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Keeping Warm in Winter
pokerpops:
Will you STFU about Vegas!
;D
AAroddersAA:
--- Quote from: pokerpops on October 19, 2016, 19:51:18 PM ---
Will you STFU about Vegas!
;D
--- End quote ---
Probably on November 16th until June at least.
pokerpops:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on October 20, 2016, 06:51:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: pokerpops on October 19, 2016, 19:51:18 PM ---
Will you STFU about Vegas!
;D
--- End quote ---
Probably on November 16th until June at least.
--- End quote ---
GeRnEvEyN
Looking forward to the trip reports.
AAroddersAA:
I have noticed there is nothing like a trip abroad to get the forum buzzing again. Noticed Ger, Stu and Curly are all back nice to see these people posting again and look forward to reading there threads again, Ger"s last post might end up being POTY. Shame that Ger and the Chezger guy"s are not going to be in Manchester on the 8th but they live pretty close so I guess there is no point in them booking a hotel room.
I went to a wedding last Saturday, it was a small affair at a registry office in Newport. After the wedding we went to a pub and basically all sat around and drank beer, ate a buffet and did some toasts to the bride and groom, then some of us went on into Newport after. It was not exactly a traditional wedding but I have to say it was far more enjoyable than the church weddings followed by sit down meals and speeches (which I really don"t like going too) everybody seemed to agree as well.
I finished work at about 5pm yesterday and drove home and decided to go for a walk around Swansea. It is quite nice at this time of year as it starts to get dark, went for about an hours walk and then got some food and played poker for a bit. Only played 150 hands this was the biggest pot
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/21170776_1A778D1190
Quite happy with how I am playing MOST of the time but do make too many little mistakes that can be costly. I am up about 2 buyins this month which is not awful but a couple of really poor sessions (which should not have been poor) are making the difference. I still believe that beating the $25nl Zoom game is a good indication you are doing OK.
Bit of a boring post today I suppose I have not really done anything interesting this week and the poker is not exactly thrilling either. One thing I am looking forward too is railing the Irish APAT. Normally I would be there but can"t be this year however lots of heros are playing and travelling over. I have named JP Round as my pick for the final table based on how well he played in Belgium. I suspect there will be some GREAT days over there with that group of hero"s, there is not much that would merit missing it but we can all only have so much time away from work each year. Hopefully they will be keeping us up to date on social media so we can catch a bit of the atmosphere.
Off work today as working tomorrow so going to be doing some work on the poker game and will do an update on here with some hand reviews.
PAI GOW
AAroddersAA:
Trying to do 120 hand sessions at the moment as that is likely to be the length of most Vegas cash sessions (about 30 minutes on Zoom but between 3 and 4 hours in Vegas)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW8GgG5Ygwg&feature=youtu.be
Here are a couple of hands from that session and another
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/21179704_4D2953B6B9
Happy enough with this hand. My raise pre flop is clearly standard and I get two callers. The early position player leads into me. He is not playing a full stack and has ber about a third of the pot. I therefore suspect that he is pretty weak and has a worse King or a flush draw of some kind. I quite like my raise here. The third player folds and we get a call from the early position player which backs up my thoughts of flush draw or King. I think I would have folded out most smaller pairs there. When the turn is then a seven I am not concerned he could be holding a seven. His check backs up my thoughts he could be on a King or a flush draw. It is therefore an easy bet for me hoping to get a call with his poor odds. If he has a set of threes I expect to here about it about now. My bet size of about half pot seems OK here. The river hits the flush draw. I hope he checks so that I can check behind but when he bets half pot I think I have to get away. I doubt he has suddenly lead out with a King and he has played it like a flush draw that got there. That seems like a routine fold tbh. Need to be making it though.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/21179751_D1F7EF99CC
This hand is very similar except I am out of position which makes the hand much harder to play. Again I make a normal raise preflop. This time I get a call from the button I hit top pair and top kicker on a wet flop. I have to bet the flop and he calls. I was a bit worried about a raise with all the draws out there as it would have been a tough spot but I have to bet. The turn is a blank and I bet again and he calls I am now pretty sure he is on a draw. The river is probably the worst card in the desk for me as it completes almost every draw and even KQ now beats me. The only problem is the check looks weak and invites a bet but not a lot I can do about that. It looks like I am beaten.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/21179636_20D6408544
This is a nice BvB hand, pretty straight forward this one probably plays itself but I think he should fold to my 4-bet so think his shove is a mistake - that"s what poker is about making less mistakes than your opponents I guess.
I think I am starting to feel quite good about my poker game now. Have an online APAT to play before Vegas so will have a chance to do something in that too. Will keep working on it.
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