2022 Poker Discussion Thread
 

For all things poker in 2022.

NOTE: Copied from 2021 Thread

Glad to hear about the lion. Maybe the Penn National Poker Room will re-open sometime this century.

January activity is in the books, and things are much worse than last reported.
One session ended up being my worst loss in my entire 8+ history of playing Texas Holdem. Subject session included the following:

--- 4 times when I flopped a set, I ended up having a 2-1 advantage after the turn and going all-in. Villains sucked out on me each time. If I did the math correctly, this will happen about 1.2% (or 1 out of every 100 occurences.).
--- I had AKo, Villain had As3s. Flop comes A4s8s. As short stack I go all in. Villain turns a spade to make a flush and another spade comes on the river just to rub it in. Hands like my lose 47% of the time, so essentially losing a coin flip here.
--- Someone raises to $12 pre-flop and their are 5 callers including me. I have Ac9c. Flop comes A 9 3. I go all in and get one caller who has either a backdoor straight or flush draw, which gets there.
--- Villain raises $15 preflop, and when it gets to me, I go all-in with about $70. I have QQ and loose to AA. This simply happens from time to time, but included it because it was a part of the horrible session.

My very next session was a loosing one as well. I played relatively breakeven after the following:

--- I have KK and flop a set. Flop is K Q 4 rainbow. I go all in for about for my remaining $125. Villain has T9s. I am a 2-1 favorite, but villain gets a J on the turn. I now still have 33% equity to get a full house, which does not come. And to make matters worse, I get teased in a later hand when I get AA pre-flop, with a flop of A Q x, and a turn of Q. Even though I don't expect it to hold, I have a High Hand of AAAQQ with about 40 minutes to go. The High Hand pays $400 per hour, but since no one had a qualifying hand the hour before, the roll-over of $400 made this one worth $800. With 17 minutes remaining I hear the dreaded "High Hand, Table X, JJJJ with an 8. :pout:

Trying to get it all back quickly is a recipe for disaster. My challenge will be to grind away over the next 2-3 months, hopefully playing smart and getting a bit of favorable variance, to make up the current to-date losses.

In answer to your playing questions regarding playing conditions, tables have a maximum of 8 players, there are no dividers, and masks are NOT required, even by the dealers. I would estimate that about 90% of the dealers wear masks, and 15-20% of the players do. High Hand promotions are typically $300/$400 per hour, and run about 7-8 hours each day the room is open. The room is open 9 a.m. to 3 or 4 am. Wednesday thru Sundays, and closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Each day can be a little different, and because there are still not as many dealers as there were pre-covid, one has to plan wisely in order to not have to wait several hours before getting on a table.

Just keep playing for the long-term. Best of luck to you.

THIS!!!

you are an inspiration to all players track collector!

keep fighting!!!!

Sheesh, the other losses are ones we all see if we play enough but this one would have had me on tilt! Did the guy have a J 8 to start? If so, Grrrr!!
Hopefully you will remember that the future is unwritten and soon you will see your biggest plus day ever.

Thanks for all the support and words of encouragement.

February is now in the books. The good news is that I am back to basically even, recouping the January loses. The not so good news is that most of the profits made were not from the pure playing of poker, but from the High Hand promotions. After not having any high hands in January and about half of February, I found myself hitting 3 of them in about a two-week period! I am definitely not complaining, but obviously I want much more of any profitability to be the result of playing well vs. the "luck" of getting a High Hand.

Speaking of High Hands, one of the recently mentioned ones came at what was basically my first day of play ever at the MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, MD. I had just dropped off some Church friends at the Regan Airport, and realized that MGM was less than 20 minutes away, so naturally I had to make a visit there! I had ATo and flopped top two pair, then rivered and Ace to get on the board. I had to sweat about 15 minutes (currently about 15 other tables going), and fortunately held. Yay!! High hands would be $200 from 12:15 p.m. and later. My hand hit in the morning so it was worth $500. Double Yay!!!

My initial buy-in was $200, and I had pocket Aces against a very loose player. (MGM has the reputation of a lot of loose, crazy, and wild players.). The villain called my preflop raise of $25 from the Cutoff position with K2o. The flop was x x 2. I bet $45 and he called. The turn was a K, and I led out for $65, to which he re-raised. I had less than $50 left so I called, and was not not able to counterfeit him on the river. I bought back in for another $200, and later had AKo. I was surprised to get back some of it by value-betting a weak player when the flop had an Ace, and he called three streets of bets with A3o. I ended up losing only $95, which allowed me to keep most of my HH winnings. MGM is a nice and appealing playing environment, but the huge negative for me is that driving each way is 91 miles (About 1hr-40min under normal traffic) and about $25 roundtrip in gas.

Back at Charles Town two days later I had AQs where I flopped top two pair, but did not get called on a river bet when another Queen appeared. I did not show my opponent my hand, because High Hands need to be a full house with a minimum of Aces over 2's. About 15 minutes later I hear a HH announced: JJJKK. Then I suddenly realized that Wednesdays/Thursdays are Super High Hands meaning the minimum qualifying hand is a full house of Jacks over 2's. Crap!!!! I spent the next 20 minutes hoping my QQQAA would get beat, but the intercom was unfortunately quiet. Making matters worse, there was no HH the previous hour so the $300 from that period rolled over into the current hour making the payout $600. :bang: File this under the "We all do dumb things". I have been so blessed, so perhaps this is just a bump along the way of my poker participations.

Now on to March activity which will hopefully have me playing well/smart and generating some profits the way we a supposed to, which is from the mistakes of our opponents.

Nice honest recap TC.....Lots of Promos during March Madness Month....:ThmbUp:

Don't forget that those promo dollars come from the rake so you're getting your own money back. High hands typically come from strong starting hands so don't ever feel bad taking the payout.

hopefully march came in like a lion and out like the lion! ;)

a connecticut wankee in king trooper's court? (part 1)
 

clearly hollywood penn national is an aesthetically pleasing racino both inside and out, but just as clearly all that glitters ain't gold, a fact i'm reminded of when rebate shop xxx calls to let me know that our friends in grantville have imposed another "source market fee," dropping my rebate by yyy. as if it's really any of their business where i bet two dollar omnis on sha tin?

today i just roll my eyes at this pathetic mitt joint but my good friend the lion, KING of the pen poker jungle, roars his disapproval at their inability to reopen a simple poker room at what's supposed to be their flagship property.

indeed the lion has had enough and tells me of plans for a big atlantic city trip where he plans to reel in every fish in the marina and is even training his wife to play!! i listen patiently as he shares the details of her education; all the way down to how she'll play pocket 8s vs an early position raise.

i tell the lion i'm less concerned about the lioness 3 betting old men coffee who haven't played a hand in four orbits than i am about how she'll react to some of the absolutely abhorrent behavior that takes place in these poker rooms. but he turns a deaf ear to my suggestion that she dip her toe in the shallow waters of a more humble 2/4 game just to gain some experience.

a connecticut wankee in king trooper's court? (part 2)
 

an extreme example of the kind of filth that can be found slithering around these card rooms is shown in this latest "trooper97" video titled "what an internet troll really is."


for several episodes, trooper strings us along about something called #voicemailgate, before finally waiting a day and releasing the above video detailing how he's being stalked by someone supposedly known as las vegas nightcrawler.

trooper tells us of a time in the past where lv nightcrawler was kicked out of caesars poker room for an unspeakable act while simultaneously being on trooper's radar for suspicious behavior. next, trooper learns lv nightcrawler is a tier 3 sex offender in the state of connecticut and implores caesars to ban him from the poker room permanently..... which they apparently do.

opinions vary widely in the comments section. an "aaron s" says a "tough acting" trooper would be "knocked out on the spot" by lv nightcrawler, while "joseph s" claims that authorities will never find lv nightcrawler if anything ever happens to trooper, adding "that's not a threat....it's a promise!"

certainly such bravado would equally apply to trooper's girlfriend, lady trooper, who would probably only qualify for plain jane status to the bondesque renaissance men of this website but would likely change the world of your average poker man who thinks trooper outkicked his coverage.

in the end the only real advice i can offer the lioness is to wash her hands after handling the chips.

the lion agrees.

thank you for reading!

the lion rolling
 

ok poker fans we are BACK with our first trip report of 2022!!

today's action starts with me and my amazing girlfriend estrella loading the car for another ride to america's playground ATLANTIC CITY where we will have a short two night stay at the beautiful ocean resort and casino towards the north end of the famous boardwalk!!

along the way we pass hollywood penn national and the new hollywood morgantown but they don't deserve our action so we don't stop in. we hear from our good friend the lion who jokes that he was going to call hollywood pen and see if they could recommend a good room for live poker! :D

by the time we arrive the lion has already been in atlantic city for several days and it's been business as usual as he's resumed his winning ways, already going 3-0 at harrah's. his wife, the lioness, also planned to try a game and does. she loses $60 but has a great time and everything seems great as he moves his tack over to wyndham skyline tower near the boardwalk. (it is about a block behind resorts)

estrella and i opt to stay inside the ocean for the night and tell the lions we'll meet them tomorrow afternoon at the exciting tropicana to get my 2022 poker action rolling!!

thank you for reading!

no tenemos dinero!!!
 

ok poker fans we are back in exciting ATLANTIC CITY for day number two of our adventure where we wake up at the beautiful OCEAN resort and casino!!

after a small breakfast estrella and i begin walking down the boardwalk towards the tropicana to kickoff my 2022 poker campaign. hopefully we can get in a game with pen great THE LION to get a front row view of his play!!

walking down the boardwalk i make a rule: we only speak spanish on this boardwalk!!! when the eight people between ocean and tropicana ask us for a dollar we say:

"lo siento. no tenemos dinero porque hemos perdido nuestro dinero en el casino." :(

this works great and we arrive at tropicana without being overly harrassed!

i start the season in a brand new 1/2 no limit contest and of course THE LION is nowhere to be found.

with AA i get no action but spring out to an early lead when 33 flops a set and rivers a boat on a board that ends up Q 3 6 8 Q. i raise the river here and get called but immediately sense i made a rusty mistake by not raising more..... a move which comes back to haunt me as i end up missing several flush draws and fall behind. finally with a suited JT i turn a flush but an action killing card hits the river, cutting my rally short.

i lose $84 over several lionless hours, note my ring rust, and cash out.

fortunately estrella has won (again) in the casino and is controlling the players card. maybe tropicana will give us a room in the future?

back up the boardwalk we meet up with the lion family at resorts and find that my worst nightmares have come true (see last week's trooper series). apparently last night there was a big game at tropicana? the lion ultimately prevails to go 4-0 on the trip by dragging a $650 pot or something but the lioness is watching the game and is completely turned off by a lot of the behavior. despite the great time she had at harrah's, she now wants to abandon the game.

here is some footage:


thank you for reading!!

game -84 (1/2 nl)
year -84 (0-1)

Hey proximity, great to hear you are back in action, and posting your interesting stories on the poker forum. It just happens that today was a very unusual poker day for me.

It started on the felt at Maryland Live. They were running $400 High Hands every 15 minutes, which later switched to $599 every 20 minutes. Here are some of the "highlights":

--- I get AA and raise pre-flop. Two callers. Board is 2 7 5 rainbow. I bet out $25 and get one caller. He has 79o and turns a 9.
--- I end up with 2 pair, AT, but villain's pocket 66 found a third one on the flop.
--- I go all-in pre-flop with KK. Villain has 44 and catches a third one one flop.
--- I have AQs and bet $10 pre-flop. A not-so-good player raises to $90. I jam all-in figuring worst likely scenario is KK (but not AA because I have a blocker) where I have 30% equity. He turns over K9o (which a Texas Holdem Calculator has me as a 2-1 favorite). I flop a Q but he turns a K, so bye bye to that buy-in.

There were a few other hands that I think I got it in good, but the variance went against me in those as well. Overall I left MDL down $600.

I decided to drown my troubles by going to the CT (Charles Town) poker room on the way back home to see if I could get back a little of the afternoon losses. They first told me to go to table 8, but I was watching the Preakness race on one of the monitors. As I headed to table 8, they then said to go to table 1.

My very first hand was 99, and the flop included another one. Could the tide be changing that soon? Someone else lead out with a small $15 bet and I smooth-called. The turn was a blank with another $15 lead-out bet and a call by me. The river paired an existing Q on the board. The previous aggressor checked, and folded when I bet $60. I am now up about $100, with only $500 more to go, or would my short-term gain disappear later with my earlier day's "luck". I later get KK and win after calling a lady's $57 all-in pre-flop. Another hand somewhere I had AQo and ended up flopping 2 pair and winning. Then I got AA and shoved all-in after someone raised to $13 and 3 others called. No callers, including a looser player with a large stack.

Then around 9:20 p.m. or so I get 99 again. I think someone bet $10 and I called. The flop came QJ9 rainbow and the fellow who bet $10 pre-flop bets $40. I go all-in ($300+) and he calls (with about $225). If he already has the straight, I have about a 33% chance to turn/river the full house. If he has a higher 3 of a kind, I am crushed with only having a 1-outer and probably heading home very depressed. The turn is a brick and the river is the last 9!!! All that worry for nothing though, as he only flopped top two pair, where I was good the whole way. High hands end at 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays, but it was in sudden death overtime because no one had a qualifying hand during the 8:00-9:00 p.m. period. The HH was only a lowly $200 (minus $20 dealer tip), but it does add to the bankroll.

Shortly after 10:00 p.m. I decided to bank my great fortunes of the evening and quit. Interestingly though, just a minutes before that someone (who was not particularly a strong player) did go all-in pre-flop for about $65 but I decided to fold like everyone else, despite having pocket Jacks. A +$130 day sure looks great when compared to -$600 or even worse. :)

By the way I am leaving for a solo racing trip to New Mexico in a few days to get in SunRay Park and Ruidoso on my visit list. While there I plan to play poker a few times at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque. :jump:

Played again on Sunday at CT.

Three particular hands:
--- I have 9s10s and the flop comes 7s8sKs and I am in position. Villain has 78o and bets $35 and I go all-in for my remaining $100. Turn is a blank and river is of course a 7. If I jam after the flop, maybe he folds, but in general we should make more money betting for value when we believe we are ahead.
--- An older gentleman who seems a bit on the weak side limps in for $2 UTG, I think there is another limper or two, and I happily check my BB option with 2d4d. The flop is 2h4h7h. UTG bets $5 and I am the only caller. The river is another 4. UTG bets $35 and I call, as I have a strong feeling he has the nut flush. River is an A and he bets out $50. I re-raise all-in for about $125 more and he calls. He does indeed have the Ah, but also another A. :bang: In hindsight I believe that with almost 100% certainty that he still calls my all-in if I jam on the turner. The hits seem to get better, so after being rivered with the previously 4-outer, I now get rivered with a 2-outer. (Yes, we also benefit from hitting 4 and 2-outers, but that seems like it has not happened in my favor for a long time.) :bang:
--- A player who has only been at the table for about 30 minutes and currently on the CO raises to $7 pre-flop. I call with Ah7h as well as another 2 players. The flop comes 2h8h10h. The CO bets $35 and I call. The turn is an action killing Qh, or so I think. CO leads out $50 and I jam for the rest of rest of my chips. He thinks for about 2 minutes and says I think you have the Ah, but you could be bluffing. He calls with QhJh and an open-ended straight flush draw. Also under consideration is that there is a $300 High Hand promotion where the current hour was ticking down and which he would be virtually 100% to win if he hits. My current bad variance run is about to bite me again with another 2-outer. The river is a blank and I win! Yay!!!

Along the session I was down two $200 buy-ins and stayed with one more $100 bullet. This last hand rallied me to about -$100 for the day. Like most people I was temped to play on, trying to get back to even. I lost about $30 more with AKo on the button, when I folded to a new player's lead out bet of $35 again a flop of A34 rainbow, turn of a 7, and a river of a 5. With her calling my $10 pre-flop raise, so many BB hands can beat me. I played about another 15 minutes, and after getting back to -$100 for the day, I happily decided the rally was more like a winning session so home I went.

This bad variance run of the past 4-6 weeks will certainly turn the other way, but it is more likely to ebb back my way rather than getting hot the next few weeks. Even the players who are superior to me in talent have to experience these longer streaks of play where the deck seems to constantly be hitting one over the head. There are no guarantees so future bad variance could continue or get EVEN WORSE over the next few weeks and months. Bad variance is often accompanied by impatience and increased bad play, so special efforts need to taken to guard against these which cause bankrolls to shrink even more than they would with better play during bad variance.

As indicated in previous posts, winning High Hands continue to be my friend and keep my YTD efforts in the black, albeit barely now.

now that is an ALCOA FANTASTIC FINISH for the ages!!

hopefully you got estrella's friend jose ortiz in the big race? :D

anyhow, despite the bad luck you seem to be doing a tremendous job of getting calls while being way ahead and certainly we're all looking forward to hearing about new mexico!!!!!!!!!!!! :jump:

staring at lasagna and cheeseburgers....or tossed salads and scrambled eggs??
 

ok poker fans we are back in marvelous atlantic city for one final day of gambling adventure!!

we check out of the ocean hotel before feeding ourselves some delicious french toast in "the district" food court and feeding the slots in their beautiful casino.

estrella wants another crack at the tropicana's machines and her novio certainly has unfinished business in their poker room. so we start back down the boardwalk.

the lion has skipped town with an unblemished 4-0 record. the lioness finishes 0-1 but has a great time playing and possibly seems set to share her husband's passion..... until she witnesses the now infamous "village people" game a couple nights ago at the trop. the lion loved that game for its donkeys while the lioness hated it for its asses.

thirty minutes into today's 3/6 limit contest and i'm still looking to see my first donkey of the week at the trop. after hearing about yesterday's loss the lioness reminded me that if i can't spot the sucker in the first 30 minutes at the table.... i AM the sucker!

unfortunately i'm losing again and these tough limit players aren't looking like they're going to give me too much. they educate me on the local high hand practices so i don't miss out, should lightning strike.

apparently for awhile they used code words from the borgata like lasagna and cheeseburger?

"borgata players try to work these words into the conversation (with a wink and a nod) if they (ahem) need help getting the pot high enough to qualify for the jackpot," a helpful player tells me.

"but here we use something called the stare" he continues before going on to describe an uncomfortably long period of eye contact.

just then, my first donkey opponent of the week sits down and gets me back in the game when he suddenly raises me with bottom pair after i river trips!:cool:

later, the dealer is pushing victory towards me when top pair seems to have somehow held off a board that runs out with four spades. but another donkey has flipped over 63 off suit with the six of spades. an apparently unbelieving table is dead silent and the dealer is pushing me the pot but i speak up and point to the donkey's spade. it stings to go winless at the trop but it was the right thing to do.

up the boardwalk we stop for smoothies at the hard rock before reluctantly heading back to grantville. we do get to see kelsey grammer
who is in town promoting his faith american brewing company.

http://www.shorelocalnews.com/kelsey...atlantic-city/

i'm explaining dr frasier crane's run through the decades and time zones (in spanish) as we sip our hard rock smoothies.

life is good.

thank you for reading!

game -18 (3/6 limit)
year -102 (0-2)

all of my local indian casinos have closed their poker rooms over the last 5 years so not playing much. I do like to follow the WSOP and Dnegs has an interesting vlog.

that's the situation we're in at pen and we feel your pain dw.

after big stock market losses and buying estrella a popcorn at top gun: maverick i'm not in the best financial position but there's a BIG opportunity today at 3:00 to stake trooper 97 in the millionaire maker which i believe is starting this weekend!

trooper is putting up $500 of the $1500, so there will be $1000 available!

insane donkeyfest at natioal harbor!!
 

whizz protege deals turn before flop action complete!! :D

Was browsing around and checked out or watched again a number of videos related to the Mike Postle cheating that supposedly took place a few years back.

I found this under one of the comment sections, which I think some of you will find interesting:
Disclaimer: Don't use this as an excuse for your significant cooler periods. :D

RIP Hollywood Casino Penn National Poker Room
 

Word from a reliable source has it that subject poker room will now remain closed permanently.

Never got a chance to go there, but had intended to do so if they had re-opened. Sad news particularly for proximity and his friend "the lion".

proximity, did you buy any of Trooper97?


Daniel has not done well this series so far, down over a million but 2 buy-ins of the $250K high roller .... some smaller cashes

he might make some back in his fantasy league and has to adjust his sleep so he can get up at 11 am :lol::lol:

Encore Boston
 

when they first opened up they had about 60 tables. some very large games and the majority of the tables were $1-$3 with a 10% rake up to $4. they closed down during the Corona epidemic. when they reopened the room was downsized to 10 tables and only had the game from 9:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. the rake went to $10 max as well.

i'm not sure which is worse? trooper's markup or boston encore's rake!:lol:

as for penn national, portnoy needs to be contacted because to not have poker at your flagship casino.....DISGRACEFUL! :mad:

I understand your frustration proximity. Don't you think one of the leading reasons for the permanent closure is lack of dealer availability?

And rather than have dedicated poker room dealers, don't they rotate in the dealers from table games, and don't all the casino room dealers collectively share their tips?

I am pretty sure that one of the main causes for delayed re-opening of the CT poker room after the pandemic was staff issues. It took them much longer than anticipated to solicit and hire adequate poker room staff to minimally operate the poker room.

Even today, CT remains closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, and on other nights, it is a common practice to deliberately close down one or more active/full table several hours in advance of closing time. All of this is done to conserve dealer availabilities for other days. (Dealers are limited to the number of hours they can work each week, pending their employment classification.).

Mid-Year Report
 

Time to determine my playing results essentially thru the first half of this year. I am close to 700 hours of playing time, and if I keep up the current rate, 2022 will easily exceed the most hours played in a given year.

My hourly rate, which is ((Winnings + High Hand/Hot Seat/Hot Table Promotions) - (Regular Tips + Promotion Tips + Waitress Tips)) / Hours played = -$ 0.08

Other comps like food credits (when I am away from CT poker room) are not factored into the above hourly rate.

This very slight negative hourly rate is very close to breakeven, but only then because of the huge amount of high hand promotions I have been able to benefit from.

I feel like my game has stagnated, and even regressed. Much longer stretches of my play seem to be on auto pilot, and while some of my opponents seem to have gotten better, I have clearly not kept up. Earlier in the year it seemed like I was going thru some periods of unfavorable variance, which would with time balance out with more favorable variances. Now my play contains many more errors/impatience/bad play.

Time to re-evaluate my game and consider what significant changes might be needed to achieve an advantage over my usual competition. Because I have been playing sooooo much, perhaps I need to take more time off. Fortunately some of that time off will come with a fast-approaching vacation which includes zero poker room visits.

Expect future reports, even if they are not flattering.

Gentle Reminder --> This forum is not a contest to see who the best poker players are. Please feel free to share stories, poker results, and/or other poker room visit experiences you may have!

all that is true and another factor is the opening of morgantown and york hollywoods; which of course is another violation of the original spirit of the pennsylvania gaming expansion which was supposed to be unique owners.

bottom line: where there's a will there's a way and penn national is really an embarrassment. someone should be allowed to open a card room and supply this service to the public since penn national has proven itself incapable.

dave w, did you see episode 47?

daniel is literally trampled by a mob running from a possible active shooter!!:eek:

semi annual game

friday night played in a 1-2-3 nl w a max bi of 500 game. 5 hours. cashed out at 475, -25. probably double the stack + if hero was playing as in years past. no single hand was played optimally. very weak passive/trappy kinds of lines by hero. all night there was a player to steal from, but hero did not. lag opener pre, passive post flop villain 2 to my right. was supposed to iso 3 bet, but was chicken about getting 4 bet from others and getting stuck for 50-70 w air so the op went unexploited the whole game. apparently, the light 3 bet to iso gear is a perishable skill as are many other facets of the game.





here's a hand played to trap, that became a shit spot. villain opens to 15, early position. two calls to hero on the button w 55 who flats, bb flats. flop is 247. it checks around. turn is a 5, 2457. opener bets 40 into 75 fold, fold, hero just flats, bb folds. river is a 6. 24567, a four straight, ugh. opener bets 120 into 155. hero tanks and calls. opener shows aq.



here's a spot played poorly twice and wonder how to do it better. scanning the banks, not finding references to compare it to, except to say there's a memory of going about things differently pre. folding or 3 betting to 60 and folding to a 4 bet. both were in late position. 1st holding qj suited, 2nd holding jt suited. after an open to 12 and two callers, the thought w both hands was you wanna see a flop, don't fold, don't get ag. dislike. flopped top pair in both.





in the first, the opener c bet 40 into a 50 pot and both villains called. hero, confused if good or bad, folded flop. it was gonna be 210 to the turn if hero just flats. it was for stacks regardless if hero pumps it up flop or just flats. remarkably, it checked around turn and river and was won by no pair aj at showdown.





in the second, bb checked, opener c-bet 20 into 50. fold, fold, hero flats, bb check raises to 70. opener flats. w jt suited, hero made a decision to flat. why? thought there were a lot of good turn cards. flop was 78j w one of hero's suit on a rainbow board. good cards were 9, t, j and hearts. probable mistake by hero. size of the check raise and the opener flatting with stack to pot ratios being what they were, meant if a good turn fell we're playing for stacks and much of the time w just top pair no kicker plus some added equity. turn paired the 8. bb bet 120. opener called. hero folded. left opener w 80. unbelievably, the river bricked a deuce, but when bb bet 80 the opener folded.





it was fun regardless. the mental gears are rusty and the only way to add grease is by participating more often.

yes, I think I would need to see a shooter or people being shot before I started running. Kind of crazy tables got knocked over.

trooper defends spitting victim outside t-mobile!!!!...
 

part 1 15:50-16:50

trooper: he (the spitter) assaulted him (the puncher).

tall guy fieri looking mutha: i don't give a shit!!

part 2: 20:25-21:00

trooper: (to guy fieri looking mutha) GO FVKC YOURSELF!!!

am i a hypocrite??
 

ok poker fans we are back with another trip report from the place where the sands turn to gold; exciting atlantic city!!

we are again joined by my amazing girlfriend estrella who chooses this trip over the annual colts loss at jacksonville which is scheduled for september 18.

on our way to atlantic city we pass pokerless hollywood grantville and hollywood morgantown who don't deserve our business. but i do note that we're staying at pokerless theoceanac and wonder if that makes me some kind of hypocrite??

maybe i am a bad person but we're having a good time at the ocean and getting some much needed relaxation. i do wish they had at least basic horseracing (nyra, mth, dmr, ky, maybe hong kong) and a small poker room and note that in my survey comments.

finally on our last morning we checkout of the ocean and head down the boardwalk to tropicana where i jump into a 1/2 no limit contest.

these afternoon games at the trop have proven to be far from ideal as it's mostly competent players and today's match is no exception. the room is quiet with only three or four tables going and i wonder about this once vibrant game's future on the boardwalk? one player notes that it's like playing in a mausoleum.

i fall behind early but grind back for a $75 win after AA gets home in a multi-way pot. although i gain financially, i feel i made a few mistakes that ironically may have cost me the win. with the AA i felt i should have bet more on the turn although this may have caused the tanking villain to fold? another hand i played embarrassingly bad although the pot again went multi-way and there's no guarantee i fold out both villains who hit fours on a 44x flop?

in out of town scores, track collector rallies for a $16 win from $350 down at horseshoe baltimore.

thank you for reading!!

game +75 (1/2 nl)
year -27 (1-2)

garrett adelstein vs robbi jade lew: MAJOR controversy!
 

lion rival flex "the wizard of" ozias on a major hustler casino live controversy:


incredibly this girl gives garrett his money back!:confused:

will mr ozias be as fortunate when the lion reads him like a cheap novel?

don't bet on it!!

YTD Report
 

Hello everyone,

My poker spreadsheet has been updated and time to give a report of my results thru the end of the 3rd Quarter.

I am basically even (-$0.08/per hour), but like from the previous report, I am only where I am because of such good fortune with High Hands and/or other promotions. Seems like unfavorable variance continues to follow me. Recently I have lost BIG pots after being favored after the flop with the following conditions:

66%-34% favorite --> This obviously happens a significant amount of time.
75%-25% favorite --> This happens sometimes too, but not nearly as often.
86%-14% favorite --> Very unlucky.
92%-8% favorite --> This is brutal. :bang:

There were a few more, but they escape my memory at this time. Winning just one or two of these big pots would have significantly changed my results. :pout:

Mix in some bad play, and I am not obviously not going to turn things around yet. Unlike previous years, I have in general not been able to put together a few good sessions in a row. Just recently, I finally did so, winning about 6 smaller profit sessions for about $500, only to give back -$400, in my most recent session.

Normally my "goal" is to achieve breakeven or perhaps +$1/$3 per hour on pure poker, then along with various promotions, make it a nice winning year. This year I am definitely not going to breakeven on pure poker results, unless I encounter a very rare "extended" hot streak. Without promotions, I am currently at about -$5.50/hour. A realistic "goal" would be to reduce this to about -$2.50 to -$3.00 per hour by the end of the year.

Thanks for putting up with my rant. I recognize that objective assessment of one's poker, along with a strong measure of mental and emotional toughness, are definitely two qualities necessary for one to achieve winning poker, so I need to soldier on.

A few weeks ago I was on a trip to add a new racetrack to my visit list, and in the process, I was able to play in two poker rooms I have never been to. The first one was the Dakota Dunes (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), with 1/3 NL CAD, and the other one was the card room at Canterbury Downs, with $2-100 Spread Limit. Four total enjoyable, but losing sessions. Cby has the prettiest poker chips I have ever encountered, especially the $5 chip, which was red with purple, and an outline of a horse. I will post a picture I if ever figure out how to transfer from my phone.

One stop included visits to Assiniboia Downs. Unfortunately the two nearby poker rooms in that area have yet to re-open. In passing a few minutes time I checked out one of the older downtown bowling establishments in Winnipeg. Instead of "10-Pins", they had the Canadian version called "5-Pins". Those interested can check it out on YouTube. I definitely want to try this out the next time I get back to Canada!

Now off to my first poker session to start the 4th Quarter. May your future poker room visits be successful!!

more adelstein vs lew....
 

so far nearly 2/3 of "that other site" lean towards "no cheating involved."

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...3/index90.html

trooper thoughts:

public sentiment begins to turn in hustler scandal....
 

compulsive gambling criminal working behind the scenes of hustler casino live poker show..... steals 15k off robbi jade lew's stack..... hustler regular dgaf winning consistently in seat #2.... doug polk visits the hustler and comments:

maybe Robbi found a tell and can read Garrett like a book

Daniel finally gets big win to recoup some of his losses last couple years

jealous proximity rages over la rich kids!!!!!
 

personally i don't believe robbi could outplay aunt hortense from the old horseshoe baltimore games.....but what do i know?

it's their world and i... just barely..... exist in it.

they have colorful names (beanz, rip, nik airball....) that sound like they came right out of goodfellas while talking like they just stumbled out of the local crips meeting. ya know what i mean?

they're young and popular and seemingly have more money to throw around casinos than archie karas.

and generous. oh so generous.

they can lend tens and hundreds of thousands to people they barely know or even just met! no references or background check!! some peasant steals $15,000 from them? it's all good, bro!!

it's all good bro, but ain't all easy bro.

some of them have successful careers, ya know what i mean?

rip works for jake paul(!!!) while nik airball sounds like a tennis shoe, but is really....wait for it.... an investment banker with a lifestyle that makes the wolf of wallstreet look like ward cleaver in comparison. beanz? i don't know how he earns a buck but i do know that thousands and thousands of dollars flow freely from hand to hand while i dare not peak at my own pathetic biden era roth.

robbi jade looks like she got lost at the casino on the way home from a star trek audition but actually has a successful pharmaceutical career (!!) while being married to a wealthy so cal lawyer? is it dilanesp? i'm not telling!

what, btw, do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?;)

if you made it this far.... thank you for reading!!

st james irish pub blues??
 

ok poker fans, the above predicted annual jacksonville massacre is in the record books (0-24 this year! :( ) and estrella and i are back on the road and negotiating philadelphia traffic, again on our way to exciting atlantic city!!

it's phillies fever this fall in the city but usually the only sports topic the queen of the pick 6 brings up are her pals jose and irad ortiz. today though she mutters something about jordano tunon y viernes* (huh?) as i break out some nascar moves to get us over the new jersey border.

we're staying at the beautiful ocean casino but start down the boardwalk grabbing a coffee at resorts dunkin' donuts** before continuing to tropicana where we've offered to put a little play on a friend's players card. he's shooting for diamond which is a lifestyle every dedicated gambler should experience at least once imho.

estrella goes back and forth and gets a good start on the players card before i take over and nearly jackpot a basic three reel machine with two diamonds and a 7. so dinner's on me and i decide it's time to try someplace new and opt for a place called the irish pub, just off the boardwalk on st james place.

the irish pub is a quaint throwback to the early days of the famous ac boardwalk. it is cash only and the joint oozes mahogany, the walls teeming with early 20th century memorabilia art. low ceilings and precipitous "watch your step" steps may pose a challenge if you can look down at joel embiid or up at danny devito. i almost expect to see rhea perlman behind the bar and paul newman's fast eddie felson nursing a jts brown.

while an aproned gordon ramsay isn't about to emerge from the kitchen and ask if our fried fish has been microwaved long enough, biden era inflation has yet to influence the prices for dishes that should sate anyone with an appetite short of joey chestnut.

the irish pub

estrella A+
proximity A

thank you for reading!

poker: no game
season: 1-2 (-27)

*https://www.equibase.com/premium/cha...22&cy=USA&rn=4

** it's not st patricks day but this video is nearly identical to our day: