2015 Poker Discussion Thread

[Track Collector]

In absence of anyone else doing so, I thought it was time to open up a dedicated thread for year 2015.

We will miss proximity's session-by-session game descriptions and insights, but hopefully he will still grace us with a periodic report every so often.

All others please chime in when the urge hits you.


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[wiffleball whizz]

I'll get on the ground floor of this thread.....just a hand at work tonight that makes my jaw drop.....

A table full on NON REGS in a 1/2 game about 6 in the morning on a $88 in the pot on the river to a AQ852 board no flush:

Player A (first to act) bets $70
Player B calls 70
Player C ( on button) calls 70

Player A "I can't win"
Player B "I can't beat 2 callers"
Player C tables a pair of 2s with a Jack to win pot


I almost fell out of the seat, without getting into game theory and or pot odds how do you call that lolololol

(Love the "I can't beat 2 callers" comment when one guy bet lolololo)

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz

I'll get on the ground floor of this thread.....just a hand at work tonight that makes my jaw drop.....

A table full on NON REGS in a 1/2 game about 6 in the morning on a $88 in the pot on the river to a AQ852 board no flush:

Player A (first to act) bets $70
Player B calls 70
Player C ( on button) calls 70

Player A "I can't win"
Player B "I can't beat 2 callers"
Player C tables a pair of 2s with a Jack to win pot


I almost fell out of the seat, without getting into game theory and or pot odds how do you call that lolololol

(Love the "I can't beat 2 callers" comment when one guy bet lolololo)

Are you sure you are not just saying this as an advertisement for your card room?

[wiffleball whizz]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Are you sure you are not just saying this as an advertisement for your card room?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA you would salivate over these players, tons of dc Money and put it in with anything!!!!!

Action rivals most house ganes IMO

[horses4courses]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Are you sure you are not just saying this as an advertisement for your card room?

Priceless......

[proximity]

Originally Posted by Track Collector

We will miss proximity's session-by-session game descriptions and insights, but hopefully he will still grace us with a periodic report every so often.

kicked off 2015 with a trip to horseshoe baltimore to cash all the free slots play i earned in pursuit of diamond status before it expired.

joined a brand new game around 1:00 and was dealt KK in my very first hand!

the cowboys held up and 2015 was off to a +$62 start!!

for the next 14 hours though i just got absolutely rag-dolled. KK lost 3x, AK lost (at least) 8x without a single win, and i connected on one straight out of about 15 good draws. fortunately i was able to flop a couple sets of 6s to avoid the atm line but dropped $156 in the end.

good luck to everyone in 2015!!

game -156
year -156 (0-1)

[Track Collector]

My return to the poker tables in 2015 took place yesterday (Saturday) at the Charles Town Races.

During my 4-hour session it seemed I was relatively card dead. I had something like 4 wins, of which 2 of them were won using a bluff/aggression. On one of those 2 hands I raised a $20 showdown wager to $60 (pre-raise pot size was something like $40) while I was in position and against a player who ended up missing a straight. Good thing my aggression folded him out, as any pair would have beat my starting AKs + best board cards of Jo,xo,xo!

I have been reading an excellent book lent to me by Thaskalos (Thanks Gus!!!) titled "Poker Plays You Can Use" by D. Hull. It advocates small, incremental changes (improvements) to one's game, which among other things encourages more aggression, particularly in position, against specific-type players. Many of these changes of course take us out of our "comfort" zone, which is exactly why they can move us ahead of the typical 1/2 and even 2/5 No Limit players and improve our current $ success rate.

As can be expected, just a few hands will have a huge impact in the determination of whether an overall session ends up plus or minus. In this session it was a hand that I was dealt JJ from what I think was mid-position. A player on the button who is leans on the tight side raised to $16 pre-flop. I became the only caller in search of set. The flop was dry with no overcards, but I still decided to check and see what was coming. With his $40 bet I made a practical decision to fold. (My session was a plus one and I was likely to leave within the next 15-20 minutes.). To my surprise he ended up showing me his QQ. I was dominated and would have lost a significant amount of chips had I decided to contest this hand further. Not sure if my gain was luck, a good read, or that "practical" decision I mentioned early.

Final tally was + $43.

So much to learn (and change)!


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[dirty moose]

Played a session at the Borgata 2 weekends ago. 10/20 limit game. In for $400 out with $693. Game is pretty soft but ultra tight. +$293

I had some decent cards so there wasn't a lot of actual poker playing. The table pretty much picked on 2 or 3 guys at the table. I used to play a lot more but don't have the time to.

Back when I first started playing poker, I always played limit. Limit poker faded out in the underground NYC clubs so I had to move to no limit. I recently moved back to limit a couple years ago, and there is no looking back now.

[proximity]

Originally Posted by dirty moose

Played a session at the Borgata 2 weekends ago. 10/20 limit game. In for $400 out with $693. Game is pretty soft but ultra tight. +$293

do you get any decent room offers there?

since caesar's is taking away all my free room offers i'm thinking of just playing at borgata and seeing if any free room offers come??

maybe play three long sessions at borgata and stay two nights at a non caesar's property so they don't know i'm in town if the plan fails??

[proximity]

did anyone get the latest total rewards email about the Caesar's bankruptcy??

on april 15 a 50% bonus will be applied to the first 1,000 to 50,000 tier credits tr members earn between jan 1 and mar 31 (daily bonuses not included in calculations) !!

don't know if that's enough to lure wiffleball whizz out of retirement but it'll definitely help me to get back to diamond for 2016!!

[dirty moose]

Originally Posted by proximity

do you get any decent room offers there?

since caesar's is taking away all my free room offers i'm thinking of just playing at borgata and seeing if any free room offers come??

maybe play three long sessions at borgata and stay two nights at a non caesar's property so they don't know i'm in town if the plan fails??

As of right now, thru Feb, they are offering me one comp room Sunday thru Thursday.

[proximity]

Originally Posted by dirty moose

As of right now, thru Feb, they are offering me one comp room Sunday thru Thursday.

sounds nice.

baltimore is starting to comp me at the hyatt and sheraton so idk when i'll be back to a.c.? when i do go back i'll have to remember to concentrate my play at one casino since they are obviously punishing me for jumping around.

[proximity]

Originally Posted by proximity

did anyone get the latest total rewards email about the Caesar's bankruptcy??

http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/20...2C+Bring+Money

ironically just after i changed my avatar to gary busey's "get me two" horseshoe baltimore had some "best i've ever tasted" meatballs the other day on my first trip to the diamond lounge.

wish ww could've been there but i guess he's still self-excluded until april?

[proximity]

Originally Posted by proximity

kicked off 2015 with a trip to horseshoe baltimore to cash all the free slots play i earned in pursuit of diamond status before it expired.

joined a brand new game around 1:00 and was dealt KK in my very first hand!

the cowboys held up and 2015 was off to a +$62 start!!

for the next 14 hours though i just got absolutely rag-dolled. KK lost 3x, AK lost (at least) 8x without a single win, and i connected on one straight out of about 15 good draws. fortunately i was able to flop a couple sets of 6s to avoid the atm line but dropped $156 in the end.

good luck to everyone in 2015!!

game -156
year -156 (0-1)

shook off this loss in the opener and went 4-1 the rest of January to post my 4th consecutive winning month. (or at least non-losing month)

blew an $82 lead in the one (small) loss at horseshoe Baltimore but came back with a big win there the next week. picked bad seats in two no limit games at pen and my short stack buy in hurt me in one hand there. fortunately I was able to post wins in both games though and continue to look to follow the advice I was given in my "2014" thread about seat selection and increasing buy ins.

hope everyone here is doing well!!

month +251 (4-2)
year +251 (4-2)

[proximity]

saw wiffleball whizz last night at horseshoe.

he told me he got a new phone and lost his pa password so that's why he hasn't posted in awhile if anyone is concerned or tried to pm him. I sent a pm to cj and hopefully the authorities here will be able to get him back up and running shortly.

anyhow i'm happy to report that it was a good night for p.a. members!!

whizz crushed a 7.50-15 "pink chip" rotation game of "orse".... which he was lobbying to make "horse"..... but the other players didn't want to add hold 'em.

no hold'em.... no problem for the whizz!!

meanwhile I was able to grind out a $115 win at the 3/6 tables which wouldn't even be worth mentioning if not for the fact that the win pushed my winnings since the beginning of our 2014 poker tour to over $1355 for the first time since game #20 at the Borgata..... a span of 126 games and almost 50 weeks between bankroll peaks!!

it was about time!!

game +115 (3/6 lim)
year +475 (7-3)