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Old 01-02-2015, 06:21 PM   #691
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thanks for reading and posting dilanesp. it's great to read your limit insights. best of luck at the tables in 2015 and be sure to drop us a trip report if you ever meet up with mr cooke on the felt!!
I played at Bellagio Christmas week he wasn't there. The 40 game they spread was easier than a typical 20 table at Commerce.
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Old 01-02-2015, 07:23 PM   #692
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I played at Bellagio Christmas week he wasn't there. The 40 game they spread was easier than a typical 20 table at Commerce.
dilane, (or anybody) what did you think of his x-mas eve article? I woulda folded that 4s3s preflop. throughout my tour the big blind gave me a lot of trouble in no limit (especially at tropicana ) but maybe i'm too tight of a player?

also (dilanesp) do you know or have you ever met or played 2+2 legend limon at the commerce?? i really enjoyed his a lot of his live poker posts over there!!
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Old 01-02-2015, 09:07 PM   #693
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final month by month results....

jan. 6-6. +107
feb. 10-1. +1176
mar. 5-6. -677
apr. 3-7. -496
may. 9-3. +415
jun. 9-4. +563
jul. 8-5. +41
aug. 4-9. -607
sep. 3-2 -139
oct. 9-4 +28
nov. 7-3 +496
dec 8-5 +4
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Old 01-02-2015, 09:49 PM   #694
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dilane, (or anybody) what did you think of his x-mas eve article? I woulda folded that 4s3s preflop. throughout my tour the big blind gave me a lot of trouble in no limit (especially at tropicana ) but maybe i'm too tight of a player?

also (dilanesp) do you know or have you ever met or played 2+2 legend limon at the commerce?? i really enjoyed his a lot of his live poker posts over there!!
I'm definitely not the person to advise on no limit strategy; I only know the rudiments. But yes, 3 handed, getting only 3 to 1, 43 suited is a fold from either blind unless it is deep stacked and you are an expert. Position is ridiculously important to implied odds in no limit. (In limit it is a call.)

I don't remember limon. I do personally know several of the regulars in the SS and MS limit forums at 2 plus 2.

EDIT: Cooke is quite right about everything he says about that hand, btw. His friend should have gotten all in with his hand.

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Old 01-02-2015, 10:25 PM   #695
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epilogue.....

well our 2014 poker tour has come to an end.

overall i was able to play in 136 games at 14 casinos in four states (pa, md, wv, and nj). along the way i was able to meet up with great paceadvantage members like wiffleball whizz, manu918, and track collector. it's ALWAYS a pleasure to meet up with paceadvantage members and special thanks to these guys for coming out to the casinos!!

things didn't always go smoothly on the tour. i lost $532 at sands (2-3), $392 at Charles town (6-11), $226 at Tropicana ac (2-2), $179 at Maryland live! (1-3), $69 at bally's ac (6-4), and $30 at taj mahal (2-1).

on a more positive note i was able to win $21 at golden nugget ac (1-0), $91 at Borgata (3-1), $125 at parx (2-0), $201 at harrah's ac (2-2), $206 at rocky gap (1-0), $311 at showboat ac (rip) (5-0), $405 at penn national (33-24), and $979 at the beautiful new horseshoe Baltimore (15-4)!!

in the end i fell short of my goal of winning thousands of dollars but did post an overall win of $911 while winning 81 games against 55 losses.

in addition to my game winnings i was able to win $100 full house bonus at Charles town and get $125 in rakeback from horseshoe. i paid a $10 dealer add on to get in a penn national free roll that i didn't cash in. $215 net bonus total.

i also enter 2015 with hundreds of dollars of Caesar's total reward comps as well as total rewards diamond status!!

i'm no roy cooke, dilanesp, or death donkey but overall i feel i'm a good natural limit player at least for the level and i was able to post a 31-15 record and win $890 in limit games. i won $19.35 in my average limit game and $21.50 in my median limit game.

i didn't do as well in no limit. i won just $21 for the year despite posting 50 wins against 40 losses. i won only 23 cents in my average no limit game and $14 in my median no limit game. despite this i thought i played pretty well overall and had more than my share of bad luck. a lot of the posters here want me to play deeper and i have to admit they are probably right and this is something i will gradually look to do in 2015 and beyond.

there were a lot of ups and downs on the tour. i experienced both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. in February i won $1176 and lost only one game. but march greeted me with the other extreme as i dropped $677. in November i won $496 but was saddened when my mom (who had just got over lung cancer) went to the hospital for brain cancer. a lot of the posters here offered prayers and support and i am forever grateful to you all.


so that is my 2014 poker tale. i can't believe it's over. it is truly humbling that so many people followed and posted on the thread. happy new year and best of luck in 2015. hope to see you on the felt!!

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Old 01-04-2015, 10:44 PM   #696
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Let me say this Proximity. I caught up here on New Year's Day and would echo most here, by saying that your marathon tour was highly entertaining, informative, funny and never, ever boring.

I started playing Poker about 50 years ago and am not up to the snuff of many here, since I hardly play more than once a year now. But, you have rekindled my interest in the game and sometime in the near future, I may take a shot at the same tables. Going to Ft. Myers in Feb- March again and they have the game at the Dog Track. May join in.

Thanks for your year long adventures here.
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Let me say this Proximity. I caught up here on New Year's Day and would echo most here, by saying that your marathon tour was highly entertaining, informative, funny and never, ever boring.

I started playing Poker about 50 years ago and am not up to the snuff of many here, since I hardly play more than once a year now. But, you have rekindled my interest in the game and sometime in the near future, I may take a shot at the same tables. Going to Ft. Myers in Feb- March again and they have the game at the Dog Track. May join in.

Thanks for your year long adventures here.
two months in florida, you've already won without a single card being dealt!

good luck!!
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Old 03-05-2015, 12:37 AM   #698
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helen keller could have seen this coming....

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After pondering this I'm gonna say the live dealers were not colluding.....we don't like each other there.... There's no comrodery(spelling?) just trying to look cool buying in for 600 in 3/6 and always raising
more limit collusion @ horseshoe:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...postcount=1021

i'm stunned!!
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