6 soooooooted.

So now I'm down to about £80 or so and I get 88 on the BB. 7 or 8 limpers and I check (no point in raising here, especially oop caus eI'm gonna get at least 5 callers anyway). flop comes 89Q and I bet the pot. One caller (the big fish) and the turn is a J. I'm not folding this hand anyway but the better way to get his money is a checkraise (he bets almost every scarecard, especially when 4th card to a straight comes and opponent checks). As I predicted he bet £25 into a ~£50 pot and after taking some time I pushed for like £45-£50 more. It took him like two minutes to fold 79o and I could see that he was really pissed off.

Later I got TT on the BB and after 5-6 limpers I raised the pot. Got 3 callers. Flop comes 633 and I bet like 2/3 of the pot. Solid regular with a big stack calls. T comes on the turn and I check, knowing that he'll bet 90% of the time. And so he does, betting £40 into a £80 pot. After taking some time I decide to push for another £55-£60. I thought about just calling and pushing a river but an overcard come came and might've scared him and such a play would look much stronger and it would be easier for him to fold. Luckily he called with 88 and after a blank river I took the pot.

Next hour was pretty quiet, I got AA once but took the pot on the flop. Then I got KK and the button raised blind to £4 before the cards were dealt. I was in the early position and there were two limpers to me so I raised the pot to £18. Got two callers (one 45-50yr old woman and quite a fishy guy - well he plays not that bad postflop, but when it comes to prefelop play, he's a donator). First card on the flop is an ace so I'm like "yuppi!", the other one is a 6 and then BAM! A king comes. I bet £40 in to a $60 pot and the woman pushes for like £23 more. Other guy folds, easy call for me. She's got AT, 4 comes on turn and river and the woman (plus a few another people) think that she just sucked out on me. After spending some time trying to explain that I've got a better hand, dealer finally pushes the pot towards my stack.

Later on I played one hand badly. I had a top pair with K kicker (no clubs though) and called my opponent’s bet on flop. Turn was a 3rd club and I could see that he’s probably giving up. On the river, when a 4th club came, it was easy to see his frustration and I knew he’s not calling 99% of the time but still I thought that I might have a chance of winning this pot on the showdown. He had top pair A kicker so I should’ve bet this time and I would take this pot (about £70).

About 5am when the game was getting to the end, my hand of the day took place. Button raised blind to 4, BB called and I picked up QQ in the early position. I made a pot sized raise to 16, and got like 5 callers so the pot was around £75. Flop comes 2 9 Q with two hearts and a diamond. I was thinking about checkraising but I was also afraid that everyone might check and I’d give 5 people a free card. I decided to bet £50 and the solid regular in late position raised me to £150. Now I knew that he’s not getting away from his hand and I knew that I’ll put the rest of my stack. Everyone folded and it was up to me. After counting my stack two times, looking at my cards like 5 times, looking a bit frustrated I pushed for £170 more and he instacalled. I was hopinh that he’s got a lower set or two pairs. The only hand I didn’t want him to have was a flush draw. Turn is a 6 of diamonds, river is and 8 of diamonds and I’m praying that he didn’t have JT or two diamonds. Luckily he shows 8h2h and I show my set of queens and take the biggest pot of the day. It was pretty stressful though. Almost £700 is quite a lot of money for me but even if I lost it I wouldn’t be devastated or sth.

I was really happy to finally have a solid winning day in this game. +£480 in 3,5hrs. I was getting good cards, hit a set like 4 times, had aces, kings, queens and tens so I was running pretty good. I’m still learning a lot about this game but I think that in 2 weeks time I’ll be able to beat it constantly. I’m picking up many tells on my opponents, getting to know their tendencies and I’ll be able to take a lot more uncontested pots now. This should definitely boost up my winnings in this game.

Today I woke up about 2pm (yeah I know – I have to change my lifestyle a bit) and since then I’ve been doing nothing). Now I’ll probably watch a new episode of The O.C., play a bit online and I think I’ll go to the other casino tonight. I’ve called them and I’ve been told that they’ve got cash games on Fridays and Saturdays. It would be nice if they had £1/£1 cause I’d feel much more comfortable in such a game. The only problem is that this casino is located quite far from where I live and getting a taxi would cost like at least £10. And I don’t feel like coming back by bus with a few hundred pounds in my pocket. But I think I’ll go there anyway. I should get a car, this would make everything much easier. Maybe next month? Depends on my results in February.

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