Same as i always agree to chop the blinds preflop no matter what in a cash game (it doesnt matter if i have a BBJ hand or even if im playing HU with a guy) i always agree to pay the bubble in tournaments too, and i feel both of these are pretty standard in most poker rooms. in fact always chopping in cash game BvsB situations should be required by management to prevent angleshooting and arguing.
so even though ive got 160,000 in chips and am either the biggest or the 2nd biggest stack, with 4-5 of us over 100,000 and the rest as low as about 15,000 to a few others about 50-75,000 i of course said sure when the rest of the table (or at least a few) said lets pay all the players instead of 8 when we made the final table.
alysia chang brought me there from the stratosphere and i went to hang out in a tourney with her and see who did best. she had already busted out early and i was very short on chips at the time, at one point with only 1500 chips. somehow i recovered with several pieces of pots in a very short period of time to about 45000 in chips and never looked back.
id given back a little but still had over 130000 when the blinds were at 5000-10000 and the bets 10k 20k. first let me say the orleans has a very good structure. late into the tourney the blinds go up extremely slow increments which keeps it from being a crapshoot late into the tourney, which of course i never knew before, not being a tourney regular. for example 2000-4000 2500-5000 3000-6000 4000-8000 5000-10,000. u will notice this is much much slower than most who just want to end the tourney.
then this hand happened. i had AA37 single suited. and i reraised to 30k preflop, then it got capped at 50k. flop comes 885 with 2 spades and ive got the ace of spades but no mate for it. he checks i bet he check raises. and i got to call its a limit game too much invested. and he did not have an 8.
turn comes 4 of spades, river 6. and he bets both streets and then wins with AA72 with 72 of spades. scooped the whole pot, left me with only 36,000. which i lost in the next few hands, busting me in 9th, on the bubble for only $20 profit. just making it to 8th wouldve made me $108 profit instead of $20, and first paid over $1093. so i was quite disappointed. i dont see where i shouldve quit raising preflop or folded with so much in.
used Uber pool to go home and now im fixing food and quite tired.
Friday, March 30, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Back in las vegas
how much money would most of u be comfortable moving to vegas with (to only play poker without any other income, or without a way to replace it if u lost?) and how large a percentage of it would u feel comfortable having in front of you in chips at one time?
when i was young age 21 to 30, believe me i often went broke, and i had a lot of it on the table when my total bankroll was under $500 a lot of the time back in the $1-3 and $1-5 STUD days with no ante. i see many 2+2 posts of guys who come to vegas and try to survive, pay rent, and never go broke with far less than $10,000 too, though its not the wisest thing to do. but no one is wise when theyre that young. why do u think the youngest people vote more liberal?
and of course back then i was satisfied with very crime ridden housing and living conditions, which id be terrified to live in nowdays that ive become old. but of course i didnt see it as no worse than sleeping outdoors. i waste way too much on rent and it puts enormous stress on me but if i was living in a very bad area of vegas for $500 a month instead of the $1400 or so per month i normally pay nowdays, id never be able to sleep peacefully. and since i do have decent housing i spend way too much time there, never leaving and getting in as many hours as i should because i hate to see the place go to waste without me being inside, as much as its costing me.
im very worried about my future. im not winning nearly enough to support myself and ive only got 14,400 left and it will drop a bit more once i pay a dentist. and 14.400 is worth only about a third as much as it was in 2003-2010.
-----written before i left----
i couldnt cook anything in my hotel room without buying dishsoap first so i stopped at CVS pharmacy near the wynn on the way home when i left the wynn stuck $300. i reopened a safe deposit box there. the other day when i first got to town i bought a months or at least a 2 weeks supply of food at walmart but i didnt realize the one at charleston and decatur is no longer 24 hours and neither are a lot of others. they all started closing at midnite. so i had to go way out and it cost me a shitload extra in uber fees, and then i forgot to buy dishsoap. and i would swear i put 2 microwave containers in my shopping cart and when i got home i only had 1. so when it got used once i could no longer cook in it without dishsoap. i did remember to buy more stainless steel spoons so i have 8 instead of 2 so those wont need washed continously. im down now to only 14,100
i had AK and a new asian guy had just sat on my immediate right and was one of the only 2 deepstacked guys in my wynn game tonight, not as many $500 buyins as usual. i had been winning too, was in the game for $158 (one $38 addon when low) and had finally won a big pot off a new guy from los angelos who was playing loose, in fact i was in seat 3 and seat 1,2 and 4 were all from los angeles. flop was 228 he had 10 10 and i doubled up with AA. so i had $317 in front of me and had given back a little when the ak hand occured.
flop was A78 with 2 hearts, he checked and i bet $55. which was about the amount in the pot preflop. one guy calls and he check raises over $500 allin. now usually people are on the flush draw and i thought maybe hes seen me fold too much so i felt obligated to call. the other guy finally folded face up (in turn however) JQ of hearts which surprised me. i lost though the asian guy had 777. i was hoping he had a missed draw or AK or AQ.
not being sure if i was playing good or bad i left and then wasted over $100 more on the video poker where i often won in the past when losing in the poker room but not tonight.
i still have not heard back from vince as to when would be the proper time for him to take me to the dentist since they are legally required to make sure u have someone with u when u undergo IV sedation. not only do they have to drive u home from the dentist they have to make sure u are okay and hang out til the procedure is over.
i shouldve bought some pills too for toothache but i forgot which kind did the most good, i think it was either advil or aleve. sometimes it dont bother me and sometimes it does and it will only do it more and more til i get in to see him.
i wouldve kept playing but i feel my roll is too low to take big swings and i hate putting more than 1% of my roll at risk or losing more than 2% a day. it's because unlike for most my money is irreplaceable and im much older than most of the players who depend on it for income.
when i was young age 21 to 30, believe me i often went broke, and i had a lot of it on the table when my total bankroll was under $500 a lot of the time back in the $1-3 and $1-5 STUD days with no ante. i see many 2+2 posts of guys who come to vegas and try to survive, pay rent, and never go broke with far less than $10,000 too, though its not the wisest thing to do. but no one is wise when theyre that young. why do u think the youngest people vote more liberal?
and of course back then i was satisfied with very crime ridden housing and living conditions, which id be terrified to live in nowdays that ive become old. but of course i didnt see it as no worse than sleeping outdoors. i waste way too much on rent and it puts enormous stress on me but if i was living in a very bad area of vegas for $500 a month instead of the $1400 or so per month i normally pay nowdays, id never be able to sleep peacefully. and since i do have decent housing i spend way too much time there, never leaving and getting in as many hours as i should because i hate to see the place go to waste without me being inside, as much as its costing me.
im very worried about my future. im not winning nearly enough to support myself and ive only got 14,400 left and it will drop a bit more once i pay a dentist. and 14.400 is worth only about a third as much as it was in 2003-2010.
-----written before i left----
i couldnt cook anything in my hotel room without buying dishsoap first so i stopped at CVS pharmacy near the wynn on the way home when i left the wynn stuck $300. i reopened a safe deposit box there. the other day when i first got to town i bought a months or at least a 2 weeks supply of food at walmart but i didnt realize the one at charleston and decatur is no longer 24 hours and neither are a lot of others. they all started closing at midnite. so i had to go way out and it cost me a shitload extra in uber fees, and then i forgot to buy dishsoap. and i would swear i put 2 microwave containers in my shopping cart and when i got home i only had 1. so when it got used once i could no longer cook in it without dishsoap. i did remember to buy more stainless steel spoons so i have 8 instead of 2 so those wont need washed continously. im down now to only 14,100
i had AK and a new asian guy had just sat on my immediate right and was one of the only 2 deepstacked guys in my wynn game tonight, not as many $500 buyins as usual. i had been winning too, was in the game for $158 (one $38 addon when low) and had finally won a big pot off a new guy from los angelos who was playing loose, in fact i was in seat 3 and seat 1,2 and 4 were all from los angeles. flop was 228 he had 10 10 and i doubled up with AA. so i had $317 in front of me and had given back a little when the ak hand occured.
flop was A78 with 2 hearts, he checked and i bet $55. which was about the amount in the pot preflop. one guy calls and he check raises over $500 allin. now usually people are on the flush draw and i thought maybe hes seen me fold too much so i felt obligated to call. the other guy finally folded face up (in turn however) JQ of hearts which surprised me. i lost though the asian guy had 777. i was hoping he had a missed draw or AK or AQ.
not being sure if i was playing good or bad i left and then wasted over $100 more on the video poker where i often won in the past when losing in the poker room but not tonight.
i still have not heard back from vince as to when would be the proper time for him to take me to the dentist since they are legally required to make sure u have someone with u when u undergo IV sedation. not only do they have to drive u home from the dentist they have to make sure u are okay and hang out til the procedure is over.
i shouldve bought some pills too for toothache but i forgot which kind did the most good, i think it was either advil or aleve. sometimes it dont bother me and sometimes it does and it will only do it more and more til i get in to see him.
i wouldve kept playing but i feel my roll is too low to take big swings and i hate putting more than 1% of my roll at risk or losing more than 2% a day. it's because unlike for most my money is irreplaceable and im much older than most of the players who depend on it for income.
Friday, March 23, 2018
getting ready to leave Lake elsinore
I started buying in for a lot more than $40, and its because im no longer at the high water mark since leaving Vegas, and ive been trying to get back to the high water mark, so i feel emotionally stuck every time i sit down, and its sure affecting my results. i think i was winning a lot more when i bought in $40. probably because i was seeing so hands with a 60-40 edge for $40 each. IMAGINE THE EDGE IF SOMEONE COULD PLAY 100 BLACKJACK HANDS AT 60-40 EDGE OR BETTER. u see a 60-40 edge is much stronger than many think it is.
Plus i needed to wash my laundry so badly tonight, i couldnt play well with it being on my mind. i was in too much of a hurry to win a big pot so i could go do it. and also im tired of not having my own place with a refridgerator that actually works correctly, not freezing the food or spoiling the milk. and i want a full size freezer and microwave. living in extended stay americas has spoiled me. and ive not gotten a single 40% off email since and i did finally get one 30% off, but they always want to try to force u to book immediately even though u dont have to use it immediately they fix it so it will expire within 48 hours which is bullshit. because of this, they lose a lot of business because i will ignore it instead of saving it for later to use. if its less than 40% off its still too high. i remember once late last year i got 50% off coupon, and its the only one i ever got in my life but i didnt need it at the time. i either already had a place or was with Ray at the time.
then i was hungry too but ive used up so many comps eating food in the past few days i think ive hardly got none left. (although i finally ordered chicken tenders and fries for $9 after losing over $400 and quitting to go to my room, and to wash laundry upstairs) i still had enough but do the math, i usually get in less than 6-8 hours of poker per day here so im not even earning $10 per day in comps and im spending more than this except for the first few days where i just let the comps pile up before i started ordering food a few days later.
i just took the clothes out of the washer and put them in the dryer so its slowly getting done. at least all i have to do is walk upstairs to the 2nd floor of the hotel. and thank God the vending machine worked tonight to buy the detergent. the last time it didnt but the front desk clerk managed to get my detergent.
how did i manage to lose $420 tonight? for the first time since coming to live at Lake elsinore, im finally winning less per hour here ($18) than at the golden nugget ($19). and yet the blinds being $2 and $3 theyre higher here. but ive never won more in higher blinds game than i do in $1-2. i once was winning $31 per hour here, but with such a small sample size its fluctuating pretty wildly. these results are for 2018 only, the nugget 2017 yearly was much less.
so i bought in for $220 when i sat and i feel this was my first mistake, not buying in for the minimum. but i needed the money since i was still over $400 off my high water mark about a week or so ago. (right before i sent my mother her gift, i was over $17,100). when i buy in for more than im emotionally comfortable losing i cant play my best. unlike the vast majority of players, the smaller my buyin is, the easier it is for me to take it seriously and play my best poker without being stressed over the stakes. Plus id rather be playing video Blackjack, which of course doesnt exist here. i even went to Cuahilla in anza yesterday morning and checked it out, the dealers angels is gone and the new machine is an interblock VBJ but at least its 3-2 unlike some of the vegas ones. of course its still using 8 decks and shuffling every hand. i spent over $120 in uber fares there and back, but i did recover it while playing the machine checking to see if it gives points. it does but very little. i got $25 for signing up as a new member.
i hate it when the staff allows a lot of things at the poker table. mostly when they allow players to ask for setups, etc. or when they allow players to talk on the phone while at the table. but another thing that bugs me that isnt banned by any poker room to my knowledge is letting people wear sunglasses at the table. why? i guess because it always makes u feel the player is staring directly at u and not the guy next to u, or the TV behind u, because u cant fucking tell. even if u arent in the hand, u feel this. its not actually helping them win and is why most people dont wear them except the ones all those of us make fun of on 2+2 for wearing them. (they think they should only be worn in much higher stakes than usual).
so i see the flop with AT of clubs i think i made a small raise preflop in early or mid position. multiple callers (maybe 4 i cant remember) and the flop comes Th5h3c with one club. i bet but i forget how much but a decent amount. 2 guys call including the guy with the glasses. theres 2 hearts on the board so i worry about draws instead of just better made hands.
turn comes 5c so now theres 2 flush draws and mine is ace high. plus ive got top pair with the ace. sure i lose to better made hands, but i sure dont want to give free cards as many cards as could hurt me with the wrong flush, straights i wouldnt see coming and overcards to my top pair. so its best to bet so im allin. after going allin i ask him if he could remove the sunglasses so i could get a read on him to know if im ahead so my face wont give my hand away. truthfully though, they were tilting the hell out of me and i wanted to see if he was one of the regulars or not ive played with. i hate the way when someone wears them i never know who they are but they know who i am. he doesnt but calls after the others were wondering why id need a read on him once im already allin. all he has is the smaller flush draw in the other suit and a pair of threes with his 34 of hearts. of course, it comes in for him on the river and im busted.
still feeling like i played it correctly by getting the money in with way the best of it but feeling like a great injustice was done and he didnt deserve to win and wishing i could pay someone $100 to physically force him to take off the glasses, i rebuy $300 and im now on tilt. then i started shoving or calling raises or raising looser than i wouldve been had i not been stuck. and when i finally quit to wash clothes i was down to $103 of my $520. this was after folding JJ on a board where im still wondering if i was bluffed. i feel the guy who won that pot is one of the better regulars who play here and couldve been making moves since i looked like the donkey. i often got KQ suited too and whiffed every time after making a raise preflop. the way they take the rake in california u should raise more than normal preflop but its better to just shortstack and get it all in. and if u cant shortstack then u need to have everyone covered with $500-1500 and the roll to support it where u wont play scared. (no middle sized normal vegas sized buyins of $300 i mean).
i found out tonight one of the pit bosses here on the night shift is reading my blog along with a couple of others here. and i need to get out of here before too long. no point is wasting this much on motels if im not going to earn $30 per hour in the long run. i dont feel i can go anywhere other than vegas because ill need dental care very soon since this one tooth is feeling very sensitive to temperatures. because i found the cheapest IV sedation for only $250 in vegas, which is where i last went with vince in vegas about a year ago.
Plus i needed to wash my laundry so badly tonight, i couldnt play well with it being on my mind. i was in too much of a hurry to win a big pot so i could go do it. and also im tired of not having my own place with a refridgerator that actually works correctly, not freezing the food or spoiling the milk. and i want a full size freezer and microwave. living in extended stay americas has spoiled me. and ive not gotten a single 40% off email since and i did finally get one 30% off, but they always want to try to force u to book immediately even though u dont have to use it immediately they fix it so it will expire within 48 hours which is bullshit. because of this, they lose a lot of business because i will ignore it instead of saving it for later to use. if its less than 40% off its still too high. i remember once late last year i got 50% off coupon, and its the only one i ever got in my life but i didnt need it at the time. i either already had a place or was with Ray at the time.
then i was hungry too but ive used up so many comps eating food in the past few days i think ive hardly got none left. (although i finally ordered chicken tenders and fries for $9 after losing over $400 and quitting to go to my room, and to wash laundry upstairs) i still had enough but do the math, i usually get in less than 6-8 hours of poker per day here so im not even earning $10 per day in comps and im spending more than this except for the first few days where i just let the comps pile up before i started ordering food a few days later.
i just took the clothes out of the washer and put them in the dryer so its slowly getting done. at least all i have to do is walk upstairs to the 2nd floor of the hotel. and thank God the vending machine worked tonight to buy the detergent. the last time it didnt but the front desk clerk managed to get my detergent.
how did i manage to lose $420 tonight? for the first time since coming to live at Lake elsinore, im finally winning less per hour here ($18) than at the golden nugget ($19). and yet the blinds being $2 and $3 theyre higher here. but ive never won more in higher blinds game than i do in $1-2. i once was winning $31 per hour here, but with such a small sample size its fluctuating pretty wildly. these results are for 2018 only, the nugget 2017 yearly was much less.
so i bought in for $220 when i sat and i feel this was my first mistake, not buying in for the minimum. but i needed the money since i was still over $400 off my high water mark about a week or so ago. (right before i sent my mother her gift, i was over $17,100). when i buy in for more than im emotionally comfortable losing i cant play my best. unlike the vast majority of players, the smaller my buyin is, the easier it is for me to take it seriously and play my best poker without being stressed over the stakes. Plus id rather be playing video Blackjack, which of course doesnt exist here. i even went to Cuahilla in anza yesterday morning and checked it out, the dealers angels is gone and the new machine is an interblock VBJ but at least its 3-2 unlike some of the vegas ones. of course its still using 8 decks and shuffling every hand. i spent over $120 in uber fares there and back, but i did recover it while playing the machine checking to see if it gives points. it does but very little. i got $25 for signing up as a new member.
i hate it when the staff allows a lot of things at the poker table. mostly when they allow players to ask for setups, etc. or when they allow players to talk on the phone while at the table. but another thing that bugs me that isnt banned by any poker room to my knowledge is letting people wear sunglasses at the table. why? i guess because it always makes u feel the player is staring directly at u and not the guy next to u, or the TV behind u, because u cant fucking tell. even if u arent in the hand, u feel this. its not actually helping them win and is why most people dont wear them except the ones all those of us make fun of on 2+2 for wearing them. (they think they should only be worn in much higher stakes than usual).
so i see the flop with AT of clubs i think i made a small raise preflop in early or mid position. multiple callers (maybe 4 i cant remember) and the flop comes Th5h3c with one club. i bet but i forget how much but a decent amount. 2 guys call including the guy with the glasses. theres 2 hearts on the board so i worry about draws instead of just better made hands.
turn comes 5c so now theres 2 flush draws and mine is ace high. plus ive got top pair with the ace. sure i lose to better made hands, but i sure dont want to give free cards as many cards as could hurt me with the wrong flush, straights i wouldnt see coming and overcards to my top pair. so its best to bet so im allin. after going allin i ask him if he could remove the sunglasses so i could get a read on him to know if im ahead so my face wont give my hand away. truthfully though, they were tilting the hell out of me and i wanted to see if he was one of the regulars or not ive played with. i hate the way when someone wears them i never know who they are but they know who i am. he doesnt but calls after the others were wondering why id need a read on him once im already allin. all he has is the smaller flush draw in the other suit and a pair of threes with his 34 of hearts. of course, it comes in for him on the river and im busted.
still feeling like i played it correctly by getting the money in with way the best of it but feeling like a great injustice was done and he didnt deserve to win and wishing i could pay someone $100 to physically force him to take off the glasses, i rebuy $300 and im now on tilt. then i started shoving or calling raises or raising looser than i wouldve been had i not been stuck. and when i finally quit to wash clothes i was down to $103 of my $520. this was after folding JJ on a board where im still wondering if i was bluffed. i feel the guy who won that pot is one of the better regulars who play here and couldve been making moves since i looked like the donkey. i often got KQ suited too and whiffed every time after making a raise preflop. the way they take the rake in california u should raise more than normal preflop but its better to just shortstack and get it all in. and if u cant shortstack then u need to have everyone covered with $500-1500 and the roll to support it where u wont play scared. (no middle sized normal vegas sized buyins of $300 i mean).
i found out tonight one of the pit bosses here on the night shift is reading my blog along with a couple of others here. and i need to get out of here before too long. no point is wasting this much on motels if im not going to earn $30 per hour in the long run. i dont feel i can go anywhere other than vegas because ill need dental care very soon since this one tooth is feeling very sensitive to temperatures. because i found the cheapest IV sedation for only $250 in vegas, which is where i last went with vince in vegas about a year ago.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
well u cant win $30 an hour forever
several times, i've ran my roll up quite well here in california, only to see it start going down very quickly if the cards arent running my way. especially now that im unable to play anything but poker. (sure theres sucker games but the odds are less than vegas, so im not tempted). i ran myself back to $16,300 from $14,900 in the commerce and then it quickly started disappearing and i ended up coming to a different part of california with only $15,000.
the other day, after paying for friday, saturday and sunday nights hotel and after some bad luck on friday, at one point i was down almost $900. but then i managed to recover. in fact less than 24 hours ago, i briefly had over $17,100 at one point before i mailed my mother her gift. she turns 76 on march the 25th.
but today, after buying $50 worth of bitcoin online, more hotel expenses renewed, and then 2 horrible sessions, one a drop of $180 last night where i found myself losing patience no longer able to fold 99% of hands preflop as is recommended, and then a drop of $300 right now, i had to quit and return to my cave of safety. (my hotel room).
im back to only $16,400 again from $17,100. i had more than this almost a week ago when i first hit the $16,800 mark since leaving commerce. i feel like im getting basically nowhere. my phone still shows even with this loss, ive won $3000 for march but ive gotten nowhere near $3000 of the money back i blew at hoover dam. And i dont feel i belong here really. i wish Ray would come and id be willing to cover the cost of weekly car rental if he preferred to fly, but if he wont, guess i need to return to his house.
theres a guy who spends lots of time on his phone and he was in seat 10 next to me. i accidently seen his paypal balance was over 1.2 million when he was making a payment to someone but i kept silent. he most likely got the money by growing weed. how else do these guys much younger than me get the bankroll to play so wild?
anyway he kept straddling but ONLY when UTG never anywhere else (which is all this particular room allows). i got tired of seeing so many limps for $6, and then me having to fold for $3 more because if i limped, he might raise. finally i took a stand with K9 of hearts after not seeing a hand in ages and losing my patience to wait, because i feel like im "not playing aggressively enough". i made it $62, he shoves his remaining $50 more on top, everyone folds to me and i called, turned out hes got AA in his straddle but how would i have known this? i never showed my hand and swore i had a big pair because i wanted to try it in the future against other players where its not a cold deck setup of AA.
then about 10 minutes later i got K9 suited again. theres tons of $6 limps (man is this common in this game) and i shoved again, on the button this time. and again a guy has aa. different guy. i left, and im so glad i know God and am afraid of violence. it keeps me from losing it completely like so many do today who u only hear about on the news once its too late to save them. going to my room and listening to soothing gospel music on utube relaxes me. writing relaxes me too.
i dont want to just sit in my room, but i sure need to be able to sit back and fold again, almost every hand. i wish i could find a bigger game or different game but theres no list for it today and the PLO dont go today. nor do i want to play the 6-5 BJ here with california rules.
plus im coughing a lot though i no longer feel sick like i did 2 days ago. but the flem deep down in the throat i feel like i keep choking on and it just wont come out. so its making me miserable too and probably the others at the table uncomfortable. not one person said a word today but it did bother one old man yesterday. not only that my teeth are feeling sore at times around cold liquid or ice but i cant tell which ones are the sore ones. i was surprised tonight to sleep about 6 straight hours before waking up to use the bathroom, its been a while, i often wake up every 2 hours or less.
the ONLY legitimate reason to not leave california was the $30 hourly rate i was achieving in the first 75 hours or so. but its down a lot now, but i still think it could be over the long run since thats only 10 BB per hour which should be achievable from everything i read and or heard from pokerdogg.
whenever i do have a stable address, theres some things mom is planning to send to help me with getting citizenship that agsweep says might be of assistance.
the other day, after paying for friday, saturday and sunday nights hotel and after some bad luck on friday, at one point i was down almost $900. but then i managed to recover. in fact less than 24 hours ago, i briefly had over $17,100 at one point before i mailed my mother her gift. she turns 76 on march the 25th.
but today, after buying $50 worth of bitcoin online, more hotel expenses renewed, and then 2 horrible sessions, one a drop of $180 last night where i found myself losing patience no longer able to fold 99% of hands preflop as is recommended, and then a drop of $300 right now, i had to quit and return to my cave of safety. (my hotel room).
im back to only $16,400 again from $17,100. i had more than this almost a week ago when i first hit the $16,800 mark since leaving commerce. i feel like im getting basically nowhere. my phone still shows even with this loss, ive won $3000 for march but ive gotten nowhere near $3000 of the money back i blew at hoover dam. And i dont feel i belong here really. i wish Ray would come and id be willing to cover the cost of weekly car rental if he preferred to fly, but if he wont, guess i need to return to his house.
theres a guy who spends lots of time on his phone and he was in seat 10 next to me. i accidently seen his paypal balance was over 1.2 million when he was making a payment to someone but i kept silent. he most likely got the money by growing weed. how else do these guys much younger than me get the bankroll to play so wild?
anyway he kept straddling but ONLY when UTG never anywhere else (which is all this particular room allows). i got tired of seeing so many limps for $6, and then me having to fold for $3 more because if i limped, he might raise. finally i took a stand with K9 of hearts after not seeing a hand in ages and losing my patience to wait, because i feel like im "not playing aggressively enough". i made it $62, he shoves his remaining $50 more on top, everyone folds to me and i called, turned out hes got AA in his straddle but how would i have known this? i never showed my hand and swore i had a big pair because i wanted to try it in the future against other players where its not a cold deck setup of AA.
then about 10 minutes later i got K9 suited again. theres tons of $6 limps (man is this common in this game) and i shoved again, on the button this time. and again a guy has aa. different guy. i left, and im so glad i know God and am afraid of violence. it keeps me from losing it completely like so many do today who u only hear about on the news once its too late to save them. going to my room and listening to soothing gospel music on utube relaxes me. writing relaxes me too.
i dont want to just sit in my room, but i sure need to be able to sit back and fold again, almost every hand. i wish i could find a bigger game or different game but theres no list for it today and the PLO dont go today. nor do i want to play the 6-5 BJ here with california rules.
plus im coughing a lot though i no longer feel sick like i did 2 days ago. but the flem deep down in the throat i feel like i keep choking on and it just wont come out. so its making me miserable too and probably the others at the table uncomfortable. not one person said a word today but it did bother one old man yesterday. not only that my teeth are feeling sore at times around cold liquid or ice but i cant tell which ones are the sore ones. i was surprised tonight to sleep about 6 straight hours before waking up to use the bathroom, its been a while, i often wake up every 2 hours or less.
the ONLY legitimate reason to not leave california was the $30 hourly rate i was achieving in the first 75 hours or so. but its down a lot now, but i still think it could be over the long run since thats only 10 BB per hour which should be achievable from everything i read and or heard from pokerdogg.
whenever i do have a stable address, theres some things mom is planning to send to help me with getting citizenship that agsweep says might be of assistance.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
why am i still here?
when i left vegas, i had a little bit less than $15,000 left and being the lowest id been in quite some time, i didnt feel like i was doing well at all, and its kind of why i left. mostly was because of the $3700 loss at Hoover dam about a week prior.
and when i left the Commerce it was after 2 awful days where i went from $16,300 to $15,200 (and once i paid the Uber and hotel charges upon relocating) was left with $15,026.
since then ive been playing pretty much exclusively $2-3 NL with a $40-300 buyin. and my records show ive won about $2000, and some of this went on hotel and other expenses. but im still back up to $16,545 so ive found out something i never knew before. that is to say even with the huge $5+1 upfront drop plus $1 on the river, the rake is still beatable if the action is really loose. you would think the huge drop upfront would make the rake unbeatable, but im winning pretty substantially for the small sample size of 7-8 days. i mightve spent much more time in california had i realized this in the last 15 years. i also thought the cost of motel rooms would make the games unplayable. I'm paying $63 during the week most of the time and $90 on most weekends.
I still however would rather be where Ray is at, but im too lazy to take a long flight, spend hours getting to the airport, or pay well over $100 in Uber fares to get to an airport. then too i worry i wouldnt be allowed on the flight though i think one TSA employee told me my id would still be good til late this year. thats why i wish i could convince him to drive or fly here. he could use his credit cards so it basically wouldnt cost him anything. it would be good for him to have a vacation and he would win more here too i think.
yeah when someone doesnt have a place to go to, or a car, its hard for them to voluntarily pack up their bags and move out without nowhere to put anything and high expenses at 11am, this is why i keep renewing the room.
and when i left the Commerce it was after 2 awful days where i went from $16,300 to $15,200 (and once i paid the Uber and hotel charges upon relocating) was left with $15,026.
since then ive been playing pretty much exclusively $2-3 NL with a $40-300 buyin. and my records show ive won about $2000, and some of this went on hotel and other expenses. but im still back up to $16,545 so ive found out something i never knew before. that is to say even with the huge $5+1 upfront drop plus $1 on the river, the rake is still beatable if the action is really loose. you would think the huge drop upfront would make the rake unbeatable, but im winning pretty substantially for the small sample size of 7-8 days. i mightve spent much more time in california had i realized this in the last 15 years. i also thought the cost of motel rooms would make the games unplayable. I'm paying $63 during the week most of the time and $90 on most weekends.
I still however would rather be where Ray is at, but im too lazy to take a long flight, spend hours getting to the airport, or pay well over $100 in Uber fares to get to an airport. then too i worry i wouldnt be allowed on the flight though i think one TSA employee told me my id would still be good til late this year. thats why i wish i could convince him to drive or fly here. he could use his credit cards so it basically wouldnt cost him anything. it would be good for him to have a vacation and he would win more here too i think.
yeah when someone doesnt have a place to go to, or a car, its hard for them to voluntarily pack up their bags and move out without nowhere to put anything and high expenses at 11am, this is why i keep renewing the room.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
it never rains in southern california
let me tell u a few things about the cardroom and the motel next door im now living out of in the san diego area.
1. there is a laundrymat on the 2nd floor, which im in the middle of washing clothes now and yes they were able to sell me detergent also. i have to wash clothes more often now since this smaller suitcase barely holds 12 shirts and 2 pants and only if theyre clean and folded.
2. there is a big size grocery store within 3 blocks but the fact they charge 20c for grocery bags via state law reminds me of why i despise enviromentalists so much. enviromentalists have caused a lot of poverty and homelessness in this country, killing jobs whereever they go. Thank God our current president cares so much about the poor.
3. no more commuting with uber paying multiple fees. like for example the $76 it costs me to get here from the hotel i was at by the commerce.
4. the minimum buyin in the NL game is $40, the maximum is $300. the blinds are $2-3. the drop is $1 jackpot, $5 on the flop (if 7 or more players) and $1 on the river. this would cause many of u to think it must not be possible to beat the rake, but im up over $900 in the first 3 days of playing. (although of course a lot of that got spent to live). often by the time theres only 1 table left in the middle of the night, theres multiple stacks over $1000 on the table. and no one folds preflop much. for example i raised it to $33 with AK suited and got 6 callers and the winner had 78 offsuit on a flop of 77A. i avoided trouble of course by buying in $40 the first time, and slightly more once i started losing
5. overall ive quit the game up every single time since coming here, but i have made additional and bigger sized buyins to do it sometimes.
6. last night i watched the security tase a guy who was creating a problem at the bar. they called the cops and held him til they arrived.
7. i have a refridgerator in my room and there is a freezer in it, but no microwave. the front desk has a microwave though u can use. the hot water works very good in the shower compared to most older hotels. the hotel will give u a free breakfast every morning 6-9am but its basically just fruit and a bowl of cereal.
8. ive ran into at least 2 people who know of who i was from my blog and have played with me before in vegas at the nugget. i would swear the black guy from the trooper video is playing in this room too, on a regular basis. though im not comfortable asking if he is him.
im still not getting in nearly enough hours per day, a true professional must play at least 50 hours a week if he wants to grow a roll same as he would on any other job. and once i get ahead i just want to walk back up the street to my hotel and quit. although i've tried to refrain from hitting and running til i get up at least $200 or more, because if i quit too soon, i wont ever be able to have really big winning sessions.
how do u best get around the huge rake they take upfront in california? for any of u who regularly play in california, do u notice the often small size raises of like $6 or $9 preflop much more often than in vegas with these sized blinds? it seems people do it so the pot wont be too short once the upfront rake is taken out but it sure makes me keep folding my BB. i would think a good player could take advantage of this by limping early with the intention of check raising, but then u get screwed big time if no one else raises or only 3-4 see the flop. im specifically looking for advice on hands like JT QT, etc in late position where raising to steal is kind of pointless if it dont succeed. unlike in vegas if u get 1 caller and he folds on the flop to your continuation bet, u just paid a huge drop u wouldnt have paid in vegas.
there is also other and bigger games here with 5'/5 blinds, including omaha, but i cannot mentally bring myself to play games with more in blinds than i absolutely must. i just dont feel ill be able to play without the stakes stressing me out. its only when i am losing a lot can i play those games and still play my best.
1. there is a laundrymat on the 2nd floor, which im in the middle of washing clothes now and yes they were able to sell me detergent also. i have to wash clothes more often now since this smaller suitcase barely holds 12 shirts and 2 pants and only if theyre clean and folded.
2. there is a big size grocery store within 3 blocks but the fact they charge 20c for grocery bags via state law reminds me of why i despise enviromentalists so much. enviromentalists have caused a lot of poverty and homelessness in this country, killing jobs whereever they go. Thank God our current president cares so much about the poor.
3. no more commuting with uber paying multiple fees. like for example the $76 it costs me to get here from the hotel i was at by the commerce.
4. the minimum buyin in the NL game is $40, the maximum is $300. the blinds are $2-3. the drop is $1 jackpot, $5 on the flop (if 7 or more players) and $1 on the river. this would cause many of u to think it must not be possible to beat the rake, but im up over $900 in the first 3 days of playing. (although of course a lot of that got spent to live). often by the time theres only 1 table left in the middle of the night, theres multiple stacks over $1000 on the table. and no one folds preflop much. for example i raised it to $33 with AK suited and got 6 callers and the winner had 78 offsuit on a flop of 77A. i avoided trouble of course by buying in $40 the first time, and slightly more once i started losing
5. overall ive quit the game up every single time since coming here, but i have made additional and bigger sized buyins to do it sometimes.
6. last night i watched the security tase a guy who was creating a problem at the bar. they called the cops and held him til they arrived.
7. i have a refridgerator in my room and there is a freezer in it, but no microwave. the front desk has a microwave though u can use. the hot water works very good in the shower compared to most older hotels. the hotel will give u a free breakfast every morning 6-9am but its basically just fruit and a bowl of cereal.
8. ive ran into at least 2 people who know of who i was from my blog and have played with me before in vegas at the nugget. i would swear the black guy from the trooper video is playing in this room too, on a regular basis. though im not comfortable asking if he is him.
im still not getting in nearly enough hours per day, a true professional must play at least 50 hours a week if he wants to grow a roll same as he would on any other job. and once i get ahead i just want to walk back up the street to my hotel and quit. although i've tried to refrain from hitting and running til i get up at least $200 or more, because if i quit too soon, i wont ever be able to have really big winning sessions.
how do u best get around the huge rake they take upfront in california? for any of u who regularly play in california, do u notice the often small size raises of like $6 or $9 preflop much more often than in vegas with these sized blinds? it seems people do it so the pot wont be too short once the upfront rake is taken out but it sure makes me keep folding my BB. i would think a good player could take advantage of this by limping early with the intention of check raising, but then u get screwed big time if no one else raises or only 3-4 see the flop. im specifically looking for advice on hands like JT QT, etc in late position where raising to steal is kind of pointless if it dont succeed. unlike in vegas if u get 1 caller and he folds on the flop to your continuation bet, u just paid a huge drop u wouldnt have paid in vegas.
there is also other and bigger games here with 5'/5 blinds, including omaha, but i cannot mentally bring myself to play games with more in blinds than i absolutely must. i just dont feel ill be able to play without the stakes stressing me out. its only when i am losing a lot can i play those games and still play my best.
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
big losses so i left the commerce and ran
Lightning asked me if i was going to take a big drop in PLO soon due to the high variance. well the other day i was up to $16,300, the highest id had since id left vegas with $14,900 or $14,800. today, after paying for a room in a different hotel thats good til thursday 11am checkout, im left with only $15,000. i had 2 bad days in a row, and a few other living expenses. such as uber, hotel, etc.
$15000 was what i had after the $3700 drop at hoover dam, and at one point after this, i briefly was down to $13,800 in vegas (this was after losing in plo at the wynn and closing the box and one bad night in the nugget). after taking a dump of a room for 1 more week in vegas after checking out of the nugget, i mostly recovered, remember $600 of the recovery was on a return trip to hoover dam.
let me talk about a few PLO hands i didnt get a chance to play it tonight for by the time i arrived in the Commerce, the game wasnt going so i wasted the whole night in NL. never even played stud. i would play the $8-16 mix stud8 big 0, except the $2 ante feels too steep, the $6 per hand rake feels too steep, and never having been a fixed limit player, im not sure if the rake is beatable in $8-16 fixed limit like it is in the $40 max buyin NL. wonder if other regulars would know which games the rakes beatable in?
yesterday though i got to play $100-400 buyin PLO high only $1-2 blinds. and i originally bought in for $100, then slowly began rebuying for more. within 30 minutes of sitting down id lost my buyin 3 times, then finally rebought $400 and lost it too. normally within 30 minutes, i havent even got to see the flop 3 times.
the final hand i had TQ of one suit and JQ of another suit. im on the button and id just rebought $400. i made it $25 on the button, the rich asian other end of the table with over $1500 in front of him called whose very loose. the short stack on my right bets $80 allin with only AA24 offsuit, not that good of hand in high only. so because he is allin, i shoved to get rid of the loose player and if God forbid i get called ive got quite a few possibilities. the guy calls my preflop shove and we get it allin preflop against his KT9 of hearts and offsuit 4. wouldnt u know it the flop comes ace hi with 3 hearts and he has the nut flush. the other guy lost too cause the board didnt pair up. this is when i left the game, not sure what to play, ended up recovering $150 in $20-40 stud, left when it got down to 2 of us and $90 in $40 NL.
i dont understand why so many of u dont see why i should play $40 NL. the players are so bad its easy to beat, and though $40 is the max buyin, u often have stacks of several hundred in front of the players. all the better players are in bigger games, so u have all the fish to yourself. and u can actually relax and have fun without sweating the blinds. i dont mind buying in much more than $40 in vegas but thats because the blinds are only $1-2. california's $3-5 and $5-5 blinds im not used to and i cant play well when im stressed out over the blinds slowly wiping out my stacks. this is why i eventually lost my last $363 tonight. i played bad when i sat in the $300-500 NL for $363 with the $5-5 blinds due to already being stuck $250 in the $100 NL when id lost my buyin 3 times. with good hands at first. including KK when i first sat down.
the other PLO hands i lost once i had AAJ4 double suited and missed and of course it was allin preflop. the other time i had 3456 double suited and flopped 2 pair and the open ender and i got rivered by a guy with only aa when an ace comes on the end. i dont remember the hand the 3rd time but im sure i had another monster that time too. so my PLO winrate is down to $19 per hour from being well above $80 per hour for 2018.
will come back to my room and sleep but first im going to get my free breakfast this hotel offers. will be out to play poker later this evening. hopefully ill do better elsewhere. might return to vegas soon, or go to arizona or new mexico. tucson, yuma, san diego.
$15000 was what i had after the $3700 drop at hoover dam, and at one point after this, i briefly was down to $13,800 in vegas (this was after losing in plo at the wynn and closing the box and one bad night in the nugget). after taking a dump of a room for 1 more week in vegas after checking out of the nugget, i mostly recovered, remember $600 of the recovery was on a return trip to hoover dam.
let me talk about a few PLO hands i didnt get a chance to play it tonight for by the time i arrived in the Commerce, the game wasnt going so i wasted the whole night in NL. never even played stud. i would play the $8-16 mix stud8 big 0, except the $2 ante feels too steep, the $6 per hand rake feels too steep, and never having been a fixed limit player, im not sure if the rake is beatable in $8-16 fixed limit like it is in the $40 max buyin NL. wonder if other regulars would know which games the rakes beatable in?
yesterday though i got to play $100-400 buyin PLO high only $1-2 blinds. and i originally bought in for $100, then slowly began rebuying for more. within 30 minutes of sitting down id lost my buyin 3 times, then finally rebought $400 and lost it too. normally within 30 minutes, i havent even got to see the flop 3 times.
the final hand i had TQ of one suit and JQ of another suit. im on the button and id just rebought $400. i made it $25 on the button, the rich asian other end of the table with over $1500 in front of him called whose very loose. the short stack on my right bets $80 allin with only AA24 offsuit, not that good of hand in high only. so because he is allin, i shoved to get rid of the loose player and if God forbid i get called ive got quite a few possibilities. the guy calls my preflop shove and we get it allin preflop against his KT9 of hearts and offsuit 4. wouldnt u know it the flop comes ace hi with 3 hearts and he has the nut flush. the other guy lost too cause the board didnt pair up. this is when i left the game, not sure what to play, ended up recovering $150 in $20-40 stud, left when it got down to 2 of us and $90 in $40 NL.
i dont understand why so many of u dont see why i should play $40 NL. the players are so bad its easy to beat, and though $40 is the max buyin, u often have stacks of several hundred in front of the players. all the better players are in bigger games, so u have all the fish to yourself. and u can actually relax and have fun without sweating the blinds. i dont mind buying in much more than $40 in vegas but thats because the blinds are only $1-2. california's $3-5 and $5-5 blinds im not used to and i cant play well when im stressed out over the blinds slowly wiping out my stacks. this is why i eventually lost my last $363 tonight. i played bad when i sat in the $300-500 NL for $363 with the $5-5 blinds due to already being stuck $250 in the $100 NL when id lost my buyin 3 times. with good hands at first. including KK when i first sat down.
the other PLO hands i lost once i had AAJ4 double suited and missed and of course it was allin preflop. the other time i had 3456 double suited and flopped 2 pair and the open ender and i got rivered by a guy with only aa when an ace comes on the end. i dont remember the hand the 3rd time but im sure i had another monster that time too. so my PLO winrate is down to $19 per hour from being well above $80 per hour for 2018.
will come back to my room and sleep but first im going to get my free breakfast this hotel offers. will be out to play poker later this evening. hopefully ill do better elsewhere. might return to vegas soon, or go to arizona or new mexico. tucson, yuma, san diego.
Sunday, March 4, 2018
weird poker room at the commerce (the people in it)
I didnt realize it had been so LONG since i last updated the blog, but i guess its time for an update. Luckily, the big drop the other night (mostly in the $20-40 stud) from $15,000 to $14,397 has been recovered, since im now back over $15,500. I'm almost back to what i had before i paid for a week in my hotel, which is close to being up. i finally got a chance to play $100-400 buyin $1-2 blinds PLO high again tonight and i at the highest point was up $415 and eventually left the game up $276 and then moved to $40 NL where i sat the rest of the night til it got light outside and eventually lost back another $72. Here is a picture of me in the game, the guy in seat 3 next to the Asian guy is the guy i kept referring to as "judge Roy Moore" because the girl next to him (the previous night) looked about 16 he was kissing and making out with, and she seemed to be from eastern europe somewhere. he also had this weird sexual fetish about being fed from her by a spoon as he had her do it to him repeatedly.(they ordered food) and he just would not stop winning. he was up far over $2000 at one point, and i left because i felt i was "playing scared" i was folding hands like KKJ7 double suited on flops such as 69Q where he would bet heavy when checked to him with 2 of the wrong suit on the board. if it were HU, id been more inclined to call or if i wouldve had a much smaller stack.
i dont know why im not winning in $20-40 stud, i used to win in $1-5 stud in the 1990s. the first 2 times i was winning, $300 once and $100 once. but the other day i dropped $774 and the last time i played i dropped $47. im down about 1 big bet per hour overall instead of winning the $40 per hour im supposed to. i only play it because with my high hotel costs, i need a game where i can win $40 per hour, and $12,000 is supposed to be the proper bankroll for any type of $20-40 fixed limit game, which i have more than. i bet the reason why i cant win is the $10 insanely high half hour time charge. or maybe too small of sample size is more likely.
some of this was written on the previous day, so pay no attention to things saying things like "tonight". and heres what im wondering. my records might be messed up because i dont name things the way california does, so all of my $1-2 NL poker sessions are logged in as $1-2 NL instead of $40 NL. but im sure the initial buyin size affects the potential hourly. even on weekends, the $1-2 PLO doesnt go around the clock, but i did manage to win $99 more before it broke. also i ended up sitting next to a guy also living out of a weekly motel in my $40 NL game for over $200 less per week and actually a little closer. but id kind of like to leave this area and check out the rest of california, but there sure are lots of different choices of games to play here. except for the $1-2 PLO, i still have no idea what limit or stakes i should be playing. all the normal games like $100 NL, $200 NL and $300-500 NL, and $500-1500 NL, im not as comfortable experimenting with, because im just not ever used to playing higher than $1-2 in blinds its been 25 yrs now and this is really holding me back from growing a decent bankroll, or covering my cost of living expenses. one thing im saving a lot on here is tipping the dealers since i dont see any of them as friends which i see everyday like i do at my main rooms in vegas, reno, shreveport, detroit, etc. but i still do it every once in a while. plus these casinos are so racist in their hiring practices 90% of them are asian, very few whites, blacks, and mexicans dealing. theres only 1 good looking black girl giving massages, and no whites or mexicans. nothing but asians and ive never got one even though its half price here. i just cannot bring myself to turn loose of any money. not even to the girl in the gas station at the cash register i suspected might of been "working" not far from my motel. she was buying a bottled water, same as me.
at least i finally got Vince his $60 paid for the phone bill, but i wish he would have an empty place to stay open up. I wouldnt mind living back at Rays but the commute takes over 90 minutes a day and its such a long place to get to. i wish he would come out this way.
I should leave town but instead i extended my week by 2 more nights today, (to put the decision off til later) why did i do this when i dont really want to be paying 85% of my income on rent? well for 1 thing, i dont think the lower cost hotel would be as safe and have as good of wifi. and also i think the commerce is a better place to play than some of the other casinos as far as choices of many different games and beatable games. what im trying to get across, is the lower stakes players here in the commerce, theyre awful at poker. (and awful human beings too for the most part).
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/apa/d/lake-park-rv-resort-motel/6511412156.html notice this ad for a place to rent cheaply in california next to the lake elsinore casino. am i understanding it right or do u need an RV and this is space only? its unbelievably cheap for california and within walking distance of a poker room. of course im sure they would refuse even if i prepaid 6 months, which would take too much out of the roll. plus i think this room sucks, ive never got a chance to go there but it seems about 4-5am only 1-2 games exist, sometimes none. not sure if any of the readers are familiar with it either.
yeah its hard to move when i always want to lie down and sleep about the time for checking out of a motel/hotel when i like to sleep like 10am to 7pm. its SOO much easier to just renew the room than pack all my stuff and then have no where to go and be dead tired. otherwise this morning id have looked for the gotobus.com back into vegas, the airport in los angeles, the amtrak downtown los angeles, or the 830am tour bus to pechanga from the CVS pharmacy in downey. this also makes it difficult to look for a better hotel. and storing your luggage in the commerce isnt easy unless u are a hotel guest. if u are, no questions. but if u are not, u cannot store a laptop, or dirty laundry and almost everyones luggage has this. no one only keeps their clean shirts and throws the dirty ones out instead of repacking them in the suitcase. and no "real" casino checks to make sure u dont include any type of electronics or keys or food or dirty clothes in your stuff for them to hold except for the commerce. this effects almost no one but me, for others hold these type of things in the trunk of their car this is why theres no big outcry from others who need this service. hawaaain gardens will hold any type of luggage but their room sucks. no PLO and almost all holdem.
its very difficult for my game of choice to break everyday because others run every time it gets short. God wants us to have love in your hearts for others or he says we arent truly followers of him. but i personally am unable to tolerate all the BS from others without it making me too upset. i think its due to my advanced age, and to still be as broke as i am this many years of playing poker everyday for a living, without ever a day of vacation. sometimes i wish i could eliminate all the people in the poker room who prefer 9-10 handed games to 4-6 handed games. i get tired of moving to table to table with games constantly breaking, usually right after ive wasted money posting the BB. i dont know why this bothers me so much but i get really upset about it. i remember being banned at the Oaks club near san Jose due to making such a big deal over a game breaking up and the staff was tired of dealing with me. i just feel like guys with money care about nothing but what they want and nothing about what any of the other players might want, whove waited 2 hours or more to sit and then only get to play for 20 minutes before it breaks. theyve got the money to move to bigger limit games i dont.
the game is more FUN with less players because u dont have to fold so often. u also get to pay less rake. but none of them have an IQ over 70 so they can understand this. the players i used to play with online in the old days all preferred no more than 6 people to a table for the most part, so its very difficult for me to understand why live players feel differently and i wish a 6 max online player would explain in the comments why he suddenly wants it different when hes playing live. most online players wont even play unless its HU, which i always felt was a stupid way to play.
this was written all out of order, so bear with me when reading it. and i might as well go ahead and hit submit since it needs updated
i dont know why im not winning in $20-40 stud, i used to win in $1-5 stud in the 1990s. the first 2 times i was winning, $300 once and $100 once. but the other day i dropped $774 and the last time i played i dropped $47. im down about 1 big bet per hour overall instead of winning the $40 per hour im supposed to. i only play it because with my high hotel costs, i need a game where i can win $40 per hour, and $12,000 is supposed to be the proper bankroll for any type of $20-40 fixed limit game, which i have more than. i bet the reason why i cant win is the $10 insanely high half hour time charge. or maybe too small of sample size is more likely.
some of this was written on the previous day, so pay no attention to things saying things like "tonight". and heres what im wondering. my records might be messed up because i dont name things the way california does, so all of my $1-2 NL poker sessions are logged in as $1-2 NL instead of $40 NL. but im sure the initial buyin size affects the potential hourly. even on weekends, the $1-2 PLO doesnt go around the clock, but i did manage to win $99 more before it broke. also i ended up sitting next to a guy also living out of a weekly motel in my $40 NL game for over $200 less per week and actually a little closer. but id kind of like to leave this area and check out the rest of california, but there sure are lots of different choices of games to play here. except for the $1-2 PLO, i still have no idea what limit or stakes i should be playing. all the normal games like $100 NL, $200 NL and $300-500 NL, and $500-1500 NL, im not as comfortable experimenting with, because im just not ever used to playing higher than $1-2 in blinds its been 25 yrs now and this is really holding me back from growing a decent bankroll, or covering my cost of living expenses. one thing im saving a lot on here is tipping the dealers since i dont see any of them as friends which i see everyday like i do at my main rooms in vegas, reno, shreveport, detroit, etc. but i still do it every once in a while. plus these casinos are so racist in their hiring practices 90% of them are asian, very few whites, blacks, and mexicans dealing. theres only 1 good looking black girl giving massages, and no whites or mexicans. nothing but asians and ive never got one even though its half price here. i just cannot bring myself to turn loose of any money. not even to the girl in the gas station at the cash register i suspected might of been "working" not far from my motel. she was buying a bottled water, same as me.
at least i finally got Vince his $60 paid for the phone bill, but i wish he would have an empty place to stay open up. I wouldnt mind living back at Rays but the commute takes over 90 minutes a day and its such a long place to get to. i wish he would come out this way.
I should leave town but instead i extended my week by 2 more nights today, (to put the decision off til later) why did i do this when i dont really want to be paying 85% of my income on rent? well for 1 thing, i dont think the lower cost hotel would be as safe and have as good of wifi. and also i think the commerce is a better place to play than some of the other casinos as far as choices of many different games and beatable games. what im trying to get across, is the lower stakes players here in the commerce, theyre awful at poker. (and awful human beings too for the most part).
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/apa/d/lake-park-rv-resort-motel/6511412156.html notice this ad for a place to rent cheaply in california next to the lake elsinore casino. am i understanding it right or do u need an RV and this is space only? its unbelievably cheap for california and within walking distance of a poker room. of course im sure they would refuse even if i prepaid 6 months, which would take too much out of the roll. plus i think this room sucks, ive never got a chance to go there but it seems about 4-5am only 1-2 games exist, sometimes none. not sure if any of the readers are familiar with it either.
yeah its hard to move when i always want to lie down and sleep about the time for checking out of a motel/hotel when i like to sleep like 10am to 7pm. its SOO much easier to just renew the room than pack all my stuff and then have no where to go and be dead tired. otherwise this morning id have looked for the gotobus.com back into vegas, the airport in los angeles, the amtrak downtown los angeles, or the 830am tour bus to pechanga from the CVS pharmacy in downey. this also makes it difficult to look for a better hotel. and storing your luggage in the commerce isnt easy unless u are a hotel guest. if u are, no questions. but if u are not, u cannot store a laptop, or dirty laundry and almost everyones luggage has this. no one only keeps their clean shirts and throws the dirty ones out instead of repacking them in the suitcase. and no "real" casino checks to make sure u dont include any type of electronics or keys or food or dirty clothes in your stuff for them to hold except for the commerce. this effects almost no one but me, for others hold these type of things in the trunk of their car this is why theres no big outcry from others who need this service. hawaaain gardens will hold any type of luggage but their room sucks. no PLO and almost all holdem.
its very difficult for my game of choice to break everyday because others run every time it gets short. God wants us to have love in your hearts for others or he says we arent truly followers of him. but i personally am unable to tolerate all the BS from others without it making me too upset. i think its due to my advanced age, and to still be as broke as i am this many years of playing poker everyday for a living, without ever a day of vacation. sometimes i wish i could eliminate all the people in the poker room who prefer 9-10 handed games to 4-6 handed games. i get tired of moving to table to table with games constantly breaking, usually right after ive wasted money posting the BB. i dont know why this bothers me so much but i get really upset about it. i remember being banned at the Oaks club near san Jose due to making such a big deal over a game breaking up and the staff was tired of dealing with me. i just feel like guys with money care about nothing but what they want and nothing about what any of the other players might want, whove waited 2 hours or more to sit and then only get to play for 20 minutes before it breaks. theyve got the money to move to bigger limit games i dont.
the game is more FUN with less players because u dont have to fold so often. u also get to pay less rake. but none of them have an IQ over 70 so they can understand this. the players i used to play with online in the old days all preferred no more than 6 people to a table for the most part, so its very difficult for me to understand why live players feel differently and i wish a 6 max online player would explain in the comments why he suddenly wants it different when hes playing live. most online players wont even play unless its HU, which i always felt was a stupid way to play.
this was written all out of order, so bear with me when reading it. and i might as well go ahead and hit submit since it needs updated
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