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Short part three update.
Jun. 18th, 2015 03:54 pmYesterday was very much a "little to report day". The sequence goes: get up. Shower, etc. Make toast and some not-very-good filter coffee (I knew that I should have brought my Italian stove pot). Write a couple of emails. Write blog. Walk out into the heat and drive to the Strip.
Play cards. Drive back to apartment. Have substantial lunch. Sleep. Wake up. Back to Strip for about 9pm for another few hours.
I had a good five hours in Harrah's in the morning. I was going nowhere for ages, dribbled down to $55 then fought back up to $80. There was a drunk at the table for the first hour but I couldn't hit a hand. Then it was a tight game, and I got no action for my AA.
Then it clicked, and my AK doubled through against a weak Israeli calling station. Then QcJc got a result when flush came good on river (but also paired the board). Perhaps I should have min-raised the $25 river bet, which I was almost certain did not represent a full house. But it's early days here and I'm not totally confident yet in my judgement. As it turned out the river gave opponent trips with an Ace kicker.
And finally my JJ hit top set and I got a decent caller until he folded river, presumably missing his flush and/or straight draw. Up $100.
The evening session was 3.5 hours of no hands at all. I held it to $20 down by expeditiously getting in for nothing on the big blind with 43o and hitting bottom two pair on a J43 rainbow board. I checked, one guy bet $7 and got three callers, and I raised $45 to take it down.
Missed a few speculative draws when I was getting implied odds, but made trips on the turn for one hand for another small win.
The problem is that when you are card-dead you appear to be even tighter than you are, so getting paid off is less certain. That might mean that I could bluff and get away with it, but in $1-$2 games on the Strip that is a dangerous road to travel.
Should be meeting Mr Hawes for a late lunch today, so I will adjust my schedule. Possibly a long morning session, lunch, then an afternoon session before coming back to the apartment for the evening to read, write postcards and play silly games on the laptop.
Play cards. Drive back to apartment. Have substantial lunch. Sleep. Wake up. Back to Strip for about 9pm for another few hours.
I had a good five hours in Harrah's in the morning. I was going nowhere for ages, dribbled down to $55 then fought back up to $80. There was a drunk at the table for the first hour but I couldn't hit a hand. Then it was a tight game, and I got no action for my AA.
Then it clicked, and my AK doubled through against a weak Israeli calling station. Then QcJc got a result when flush came good on river (but also paired the board). Perhaps I should have min-raised the $25 river bet, which I was almost certain did not represent a full house. But it's early days here and I'm not totally confident yet in my judgement. As it turned out the river gave opponent trips with an Ace kicker.
And finally my JJ hit top set and I got a decent caller until he folded river, presumably missing his flush and/or straight draw. Up $100.
The evening session was 3.5 hours of no hands at all. I held it to $20 down by expeditiously getting in for nothing on the big blind with 43o and hitting bottom two pair on a J43 rainbow board. I checked, one guy bet $7 and got three callers, and I raised $45 to take it down.
Missed a few speculative draws when I was getting implied odds, but made trips on the turn for one hand for another small win.
The problem is that when you are card-dead you appear to be even tighter than you are, so getting paid off is less certain. That might mean that I could bluff and get away with it, but in $1-$2 games on the Strip that is a dangerous road to travel.
Should be meeting Mr Hawes for a late lunch today, so I will adjust my schedule. Possibly a long morning session, lunch, then an afternoon session before coming back to the apartment for the evening to read, write postcards and play silly games on the laptop.
