Hold 'em sessions: 5
1-2 NL at Bally's
Three sessions (+560, +360, +150), none of which lasted longer than three hours. Bought in for $200 everytime (min $100, max $300) and am proud to say I never had to reload. Tables were soft, weak-passive every session.
1-2 NL at Caesar's
One session (-400). This one doesn't look pretty on the surface, but I didn't really feel fishy walking away from it. Bought in for $200 (same min-max as Bally's) and subsequently rebought for $100 twice.
First bust hand- AsJc UTG I raise to $15 (blinds are $1-$3). Three callers behind, Flop comes Ac-4h-9d and I fire a pot-sized bet of $40. Only caller is a new player in seat six. Turn is a harmless 4c and I push all in for my final $96. Seat six thinks for a minute and calls with A-8. River 8c and I'm felted.
Second bust hand- AJ off in the SB. Seat six raises to $15 (this hand sound familiar?). I reship from the SB all in to $67. Seat six calls with As-10s. Flop two spades and I know I'm dead. Turn is the Ks and I'm drawing dead to the felt.
Final busto hand - J4 off in the cutoff. Three limp before me, I limp and seat six raises to $10 from the BB. Three call the raise, including yours truly (I know, I know...). Flop is Jd-5d-5c. Seat six checks (supicious) and I take the bait and shove for my final $60. He snap calls with J-J and TKOs me from the table.
(Note: my apologies for not loading these hands on the HH replay application. I'll figure out how to use that ish on my next post)
Final session was a 4-8 donkey limit fest at Binion's at 5AM on a Thursday night (or morning?). Bought in (actually, was staked) for $240. Cashed out $724 for a $484 profit. Not sure if I should count this as a win since it wasn't on my own dime and anything under $10-20 limit isn't real poker in my book, plus I had a friend at the table. We weren't team playing or anything, but it still shifted the dynamic of the table because I wasn't afraid to raise him because he is a true limit nit.
So counting the staked session, I profited a total of $1144. Playing primarily NL was a first for me, and winning at it was an even bigger surprise. With a couple of redbull jagers under my belt I felt more comfortable there than ever.
For those of you paying attention, there remains one lingering question. Why the @@## did I need a stake for a 4-8 limit donkfest if I was up near one g? The only answer I can muster is this:
I am a fish.
(Sorry, post is getting too long I will explain tomorrow.)
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