Been A Long Lonely Lonely Lonely Lonely Time
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Long time no post. My playing time is definitely down this year, partly due to non-poker activities. I do have a Vegas trip planned for later this month though, which means I need to ramp up on my non-PLO games (although this certainly looks promising).
This past weekend I had a chance to visit Caesar's Indiana with Napalm for some frisky $1-$2 NL Hold'em action. This was my first visit to The Boat, and my first live NL Hold'em game. Here's a quick run-down of what this game is like:
- $1-$2 structure.
- $100 minimum buy-in; $300 maximum.
- Pre-flop raises range between $10 and $25.
- Alternates between being a nit-fest and a big pot donk-a-rama.
I lucked into a few big pots, but the medium ones were actually more fun. A few examples:
- I raise to $22 pre-flop with 2c4c, win with continuation bet. Twice. Later I limp with the same hand and curse my lack of faith when I flop a flush.
- I raise to $17 in CO with 7h9h; get called in three places. Flop is 234r; checks to me, and I check. Turn is a beautiful 9; EP bets $25, call and fold to me, I raise with the nuts to $75, fold, fold. Position is g00t.
- I raise on the button with AKs. Called in two places. Flop is low, draw-heavy, and misses me completely. Checks to me, I bet $35, they both call. Turn is very blank, checks to me, I bet $75, first player insta-raises all-in, I insta-fold. He had a set and was sure I had a big overpair, so at least I was convincing. :p
- I check my option (wow, an unraised pot!) with ATo. Flop is Q94. UTG bets, someone calls, I call. Turn is 9. I donk bet some random amount, they fold. Whee, scare cards are as much fun in NL HE as they are in PLO!
All in all, definitely more fun than I was expecting. I pwnz0r baby-stakes NL Hold'em.
Long time no post. My playing time is definitely down this year, partly due to non-poker activities. I do have a Vegas trip planned for later this month though, which means I need to ramp up on my non-PLO games (although this certainly looks promising).
This past weekend I had a chance to visit Caesar's Indiana with Napalm for some frisky $1-$2 NL Hold'em action. This was my first visit to The Boat, and my first live NL Hold'em game. Here's a quick run-down of what this game is like:
- $1-$2 structure.
- $100 minimum buy-in; $300 maximum.
- Pre-flop raises range between $10 and $25.
- Alternates between being a nit-fest and a big pot donk-a-rama.
I lucked into a few big pots, but the medium ones were actually more fun. A few examples:
- I raise to $22 pre-flop with 2c4c, win with continuation bet. Twice. Later I limp with the same hand and curse my lack of faith when I flop a flush.
- I raise to $17 in CO with 7h9h; get called in three places. Flop is 234r; checks to me, and I check. Turn is a beautiful 9; EP bets $25, call and fold to me, I raise with the nuts to $75, fold, fold. Position is g00t.
- I raise on the button with AKs. Called in two places. Flop is low, draw-heavy, and misses me completely. Checks to me, I bet $35, they both call. Turn is very blank, checks to me, I bet $75, first player insta-raises all-in, I insta-fold. He had a set and was sure I had a big overpair, so at least I was convincing. :p
- I check my option (wow, an unraised pot!) with ATo. Flop is Q94. UTG bets, someone calls, I call. Turn is 9. I donk bet some random amount, they fold. Whee, scare cards are as much fun in NL HE as they are in PLO!
All in all, definitely more fun than I was expecting. I pwnz0r baby-stakes NL Hold'em.
posted by liquid at 4:07 PM
1 Comments:
Being a total donk luck box didn't hurt either.
At least you didn't blow your KK hands.
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