I Love LA
It has been a while since the last post, sorry. I just have not been playing that much so there is not much to talk about. I did get a chance to go down to LA last week and get in a little action. I went on Thursday the 10th to play in the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit tournament. I got down there with a little time to kill so I sat down in a pretty good $40/80 game. No this room is just packed, I have never seen so many people at the Commerce room, and it is only 1:00pm. The games were just awesome. Even the $40/80 game was full of just horrible players. It was the softest decent limit game I have ever seen. People were playing like it was a $4/8 game. The good news is that is was a perfect mix. A few good players and three really bad players so you could isolate them. Even the good players at the table were pretty predictable so I was not feeling like this was a tough table. I ran up to just under $1,000 in about an hour and then bled off some blinds and one hand I had to release when I did not flop anything. I then cashed out of the game to go to the tournament. Up +557 and 1/2 my buy-in.
The tournament was huge. They had 406 players, and my first table was table number 9 so I was not going to go anywhere for a long time as they were busting all the out tables first. The good news was that there were not any name aggressive players at my table. The only name was Al Krux who I think finished 6th or 7th at last years WSOP. He was not that impressive, and did not play any differently than the rest of the table. The bad news was that there were no bad players at the table. No one was making any mistakes and we were all playing pretty tight. I do not think we lost anyone at our table through the first three rounds. I loved the structure. $1500 in chips to start and 1 hour rounds that started at 5/15 blinds. Lots of time to play and make moves. I never really got any great hands to trap or make big pots out of. I just was sticking and moving when I could. I never built up a stack, but managed to keep surviving. I made it to the dinner break with a little under $2,000 in chips, which was not very good. I knew I had to get back from the break and make some moves to get some chips. I picked up pocket 88's and went after a pot that had two limpers and one raise. I went all in and got called by the raiser who had a few chips but not a ton so he had to make the call with KQ off. I held up and got some chips to play with. We were down to 9 tables left and I had about $6,000 in chips. I look down see AK off in the BB. There is two limper in the pot and a raiser in the pot who has me covered. I can either call and see the flop or move in a see if he will lay it down. We were playing $100/200 and he put in a raise to like $800. There was like $1,500 in the pot and I decided my stack was big enough to move in and maybe get him to lay down a hand. He thought about it for quite a while and then decided to call. He flipped up pocket 10's and I thought crap I was hoping for an A,Q or J, but I now was in a coin flip. Of course as my luck has been I do not win these and it came all small and I was out about 85th. It was a great tourn and I felt good about my play. At least I got a lot of play out of it and got some more experience.
I then decided to go goof off with my friend Joe at a lower limit game. I was pretty fried from the day as the tournament started at 3:30pm and I busted out at around 11:00pm. I did not feel like playing another tough session so I just kicked around with him in a $20/40 game for about and hour or so. I won another +$245 and then called it a night at about 1:00am. The players were still pretty bad in that game as well.
My friend Aaron was also in town and had been for a few days. He was playing white chip games and it was an all name list of people in these games. David Williams, Cindy Violette, Sam Grizzle, Carlos Mortensen, John Murphy, etc. There are probably a few I left off but everyone was there. It was pretty cool to see all the players there. I saw Evelyn Eng for the first time in person. Man she is tall, like 5'10" or maybe even 6'. She is also, extremely attractive. Her body is just sick, jaw dropping stuff. I found my friend paying heads up with Frank Mariani(SP?), one of the co-owners of the LA Lakers. They were playing $400/800 single draw lowball, and Hold-em. The button could make it a kill pot to $800/1600. They each had about $75,000 in front of them and were having a great time. Aaron was up a bit like $14,000, but that is not much in that game. Frank was really having a good time and gambling it up. Raising blind, bluffing a lot, and otherwise just throwing money around. I sat and watched for about an hour, and Frank put some of the stupidest beats in lowball I had seen. Like four or five bets before the flop, and then drawing 3 cards to a 7 low and beating Aaron. Aaron was doing his best not to go on tilt, and I think at the end he ended up beating Frank out of about $25,000. Lots of fun, and to see the piles of money on the table was pretty cool too.
I then came back the next day thinking I was going to play a nice long session, and plans got changed. I started out playing with my friend Joe at the $20/40 table, but got bored in about an hour of play so I went to get into the $100/200 game. I could not get a seat so I sat in the $40/80 game and won a little before my seat opened up. I sat in the $100/200 game, and for the first time there were no bad players at the table. They were all really good solid players with varying degrees of aggressiveness. No one was bluffing without a play in mind. I thought this is what the game is all about. I really wanted to play well, for one I was not that deep. I only had about $8,000 on me and that can go fast in that game. I played pretty tight and picked up a few pots. Then in the BB I picked up pocket KK's and no one entered the pot. The good news in the higher games is no one chops. It is a time game so there is no rake to beat, therefore everyone plays. Plus all the egos at the table lends itself to everyone thinking they are great Heads up players, even when some of us have to be giving up some edge there. Well the small blind raises, I 3 bet, the flop comes 8 high. He bets I raise again, and bet all the way and get called when a card never comes over an 8, and win a nice pot with about $1,500 in it. Cool. I then enter a pot with pocket 88's in middle position for a raise, and get three bet. The flop comes down 10,10,5. I check raise the raiser, and bet to the river and he calls me down with I am sure some high A, and I win another pot. Cool. I am cruising along up like $2,500 and then my brother calls who happens to be in town for the Grammy Awards, and decides he wants to go to dinner. I decide to call an audible on the evening and go to dinner with him and not play cards anymore. I went to this killer Italian restaurant named AGO in Melrose, and drank a ton of wine from GAJA. I came back to Seattle on Saturday, and now have to play in the low limit world again. At least I got my year back on track with a nice weekend. Total for the weekend up +2,237. Talk to you soon. SJ
The tournament was huge. They had 406 players, and my first table was table number 9 so I was not going to go anywhere for a long time as they were busting all the out tables first. The good news was that there were not any name aggressive players at my table. The only name was Al Krux who I think finished 6th or 7th at last years WSOP. He was not that impressive, and did not play any differently than the rest of the table. The bad news was that there were no bad players at the table. No one was making any mistakes and we were all playing pretty tight. I do not think we lost anyone at our table through the first three rounds. I loved the structure. $1500 in chips to start and 1 hour rounds that started at 5/15 blinds. Lots of time to play and make moves. I never really got any great hands to trap or make big pots out of. I just was sticking and moving when I could. I never built up a stack, but managed to keep surviving. I made it to the dinner break with a little under $2,000 in chips, which was not very good. I knew I had to get back from the break and make some moves to get some chips. I picked up pocket 88's and went after a pot that had two limpers and one raise. I went all in and got called by the raiser who had a few chips but not a ton so he had to make the call with KQ off. I held up and got some chips to play with. We were down to 9 tables left and I had about $6,000 in chips. I look down see AK off in the BB. There is two limper in the pot and a raiser in the pot who has me covered. I can either call and see the flop or move in a see if he will lay it down. We were playing $100/200 and he put in a raise to like $800. There was like $1,500 in the pot and I decided my stack was big enough to move in and maybe get him to lay down a hand. He thought about it for quite a while and then decided to call. He flipped up pocket 10's and I thought crap I was hoping for an A,Q or J, but I now was in a coin flip. Of course as my luck has been I do not win these and it came all small and I was out about 85th. It was a great tourn and I felt good about my play. At least I got a lot of play out of it and got some more experience.
I then decided to go goof off with my friend Joe at a lower limit game. I was pretty fried from the day as the tournament started at 3:30pm and I busted out at around 11:00pm. I did not feel like playing another tough session so I just kicked around with him in a $20/40 game for about and hour or so. I won another +$245 and then called it a night at about 1:00am. The players were still pretty bad in that game as well.
My friend Aaron was also in town and had been for a few days. He was playing white chip games and it was an all name list of people in these games. David Williams, Cindy Violette, Sam Grizzle, Carlos Mortensen, John Murphy, etc. There are probably a few I left off but everyone was there. It was pretty cool to see all the players there. I saw Evelyn Eng for the first time in person. Man she is tall, like 5'10" or maybe even 6'. She is also, extremely attractive. Her body is just sick, jaw dropping stuff. I found my friend paying heads up with Frank Mariani(SP?), one of the co-owners of the LA Lakers. They were playing $400/800 single draw lowball, and Hold-em. The button could make it a kill pot to $800/1600. They each had about $75,000 in front of them and were having a great time. Aaron was up a bit like $14,000, but that is not much in that game. Frank was really having a good time and gambling it up. Raising blind, bluffing a lot, and otherwise just throwing money around. I sat and watched for about an hour, and Frank put some of the stupidest beats in lowball I had seen. Like four or five bets before the flop, and then drawing 3 cards to a 7 low and beating Aaron. Aaron was doing his best not to go on tilt, and I think at the end he ended up beating Frank out of about $25,000. Lots of fun, and to see the piles of money on the table was pretty cool too.
I then came back the next day thinking I was going to play a nice long session, and plans got changed. I started out playing with my friend Joe at the $20/40 table, but got bored in about an hour of play so I went to get into the $100/200 game. I could not get a seat so I sat in the $40/80 game and won a little before my seat opened up. I sat in the $100/200 game, and for the first time there were no bad players at the table. They were all really good solid players with varying degrees of aggressiveness. No one was bluffing without a play in mind. I thought this is what the game is all about. I really wanted to play well, for one I was not that deep. I only had about $8,000 on me and that can go fast in that game. I played pretty tight and picked up a few pots. Then in the BB I picked up pocket KK's and no one entered the pot. The good news in the higher games is no one chops. It is a time game so there is no rake to beat, therefore everyone plays. Plus all the egos at the table lends itself to everyone thinking they are great Heads up players, even when some of us have to be giving up some edge there. Well the small blind raises, I 3 bet, the flop comes 8 high. He bets I raise again, and bet all the way and get called when a card never comes over an 8, and win a nice pot with about $1,500 in it. Cool. I then enter a pot with pocket 88's in middle position for a raise, and get three bet. The flop comes down 10,10,5. I check raise the raiser, and bet to the river and he calls me down with I am sure some high A, and I win another pot. Cool. I am cruising along up like $2,500 and then my brother calls who happens to be in town for the Grammy Awards, and decides he wants to go to dinner. I decide to call an audible on the evening and go to dinner with him and not play cards anymore. I went to this killer Italian restaurant named AGO in Melrose, and drank a ton of wine from GAJA. I came back to Seattle on Saturday, and now have to play in the low limit world again. At least I got my year back on track with a nice weekend. Total for the weekend up +2,237. Talk to you soon. SJ
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