Holy shit, what a day.
My buddy (his name is Christian, by the way), busted out on the first table. I however, took first. When it was down to two people, I offered a split, but the other guy had just won a pot and wanted to keep going. I took him down in two hands (more luck than skill at that blind level, but hey.) A sweet $240 after tipping the dealer and "refunding" my buy-in back. I have to say, it was really fun, especially since there were 10+ people watching us play.
Christian and I played 3/6 and got killed, mostly by Tom and the typical Limelight crowd playing junk hands and winning. Tom capped his live 6 at 15 preflop with 74o and flopped trip 4s, taking down a guy with JTs who made top pair... that guy was PISSED. I mean, punching his fist into his other hand and flexing his muscles (which he looks like he works on a bit) in rage. Christian was much more conservative, limping in if he could, folding to a raise on marginal hands - he folded ATo several times in EP and showed me! The guy has discipline. I'm down a rack and a half, Christian's down $60, and we decide Capitol's a better idea.
Total at Limelight: $+30 (+$240 -$150 -$60)
We get seated around 1am. I win the first hand I'm in when KK flops trips - and it holds up (!). I'm up about two racks in as many hours. Christian's having a run of good hole cards mixed with bad flops. I watched as he got AK, AK, and AA get cracked IN A ROW. AA cracked gets $35, so at 3/6 it isn't so bad. Not 5 minutes later I hear his dealer yell out "thirty-five! Aces beat!" He got AA cracked AGAIN! Damn, dude. Nothing more memorable happens and he loses and I cash out when the game breaks around 4am.
Total at Capitol 3/6: +$100 (+340 -$100 my buyin -$140 christian's buyin)
I decide to play some 4/8 with the $100 I just won for the hell of it. That's when things get wild. I remember winning the first hand I was in, and I remember color changing for 1 rack of yellow ($500). When the morning began to get going, things started to suck though.
Most memorable was the guy in the 5 seat. What a retard. Older guy wearing suspenders who thought he was the shit. I've got 34s in the BB. So of course, I am in. Flop comes all black, 5sAsAc. I've got an inside straight draw, inside straight-flush draw, and baby flush draw. I bet, guy calls, shithead raises, fold around to me, I re-raise for information, flat calls on both. 3 players. Turn comes 2h. Ok, straight. But it's also a scary card because A2 and A5 are legitimate hands here. I check, MP bets, shithead raises, I rereaise, call call. Huh. Shithead says, "spades aren't coming!" I say, "My hand is made." River is a Q that wasn't a spade. Well. Hmm. I bet, MP calls, shithead raises, I make a crying call (pot was huge at this point), MP calls. Shithead turns over QQ. Wow. MP has an A, obviously, but didn't fill up. Either this was the most intelligent play I've seen all night, or the stupidest. Either way, it cost me a decent chunk of a stack I built up to $800 out of $100 which was profit from 3/6 anyway.
Very next hand. I won't bore you with the details, but I turn the nut straight with T9 against an 8756 board - which is nice, because you want someone with 9 only to bet and raise, right. 4 people are calling caps on the turn. Well, the third club falls and I'm rivered again. I steam away another $40 in chips and go have a smoke.
Part of it is my own fault. Suited connecters had been very, very playable all morning long for me (45s flopping 555, for example). I failed to switch my style up when the texture of the table changed. But the other was just the bullshit other people started playing. I stuck around for a couple more hours, folding everything except premium hands and folding when my premium hands didn't hit. I finally cashed out, my mood soured.
Total for Capitol 4/8: +$230 (+$350 -food and cigarettes -my buyin)
Incidentally, do you guys ever cover eachother? Christian and I usually play $100 cover and I've got another friend who does this with me. I think it's a -EV situation unless you can find someone who's at your level.
My buddy (his name is Christian, by the way), busted out on the first table. I however, took first. When it was down to two people, I offered a split, but the other guy had just won a pot and wanted to keep going. I took him down in two hands (more luck than skill at that blind level, but hey.) A sweet $240 after tipping the dealer and "refunding" my buy-in back. I have to say, it was really fun, especially since there were 10+ people watching us play.
Christian and I played 3/6 and got killed, mostly by Tom and the typical Limelight crowd playing junk hands and winning. Tom capped his live 6 at 15 preflop with 74o and flopped trip 4s, taking down a guy with JTs who made top pair... that guy was PISSED. I mean, punching his fist into his other hand and flexing his muscles (which he looks like he works on a bit) in rage. Christian was much more conservative, limping in if he could, folding to a raise on marginal hands - he folded ATo several times in EP and showed me! The guy has discipline. I'm down a rack and a half, Christian's down $60, and we decide Capitol's a better idea.
Total at Limelight: $+30 (+$240 -$150 -$60)
We get seated around 1am. I win the first hand I'm in when KK flops trips - and it holds up (!). I'm up about two racks in as many hours. Christian's having a run of good hole cards mixed with bad flops. I watched as he got AK, AK, and AA get cracked IN A ROW. AA cracked gets $35, so at 3/6 it isn't so bad. Not 5 minutes later I hear his dealer yell out "thirty-five! Aces beat!" He got AA cracked AGAIN! Damn, dude. Nothing more memorable happens and he loses and I cash out when the game breaks around 4am.
Total at Capitol 3/6: +$100 (+340 -$100 my buyin -$140 christian's buyin)
I decide to play some 4/8 with the $100 I just won for the hell of it. That's when things get wild. I remember winning the first hand I was in, and I remember color changing for 1 rack of yellow ($500). When the morning began to get going, things started to suck though.
Most memorable was the guy in the 5 seat. What a retard. Older guy wearing suspenders who thought he was the shit. I've got 34s in the BB. So of course, I am in. Flop comes all black, 5sAsAc. I've got an inside straight draw, inside straight-flush draw, and baby flush draw. I bet, guy calls, shithead raises, fold around to me, I re-raise for information, flat calls on both. 3 players. Turn comes 2h. Ok, straight. But it's also a scary card because A2 and A5 are legitimate hands here. I check, MP bets, shithead raises, I rereaise, call call. Huh. Shithead says, "spades aren't coming!" I say, "My hand is made." River is a Q that wasn't a spade. Well. Hmm. I bet, MP calls, shithead raises, I make a crying call (pot was huge at this point), MP calls. Shithead turns over QQ. Wow. MP has an A, obviously, but didn't fill up. Either this was the most intelligent play I've seen all night, or the stupidest. Either way, it cost me a decent chunk of a stack I built up to $800 out of $100 which was profit from 3/6 anyway.
Very next hand. I won't bore you with the details, but I turn the nut straight with T9 against an 8756 board - which is nice, because you want someone with 9 only to bet and raise, right. 4 people are calling caps on the turn. Well, the third club falls and I'm rivered again. I steam away another $40 in chips and go have a smoke.
Part of it is my own fault. Suited connecters had been very, very playable all morning long for me (45s flopping 555, for example). I failed to switch my style up when the texture of the table changed. But the other was just the bullshit other people started playing. I stuck around for a couple more hours, folding everything except premium hands and folding when my premium hands didn't hit. I finally cashed out, my mood soured.
Total for Capitol 4/8: +$230 (+$350 -food and cigarettes -my buyin)
Incidentally, do you guys ever cover eachother? Christian and I usually play $100 cover and I've got another friend who does this with me. I think it's a -EV situation unless you can find someone who's at your level.
