How are you doing at the tables (Poker Thread)?

[Sean9689]

I sometime like to vent or do a little bragging after a session of poker. I thought it would be nice for others to share this common interest that so many of us do as a job or just for fun.

So, what game do you play? How did you fair at your recent session(s)? Where do you like to play? Any great donk plays or such that you'd like to tell us about?

I've been doing pretty decent over the past two months. I've had 5 winning sessions in a row ranging from 2 hours to 6 hours. I've been playing once a week or so at the new casino here in St. Louis, Lumiere Place. Not a huge room by any means but they have a good 1-3 NLHM game and a donkish 3-6 game if I feel like messing around. Every once in a while, they have a 2-5 NLHM game going that's pretty crazy as well (lots of good action but lots of bad beats as well).

I also host a home game once a month. We pick a good MNF game and get together. 1-2 NLHM and $100 minimum buy-in. Makes for a fun night with friends and you can sometimes come out a decent winner (or big loser).

So, how are you doing at the tables?

[DavenportESQ]

Nice idea for a thread! We actually get together at least once a week and play! Last night we played a small tourney 5 player 1 cigar buy in. Went pretty well it was a little later than most of us wanted so we played 15 minute blinds! So much different when you play like that, a lot more gambling! We had fun and I believe Brad (cre8v1) took down Jordan of poker (tw3nty) heads up for the win.

Ji loves him some Poker, most flavors.

Probably over the last year or so, I've been playing 1 or 2 nights a week with friends in a .25/.50 NL Holdem game. $20 buy-in, but it really plays like a 1/2 game. Can be pretty innocuous or can end up or down a couple of bills depending on which rascals are playing.

I play it like a donk game at times, play blind down to the river, because it's just fun sometimes.

I used to play alot of 5/10 limit hold'em, dealer's choice mixed rotation around town about 4 or 5 years ago. Some of these games could be pretty painful, some pots hitting the $1000 mark in the dealer's choice rotation playing 5/10. I've had good and bad nights.

The home games spread like wild fire in 03-04 which drew alot of attention. I stopped hitting regular rotation games when several were robbed and raided by GBI.

I hear time to time of some 1/2 games around town, but the rakes are outrageous. I'd rather not play.

The closest Casinos with a regular game are Biloxi and Tunica. I prefer the action at Tunica but probably just make it out there once a year or so now. It's been 5 years since I've been to Vegas.

I had a good run in Tunica back in August. Chopped top 2 in a $60/rebuy tournament, probably about 40 players.

Had maybe 1 or 2 losing sessions at the tables, but didn't amount to much, maybe $40/session, but had some nice winning sessions as well.

One of my most memorable is playing in Amsterdam and Salzburg while on Vacation in 2007. I ended up at a 5-5 NL table with Marcel Luske at the Holland Casino. A gentleman player and a cut up. I enjoyed that session although he drew out on the river to hit a flush on my first buy-in. I ended leaving that session a winner, but not too much.

I played at the Casino Salzburg one night. That game was cake! Easy to get reads on most of the players. Deep pockets on card players that did not mind losing. :]

Hold'em is what I play the most, but I enjoy Razz, Omaha, Stud/8, Paducah, triple draw. Don't care much for pineapple. Crazy dealer's choice games I enjoy from time to time.

I just love cards.

[poker]

Good thread idea Sean!


Personally, I been doing fair I guess. Not any big wins, but no major losses as of the last week. I play twice a week at a local casino here in Gardena. Usually play only Hold em 8/16 limit, 15/30 limit, and once in a while 100-300 buy-in NL. My sessions usually last between 4 to 5 hrs. Once in a while I'll play in tournaments, but I usually suck.

Last weekend was nice in that although I broke even for 2 days of play, Sunday they hit the jackpot for 15K at my table. Table share came out to about 755.00 per person, so that was a nice bonus for just sitting at the table.
Seat 2 (Q-Q) Seat 4 (Ac-5h big blind)
Flop A-A-2
Turn 4
River A

Seat 2 fell out of her chair

Very good thread idea. I don't play as much as I'd like, I never really got into poker until about 2-3 yrs. ago. The problem is, I don't have many friends who play poker frequently or enjoy it as much as a group of friends I have. Problem is they are 45 minutes away and it's a long haul down there, especially late at night coming home after we've played for a few hours.

My problem with seriously playing poker is I'm not able to process all of the hands and odds like a lot of people, but again perhaps that just comes with experience. I typically just have a few beers, play some hands and if I do well then that's great, if I lose than it's no big deal. We usually only play $20 buy-ins when just messing around so it's no big deal.

I wish I had a few buddies who enjoyed poker AND cigars! Those guys all smoke cigarettes

Do you all play online here for CA? Where do you play and what are the games?

Recollection from a recent game.. a few weekends ago.

I hit 2 straight flushes within half an hour in that .25/.50 game.

Holding Ad Jd
Flop Qd 10d blank
Turn Kd
River another diamond.

I did not get paid on that hand. I think someone made a small stab at it on the the river, but released when I put in a value raise.

Within the next round or so I'm holding Js 10s

Flop 7s 8s 9s
turn blank
river 7?

2 players in the hand. I'm first to act.
Flop checked around.
Turn, I bet $5. I get raised to $20. Cha-ching! I smooth call
River, I bet $30. Guy in the hand has caught me stealing on many occasions. This is one of those times he decided. He called me down with middle pair.

Sometimes it pays to bluff :]

I can probably count all the times I'd hit a straight flush on one hand. To hit 2 in the same session. I be one lucky Asian.

[fxpose]

Frank and Art took my money the last time we played. I intend to win that money back, and some more, hopefually this weekend.
Are you in, Mike? I'm grilling some wings & burgers....

[Sean9689]

Probably going to try and get out of work early and play a little bit. If I can get out early enough, I may try and play the noon tourney and then some 1-3 NLHM afterwards.

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by fxpose

Frank and Art took my money the last time we played. I intend to win that money back, and some more, hopefually this weekend.
Are you in, Mike? I'm grilling some wings & burgers....

Poker was fun last night. Good times and no one lost their shirt.

Played some 1/2 Dealer's Choice last night. Scooped a couple Omaha Pots, caught caught a few times stealing in Hold'em. Made the right decision to declare high in a high-low split game when I had nuthin good.

Good times...

[Prozac_Puros]

Playing in a $2-$4 Limit Ring Game online a few week ago, I was watching a table play and it's average pot. It seemed like over 1/2 the hands hands were raised pre flop. I sat in and got this my first hand

Seat 1: JMAN45 ($34 in chips)
Seat 2: moshe boy ($30 in chips)
Seat 3: chadwic007 ($94 in chips)
Seat 4: styledog ($170 in chips)
Seat 6: jcool78 ($59 in chips)
Seat 8: golf_god69 [ 7S,2C ] ($200 in chips)
Seat 9: reds33 ($30 in chips)
Seat 10: yaumang ($172 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
jcool78 posts blind ($1), golf_god69 posts blind ($2).

PRE-FLOP
reds33 folds, yaumang calls $2, JMAN45 folds, moshe boy folds, chadwic007 folds, styledog calls $2, jcool78 calls $1, golf_god69 checks.

FLOP [board cards KD,9D,KC ]
jcool78 checks, golf_god69 checks, yaumang checks, styledog checks.

TURN [board cards KD,9D,KC,2S ]
jcool78 checks, golf_god69 checks, yaumang checks, styledog checks.

RIVER [board cards KD,9D,KC,2S,10D ]
jcool78 checks, golf_god69 checks, yaumang checks, styledog checks.

SHOWDOWN
jcool78 shows [ QH,5D ]
golf_god69 shows [ 7S,2C ]
yaumang mucks cards [ 8H,AS ]
styledog mucks cards [ AC,QD ]
golf_god69 wins $8.

SUMMARY
Dealer: styledog
Pot: $8 | Rake: $0
JMAN45 loses $0
moshe boy loses $0
chadwic007 loses $0
styledog loses $2
jcool78 loses $2
golf_god69 bets $2, collects $8, net $6
reds33 loses $0
yaumang loses $2


So much for a live table...

gonna try my luck at some 1/2 PL Omaha hi/low tonight. should be interesting.

[JohnnyFlake]

Originally Posted by JKim

gonna try my luck at some 1/2 PL Omaha hi/low tonight. should be interesting.

Good Luck!!!

That's a very, very, tough game!

yeah... things I picked up about omaha.. assume someone's got the nuts...
count your outs on the turn, get your money in (more so PL High only)
Don't push hard 3 players or less with just the nut low.. you'll lose some money.
Starters are much more important than Hold'em.

Sweeping pots is nice.
Getting caught with 2nd best on both ends sucks.
The swings are much larger for me....

What am I missing? LOL

[Silound]

I play a local weekly tournament here at the shop, usually $20 NLH games, final two split 50/50.


Up about $1,000 this year. Hit a lucky month walking in with 40, walking out with over 200.

Here is the Scenario......

Let's say you're under the gun at a 1/2 NL Hold'em table. You've stepped away from the table for second, dealer asks what you would like to do. You say call blind. Middle position and late position limp in... You get back to the table and find you're holding Js 3s

Flop is Ks 8s 2s

You check. Middle position bet's 8, button calls, you call.

Turn is a blank

You check again, Middle position bet's 15, button calls, you call.

River is a blank

You come out firing 40, middle position folds, button without much thought raises to 140.

What do you do?

After the look of surprise in your face...... Button shows you the 7s....

You try and get a read off of button with some banter... What do you do?

[JohnnyFlake]

Originally Posted by JKim

Here is the Scenario......

Let's say you're under the gun at a 1/2 NL Hold'em table. You've stepped away from the table for second, dealer asks what you would like to do. You say call blind. Middle position and late position limp in... You get back to the table and find you're holding Js 3s

Flop is Ks 8s 2s

You check. Middle position bet's 8, button calls, you call.

Turn is a blank

You check again, Middle position bet's 15, button calls, you call.

River is a blank

You come out firing 40, middle position folds, button without much thought raises to 140.

What do you do?

After the look of surprise in your face...... Button shows you the 7s....

You try and get a read off of button with some banter... What do you do?

You be foolish to raise at that point! Your only option, IMHO, is to call. He may be slow playing the nut flush!

[BigAl_SC]

Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

You be foolish to raise at that point! Your only option, IMHO, is to call. He may be slow playing the nut flush!

I agree you can't walk away. with out playing with them, they could be:
pushing you out of a missed draw; pushing with trips, 2 pair, or his own missed draw; or he's got you crushed with the nuts.

call and either you win(70%) or lose(30%).

Omaha went well tonight. Finished a winner. Hit quad 10s twice. Got paid on a hand set over set. I'm pleased.

Had another good session last night playing 1/2. Been on a good run. Flopped a set of 10's, got someone to bite. 25 on the flop, 50 on the turn, just about bit for 120 on the river. He was just about convinced I missed a flush a draw, but he folded his bottom pair.

He didn't want to believe me when I told him I flopped a set later that night.

Bought in for 100, worked it up to 500 when someone else sat at the table with 600. Game on. He was playing pretty loose. Didn't get to take much of his chips, maybe one 80 pot, flopped middle pair and flush draw, turned trips. He was betting all the way through. Gave him a value raise on the river he called with top pair.