I have some amazing new to report........ I won 2 sessions in a row and the apocalypse didn't occur.

Since I was on my one day ban, I'm gonna post both days at once.

Friday home game. Same cast of characters 1/2 game.

I am the 4th caller into a $10 raised pots with flop is KQJ. The 2nd caller has KK and tried to slow play. Board doesn't pair up $150.

Cold deck of the night against. I straddle with . Flop is 3 . Abbot leads $5, I raise to $30, Mitch overcalls. Turn is a T, Mitch leads $50, crap. I call, I'm praying he has K3 but I really should have folded. River Qd, he bets $50 again, I call he has 36 from the SB. I should have folded to his turn bet.

The setup hand with mike . I am in the straddle again with 88. 4 limpers to me, I make it $24 and they all call. Flop is 842r. I check, the first limper is the short stack and a really awful player, the goal being that he push for his last $50, a couple players in the middle call and I can trap someone in the middle, doesn't happen as it checks through. Turn is a J, Mike bets $40. I smooth call again hoping for some action behind, everyone else folds. River is a 3, mike bets $50, I push for his last $120. He thinks about it forever, he considers folding, then considers calling. He eventually folds, he asks me a bunch of times what I had and I keep telling him AK. That his bets was small enough that I thought he was weak and that he would fold. He spends a good chunk of the night talking about how much he hates being bluffed by me.

I am the BB with . Raised to $10 from the guy earlier with KK. 3 callers to me. Flop is 44[Th]. I check, he pushs all in for $120. I call he has KK again.

Finally the sick hand of the night. Mike and I again he has $600ish and I cover. We are down to 5 handed. Teddy raises my $5 staddle to $15. I look down at , mike calls in the SB, I call too. Flop is . Mike checks, I bet $20, teddy raises to $60. Mike smooth calls. I reraise $200 on top. Teddy thinks and folds, Mike spends a bunch of time and reraises $200 more. I push for his last $150ish he calls with . He fails to hit his one out and I scoop a $$12000-$1300pot.

I stack david with 88 against his $70 all in with 66.

Total for the night 8 hrs + $1299

Saturday Viejas has their poker aces tournament, which almost always means good side game action afterwards. I went up there with Devbert which was a mistake because he is a weeping vagina and never wants to play for more than 5 hrs.

A really up and down session. I ran really cold the first couple hours and was down $100 before I really knew what happened.

Then UTG $150 makes it $20, one callers. Player #2 pushs for $80. I look down at QQ in the SB. I push, UTG inst calls. Utgggggg. I am not happy until UTg turn over his hand and its KTo???? MP has AK. Flop is KQX turn is a small card and they are both drawing dead.

Then the huh?? Hand of the night. I am the 2nd limper with AQs, button who is steaming something awful limps too. The reason I limped is button had pushed in a couple times before with shit because he was on steam and I was planning on limp calling his AI. BB who is also a moron makes it $15. I call, button pushs. PFR folds, I call and button has KK. I dont suck out.

A funny hand. I move to a new table and one of the guys I work with is sitting to my right, he is a really cool guy and thinks I'm a total maniac. So I raise 3 of my first 6 hands, and take down the limpers twice and win on a CB the 3rd. So I get OTB. I raise to $13 get 2 callers. Flop is A9 . Checks to me I decide neither of them is going to fold an ace to me so its either WA/WB kinda spot. I check, turn is a K, checks to me again. I bte $20, get 2 callers. River is a J, which is kind of a bad card for me but they both check again. I bte $35, the old lady calls. I turn over my hand. She quickly turns over her hand which is KQ. I tell he I have 2 pair. She shoots me the look of death and starts mumbling. I tell her "Yes I know I play bad, I will give it back." She glares at me and says "Yes I see how you play, you play like an idiot. Only a complete idiot would raise K9 off suit." I tell her,"I agree but it was soooooted, i had to raise, plus I knew it was coming." She spends the rest of round glaring at me. Very funny.

My last hand of the night with grandma's husband. I am the in the straddle with . I check and give my usual bs about 229 please. Flop us 3 . I lead $17 everyone folds to old man who starts stacking up a raise and then decides to just call. Turn is an A, he nearly falls out of his seat, then pushs for $200 more. I laugh and he starts staring me down. I show him my hand and fold. He shows me the ..... No shit.

This table was really good, I had 2 people who hated me, and the rest were bad weak tight. To bad Devin is a pansy and running cold and breaking even was just to much for him to take, so he made me leave my juicy game and my dreams of a 2k weekend go down in flames. Its nice to run good again, it feels like forever.

I got a text from MVP who flopped a set and got to stack someone and since for some gawdawful reason I cant run good unless he is, so maybe things are turning around a little for me a little heater would be really nice.

I forgot the other really cool hand. Though I didnt win it was really nice to free roll for $1000 pot. I am the BB with flop is 5 . I lead $13 get 2 callers. Turn is an offsuit 6. I bet $20, UTg calls, LP makes it $60, he has $500 to start the hand and I cover. I push MP folds, he calls with A3o. To bad no free roll hit for me but its nice to free roll a 1k pot but I dont run that good.

So much for that running good stuff back to running like ass. I played for about 8 hrs today, sat in one of the loosest 8/16 games I have ever seen. I split one pot in 2 hrs. All the morons go broke/leave so I move to the NL game which is just as juicy. Me of course card dead, there was this one black guy who was seriously all in preflop for $100 twice a round. This annoying idiot to my right who thought he was gods gift to poker but was one of the biggest morons I have ever played with. In 8 hrs I didnt see AA, KK, QQ. I raise my straddle to $26 the one time I get JJ and the flop is AQX and I lose to QJo. I actually had a little rush, the black guy was nice enough to underbet top set twice when I had the nut flush draw and then push for $100 when I made the nuts. I also flopped a flush from the BB with KQh and got the old man who turned a straight.So I lost $129 at 8/16. I actually got up to $300 ahead at NL then 5 hands in 2 rounds that are back to my normal BS and bye bye winning session.

I raise TT get 2 callers, flop is 932. I lead $25, shorty pushs for $75 moron black guy calls. I over push for his last $50. He calls with 9T, shorty has A9 river is the case 9 of couse, idiots chop.

I get in the BB, limps to the Button who is a shorty moron. He raises to $35 after 2 limpers. He has done this a whole bunch so I figure my hand is good against his range and he is short so I want to see all 5 so I raise $75, he calls all in with 99, flop is 9QX turn is a brick and I'm drawing dead. Coin flips are not my friends.

I get TT like 4 hands later. I raise to $15 get 4 callers. Flop is T76. I bet $40 only gods gift to poker moron calls. Turn is a 4, I checks, he bets $60, I put him in for his last $100 and he calls with 56 river is an 8. He of course tells me I should have bet because I priced him in by CR.

The very next hand, I get 55, asian maniac raises to $15 I call. Flop is J33 checks around, turn is another J. Asain dude bets $35, I call I'm pretty sure he has ace high. The rock in the BB smooth calls. River is a 3, checks around. Asain dude quicky turn over A5, and of course BB has QJ. I make a nice call on one of them only to run into the real hand in a position where it doesnt cost me anything else unless the maniac bets.

Last hand of the night. I am the BB with . Flop is K . I lead $13 and get called 3 ways. Turn is a . I lead $50 get called by idiot old man. River is a . I check , he checks behind and turns over T and says 2 pair, of course since he turned his hand over the dealer informs he that he has the king high flush. Sweet.

Overall I played 8 hrs flopped one set and got killed, no big pairs in a rare all in preflop game.

-$129 at 8/16
-87 an NL

Well it appears that my good run is only going to last one and a half sessions, though I do have some good stories from yesterday. My goal is to play at every cardroom in California, I also collect chips from every casino I've played at which is now over 75.

So I started my trip at one of the two places in LA I have never played, club Caribe. Its in the not so nice part of town, though that is the case for almost alll the rooms in LA. The problem is unlike the other big places that have a little bit of a barrier from the elements because they are so huge and have lots of security. This place was tiny, as I pull in there are like 10 police cars across the street and people walking around with those black DEA jackets. Hmmmm, I walk in and this place is straight out of a bad 1985 movie, they are trying to get a 3/6 game going and to this point they have a 2 thugged out black guys, a scary looking 40 something white trash guy in a wife beater and a middle aged middle eastern dude with the hair poking out of his shirt(he kinda looked like the old school wrestler razor ramon). Yeah 3/6 is like getting stabbed in the eye anyways and it this game that seems very possible so I kinda cheated got my $1 chip for my collection and left. This was the first time I have ever really been uncomfortable in a poker room, a couple of the places in SD are pretty seedy but this place takes the cake for shadiest room.

So up the 99 to bakersfield to the golden west casino. Decent little room right off the 58. Not a huge fan of their game setup 2/2 $100 max of 3/5 no cap. I ran hot in the 2/2 game, flopped trips with AK. 3 bet with QQ and flopped top set to stack dude for $23. Move over to the 3/5 game and instantly run like ass. I get KK raise to $25 get one caller, flop is A . I bet $40 after kid checks, turn is . I look back and have the . He checks and I check behind river is a brick he bets $275. I laugh show him my hand and muck, he shows A9 sooooooted in hearts. Couple hands later I get JJ raise to $30 this time, get called 4 ways, flop is AK9 bet and a call before me, I muck. I am against A9 and KQ. Done with that game

Off the Turlock poker room, which was more fun. It is friday night and they have a list of 30-40 people for NL and only one game going, they have an empty table after the 3.6 game breaks but they still wont start a new game. I play 3.6 for a couple min then remember that I cant stand it. I cash out and the floor man tells me there is a seat open at 6/12, I should have just left. I lost flush over flush, straight over straight, and royal flush draw turns into the nut straight then lose to a rivered full house. I wrote it up in AG.

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+ $82 in bakersfield
- $195 in turlock maybe 3 hrs total.

I also checked out some of the SF area casino while I was in the bay. I stopped at Artichoke Joes first since I was coming up the 101, they have a pretty large casino and had like 10 tables running with nothing but limit so, I drove up to Lucky Chances. I can see why Dandan likes the place, the action is realy good and the room is pretty nice. I ended up playing 2 days about 18 hrs total.

Day 1: Sick table, one drunk obnoxious guy that had $800 in front of him when I sat down. Unfortunatly he was drunk and beligentent and LC kicked him out about 2 hrs into my session. Apperently he got cut off from drink service, cursed and the bar tender and then told one of the floormen to fuck off and got the boot. I actually got some good hands and hit some flops only a couple ugly suckouts kept me from having a big session.

I get AQ, raise to $16 get one caller. Flop is QT4r. I bet $20 get called, turn is an 8, I bte $30 he calls. River K, I check he checks behind with Q8, well played sir.

I limp AJ flop is J , I bet $14 get called by scary Mexican tattoo guy. Turn is the worst card in the deck for me but he only had $35 left. I put him in, he thinks and calls with 8 and river is . Meh

I am now the button with limped pot flop is . $10 bet, scary Mexican guy calls. I Bump it to $30 bettor folds, Mexican guy calls. Turn is , he push for $45, I call river is the . He tables A7o, nice turn dumbshit.

I ended up playing 6 hrs got AAx2 and KKx2 and won a massive $80.



Session #2 Once again great action table at both tables I played. Ran really cold to start and was stuck and buy in before I won a hand. Action action table to say the least. This one kid who thought he was good stuck me twice. Once calling a gut shot on a flush draw board and hitting, he got $20 out of me on the river, well played donkey. Then he called my raise with flop comes Qd 9 I bet $20, he calls. Turn is a ,he pushs for $180. I fold and show my hand he, says aww I wish you had called, no shit. Well played for maximum value thanks. The funny thing is as bad as he plays he was one of the better players at the table.

I get moved to a new table when I get this beauty. I limp the button with 66 flop is 554 checks to me I bet $20, get called 2 ways. Turn is a 5, UTG who is a total moron checks, and total moron #2 bets $10. I raise to $40, moron #1 calls, moron #2 folds. River is another 4 putting a Fh on the board, he checks and I check behind, the guy had J8o.
At this table I found my newest nemesis, some fat kid in a bright orange shirt. He is a total preflop calling station and I just couldn't beat him to save my life. He beat my TT with A9, then my JJ with QJ, then my TT with QJ, finally and most painfully my QQ with 69o, I should have folded this river, he bet $75 and he doesn't bluff. I did make a couple nice hands.

I raise to $20 with KK and get 3 callers flop is J33. I bet $60, shorty calls all in middle eastern guy CR all in for $25 more with AJ. Turn T river 3 and I win a nice pot.

I call an $8 raise from bad asain girl with 7d 8d flop is 9TJr. I call he flop bet, turn is 2s. she pushs, I call she has KK and misses her gutty.

+210 in 12 hrs

Overall I won $290 in 18 hrs at LC, not bad considering I pretty much ran like shit. I didnt flop a set, get AA and KK twice, lost with almost all my QQ-88 hands. The players were awful and I mean awful. I will post a couple hands in LC for shits and giggles.

Today was maybe my best $4 winning session ever. I really should have lost about $400.

Some hands:

I raise TT from the button. Flop is 7 . I bet $20, SB who I have some hands with calls. Turn is a 3, he checks again. I bet $30, I dont think there is any way he has a 4, really the only way I'm behind is if he flopped it in which case I can fold to a raise. He calls again really fast. River is a . He pushs for $75. I think for a couple seconds and decided he missed his flush draw. He turns over .

I get KK from MP, I make it $15, its the 4th hand out of the last 5 that I have raised. Kid to my right instapushs for $55, Bad player calls. I over push, he glares at me and mucks AK face up like he just made the worlds best laydown. Pusher has AQ flop us Q22 turn 2, river A.

I move to the main game.

I get k7 in the BB flop is 778. I lead $15 and get called by terrbile calling station lady. Turn is a 2, I lead $25 she calls. River is a T. I lead $40 she mins to $80, I call and of couse she has T7. Guess she saved me some money.

I get KK on the CO. MP who is pretty solid makes it $20 he starts the hand with $220, I have $350, BB covers. BB who is pretty tight repops to $120. Original PFR thinks for an eternity and goes all in. I was pretty sure he was going to push so I was watching the reraiser and he does his little shuffle in his seat. I curse the gods and fold. AA vs QQ. Flop is a Q, turn is an A. And the QQ throws a little tantrum about getting 2 outed.

I get 1010 in LP again against tilting player. I make it $18, he calls. Flop is JJ4. He leads $20, I make it $60 he pushs I call. There is no way this guy had a jack or 44 and he would have raised with any pair that beat me PF. Tilting players almost always slow play big flops. Well turn is a Q river K. I think I'm fucked but he wont turn over his hand. I turn mine over and he mucks.

The KK hand only costing me $20 was a like winning. I have been running icey cold, I think I won with a CB o times today. I still havent won with a set in 40+ hours, of couseI only flopped one. $4 winner in 5 hrs not such a great hourly.

LOLDonkaments

I played the mini aces at Viejas on Saturday. I played because I was told the structure was pretty good. LOL at that, I guess its better than their 15 min flipaments so I guess by comparison it was good. The usual as trourneys go for me, run hot at the begginning. Then cold as shit in the middle.

Running good at the beginning. I flopped my first set in forever with 99 to stack JJ. I flopped top 2 twice, though didnt get paid either time. I made a really nice call with AQ on a KQx board when I got CR all in by a flush draw. I stole a bunch of pots, then the fun begins.

Ice cold in the middle. I am the BB with T8o, CO limps, Sb completes I check. Flop is T , Blinds are 300/600, I have about 40k. I bet 1000 limper calls. Turn is a , I bet 3000 villain calls. River , I check he bets 1000. I call only cause I'm getting 11:1 on my money. He has . After the hand he says he was afraid I had a full house.

I am now the BB blinds are 1/2k, shorty from the CO open pushs. He has about 8000, I look down at AK and call. He has 89o, flop us JJ7 turn 8.

Then my final hand. I am the Button with . I have about 40k and the blinds are 1/2k, lagtard raises to 6k from one before CO. I reraise to 18k, he calls. Flop is T . He open pushs. I thought decided that I was going to need to get about 90k in chips to make the final table. The 20-11 spots only paid $300, the real money was in the top 5. I also figured that leaving myself with 11 BB wasnt enough to do anything more than push a flip a coin. I call lagtard had Kh 9h, I lose my coin flip. Freakin waste of my first hot run in a while and I wasted in on a freakin donkament


Cash game afterwards wasnt much better.

I raise to $13 with AA, get called by weaktight old man. Flop is QQ6, he checks, I bet $20, he raises to $120. Laugh at him and fold my AA face up, he shows his Q. He said later he has AQ but it was soooooted.

I reraise to $38 with AQ from the CO in a straddle pot, get 2 callers. Flop Q . Checks to me I bet $75. MP pushs for $75 more. I call turn is , river brick, he turns over .

Overall 4hrs of donkament and 2 hrs of cash game. Still havent flopped a set in a cash game 4 sessions and running, havent won with a set 6 sessions and running.

-$150 donkament
-$ 250 cash game