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 Saturday at the Colorado Belle, FeliciaLee, 14. Nov 2003 12:12 | ||
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| Saturday, October 18, 2003 Glenn and I called in for seats in the "big" game at about 10:30-11am. We were told it was already rocking. When we got to the Belle, most of the tables were in use. The 4/8 game was strong and I was first on the list. The 10/20 game wasn't moving at all. Although there were about 20 names on the list for the 10/20 games, they refused to start another, stating that it would "kill" the 4/8 game. I say BS. I played from a little after noon until 6pm at the 4/8 game. That makes my 10/20 wait over 7 hours! I finally got into the 10/20 game down about $50 from the 4/8 game. I have explained before that I like to buy-in for very little chips, then keep my hundreds under my stack. I have a couple of reasons for doing this. The first reason is that I change seats often. I like to move to a better seat in order to get any advantage over my opponents that I can. Why should I sit to the right of Troy, who is sneaky and a better player than I am? I would rather be on his left. The second reason is that I just simply don't like a lot of clutter in front of me. I like to travel light, so to speak, and would prefer that I didn't have mountains of chips in front of my face. There has always been quite a heated debate about the psychological aspect of having a lot of chips. Players who "look" deep can have an advantage over shortstacked players and bully the table. Some players are intimidated by a huge stack and are put off of a hand more easily. I know that this exists, I am not trying to deny this phenomenon whatsoever. It just so happens in my case that I am NOT affected by not having a huge stack, nor will I let deep stacks bully me. Cash plays just as well as chips, in Laughlin, Nevada! If I was a player who was easily psyched out, I would not still be playing poker. Women are often digging their way out of a trench from day one, psychologically. That is another topic, but needless to say, I have never felt intimidated by men, nor their "stacks." I'm just one of the guys! Someone on 2+2 pointed out that my having few chips, but lots of paper money tucked underneath may actually be a counter-phychological ploy against some opponents. Not that "I" am intentionally using the ploy, but that it may induce lots of bullying against me with inferior hands. Hey, I'll take all of the donations that come my way, lol! Getting back to the 10/20 game, like I said, I brought about $150 in chips to the table, with several hundreds tucked under. So I was dealt a few hands, but I noticed RC watching me from the other end of the table, very closely. Hmmm. After about the third hand, he asked the dealer, "How much did she bring to the table? Did she buy-in short?" Okay, now this sparks another topic. First of all, something is definitely wrong with RC. He has played at this game with me for weeks. He is wiley enough to know me, and he does pay attention. He knows I am not an all-in player (never, never, EVER). He knows me well enough. So what was wrong, and why was he being snappy? Sugar, that is all I can conclude. After reassuring him of my depth, I talked to him privately about his sugar. He said he was a little confused, not thinking clearly. I found out that he had been drinking at the Playboy mansion, in a "party" ticket he had won. He usually never drinks, we cannot drink alcohol with diabetes. We CANNOT. I don't care how much you wish to argue that fact with me, I won't budge. So RC was a little disoriented from his drinking on Friday night. I yelled at him and did my best to chastize him, reminding him of his insulin pump and that alcohol is just pure sugar. I wanted to smack him upside the head, but what can I do? We played the game. Troy was back in his usual nine seat, and the table caught a break in the fact that we were not at that freezing cold, rail table, that we usually play at. The rail table had been going all night in a 4/8 game, and had never broken up. Yippee! I was unlucky in being given the seven seat. Troy was in the nine, like I said (ugh). A loose/aggressive Californian was in the eight seat (double ugh). His name is Kenny. He is from some Mideast decent, maybe Turkey or something. He is bossy and rude. He is used to dishing out a lot of dealer abuse in California, and that being the accepted norm. I have played at the same table as him three times now. For whatever reason, he has taken a liking to me, and lets me give him crap. When he starts his nonsense, I remind him that this is not California, and he is not allowed to abuse the dealers or other players. He tries to argue with me, but he doesn't dislike me and seems to respect my opinion on matters. He is not friendly to the other players, nor the dealers, but he likes to talk to me. Go figure. He always lightens up whenever he is seated next to me. I "survived" in the seven seat for a few hours until the two seat opened up and I escaped to the left of Kenny, Troy, and another very strong player in the ten seat (a stranger named Jim). The one seat was a visiting player (Jim II), who immediately engaged me in conversation and applauded that I had not only "survived" being to the right of such strong players, but actually made a bit of a profit. He is a freelance writer, and we talked about our poker "stories." I was now to the right of RC, which is fine, and we were able to talk more in-depth. I never let up on the alcohol/diabetes issue, and I also was able to illustrate how it had affected his play. He was stuck, not up, and there was no need for that. He isn't the greatest player, but he is crafty and wiley enough not to be stuck 2k. I never won any of the drawings on Saturday night, which was fine. My hourly rate wasn't as high as other Saturdays, but I was still up. I left with a profit of exactly $360, after tips and the rake. I guess I actually made $410, since I recovered the $50 I had lost at the 4/8 table. I only got to play from 6pm-12:30am, so $410 / 6.5 hours is: $63/hour, or 3 big bets per hour. Not bad! Not what I have been averaging, but nothing to complain about at all! I got up at 12:30 because I was tired and also because Kenny's wife had sat down at our table. I had never met her before. I only knew her because of RC. RC told me that she had been kicked out of many poker rooms in California for marking cards. He said that is why she and Kenny come to Laughlin so often, because she is not allowed to play in many southern CA cardrooms. I don't know if this is truth, or just gossip. At any rate, it was late, I was tired, I'd played long enough, and if there was any fire to that "marking" smoke, I didn't want to play with both of them at the table. Saturday was good. No complaints here! Felicia :) | ||
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| Re: Saturday at the Colorado Belle, FlopDaNutz, 14. Nov 2003 12:44 | ||
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| Felicia, Do you have a day job or do you play poker for a living? Every story that you post, involves you turning some kind of profit. I would never quit playing poker. Haha. Or is it that you never post about the bad days? LOL :) -FlopDaNutz I'm not a player I just MUCK a lot! | ||
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| Re: Saturday at the Colorado Belle, FeliciaLee, 14. Nov 2003 12:52 | ||
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| I am retired. No, I definitely don't win any more often than any other good player. I just don't post boring stories, lol. If you read all of my Tropicana tourney stories, you'll notice that out of dozens that I entered, I only cashed in one, and that was eighth place!!! Felicia :) My Poker Journal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FeliciaLee <<on 14. Nov 2003 12:44 FlopDaNutz wrote: > Felicia, > Do you have a day job or do you play poker for a living? Every story that you > post, involves you turning some kind of profit. I would never quit playing poker. > Haha. Or is it that you never post about the bad days? LOL :) > > -FlopDaNutz I'm not a player I just MUCK a lot!>> | ||
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| Re: Saturday at the Colorado Belle, FlopDaNutz, 14. Nov 2003 13:42 | ||
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| Cool site. I just joined, I will read more when I get time. I need to do some work now :) See you all tomorrow. | ||
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| Re: Saturday at the Colorado Belle, JohnFR, 14. Nov 2003 13:22 | ||
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| Heya Felicia, just wanted to tell you something that I ran across in your story, my best friend since we were like 8 years old was diagnosed with diabetes when he was around 16 years old(the worst type, Type 1). Anyways the reason I am telling you this, is I live with him and he drinks alcohol with no problem, he has talked to his doctors about it and they told him as long as he keeps taking his insilun he will be fine. Just wanted to let you know that although drinking is somewhat bad for diabetes it is no worse than eating a slice of chocolate cake, you just have to make sure to take insilun when you do it =). | ||
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| Re: Saturday at the Colorado Belle, Easy E, 14. Nov 2003 18:23 | ||
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| I'd love to hear more on the following: "Women are often digging their way out of a trench from day one, psychologically. That is another topic, but needless to say, I have never felt intimidated by men, nor their "stacks." I'm just one of the guys! " If you don't want to post it, send it to ezeriver@hotmail.com Good reports, Felicia | ||
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| Re: Saturday at the Colorado Belle, FeliciaLee, 15. Nov 2003 12:30 | ||
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| Thanks, EZ!! The women thing doesn't really concern poker at all, just life in general. I feel that a lot of women are conditioned to be intimidated by men. Felicia :) My Poker Journal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FeliciaLee <<on 14. Nov 2003 18:23 Easy E wrote: > I'd love to hear more on the following: > "Women are often digging their way out of a trench from day one, psychologically. > That is another topic, but needless to say, I have never felt intimidated by men, nor > their "stacks." I'm just one of the guys! " > If you don't want to post it, send it to ezeriver@hotmail.com > > Good reports, Felicia>> | ||
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