Muck Report
I am starting to get back into a groove of actually getting to play poker, it feels good, I am getting a little feel back, and of course it never hurts when you win to top it off. I did get to go to the Muck last night so here is the scoop.
I unfortunately got down there later after work and there were a few games going and all had long lists. The Muck is under construction to expand the poker room, but what that means is that they are down to only two class III licenses to run bigger games above $10/20. Really the highest would be $15/25 but that is such a stupid structure that it never really gets spread. I guess they just don't make enough money there to fix the cameras and move them into the right place to get the third table up. Seems pretty stupid to me, this is just a continuation of poor customer service that the Muck is known for. I really wish our state would increase the limits on poker like they did casino games and let others compete with the Indian poker rooms for business. I would be first out the door to play higher anywhere else but the Muck. Alas I am stuck with them for now.
So, I chatted up a few friends I had not seen in a while and waited for a seat. I first got into a $10/20 game. I proceed to not win a hand in about 45 minutes, and went to the $20/40 game stuck about $300. At the $20/40 table I managed to get back about $150 of the loss in about an hour and finally made it to the $50/100 game. This was a scary good game. The cast of usual people who had been playing before the WSOP have not been around for a while, and have been replaced right now by a bunch of just terrible players. This game played a bit like a $4/8 game, there would be a raise in EP, and one caller would create a cascade of calls in which the table would see the flop 6,7, and even 8 handed a few times. There were people calling three cold with 5,7 off, K,8 off, etc. It was just amazing. I had not seen a game this good in months. TASTY. Now I have to have some hands hit and hold.
I would love to tell you some great stories but really there were not that many. I did win one HUGE pot with a J,2 sooootied in the BB when I flopped trips and they held. Two things were very evident in this game and are good lessons. #1)Position matters, duh? In this game it was huge. Because there were so many people seeing flops you could play lots of speculative hands on the button, and in the cutoff and hijack positions. If you flopped a huge hand or a draw to the nuts you could call almost any bets as the pots were laying huge odds to get there. Also, play in the Blinds were very profitable if you knew how to play them. Because the table was playing very passive there were a number of hands that were limped for 6 or 7 people. You would get a free look or a 1/2 price look. There were a few times were if you were just the first to act you could fire at the pot on a pure bluff and win the $300 pot with a $50 bet. It only has to work 1 out of every 6 times to break even. It was working way more than that last night. #2) Be Aggressive. Even though the table was playing very lose and passive that does not mean go along with them. There were times that you just had to three bet in LP or MP to try and lock out those behind you. If they wanted to call 3 cold with K,8 so be it, but that is a negative EV play over the course of the night and you will go broke doing that unless you have a complete horseshoe up your ass. I can not tell you how many times I was let into a pot with a draw hand on the button because someone who should have three bet, with a legitimate three bet hand, did not because they knew that everyone would call anyway. There were a few of us playing tight poker, and I most definitely would not have called three bets with some of the hands I called two with into a 6 or 7 person pre-flop pot and then flopped a big draw or a big two pair or trips. I was actually surprised at the passive play of one players who is know for his super aggressive style, he was just off last night and it cost him a ton, at least it did against me because I adjusted my play to his weaker style and played more pots against him. I would have avoided him a lot more if he were playing aggressive three bet poker.
All in all a very good night, up over 35 BB, and the running average to good continues. It makes you feel so much better when you have a big pair and it holds up on a regular basis. Makes it easier to not push hands and try to make winners out of losers when you actually play good and it works. Hope you are all winning and talk to you soon. I may play this weekend but for sure again next Tuesday. SJ
I unfortunately got down there later after work and there were a few games going and all had long lists. The Muck is under construction to expand the poker room, but what that means is that they are down to only two class III licenses to run bigger games above $10/20. Really the highest would be $15/25 but that is such a stupid structure that it never really gets spread. I guess they just don't make enough money there to fix the cameras and move them into the right place to get the third table up. Seems pretty stupid to me, this is just a continuation of poor customer service that the Muck is known for. I really wish our state would increase the limits on poker like they did casino games and let others compete with the Indian poker rooms for business. I would be first out the door to play higher anywhere else but the Muck. Alas I am stuck with them for now.
So, I chatted up a few friends I had not seen in a while and waited for a seat. I first got into a $10/20 game. I proceed to not win a hand in about 45 minutes, and went to the $20/40 game stuck about $300. At the $20/40 table I managed to get back about $150 of the loss in about an hour and finally made it to the $50/100 game. This was a scary good game. The cast of usual people who had been playing before the WSOP have not been around for a while, and have been replaced right now by a bunch of just terrible players. This game played a bit like a $4/8 game, there would be a raise in EP, and one caller would create a cascade of calls in which the table would see the flop 6,7, and even 8 handed a few times. There were people calling three cold with 5,7 off, K,8 off, etc. It was just amazing. I had not seen a game this good in months. TASTY. Now I have to have some hands hit and hold.
I would love to tell you some great stories but really there were not that many. I did win one HUGE pot with a J,2 sooootied in the BB when I flopped trips and they held. Two things were very evident in this game and are good lessons. #1)Position matters, duh? In this game it was huge. Because there were so many people seeing flops you could play lots of speculative hands on the button, and in the cutoff and hijack positions. If you flopped a huge hand or a draw to the nuts you could call almost any bets as the pots were laying huge odds to get there. Also, play in the Blinds were very profitable if you knew how to play them. Because the table was playing very passive there were a number of hands that were limped for 6 or 7 people. You would get a free look or a 1/2 price look. There were a few times were if you were just the first to act you could fire at the pot on a pure bluff and win the $300 pot with a $50 bet. It only has to work 1 out of every 6 times to break even. It was working way more than that last night. #2) Be Aggressive. Even though the table was playing very lose and passive that does not mean go along with them. There were times that you just had to three bet in LP or MP to try and lock out those behind you. If they wanted to call 3 cold with K,8 so be it, but that is a negative EV play over the course of the night and you will go broke doing that unless you have a complete horseshoe up your ass. I can not tell you how many times I was let into a pot with a draw hand on the button because someone who should have three bet, with a legitimate three bet hand, did not because they knew that everyone would call anyway. There were a few of us playing tight poker, and I most definitely would not have called three bets with some of the hands I called two with into a 6 or 7 person pre-flop pot and then flopped a big draw or a big two pair or trips. I was actually surprised at the passive play of one players who is know for his super aggressive style, he was just off last night and it cost him a ton, at least it did against me because I adjusted my play to his weaker style and played more pots against him. I would have avoided him a lot more if he were playing aggressive three bet poker.
All in all a very good night, up over 35 BB, and the running average to good continues. It makes you feel so much better when you have a big pair and it holds up on a regular basis. Makes it easier to not push hands and try to make winners out of losers when you actually play good and it works. Hope you are all winning and talk to you soon. I may play this weekend but for sure again next Tuesday. SJ
posted by Seattlejohn at 11:40 AM
2 Comments:
Hijack position? Never heard that one. Is it cutoff -1?
Yes, 2 before the button. SJ
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