I’ll be arriving in Las Vegas on Friday January 13th at 11:34 pm and leaving on Saturday the 14th at 6:35 am. I’ve had a one hour layover in Vegas before, but I’m looking forward to this one. It’ll be my first real time in the Sin City even if it’s only for 7 hours. Dave and I will be coming back from MacWorld in San Francisco and he rigged our flights for a long layover (which was actually cheaper). We’ll be running off the plane for the nearest taxi. Which casino should we hit up for some low limit hold’em? We’ll most likely have 4-5 hours to work with.
Tag: poker
No Time for Poker
I still haven’t been playing any poker lately. In fact, I haven’t played at all since my Xbox 360 arrived. Yes, it’s that great of a video game console! I’m hoping this nice little break will renew my focus and I can get back to beating the limit games. I’ve had some recent success with the two big tournament finishes, but I think in the end I’m a better limit player. I just don’t have the balls to play a great game of no-limit. Hopefully I’ll be back to the tables this weekend.
Edit: I should have titled the post “Not Making Time for Poker” because it’s my choice.
Just a Little Bit
I’ve played very little poker lately and the trend will continue for another week or two. I’m going to the Red Wings game tonight, Lions game tomorrow, and Pistons on Friday. How’s that for a Thanksgiving? I also received my Xbox 360 yesterday so that will be taking up a lot of my free time. […]
Soaring
I also took a trip this weekend to the Soaring Eagle Casino so I could play some poker with my dear ol’ brother. I decided to take a different route, as I tried out the 6/12 game for the first time in my life. It is quite a bit different, as the players up there have more common sense, and your good plays actually stand up.
I bought in at around 11:30 a.m. or so and saw my Nick over at the 3/6 table and gave him a wave. I purchased 200 in chips because I figured I should get twice as many as I get at 3/6, and I was right. After about an hour or so, I was down to about 60, still getting used to the more experienced players. As the time passed, I had gotten my stack back up to about even, when my mom and my sister gave us their best, as they had to catch the bus back up North. This must have been around 3:00 p.m.
Blog of the Month
I’m not sure how, but 2HC ended up being chosen as Blog of the Month over at Best Poker Blogs. It’s always an honor to get named for something like this.
Lord Admiral Radio Card Club Archives
My friend Dave has set up a blog to make downloading the archived episodes of the Lord Admiral Radio Card Club podcast into iTunes an easy process.
Visit the Lord Admiral Card Club Poker Podcast Archive.
Live Again
I didn’t play much poker in the last week. Only one session on Party Poker for a few hours and a $1.50 loss.
Yesterday I headed over to the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant for some live action. I walked into the poker room at about 11:15 and was seated at a $3/6 table in less than 15. I sat in the same seat for ten and a half hours and saw the table makeup change quite a bit. At first the table was extremely loose passive. When someone raised preflop everyone else kind of game them the look. After a few hours the table tightened up quite a bit as players came and went. As the night went on the table got a little looser, but overall it wasn’t a good table to be play at.
I ended up losing $124 on the night. There were some bets I should have saved, but I’ll account that to not playing in a live game in months. I’ll definitely never be a live tournament player. I must have tells up the ass that any real players would catch onto in a heartbeat. I just don’t understand how I can be down to the final table in an online tournament with thousands on the line and my heart doesn’t skip a beat. In a live cash game when I check-raise with the nuts get the shakes. What is wrong with me?
Bodog Poker Blog
I just found Bodog’s poker blog, called Bodog Beat because today’s post mentioned Poker Chip Tricks
A New Site – Card Tricks
I just launched a site to go with Poker Chip Tricks. It’s called Card Tricks and teaches you different tricks with a deck of cards.
Another Runner Up
Another 2nd place finish in a $50+$5 on Party Poker. Those are my new favorite tournaments. The buyin attracts a little better crowd of poker players and the size seems to work well for my game. This one had 530 people and paid $3975 for 2nd place! (Click the photo for a larger view)
I didn’t get much to play throughout the tournament, so I was careful to pick my spots. AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK, and AQ were a combined 22 for 23 which always helps! I was under the average chip stack during the entire tournament and even survived a big storm that rolled through the area. Lights were flickering, but my power stayed on. The player I wanted to get heads up against came through. He had me out chipped about 3-1, but I was confident I could pick a few spots and take him. I had him with 33 against K9, but a 9 on the flop ended it. All you can do is go in with the best hand in a situation like that. Once of these days I’ll win one of these tournaments, but I’m not going to complain about taking the 2nd place prize money. This surpasses the 2nd place a couple of weeks ago for my biggest cash to date.
Nick Momrik 