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"Tiny" is the nickname of a 300lb. black man who regularly plays 1/2 and 2/5 at Harrah's New Orleans. Needless to say, he's not one to be pushed around.
he's one of those players who sort of has a clue about the relative strength of hands, but at times he does weird, unexplainable shit like taking pot control lines with hands like JK on a JJ9 multiway flop as the preflop raiser. he'll also act on instinct and whim like every other live pro out there, so he can appear to be a total maniac at times.
well he lost that JK hand to 99, and afterwards, he went off on ragetilt preflop, raising like 50% of hands. i stacked him with KK once after that in a 3bet pot, in which he c/r me all in on a 432 flop.
a few hands later he raised to 15 pre and i bumped it to 45 with JKo, ~$400 effective because he needs to know he's not going to shit on the whole table without hearing from me. he called and the flop came 924r. i cbet $50 and he called. turn was a harmless deuce and he checked to me, saying "you don't have a deuce, i check". rofl no shit sherlock. i looked over at his stack and fired $100 and he folded. i showed my KJo and he said that i had him beat. yeah i'm sure i did -__-;;
well about 30 mins later, he raised 67o utg to $10 and i was sitting to his direct left and woke up with AA (lol). i 3bet to $35. everyone folded and he shoved like $250 over the top and i snap called. well the board ran out T9xx8 and he busted my aces. rofl what the fuck ok no biggie, deal the next hand.
he raises to $20, $500 effective and i flat call my AKhh cuz i'd hate my life if he 4bet me (if i had a more comfortable br, i'd probably 3bet and get it in). well the flop comes A64hh (lol... ding?) and he cbets $50 and i think for a bit and call. turn is an offsuit 8 and he insta fires $150. haha ok so he obviously likes his hand and hates my guts so he's not gunna go anywhere. even though the stack sizes were kind of awkward i pushed him all in and he SNAP called with A9o.
the river was 9c gg 1k pot 
T___T
after that hand i just kind of shrugged it off and restrained myself from pulling out more money cuz i was obviously affected by how gay the night was. i spent 8 fucking hours so i could build a stack and win that one crucial pot of the night. i put it in as a huge favorite and i lost.
i shook tiny's hand when he offered it to me, smiled, and after joking and laughing with him about the hand and the games tonight, i stacked up my chips and left the table. i dunno... i didn't think i could play optimally any more after suffering two ridiculous beats within an hour. i cashed out $206. counting the $6 spent on the hot dog, my total winnings for the night was $12, or $1.50 an hour
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on the 1 hr drive home, i kept telling myself, "if i can't handle being shit on by whatever the fuck is in charge of dealing out miracles on the river, i need to quit poker and go find a minimum wage job"
well that's not me.... and i'm not quitting
at least not yet
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lebowski Greece. Jun 24 2009 08:10. Posts 9205 | | | |
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good post - I enjoyed it
"i spent 8 fucking hours so i could build a stack and win that one crucial pot of the night. i put it in as a huge favorite and i lost."
this is key
and the worst thing about live |
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Silver_nz New Zealand. Jun 24 2009 08:25. Posts 5647 | | |
well written ;o good story |
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jfrico Mexico. Jun 24 2009 08:49. Posts 2 | | |
Great story, i know that feeling, building up a stack all day and loosing it in a 80-20 or even better...
Seems like a great 1-2, deep stacks live is great. |
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u got it in good, longterm u make a ton of profit that way just see it like that xD |
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^^
ya shit really sucks but totally standard and you gotta get used to it 
the 1 hour drive though, eek. |
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MayZerG United Kingdom. Jun 24 2009 09:46. Posts 2123 | | |
What do you have to pay in table rake every hour?
Good story btw! |
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Qyvs! Poland. Jun 24 2009 10:37. Posts 190 | | |
"at least not yet"
gg, nice story =] |
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Achoo Canada. Jun 24 2009 11:00. Posts 1454 | | |
Nice story but that s poker this game gets ridiculous sometimes for no reason, if you still play good you should stay and tighten up vs him like you did for the AK hand and he ll donate you back since he s obv on tilt. If you tilt yourself then no point in staying and cut the loss by leaving, i ve lost huge pots myself playing live (1.2k pot AA vs QQ all-in flop QQx, and many many more with unreal beats) but there is absolutly nothing you can do to change that, just FOCUS on making the right decision in every hand every street. |
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EvilSky  Czech Republic. Jun 24 2009 11:27. Posts 8915 | | | |
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Qyvs! Poland. Jun 24 2009 11:53. Posts 190 | | |
Just watched PAD - Doyle Brunson "Poker is not about winning or losing, it's about making the right decisions"
Still... good you left, usually I monkey tilt when I lose big pots live =p |
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