12 teams, H2H with generic roto categories
If the league goes well, we plan on putting some money on it next year.
C- Barrett
1B- Lee
2B- Utley
3B- Rolen
SS- Ramirez
OF- Markakis
OF- Duncan
OF- Drew
Util- LaRoche
Bench- Tracy
Bench- Dejesus
Bench- Shealy
SP- Zambrano
SP- Bonderman
RP- Wagner
RP- Lidge
P- Hamels
P- Bush
P- Olsen
Bench- Escobar
Bench- Torres
I'm not entirely thrilled with my team. My outfield is very speculative and I was forced to take Derek Lee with my second pick and would have preferred someone else taking the risk. One guy was on auto-pick and somehow horded all the stolen bases. My Utley, Ramirez speed should be enough to compete on a weekly basis since there aren't any other real stolen base heavy teams in the league.
I've been targeting Utley in most of my drafts. I rank him pretty high because of the lack of talent at second base, but 130 runs, 35 homers, 100 RBI, 15 SB, .310 AVG ain't too shabby.
Between Lidge and Torres I should be able to find some sort of production out of my second RP slot.
I have another Yahoo draft taking place this Saturday. $30 entry, $300 prize pool.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
What would I do with $100K?
2007 World Series of Poker Schedule
If I ever had the opportunity, I would love to enter nearly half of these tournaments.
If I ever had the opportunity, I would love to enter nearly half of these tournaments.
Monday, March 26, 2007
2007 Baseball Season
The season is just around the corner and this will mark my eighth year playing fantasy baseball. Although in the past I've done an over-the-top amount of research, I've at least doubled that this year.
Here's the breakdown of my teams:
2 Free Yahoo Head-to-Head teams
One was a practice draft with a bunch of scrubs to get a feel for where players were falling
The other is a league with a bunch of guys I've played with the past few years
1 Yahoo Roto League - $30
A bunch of good managers in this one, but it's mostly for fun
1 transaction fee CDM points game - roughly $350 for the full season
6 free transaction CDM points games - $180 ($30 a piece)
1 other CDM game with a slightly different format - $20
Plus I have another $30+$50+70 in side bets going amongst my CDM teams.
Add on an additional $60 for being a CDM Club member, $40 for Insider Baseball subscription, $40 for Pecota website access, $15 for Baseball Forecaster, and $15 for Baseball Prospectus.
That puts my grand total at $900.
Compulsive.
I'll post my rosters once deadlines roll around on Sunday.
Here's the breakdown of my teams:
2 Free Yahoo Head-to-Head teams
One was a practice draft with a bunch of scrubs to get a feel for where players were falling
The other is a league with a bunch of guys I've played with the past few years
1 Yahoo Roto League - $30
A bunch of good managers in this one, but it's mostly for fun
1 transaction fee CDM points game - roughly $350 for the full season
6 free transaction CDM points games - $180 ($30 a piece)
1 other CDM game with a slightly different format - $20
Plus I have another $30+$50+70 in side bets going amongst my CDM teams.
Add on an additional $60 for being a CDM Club member, $40 for Insider Baseball subscription, $40 for Pecota website access, $15 for Baseball Forecaster, and $15 for Baseball Prospectus.
That puts my grand total at $900.
Compulsive.
I'll post my rosters once deadlines roll around on Sunday.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
7 Card Stud Practice Session
I went back to Foxwoods today to apply some of the strategies I've been reading in my Stud books. One thing I realized today was that I have to stop playing $1-$5 and move up to $5-$10, probably sit down with $250. There's just not enough money going around in the lower limit game (average pot size around $60).
I can report three hands:
1. I made a pretty good bluff check-raise with a K, 10, 9 showing with an A, J in my hand. I led out the betting on 6th street, everyone folded, and I took down a nice sized pot with just ace-high.
2. I took a huge hit shorty after. On 4th street, my bet was raised by a guy holding 2,4 with a 5,3 showing. When I made three Kings on 5th street, he hit his straight. I couldn't improve to a fullhouse or quads and my stack took a sizable hit. Looking back on it, I was only a 38%/62% dog after 5th street to win the hand. Check it out here.
3. My biggest pot came when I held AA in the hole with a 5 showing. I raised the pot to $3, which is a typical raise for me. There was one call, and a guy who was playing very aggressive, mostly with garbage made it $8. Everyone folded to the guy to my right who had a 7 showing. He raised to $13. I was certain I had everyone beat, except I feared trip 7's. I made the call and four us took a 4th card with roughly $60 already in the pot. We each put in $10 on 4th street and no one improved substantially. After 5th street, I felt more comfortable when someone drew a 7, making it less likely the guy who raised to $13 had trips. We each put in $10 a piece and it was down to three players. When all the cards were out, the guy to my left started with KK in the hole and had two pair. The guy to my right started with QQ in the hole and had two pair. I squeeze a peak at my last card and caught another Ace. My trips took down the $175 pot, which is absolutely enormous for the stakes we were playing. Looking back, the guy with the Queens played his hand terribly and could have easily saved himself $50.
I was up over $100 after just an hour, but was card dead for the rest of the evening. In 3.5 hours total I left, up $70. I'm gonna try out the $5-$10 game the next time I go back.
One more thing, there was an interest list of 20 players for $5-$10 HORSE (Holdem, Omaha hi, Razz, Stud, Stud hi-lo). I would love if they got one of those games going. There's no doubt I'd be the best player at the table. Hardly anyone knows how to play razz or stud hi-lo correctly, and I'm pretty sharp at the other games. Usually the only reason why they don't have a HORSE game running is that it causes problems with the dealers. They have enough trouble keeping one game running smoothly, let alone five.
I can report three hands:
1. I made a pretty good bluff check-raise with a K, 10, 9 showing with an A, J in my hand. I led out the betting on 6th street, everyone folded, and I took down a nice sized pot with just ace-high.
2. I took a huge hit shorty after. On 4th street, my bet was raised by a guy holding 2,4 with a 5,3 showing. When I made three Kings on 5th street, he hit his straight. I couldn't improve to a fullhouse or quads and my stack took a sizable hit. Looking back on it, I was only a 38%/62% dog after 5th street to win the hand. Check it out here.
3. My biggest pot came when I held AA in the hole with a 5 showing. I raised the pot to $3, which is a typical raise for me. There was one call, and a guy who was playing very aggressive, mostly with garbage made it $8. Everyone folded to the guy to my right who had a 7 showing. He raised to $13. I was certain I had everyone beat, except I feared trip 7's. I made the call and four us took a 4th card with roughly $60 already in the pot. We each put in $10 on 4th street and no one improved substantially. After 5th street, I felt more comfortable when someone drew a 7, making it less likely the guy who raised to $13 had trips. We each put in $10 a piece and it was down to three players. When all the cards were out, the guy to my left started with KK in the hole and had two pair. The guy to my right started with QQ in the hole and had two pair. I squeeze a peak at my last card and caught another Ace. My trips took down the $175 pot, which is absolutely enormous for the stakes we were playing. Looking back, the guy with the Queens played his hand terribly and could have easily saved himself $50.
I was up over $100 after just an hour, but was card dead for the rest of the evening. In 3.5 hours total I left, up $70. I'm gonna try out the $5-$10 game the next time I go back.
One more thing, there was an interest list of 20 players for $5-$10 HORSE (Holdem, Omaha hi, Razz, Stud, Stud hi-lo). I would love if they got one of those games going. There's no doubt I'd be the best player at the table. Hardly anyone knows how to play razz or stud hi-lo correctly, and I'm pretty sharp at the other games. Usually the only reason why they don't have a HORSE game running is that it causes problems with the dealers. They have enough trouble keeping one game running smoothly, let alone five.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
7 Card Stud
I'm re-reading 7 Card Stud for Advanced Players by David Sklansky right now. I'm shocked by how much strategy I've actually forgotten. I was playing a lot of Stud, Stud hi-lo, and Razz a year ago online, but gave up on te because it's almost impossible to play more than two tables at a time and remember everyone's folded cards. Now that I'm playing more Stud at Foxwoods, it's time to brush the dust off my library.
Here's a list of poker/gambling books that I own and highly recommend:
Here's a list of poker/gambling books that I own and highly recommend:
- High-Low-Split Poker
- How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker
- Super System II
- Secrets of Professional Pot-Limit Omaha
- Getting the Best of It
- Holdem Poker for Advanced Players
- Seven Card Stud for Advanced Players
- Small Stakes Holdem: Winning Big with Expert Play
- The Theory of Poker
- Sharp Sports Betting
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Results, Past and Present
I have three midterms this week and a team paper due tomorrow, so this is the best way to push off studying just a bit longer.
I've put in 31 hours at the $4/$8 Omaha game so far and have netted $950.
Last month I sat down at the $8/$16 game for a few hours because Foxwoods was packed and the waiting lists for all the other games were huge. The play was apparantly more logical; a lot of pre-flop raising, 3-bets, and pots being won without a showdown. Regardless, there were just as many donkies at the table and I can definitly make a nice profit there. I only put in 4 hours because I had to head home and finished down $250. At my lowest point I was down $400, but it didn't phase me much because we were generally putting $16 in a piece pre-flop and the variance can be pretty high. Losing only 16 big bets is nothing for those stakes and I look foward to playing this limit more often when there is a game going.
I play the $1-$5 stud game when I'm on the waiting list for Omaha and have recorded 6 hours with a loss of $10. I'm most dissapointed by my results at this game. I'm a pretty good stud player, but have considerably much less experience at it. The play at these tables (usually about six of them running at any given time) is absolutely terrible. At least four people stay until seventh street and there is no such thing as $1 bets. It's either call $5 or fold. There are frequent bluff attempts which are completely transparant. For these reasons I've been playing pretty tight, but there's no reason why I can't pick better situations to throw in $30 and stay to the end. I'm going to re-read some of my stud books so I can pick up some extra cash and then jump into the $5-$10 which I can get away with sitting down with just $200. I'm also anticipating an O8/S8 mixed game (Omaha hi-lo, Stud hi-lo) in Atlantic City that I'd like to play.
That puts my Foxwoods grand total at $700 after 41 hours, and I'll take it.
Over the past year I've been to Turning Stone a few times and made a few bucks at their $3/$6 Omaha game, $1-$5 Stud, and $2-4 Holdem. They recently upped the Omaha game to $4/$8, but I didn't play much, nor do I remember how I did. The play there is even worse with nearly everyone being triple my age. Any profit I took off the table I gambooled away at video poker (too tempting to resist).
Two years ago I was playing a ton online. Limit Holdem, No-limit Holdem, Omaha8, PL O8, Stud, Stud8, Triple Draw, HORSE, Royal Holdem, 5 card draw, video poker, and blackjack. I can't post the results here, but I had a lot of fun with the extra money.
More posts to come in the future on my video poker success.
I've put in 31 hours at the $4/$8 Omaha game so far and have netted $950.
Last month I sat down at the $8/$16 game for a few hours because Foxwoods was packed and the waiting lists for all the other games were huge. The play was apparantly more logical; a lot of pre-flop raising, 3-bets, and pots being won without a showdown. Regardless, there were just as many donkies at the table and I can definitly make a nice profit there. I only put in 4 hours because I had to head home and finished down $250. At my lowest point I was down $400, but it didn't phase me much because we were generally putting $16 in a piece pre-flop and the variance can be pretty high. Losing only 16 big bets is nothing for those stakes and I look foward to playing this limit more often when there is a game going.
I play the $1-$5 stud game when I'm on the waiting list for Omaha and have recorded 6 hours with a loss of $10. I'm most dissapointed by my results at this game. I'm a pretty good stud player, but have considerably much less experience at it. The play at these tables (usually about six of them running at any given time) is absolutely terrible. At least four people stay until seventh street and there is no such thing as $1 bets. It's either call $5 or fold. There are frequent bluff attempts which are completely transparant. For these reasons I've been playing pretty tight, but there's no reason why I can't pick better situations to throw in $30 and stay to the end. I'm going to re-read some of my stud books so I can pick up some extra cash and then jump into the $5-$10 which I can get away with sitting down with just $200. I'm also anticipating an O8/S8 mixed game (Omaha hi-lo, Stud hi-lo) in Atlantic City that I'd like to play.
That puts my Foxwoods grand total at $700 after 41 hours, and I'll take it.
Over the past year I've been to Turning Stone a few times and made a few bucks at their $3/$6 Omaha game, $1-$5 Stud, and $2-4 Holdem. They recently upped the Omaha game to $4/$8, but I didn't play much, nor do I remember how I did. The play there is even worse with nearly everyone being triple my age. Any profit I took off the table I gambooled away at video poker (too tempting to resist).
Two years ago I was playing a ton online. Limit Holdem, No-limit Holdem, Omaha8, PL O8, Stud, Stud8, Triple Draw, HORSE, Royal Holdem, 5 card draw, video poker, and blackjack. I can't post the results here, but I had a lot of fun with the extra money.
More posts to come in the future on my video poker success.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Sick run of cards
Less than 12 hours removed from my +$300 run at the $4/$8 game I find myself driving back down to Foxwoods. I got into the Omaha game around 4pm and by 5:30 I was up $300. I was pumped and the rest of the night was pretty much a blur.
The table was full of fishes for most of the night, with the biggest two directly to my right. There was a pretty good player (Donk) sitting to my left who won his first two pots when he sat down and was feeling pretty good. Little did he know that he'd be personally handing me most of his stack.
Couple of huge hands:
A hand that I shouldn't even have been a contender for left me with trip sevens with an ace kicker when all the cards were out. The pot was roughly $120 and no chance for low. Donk bet at the end after big fish and myself checked to him. I figured one of them had to have a boat (unlikely), small flush (likely), or straight (almost guaranteed). Fish called and it was worth my while to pay off the winner. Instead, I added an additional layer to my towering pyramid of chips.
Another notable hand came during a kill hand. I was in late position and limped with KKQ10. Donk, who became very vocal and overconfident was on the verge of tilting. He raised and a bunch of us saw a J-9-3 flop with two hearts. I bet out, because, well, I wanted the pot. Donk raised, there was a call or two and I re-raised on accident because I didn't realize I already had chips in the pot. The turn brought a lovely 8 giving me the nut straight. There was still three other players in the hand so I was dodging lows, flush draws, and was praying that the board didn't pair up. We were at a point in the game where people were just plain donating though. The river brought the dreaded 3 of hearts. I was screwed. It was checked to me twice, so that meant no full houses. I bet hoping to get a low flush to fold. To my surprise I get two callers. Shit. Buttt, I scooped. Donk showed a J-9 or some shit and the other fish showed trip 3s. The pot was roughly $200. Ship it. Looking back on it, I got lucky to say the least. But it was my aggressive stance early in the hand as well as the raise by the Donk which got rid of any hands that could eventually beat me on the river.
I starred down at an excellent multi-way hand of A237 with a suited ace of clubs. I raised in late position. The raise was called and then re-raised by Donk. I capped it with two other players caught in the middle and five of us saw the flop. It was 8-7-4 with two diamonds and a club. I was positive someone flopped the straight. Regardless, I raised the initial bettor. There was a call, the Donk re-raised and I capped it with four of us taking a look at the turn. At this point I was fully low card counterfeit protected, had a pair of 7s and back-door nut-flush possibility. The turn brought the 10 of clubs. With four players still in the hand I could have easily been fighting for only a quarter of the pot. We all put in three more bets a piece and I looked away as the river was dealt. 5 of clubs. Amazing. It was checked to me and to my surprise everyone stayed in for another bet a piece. One guy showed a 23 with some other shit for high, one guy showed a straight, and one guy showed an A2310. I took three quarters of the nearly $300 pot. Donk was pissed at me for raising (he had the king high flush and a couple of low cards). It wasn't worth justifying my unbeatable low, but I did admit I had a huge chance of being quartered. Regardless, there was enough money in the pot and players in the hand to keep me firing. It's worth noting that if an ace hit on the river, I was only going to get a sixth of the pot. I got lucky.
My favorite hand came near the end. It was a beauty. A234 with some suitedness. I know for sure that the Donk was in this hand, but I don't remember who else. After the flop, which was an orgasmic A-2-A, it was heads-up. I fired a bet, Donk raised me, and I 3-bet him. He obviously put me on A2, but he had a nice hand of his own, A35Q. The turn brought a 6 giving me nut low and second nut high. He paid me off, which he had to do, and I scooped it when the river was a blank. I truly felt bad and Donk was pissed. He was on a nearly $300 downswing at this point.
For the most part, I had many easy decisions throughout the night. I was dealt a huge arsenal of well coordinated hands, including many A2 and suited aces. I played pretty loose also. I took advantage of a few pocket high cards with two low card type hands (KK25 for example). I did a lot of promo raising and I did a lot of early position betting, manipulating the size of the pot to give me drawing odds.
When all was said and done, I was sitting with $720 in front of me - more than the entire table combined. My best session ever and most profitable in terms of $/hr. I cashed out up $530 in just four hours of play.
I think I'll avoid Foxwoods next weekend after giving such a beating and then I'll be hitting up Atlantic City the weekend after, right before the start of the baseball season. Or maybe I'll just jump right into the $75/$150 game.
Not so fast Sach.
The table was full of fishes for most of the night, with the biggest two directly to my right. There was a pretty good player (Donk) sitting to my left who won his first two pots when he sat down and was feeling pretty good. Little did he know that he'd be personally handing me most of his stack.
Couple of huge hands:
A hand that I shouldn't even have been a contender for left me with trip sevens with an ace kicker when all the cards were out. The pot was roughly $120 and no chance for low. Donk bet at the end after big fish and myself checked to him. I figured one of them had to have a boat (unlikely), small flush (likely), or straight (almost guaranteed). Fish called and it was worth my while to pay off the winner. Instead, I added an additional layer to my towering pyramid of chips.
Another notable hand came during a kill hand. I was in late position and limped with KKQ10. Donk, who became very vocal and overconfident was on the verge of tilting. He raised and a bunch of us saw a J-9-3 flop with two hearts. I bet out, because, well, I wanted the pot. Donk raised, there was a call or two and I re-raised on accident because I didn't realize I already had chips in the pot. The turn brought a lovely 8 giving me the nut straight. There was still three other players in the hand so I was dodging lows, flush draws, and was praying that the board didn't pair up. We were at a point in the game where people were just plain donating though. The river brought the dreaded 3 of hearts. I was screwed. It was checked to me twice, so that meant no full houses. I bet hoping to get a low flush to fold. To my surprise I get two callers. Shit. Buttt, I scooped. Donk showed a J-9 or some shit and the other fish showed trip 3s. The pot was roughly $200. Ship it. Looking back on it, I got lucky to say the least. But it was my aggressive stance early in the hand as well as the raise by the Donk which got rid of any hands that could eventually beat me on the river.
I starred down at an excellent multi-way hand of A237 with a suited ace of clubs. I raised in late position. The raise was called and then re-raised by Donk. I capped it with two other players caught in the middle and five of us saw the flop. It was 8-7-4 with two diamonds and a club. I was positive someone flopped the straight. Regardless, I raised the initial bettor. There was a call, the Donk re-raised and I capped it with four of us taking a look at the turn. At this point I was fully low card counterfeit protected, had a pair of 7s and back-door nut-flush possibility. The turn brought the 10 of clubs. With four players still in the hand I could have easily been fighting for only a quarter of the pot. We all put in three more bets a piece and I looked away as the river was dealt. 5 of clubs. Amazing. It was checked to me and to my surprise everyone stayed in for another bet a piece. One guy showed a 23 with some other shit for high, one guy showed a straight, and one guy showed an A2310. I took three quarters of the nearly $300 pot. Donk was pissed at me for raising (he had the king high flush and a couple of low cards). It wasn't worth justifying my unbeatable low, but I did admit I had a huge chance of being quartered. Regardless, there was enough money in the pot and players in the hand to keep me firing. It's worth noting that if an ace hit on the river, I was only going to get a sixth of the pot. I got lucky.
My favorite hand came near the end. It was a beauty. A234 with some suitedness. I know for sure that the Donk was in this hand, but I don't remember who else. After the flop, which was an orgasmic A-2-A, it was heads-up. I fired a bet, Donk raised me, and I 3-bet him. He obviously put me on A2, but he had a nice hand of his own, A35Q. The turn brought a 6 giving me nut low and second nut high. He paid me off, which he had to do, and I scooped it when the river was a blank. I truly felt bad and Donk was pissed. He was on a nearly $300 downswing at this point.
For the most part, I had many easy decisions throughout the night. I was dealt a huge arsenal of well coordinated hands, including many A2 and suited aces. I played pretty loose also. I took advantage of a few pocket high cards with two low card type hands (KK25 for example). I did a lot of promo raising and I did a lot of early position betting, manipulating the size of the pot to give me drawing odds.
When all was said and done, I was sitting with $720 in front of me - more than the entire table combined. My best session ever and most profitable in terms of $/hr. I cashed out up $530 in just four hours of play.
I think I'll avoid Foxwoods next weekend after giving such a beating and then I'll be hitting up Atlantic City the weekend after, right before the start of the baseball season. Or maybe I'll just jump right into the $75/$150 game.
Not so fast Sach.
Inaugural Post
I'm not sure how long I'll be keeping up with this, but here it goes.
Just got back from an eight hour session at Foxwoods. I won't be identifying where I'm playing just in case any of my opponents stumble accross this blog. I started off with some $1-$5 Stud until my game of choice got under way. I finished with 40 bets at the $4/$8 Omaha Hi-Lo game which features a half-kill. Today there was roughly ten kill pots total (in which the stakes move up to $6/$12 for the next hand and the winner of the hand is forced to post $6 pre-flop). A kill pot is defined as any pot in which there is at least $80 and no splits. Winning three of these pots, padded my stack nicely. Being only my fourth trip to Foxwoods, this was my second $300+ day, which is a confidence booster to say the least. With only 30 hours under my belt, my results are meaningless as I've only seen about 1000 hands.
Unlike my last session (a Thursday) which was comprised of nine knowledgeable players trading chips back and forth, today (a Saturday) was fueled by a huge fish who was playing 90% of his hands out of the blinds. I figure he personally donated an extra $100 to me en route to him suffering a -$300 two hour downswing. He went on to win most of it back, which is good for me because it keeps the fishies happy. There were many other fish at the table for most of the day, until roughly 10pm when most of them went broke. I was able to scoop a few pots, throwing in a couple of good promo-raises, stealing when possible, and ultimately cashed out when the table tightened up.
I can never remember any specific hands, but I can recall a few lucky scoops. One was catching runner-runner quads (2nd quads of the night). Another was on a board of J-J-x where I held K-K-J-x and my opponent had flopped a boat with a J. He bet the flop and I called, hoping to catch a full house of my own, or a king to give me a huge boat. I was last to act when the turn came and I still didn't fill up. It was checked to me (dumb) and I bet out to get rid of any low draws. Called by the flop bettor. When the river brought a king, I was faced with a bet and easily raised, taking down the kill pot.
Another hand near the end gave me a flop with a nut low draw as well as two pairs. The turn gave me a nut flush draw to go with my full house and low draws (counterfeit protected) and I was envisioning another $100+ pot coming my way. The river was one of only ten cards that could have hurt me and I paid off the big fish to make him happy he hit his miracle runner-runner broadway straight.
In the future, I'll try to provide more hand histories, but after eight hour marathon sessions, I'm usually too burnt out to remember them.
I want to stay away from Foxwoods for a bit so I don't come off as a total shark. I've met a few guys that will recognize me next time and I want them to continue to think of me as their friend and not their social security thief.
I should be taking a trip to Atlantic City by the end of the month, so I'll get to check out the action there.
Just got back from an eight hour session at Foxwoods. I won't be identifying where I'm playing just in case any of my opponents stumble accross this blog. I started off with some $1-$5 Stud until my game of choice got under way. I finished with 40 bets at the $4/$8 Omaha Hi-Lo game which features a half-kill. Today there was roughly ten kill pots total (in which the stakes move up to $6/$12 for the next hand and the winner of the hand is forced to post $6 pre-flop). A kill pot is defined as any pot in which there is at least $80 and no splits. Winning three of these pots, padded my stack nicely. Being only my fourth trip to Foxwoods, this was my second $300+ day, which is a confidence booster to say the least. With only 30 hours under my belt, my results are meaningless as I've only seen about 1000 hands.
Unlike my last session (a Thursday) which was comprised of nine knowledgeable players trading chips back and forth, today (a Saturday) was fueled by a huge fish who was playing 90% of his hands out of the blinds. I figure he personally donated an extra $100 to me en route to him suffering a -$300 two hour downswing. He went on to win most of it back, which is good for me because it keeps the fishies happy. There were many other fish at the table for most of the day, until roughly 10pm when most of them went broke. I was able to scoop a few pots, throwing in a couple of good promo-raises, stealing when possible, and ultimately cashed out when the table tightened up.
I can never remember any specific hands, but I can recall a few lucky scoops. One was catching runner-runner quads (2nd quads of the night). Another was on a board of J-J-x where I held K-K-J-x and my opponent had flopped a boat with a J. He bet the flop and I called, hoping to catch a full house of my own, or a king to give me a huge boat. I was last to act when the turn came and I still didn't fill up. It was checked to me (dumb) and I bet out to get rid of any low draws. Called by the flop bettor. When the river brought a king, I was faced with a bet and easily raised, taking down the kill pot.
Another hand near the end gave me a flop with a nut low draw as well as two pairs. The turn gave me a nut flush draw to go with my full house and low draws (counterfeit protected) and I was envisioning another $100+ pot coming my way. The river was one of only ten cards that could have hurt me and I paid off the big fish to make him happy he hit his miracle runner-runner broadway straight.
In the future, I'll try to provide more hand histories, but after eight hour marathon sessions, I'm usually too burnt out to remember them.
I want to stay away from Foxwoods for a bit so I don't come off as a total shark. I've met a few guys that will recognize me next time and I want them to continue to think of me as their friend and not their social security thief.
I should be taking a trip to Atlantic City by the end of the month, so I'll get to check out the action there.
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