It's been awhile
... since my last post on here. I've been busy updating my WSOP blog and other blog, so I haven't had much time for this one.
Last month was a slow grind for a small loss, I hate those months but they're inevitable for a player of my rank, so I can deal with it. This month I've hardly played online at all due to time constraints, so I'll get back on that this week so I can maintain GoldStar on Stars.
I've also decided to start playing live at least once a week at Canterbury, as I believe it's an untapped gold mine and I just need to make myself go there. Of course it's only a gold mine if I continually remember who I've played with and go there with a clear mind, which hasn't always been the case and the results have shown.
So yesterday after coming back from Madison, I decided to play a few hours. I put my name on the 6-12 and 8-16 and would play whichever opened up first. 6-12 opened up after about 20 minutes and I sat down and posted immediately 2 off the button. I picked up 7c 6d and it was raised and coldcalled before me. I threw in the other 6, the button big blind called. Flop came Ac Kc 9c and the initial raiser bet out. With the size of the pot and my chances that another club would give me a winner, I called with the intention of folding to a raise or if I had other callers behind me likely to have a higher club if the flush came. Only the button called. The turn was the 5c, the initial raiser checked, I checked, and the button checked. At this point I was pretty sure I had a winner and would be called on the river. The river was a good card for me, the 2c, so if I bet someone might call me to play the board, hoping I was bluffing. The initial raiser checked, I bet, the button folded, and the initial raiser called and declared he played the board, and my hand was good.
I ran good until I was up about 270, and then it went bad, basically two hands I had an overpair and was turned twice by having the low card on the flop pair making someone trips. It sucks at the time, but it's good to know that they'll do that. I ended up $22 after two hours and quit as I was extremely tired and had work today, but it's a good start to hopefully a strong finish to the end of the year.
Last month was a slow grind for a small loss, I hate those months but they're inevitable for a player of my rank, so I can deal with it. This month I've hardly played online at all due to time constraints, so I'll get back on that this week so I can maintain GoldStar on Stars.
I've also decided to start playing live at least once a week at Canterbury, as I believe it's an untapped gold mine and I just need to make myself go there. Of course it's only a gold mine if I continually remember who I've played with and go there with a clear mind, which hasn't always been the case and the results have shown.
So yesterday after coming back from Madison, I decided to play a few hours. I put my name on the 6-12 and 8-16 and would play whichever opened up first. 6-12 opened up after about 20 minutes and I sat down and posted immediately 2 off the button. I picked up 7c 6d and it was raised and coldcalled before me. I threw in the other 6, the button big blind called. Flop came Ac Kc 9c and the initial raiser bet out. With the size of the pot and my chances that another club would give me a winner, I called with the intention of folding to a raise or if I had other callers behind me likely to have a higher club if the flush came. Only the button called. The turn was the 5c, the initial raiser checked, I checked, and the button checked. At this point I was pretty sure I had a winner and would be called on the river. The river was a good card for me, the 2c, so if I bet someone might call me to play the board, hoping I was bluffing. The initial raiser checked, I bet, the button folded, and the initial raiser called and declared he played the board, and my hand was good.
I ran good until I was up about 270, and then it went bad, basically two hands I had an overpair and was turned twice by having the low card on the flop pair making someone trips. It sucks at the time, but it's good to know that they'll do that. I ended up $22 after two hours and quit as I was extremely tired and had work today, but it's a good start to hopefully a strong finish to the end of the year.
posted by JPS at 9:33 AM
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