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So on Friday evening I went to the new Grosvenor casino, called G Casino. I've read online that they've got cash games running on Fridays and Saturdays so I had to give them a shot. When I got there there were already two tables running (£1/£1 and £2/£2). I put myself on the £1/£1 waiting list but since it was quite long and they wanted to open a new $2/£2 table first, I decided to play it until they open a new £1/£1 table (eventually I ended up playing it for the whole night).
The casino look really nice, the poker room is pretty cosy and generally it seems to be much better than Circus Casino. The only problem is that it's located far from where I live but the taxi costs about £7,50 so it's not that bad. The whole session was quite swingy and the game was soooo juicy. I need to work on one thing though. Stop bluffing these donks. I tried to run too many bluffs (one in a huge pot) and most of the times they simply didn't work. I finished the 7 hours session winning £290. It could be much more if not for a few bad bluffs. I'll write about a few interesting hands now.
On my table there was one pretty bad guy who would always raise blind in any position before the cards were dealt. He was usually overagressive or too loose when it came to calling. So I was in the BB and as usually he raised blind to £4, 2-3 limpers before me and I raise the pot with AQo to £24. Blind raiser calls, so do 2 other players. Flop comes 899 and one guy bets £10, everyone calls. Turn is a K and everyone checks. River is another 9 and I check. Blind raiser bets £75. Now I see that the guy next to his left is probably also considering calling but he won't do it with two people still to act. The guy to my right looks like he's going to fold so I'm thinking about calling now. The guy that bet £75 would definitely bet a K on the turn and he's also not that stupid to value bet an 8 this way. So he either has a 9 or nothing. I looked at him a couple of times and he seemed to be a bit stressed so I took 4 £20 notes and called. He mucked his hand and when I showed AQ everyone was looking at me as if I was crazy.
A few hands laters I was dealt AcKc and the same guy miniraised blind preflop again. I was utg+2 and there were a couple of limpers before me so I raised the pot to £18. 3 callers and the flop comes 34T with two clubs. I decided to bet £20 to see to turn cheaply (these guys love to slowplay sets, etc.) Turn is and 8 and I check. One guy bets $60 and I call with a nut flush draw and two ovecards. River is a 3 (not a club) and I'm thinking about bluffing this pot. There is about £270 in the pot and my opponent has like £150 left. He seemed to be not very bad and I thought that if I put him allin he might fold top pair or sth like that. Unfortunetaly he insta called me with TJ saying that I'm probably ahead but I mucked my A high to his top pair. It shouldn't have happened.
Later on I run 2 more bluffs (this time successful). First time I got 79o, raised pot in late position. Got 4 callers. Flop came A J T and one guy bet just £10 and I knew that he does it with good but not great holdings so I raised him to £50. I knew other guy was holding a low pocket pair as he asked me how much do I have behind before he called preflop. The 4th guy looked like he was going to fold anyway so a raise seemed to be reasonable. And as I thought everyone folded. 2 hands later I got AKs in the early position and raised the pot. Got 2 callers and the flop came like 268. I checked and the guy that previously bet £10, now bet £25 into a £50 or £60 pot. The other guy folded and I decided to raise to $70. After taking like 2 minutes he finally folded showing his K6. I showed my cards both times to get a crazy image, so that people would pay me off when I had my big hands. I bluffed for the second time in few minutes because I figured that he'd probably think that I wouldn't do it 2 times in a row. And luckily I was right.
The biggest hand for me took place about 5am, when they announced that they're closing soon. There was a new guy at the table who was really drunk and he started a blind raising war with the guy that always used to miniraise blind. In this hand it was already £32 blind from the guy that always used to raise. The other raiser called additional £16 (he already put $16 before) and now I picked pocket kings utg+1. I decided just to raise the pot to £130 or sth like that. The guy that always raises called and the rest folded. First card on the flop was a 3 and the next card was.. an ace. I was pretty pissed off but when I saw a 3rd card I was very very happy. Yes, it was a king and there were two hearts on the board. I decided to check, knowing that he loves to bluff but this time he checked as well. Turn was a ten and I wanted to just push allin for remaining £220 or sth like that but I made the string bet and they allowed me to bet only £100 (I just put one £100 stack first without saying that I'm allin). Villain called and I was praying not to see a heart on the 5th street. River was a non-heart A and I was considering pushing or checking to make him bluff. But I thought that he might as well have a small A, which he wouldn't be able to fold in this spot so I decided to just push. After a minute or two he folded and I probably should've checked. If he had an ace he would push anyway, and if he had a busted flush draw, then the only way to get money out of him was to check and induce a bluff.
I finished playing about 5:15am and stayed for one drink. Got home about 6am and yesterday I woke up about 3:30pm (I'd sleep longer but I started work at 5pm). Luckily I've got only 1 or 2 more shifts left and then no more work for the next few months! After work we had a few drinks with the menager and a new Brazilian guy (seems to be a good guy). Afterwards I had a kebab (as usually) and today I woke up about 3:30pm again. I have to change sth about my lifestyle cause it's definitely not healthy. I'll probably reduce my live play to 2 days a week and going out to once a week. I also need to do sth about my diet. Maybe I'll do some shopping tommorow. Eating kebab every 2 days doesn't seem to be good for my body.
Now I've just read that aba20 joined CR and it's fuckin awesome. I'm gonna watch his video right now and then I'll finally get out of my bed, take a shower and go to the shop to buy sth to eat. In the evening I'll probably play a bit online.
OH I forgot that on Friday I also played a 2hr session on Absolute. I was running soooo badly. I lost a lot of money in reraised pots, where I'd reraise preflop, c-bet flop and my opponent would push or call and then I'd have to fold unimproved turn to his bet. I should probably stop 3-betting preflop that much and tighten up a bit. I' m gonna take a few days break from this poker room and I'll play some more on FTP or Stars. Here are my stats from the last session:
I've also noticed that in the last week or so, my preflop stats have decreased significantly. But I think it's normal, considering the shit I'm getting dealt all the time.
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MilZo France. Feb 12 2007 21:37. Posts 1333 | | |
Hey man, very nice blog, dunno why you don't get so many comments, but your live sessions reports make for a great read.
Keep up the good work and good luck. |
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Live sounds very fun. I wish there were casinos near me. |
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