I have not been to a poker tournament in some time. I am doing much better playing on the Internet as many of the former money players now must play for free. So I'm not playing carefree hacks any longer. Also there are many more Omaha hi/lo games available.
After being encouraged by a friend of mine most of the Winter to bowl in an individual league on Fridays, I finally took him up on it. He seems to do well at collecting off the many offers to pick up prizes of cash or coupons. He always claimed it did not cost him much to bowl because of the prizes he wins on a regular basis. The prizes are based on strikes with colored head pins, strikes on predetermined frames, drawings, etc.
Not so for me. Though I tried a different ball today, that gave me hope for future improvement, I have not been doing well enough to even come close to making a dent in what it cost me to bowl. It cost about the same as a poker tournament and my returns are much higher with poker.
I will be stepping back from bowling until we get our finances worked out. Getting many bills out of the way, most notably our quarterly tax payments, we are about to get back to the ability to build assets for life and the future. Unfortunately much of that will be going into repairs on our home, and medical bills, for some time. But maybe things will work out better than we expect. I haven't raced my mountain bike in almost two years either and hope to make a few races this year.
So how much will I invest in small social tournaments held in bars and taverns? Even though it is an activity that is far less costly than mountain biking and bowling, considering my ability to win an occasional tournament, and could even bring a return, ...it is just so bright outside right now at 7:00 pm.; the time when poker tournaments generally start. I find it hard not to be busy with something else at the time. I still want to get in some tournaments over the Summer. My mind is more open to walking to a tournament, enjoying the nice weather, than driving or taking the bus. So I will be more likely start going to Badger Poker tournaments again this summer rather than Tavern Tourneys. Of course if the weather is bad...
It looks like Winter will be the primary season for poker. Still have some friends over once in a while for a friendly game. I may try the casino once or twice over the Summer if we get on top of our home repairs. Why go to the casino? Because I have a good chance to come out ahead.
Didn't bet on any horses that Mark Belling picked in the last three big horse races. I really wanted to on that race just before Mother's Day, but we were really busy with our sales. I had a strong urge to run out quick and make a bet but didn't. It would have paid off big. The two big races after that where Mark Belling provided picks I had plenty of time to get to the OTB at the casino, but I just didn't feel any drive to go. I would have lost. This is part of how I do well at poker.
I wrote another book. Not poker related. Available only for Kindle. It is a good read, edited as well as I can myself. So if the occasional over use of commas and sentence fragments trouble you to no end you might not enjoy it. Otherwise I am sure you'll love it. Do I spend hundreds to send out copies to numerous publishers to try to get support as an author, or spend some $5,000, $5,000 I don't have, to self publish; editing, layout/design and marketing all included?
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Six Month and Such
Yes, though I was only able to make it to few Tavern Tourney nightly tournaments, I qualified for the six moth with points. 235 points over six months is sufficient in most cycles to qualify. You earn 50 points for winning a tournament outright, and ten points for finishing 9th; making the final table.
For economic reason I could not play more often. Also it kept me from going to the Pit Bull tournaments as they are not near and the gas prices are high. So I do not have a review written for the three most available league play organizations in the area. I can give you the most dominant consideration one should have when considering taking up poker as a hobby, or amateur pursuit (I think poker is an amateur profession, there are no professionals in poker surviving singularly on table winnings in my view), and are trying to decide which league one should commit to. Location, location, location. Whatever is nearest you is the best place to start. The leagues that cost little or nothing will cost one no more, and possibly less if you are good, than most hobbies people have. After you get the feel of tournament play, recognize what is going on at the tables, other considerations may take precedent as to which league you find most enjoyable.
I finished 29th out of over 120 in the six month. Some odd things were going on at the table that may just be coincidence or signs of something more ominous, but I don't have the experience to tell which. Anyway I went in with a suited King when I wasn't on a blind with a small stack. Probably not wise as people were dropping quickly and it meant that this would most likely be the hand I would have to commit my whole stack to. I was still a few hands from being on the blinds. A gentleman bet big pre-flop and I called, as did several others before me. I had my flush draw and decided to go all-in. The big pre-flop raiser had a 7, 3 off suit and hit a full house, 7's full of 3's. After going all-in I showed my club flush draw to a gentleman next to me, he was out of the hand, and it must have been seen by the guy next to the big winner as he said "No clubs" to his friend before the river was dealt. A 3 came on the river. These kinds of things make one wonder.
Black Friday struck. That is what the Poker Players Alliance called it when the FBI shut down Internet poker sites where people were playing for money. No concern of mine as I do not play for money on the Internet. Ultimate Bet put money into my account as a promotion years back and I played a few sit and go tournaments with their money, as I thought they were allowed as I read the law, but stopped doing that also.
But even the free play is suspect. The free tournaments are very different in feel now as many of the money players are now at the tables. Still the patterns I see make me doubt the integrity of Internet play. How many times can I go all-in with the best hand, be called, and lose on the river. What are the odds that I never win in that circumstance, over and over and over again. And then I was on the small blind with Jacks. Great hand, but problematic when a high flop comes. But I had only the big blind to deal with. Everyone folded. I went all-in and he folded but then suddenly one of the chip leaders had a call in front of him, like poof. He called. Had an Ace 10. He hit an Ace on the river, the last card, and took me out.
Glitches in the software? It seems no matter what the environment, no matter how honest and good a tournament director may be, cheating will always be something one has to deal with when playing poker. In many ways life is the same.
One of the things that have kept me from posting was finishing my most recent book. Available for Kindle only. I hope you enjoy it.
For economic reason I could not play more often. Also it kept me from going to the Pit Bull tournaments as they are not near and the gas prices are high. So I do not have a review written for the three most available league play organizations in the area. I can give you the most dominant consideration one should have when considering taking up poker as a hobby, or amateur pursuit (I think poker is an amateur profession, there are no professionals in poker surviving singularly on table winnings in my view), and are trying to decide which league one should commit to. Location, location, location. Whatever is nearest you is the best place to start. The leagues that cost little or nothing will cost one no more, and possibly less if you are good, than most hobbies people have. After you get the feel of tournament play, recognize what is going on at the tables, other considerations may take precedent as to which league you find most enjoyable.
I finished 29th out of over 120 in the six month. Some odd things were going on at the table that may just be coincidence or signs of something more ominous, but I don't have the experience to tell which. Anyway I went in with a suited King when I wasn't on a blind with a small stack. Probably not wise as people were dropping quickly and it meant that this would most likely be the hand I would have to commit my whole stack to. I was still a few hands from being on the blinds. A gentleman bet big pre-flop and I called, as did several others before me. I had my flush draw and decided to go all-in. The big pre-flop raiser had a 7, 3 off suit and hit a full house, 7's full of 3's. After going all-in I showed my club flush draw to a gentleman next to me, he was out of the hand, and it must have been seen by the guy next to the big winner as he said "No clubs" to his friend before the river was dealt. A 3 came on the river. These kinds of things make one wonder.
Black Friday struck. That is what the Poker Players Alliance called it when the FBI shut down Internet poker sites where people were playing for money. No concern of mine as I do not play for money on the Internet. Ultimate Bet put money into my account as a promotion years back and I played a few sit and go tournaments with their money, as I thought they were allowed as I read the law, but stopped doing that also.
But even the free play is suspect. The free tournaments are very different in feel now as many of the money players are now at the tables. Still the patterns I see make me doubt the integrity of Internet play. How many times can I go all-in with the best hand, be called, and lose on the river. What are the odds that I never win in that circumstance, over and over and over again. And then I was on the small blind with Jacks. Great hand, but problematic when a high flop comes. But I had only the big blind to deal with. Everyone folded. I went all-in and he folded but then suddenly one of the chip leaders had a call in front of him, like poof. He called. Had an Ace 10. He hit an Ace on the river, the last card, and took me out.
Glitches in the software? It seems no matter what the environment, no matter how honest and good a tournament director may be, cheating will always be something one has to deal with when playing poker. In many ways life is the same.
One of the things that have kept me from posting was finishing my most recent book. Available for Kindle only. I hope you enjoy it.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and St. Patrick's Day
The casino is celebrating twenty years in March. They are having some meal specials at their dining facilities. Many are related to the more traditional holidays of March. They have a few prize promotions, and are holding a heads up poker tournament, with several satellites leading up to the main event.
I have not gotten to a local tournament in a few weeks. Weather and trying to save a little cash. I still need to make some appearances as not to drop out of qualification for the Tavern Tourney six month event.
The Tavern Tourney January monthly was nothing outstanding for myself. The hands weren't there, and trying to steal a pot before the first break almost worked. Almost being the key word. Then I went all-in with pocket tens, and lost to pocket fours hitting a set. Yes, if I go all-in many will be there to encourage you to call, as it increases the chances of me being beat. Those four's were going to fold. I am feared. Hahaha.
The outstanding thing about Tavern Tourney's monthly for January was the turnout. The largest turnout ever, I heard. People enjoy the game. They enjoy the Tavern Tourney venue.
Still I need to get to a couple of Pit Bull Poker's tournaments, so I can write about the three major poker venues in Southeastern Wisconsin. Maybe when the Winter utility bills have passed.
I have not gotten to a local tournament in a few weeks. Weather and trying to save a little cash. I still need to make some appearances as not to drop out of qualification for the Tavern Tourney six month event.
The Tavern Tourney January monthly was nothing outstanding for myself. The hands weren't there, and trying to steal a pot before the first break almost worked. Almost being the key word. Then I went all-in with pocket tens, and lost to pocket fours hitting a set. Yes, if I go all-in many will be there to encourage you to call, as it increases the chances of me being beat. Those four's were going to fold. I am feared. Hahaha.
The outstanding thing about Tavern Tourney's monthly for January was the turnout. The largest turnout ever, I heard. People enjoy the game. They enjoy the Tavern Tourney venue.
Still I need to get to a couple of Pit Bull Poker's tournaments, so I can write about the three major poker venues in Southeastern Wisconsin. Maybe when the Winter utility bills have passed.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
In the Black
I didn't win that entry into the Chicago Poker Classic. But I did finish second and collected a $100 prize. This keeps me clearly in the black for 2011.
I worked slowly and built up a dominant stack. As the blinds went to 1500 - 3000 and only 45,000 on the table many blinds went unchallenged. With good but not great hands I took the blinds on several hands with a min raise (3000). And then there were two of us. I had well over half the chips on the table and the blinds were now 3000 - 6000. I went all-in with Q, J. The other gentleman took a long time to decide and then called. He had a J, 8. I was dominant but he hit his 8 on the river.
The only thing I could have done different, that may have been beneficial was to show a card or both my cards. I thought he was taking so long because he held an A. If I had shown my Q or even both cards he most likely would have folded. Showing cards is something I have not done before. If one shows a card or cards one's hand is generally dead. That means you cannot bet or raise any longer throughout the hand. You can only call a bet.
Now I have the monthly as my next chance to grow my winnings for 2011. I do not think I will be going to any local tournaments until then... OK ...maybe one. I need to catch some more points for the six month and am thinking of picking a weekly location to play Badger Poker. Perhaps something I can walk to.
The monthly is the 13th. A Sunday for once which works well for me. The local casino is also having a tournament, a $340 buy-in. They have tournaments few and far between these days. I will take my chances and mad skills to the free Tavern Tourney monthly.
I have not played much Internet poker. Play money games are all we can play in Wisconsin as I understand it. Which is probably best. I thought of trying to get an Internet home game set up. Where you play with people you know. Set up a club, approve membership, and set up your own games and tournaments.
I worked slowly and built up a dominant stack. As the blinds went to 1500 - 3000 and only 45,000 on the table many blinds went unchallenged. With good but not great hands I took the blinds on several hands with a min raise (3000). And then there were two of us. I had well over half the chips on the table and the blinds were now 3000 - 6000. I went all-in with Q, J. The other gentleman took a long time to decide and then called. He had a J, 8. I was dominant but he hit his 8 on the river.
The only thing I could have done different, that may have been beneficial was to show a card or both my cards. I thought he was taking so long because he held an A. If I had shown my Q or even both cards he most likely would have folded. Showing cards is something I have not done before. If one shows a card or cards one's hand is generally dead. That means you cannot bet or raise any longer throughout the hand. You can only call a bet.
Now I have the monthly as my next chance to grow my winnings for 2011. I do not think I will be going to any local tournaments until then... OK ...maybe one. I need to catch some more points for the six month and am thinking of picking a weekly location to play Badger Poker. Perhaps something I can walk to.
The monthly is the 13th. A Sunday for once which works well for me. The local casino is also having a tournament, a $340 buy-in. They have tournaments few and far between these days. I will take my chances and mad skills to the free Tavern Tourney monthly.
I have not played much Internet poker. Play money games are all we can play in Wisconsin as I understand it. Which is probably best. I thought of trying to get an Internet home game set up. Where you play with people you know. Set up a club, approve membership, and set up your own games and tournaments.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
And Then There Were Nine
Getting to the final table on a regular basis is a real confidence builder. I hadn't been to many tournaments as the small buy-in wisely increase one's chances to reach the final table and even that is a bit too much for our budget. But I hit the first Tavern Tourney of the year at Victor's and not only made the final table but took first.
The winnings and the fact that I was in the running to make a special single table tournament led me to make quite a few tournaments this January. I made several other final tables, but missed some, and couldn't go as far (winning more points) as possible as I was off my game a bit. Hard to focus with the numerous difficulties we are facing these last several years as Winter utility bills are a heavy burden. I pushed when I could have rode out my stack or waited for a better hand; costing me points or more than once costing me the final table. I also made some bad calls when I had really good hands but just had that feeling they had a better one.
I played a J, 3 because a sweetener was added to the pot. J high flop and I called a large bet. Another J on the turn and I faced another large bet. I knew he had the other J and also was confident he didn't have the full house, but I had junk for a kicker. I had a very competitive stack and decided to push all-in. He insta-called and wanted to see my two spades as two spades were on the board. I thought it strange he thought I was chasing a flush but happy he couldn't read me at all. That he didn't put me on the other J. He had an A with his J. On the big blind he had not only a J but had the A. Something I wasn't expecting. with an 8, 9 also on the board a 7 or lower would have meant most likely a chop. I had nine outs. An 8 or 9 for a chop or a 3 for the win. I lost and was out.
But I was still in the running for that special single table tournament to win an entry into the Chicago Poker Classic. I didn't go to every tournament available or buy-in at every chance as I was trying not to extend my costs beyond what I won at that first final table and from another third place finish. Wished I had done things a bit different to catch a few more points with the chances I had but just had to wait to see if I made the cut. Was in good standing but several others were close behind and feared they would overtake me.
The single table tournament was to be for the top eight. The final points were posted a couple days ago and I tied for eight. Meaning there will be nine at he single table tournament for an entry into the Chicago Poker Classic.
I am also qualified for the January monthly which will be on a Sunday this time, which works great for me. And if I get to the final table in the monthly I will qualify for the 'Best of the Best' held every six months. And with just a bit of effort over the next three months am sure to make the next six month tournament.
The winnings and the fact that I was in the running to make a special single table tournament led me to make quite a few tournaments this January. I made several other final tables, but missed some, and couldn't go as far (winning more points) as possible as I was off my game a bit. Hard to focus with the numerous difficulties we are facing these last several years as Winter utility bills are a heavy burden. I pushed when I could have rode out my stack or waited for a better hand; costing me points or more than once costing me the final table. I also made some bad calls when I had really good hands but just had that feeling they had a better one.
I played a J, 3 because a sweetener was added to the pot. J high flop and I called a large bet. Another J on the turn and I faced another large bet. I knew he had the other J and also was confident he didn't have the full house, but I had junk for a kicker. I had a very competitive stack and decided to push all-in. He insta-called and wanted to see my two spades as two spades were on the board. I thought it strange he thought I was chasing a flush but happy he couldn't read me at all. That he didn't put me on the other J. He had an A with his J. On the big blind he had not only a J but had the A. Something I wasn't expecting. with an 8, 9 also on the board a 7 or lower would have meant most likely a chop. I had nine outs. An 8 or 9 for a chop or a 3 for the win. I lost and was out.
But I was still in the running for that special single table tournament to win an entry into the Chicago Poker Classic. I didn't go to every tournament available or buy-in at every chance as I was trying not to extend my costs beyond what I won at that first final table and from another third place finish. Wished I had done things a bit different to catch a few more points with the chances I had but just had to wait to see if I made the cut. Was in good standing but several others were close behind and feared they would overtake me.
The single table tournament was to be for the top eight. The final points were posted a couple days ago and I tied for eight. Meaning there will be nine at he single table tournament for an entry into the Chicago Poker Classic.
I am also qualified for the January monthly which will be on a Sunday this time, which works great for me. And if I get to the final table in the monthly I will qualify for the 'Best of the Best' held every six months. And with just a bit of effort over the next three months am sure to make the next six month tournament.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The Six Month and Much More
Yes, I made the six month. And this weekend is Tavern Tourneys 'Best of the Best.' Only those who made the final table at a monthly or the six month qualify for the Best of the Best. The monthly, six month and Best of the Best being the premier tournaments for Tavern Tourneys with the chance to win large payouts. I didn't attend the last monthly, though I qualified, and was a bit short of the final table in the six month.
Six Month
The six month was held at a regular and very fine location for Tavern Tourneys. Outside of being very difficult to get people to sit down and play, making for a late start, the atmosphere was very nice. Lots of nice people, a common characteristic for Tavern Tourneys, and great play. Much tighter than even the one monthly I attended this summer. Well over 100 competing.
Back and forths, or give and takes, were a regular theme. I won some really big hands, and later lost some really big hands to the people I won them from. Hitting the nuts flush on the turn it checked around and I made a huge raise on the river, beating the J high flush. Losing an all-in against Q's I called his next all-in with A, Q suited. He had 8, 2. ?
Calling a pre-flop raise with deuces, I hit my deuce on the flop and it paid huge. I kept an average or above average stack most of the night. I had a unbelievable run before the dinner break that left me one of the chip leaders. I had a snickers for dinner.
After the break the tournament was running much later than I was lead to believe it would. A blind change had been missed which may also have had the game further along if it wasn't. And I went card dead. I knew I was card dead. I could feel it. I often feel like that at a table and even if I get good starting hands I lose. It is a complete constant, never wrong. I know I will lose when I get that feeling. I am thinking of just folding all my hands without even looking at them when I get this feeling. Until the mood changes.
I wanted to push, push, push with a huge stack after dinner, but didn't get the cards. Getting late, and my stack being nibbled away, I decided to take a stand with 10, J suited. The best cards I had seen in a while. I lost and went home and got out on our work route just in time. I finished about 14th. The players chopped when it got down to two.
Great fun.
The Casino
Yes I took a good sized stack to the casino and tried to work the Omaha Hi/Lo table. Nothing worked as it should. I split some pots but my stack kept dwindling. The cards were changed, at the request of one of the players, and everything played out as the odds say they should. So I kept going, my stack going up and down keeping a consistent average stack from that point, less than a quarter of what I started with. I cut my losses and left while I still had something.
I wont be going to the casino much. And when I go again I have decide I will go into all games with the minimal buy-in and if I win a big hand leave. And I am thinking of using my club points at their gift shop for Christmas shopping rather than a nice dinner with Misao. We recently used her birthday points for the buffet.
The Casino has canceled their daily tournaments. Something I wanted to try. But they still have tournaments on occassion. Their next a Thanksgiving tournament, $100 buy-in. And they have a lower blind no-limit Texas Hold'm game. A $1, 1, 2 game. Played with two small blinds, however unlike small blind limit games the minimum buy-in is $100 rather than $20.
Nightly Tournaments
Two outings in November have given me plenty of points, possibly already qualifying for the next monthly. I had an unbelievable run this past Monday night before the first break. I had a stack that was adequate to win with when one reaches the final table. After the break I was a target and a couple of guys kept betting large against my every hand. And I had that feeling, but kept getting really good cards. Eventually I stopped playing any hands to keep myself from going under the average stack.
The rising blinds were feeding off my stack and I was in a bad way. At the next break I asked if one could still buy a round for extra chips. You could and I did. Then, the blinds already large, I made the min raise with pocket 3's and had two callers. I hit a 3 on the flop, a K being the high card on the board. The first to act went all-in. The next to act went all-in on top of that for 20K more. (Am I a target? Being bullied? If they want to roll that way they should just put an eternal bounty on me) I called and showed my set. (a set is when you hit with a pocket pair, trips are when two of your three are on the board)
Made the final table with a reasonable stack. Finished fourth. Went all-in with A, 6 suited and was called by a 7 high hand. He hit his 7.
Six Month
The six month was held at a regular and very fine location for Tavern Tourneys. Outside of being very difficult to get people to sit down and play, making for a late start, the atmosphere was very nice. Lots of nice people, a common characteristic for Tavern Tourneys, and great play. Much tighter than even the one monthly I attended this summer. Well over 100 competing.
Back and forths, or give and takes, were a regular theme. I won some really big hands, and later lost some really big hands to the people I won them from. Hitting the nuts flush on the turn it checked around and I made a huge raise on the river, beating the J high flush. Losing an all-in against Q's I called his next all-in with A, Q suited. He had 8, 2. ?
Calling a pre-flop raise with deuces, I hit my deuce on the flop and it paid huge. I kept an average or above average stack most of the night. I had a unbelievable run before the dinner break that left me one of the chip leaders. I had a snickers for dinner.
After the break the tournament was running much later than I was lead to believe it would. A blind change had been missed which may also have had the game further along if it wasn't. And I went card dead. I knew I was card dead. I could feel it. I often feel like that at a table and even if I get good starting hands I lose. It is a complete constant, never wrong. I know I will lose when I get that feeling. I am thinking of just folding all my hands without even looking at them when I get this feeling. Until the mood changes.
I wanted to push, push, push with a huge stack after dinner, but didn't get the cards. Getting late, and my stack being nibbled away, I decided to take a stand with 10, J suited. The best cards I had seen in a while. I lost and went home and got out on our work route just in time. I finished about 14th. The players chopped when it got down to two.
Great fun.
The Casino
Yes I took a good sized stack to the casino and tried to work the Omaha Hi/Lo table. Nothing worked as it should. I split some pots but my stack kept dwindling. The cards were changed, at the request of one of the players, and everything played out as the odds say they should. So I kept going, my stack going up and down keeping a consistent average stack from that point, less than a quarter of what I started with. I cut my losses and left while I still had something.
I wont be going to the casino much. And when I go again I have decide I will go into all games with the minimal buy-in and if I win a big hand leave. And I am thinking of using my club points at their gift shop for Christmas shopping rather than a nice dinner with Misao. We recently used her birthday points for the buffet.
The Casino has canceled their daily tournaments. Something I wanted to try. But they still have tournaments on occassion. Their next a Thanksgiving tournament, $100 buy-in. And they have a lower blind no-limit Texas Hold'm game. A $1, 1, 2 game. Played with two small blinds, however unlike small blind limit games the minimum buy-in is $100 rather than $20.
Nightly Tournaments
Two outings in November have given me plenty of points, possibly already qualifying for the next monthly. I had an unbelievable run this past Monday night before the first break. I had a stack that was adequate to win with when one reaches the final table. After the break I was a target and a couple of guys kept betting large against my every hand. And I had that feeling, but kept getting really good cards. Eventually I stopped playing any hands to keep myself from going under the average stack.
The rising blinds were feeding off my stack and I was in a bad way. At the next break I asked if one could still buy a round for extra chips. You could and I did. Then, the blinds already large, I made the min raise with pocket 3's and had two callers. I hit a 3 on the flop, a K being the high card on the board. The first to act went all-in. The next to act went all-in on top of that for 20K more. (Am I a target? Being bullied? If they want to roll that way they should just put an eternal bounty on me) I called and showed my set. (a set is when you hit with a pocket pair, trips are when two of your three are on the board)
Made the final table with a reasonable stack. Finished fourth. Went all-in with A, 6 suited and was called by a 7 high hand. He hit his 7.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
I'm a Winner!
Yes, I won my first Tavern Tourney outright on Halloween. Things just fell into place. When we got down to three I caught 8's and the flop came 5, 6, 7. My opponent, the tournament director, bet big and I raised all-in and he called. He also had 8's and we split the pot. A 9 came on the river.
With a mountainous stack I put the two final opponents all-in with K, 10. One hit his pair with a Q, the dealer, and he was calling for a J for the other guy, larger stack, to hit a pair and keep in the game... supposedly. The problem? The J gave me a straight and it was all over.
It didn't put me in the black but I am now less than $300 in the red in almost two years of poker playing including casino play. The sometimes buy-ins and any cost of sodas for which I received chips all recorded in a ledger. Not recorded is mileage costs and any purchases I did not receive chips for.
And on the first tourney of the new six month cycle I made third. Not much in the way of cards most of the night but buying a round and then hitting a couple good hands took me deep for a small payout. I don't think I will make the monthly on Saturday (starts too late, too far away and we have to work) but plan to make the six month the following Saturday. If Tavern Tourneys wants to grow in the Milwaukee market they need to find a nice place a bit closer to Milwaukee.
Mostly playing Omaha hi/lo on the Internet. Taking some Texas Hold'm Sit&Goes for play money quite easily. Played one last night on Ultimate Bet and am pained to say I don't like the patterns I see. Same cards up against each other with the same outcomes several times throughout the same game. Nothing nefarious, just reads poorly in the mind of the player. At least when you are on the losing end of the hand.
With a mountainous stack I put the two final opponents all-in with K, 10. One hit his pair with a Q, the dealer, and he was calling for a J for the other guy, larger stack, to hit a pair and keep in the game... supposedly. The problem? The J gave me a straight and it was all over.
It didn't put me in the black but I am now less than $300 in the red in almost two years of poker playing including casino play. The sometimes buy-ins and any cost of sodas for which I received chips all recorded in a ledger. Not recorded is mileage costs and any purchases I did not receive chips for.
And on the first tourney of the new six month cycle I made third. Not much in the way of cards most of the night but buying a round and then hitting a couple good hands took me deep for a small payout. I don't think I will make the monthly on Saturday (starts too late, too far away and we have to work) but plan to make the six month the following Saturday. If Tavern Tourneys wants to grow in the Milwaukee market they need to find a nice place a bit closer to Milwaukee.
Mostly playing Omaha hi/lo on the Internet. Taking some Texas Hold'm Sit&Goes for play money quite easily. Played one last night on Ultimate Bet and am pained to say I don't like the patterns I see. Same cards up against each other with the same outcomes several times throughout the same game. Nothing nefarious, just reads poorly in the mind of the player. At least when you are on the losing end of the hand.
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