Thursday, May 01, 2008
GBH II
It looks like the last post was just about a month ago. I guess I'm not playing very much poker. Probably a good thing. My daughter is in softball which is really cool. I love it. But she has games 2 nights a week. Also, I'm playing in a bball league 1 night a week - also very cool.
I got in some casino action this last week. On a business trip to Cananda, I stopped in a for a few hours at the Great Blue Heron. This was the place that kicked my ass about 4 sessions in a row. But, I was coming off of a win the last time I was there, so there'll be on intimidation this time.
Played $5/$10 limit Hold'em. The canadians are pretty bad at this game. Not all of them...just most of them.
I won $310 in about 4 hours of play. I played really tight and got some good hands - especially in the small blind.
Example: I have A-9 off suit in the cuttoff. 2 players limp in front of me. I've got a calling station in the small blind. I fold. Good play, right?
Example 2: I've got K-J off in middle postion. 1 player limps. I fold.
I flopped a full house from the SB with 8-8 and won a big pot. I flopped the nut flush with Kc-8c in the small blind an won a big pot. Then, I rivered a straight flush with the Ah-5d from the small blind and set some American dude from Atlanta on uber tilt. Finally, I flopped 2 pair with 8-9 in the small blind, my opponent turned a straight, then I rivered a boat and won a nice pot - once again from the small blind.
With AA, I won a nice 4 handed pot - can't belive the hand held up unimproved.
I lost a couple of nasty flush over flush hands - where I thought I'd raise for value on the river. Oops.
5 winning sessions is a row. Whoo Hoooo! No jinx.
Off to watch the Pistons clean up a small mess they have with the Sixers.
I got in some casino action this last week. On a business trip to Cananda, I stopped in a for a few hours at the Great Blue Heron. This was the place that kicked my ass about 4 sessions in a row. But, I was coming off of a win the last time I was there, so there'll be on intimidation this time.
Played $5/$10 limit Hold'em. The canadians are pretty bad at this game. Not all of them...just most of them.
I won $310 in about 4 hours of play. I played really tight and got some good hands - especially in the small blind.
Example: I have A-9 off suit in the cuttoff. 2 players limp in front of me. I've got a calling station in the small blind. I fold. Good play, right?
Example 2: I've got K-J off in middle postion. 1 player limps. I fold.
I flopped a full house from the SB with 8-8 and won a big pot. I flopped the nut flush with Kc-8c in the small blind an won a big pot. Then, I rivered a straight flush with the Ah-5d from the small blind and set some American dude from Atlanta on uber tilt. Finally, I flopped 2 pair with 8-9 in the small blind, my opponent turned a straight, then I rivered a boat and won a nice pot - once again from the small blind.
With AA, I won a nice 4 handed pot - can't belive the hand held up unimproved.
I lost a couple of nasty flush over flush hands - where I thought I'd raise for value on the river. Oops.
5 winning sessions is a row. Whoo Hoooo! No jinx.
Off to watch the Pistons clean up a small mess they have with the Sixers.
