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 Swimming With the Fishes, FeliciaLee, 28. Nov 2003 10:02 | ||
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| Monday, November 10, 2003 Tonight was the HE tourney. We arrived at the poker room to find it pretty packed. I guess lots of people took Monday off, for the Tuesday, Veteran's Day, holiday. The 4/8 game is going regularly now. I find it almost every night. James, the poker room manager, has several flyers posted in the room about the $1.00 max rake promotion for the 4/8 game (first hour). Unfortunately, the dealers keep forgetting about the max rake, and take out more. I constantly have to remind them. This must be hurting my EV, overall, because I am doing something that I normally just casually notice every once in a blue moon. I don't want to be forced to watch the rake, but I feel like I am. I can't stop doing it, lol, I am constantly keeping an eye on the drop. My first tourney table was very passive and friendly. We had an Internet player. Those are always fun. They are so nervous and jumpy that we can't help but smile when we see them. He amassed a mountain of chips during the limit portion, when his bad play wasn't punished, but was naturally the first to bust out when we went to no-limit, when the real talent begins. I went all-in during the limit portion with QQ, my only pair. I managed a full-house. That was the last of the playable hands at this table. I got blinded down quite a bit during the no-limit portion of the tourney, because my hands were utter trash, and someone was almost always all-in. Luckily, my table broke first. My new table was more aggressive. Finally I started getting some hot-n-cold hands, right when I needed them, UTG with my last 300. The big blind alone was 200, lol. I got AQo UTG and went all-in. Survived against KJo. Went all-in just a couple hands later with 66 and stole the blinds. I got up to about 1500 chips very quickly. Then came "the hand." An EP player limped in. A desperate short stack went all-in with only 300 chips. I simply called the all-in with AKo. So did the EP limper. I got my ace and went all-in. The limper had A7s. He rivered his flush and IGHN. Blah! I guess I should thank God for bad players, or we would have no tournament. I couldn't get much going in the 4/8 game after the tourney. Dropped $200 like it was water through my hand. We got shorthanded and I was hoping to get something going on. Unfortunately, the most passive of the players got up, which left the loosest players, who were now playing closer to optimal strategy. I called over to the Riverside (ugh), to see if they had a no-limit game going. Miracle of miracles, they had a $2-6 spread limit game with NLHE overs buttons. We put our names on the list and headed over. Our wait was at least an hour, as no one wanted to leave the game. There was a mega-fish in the one seat. This guy was in his early to mid-twenties, I would guess, and had some idea that he was a great player. He wasn't drinking, so he was this full of himself stone- cold sober. He had "Hellmuth-Syndrome." I don't believe this can be cured by psychoanalysis, lol. He was very close to being maniacal, so he was running over the table. His power was in his psychological manipulation of the weaker players who bought in to him being on a "monster rush." They refused to punish him for playing every hand, every draw, choosing, instead, to check-call with their premium hands. Their pots were miniscule, while he collected huge pots for betting his draws and getting there. He had the entire table under his spell, save me, Glenn, and Gary. We three bought in for more than his stack, knowing we could bust him if the right hand came along. I got pocket aces three times in the first hour of play. They were busted twice, once by him, when he made a straight on the river after having to check his hole cards no less than ten times to be sure, then raising me about $50 on the river (we both had overs buttons). This man could absolutely never remember his hole cards, which was quite hilarious, and decreased his EV from the more aware players. The other time my aces were busted was when another fish at the table had pocket kings and drew out on me. Luckily, he didn't have much money left, so I didn't lose as much as I could have. I waited and waited for a good hand to bust the maniac who thought he could play. The time never came. His parents (lol) came into the cardroom about 8:00am to collect him. He took his $700 profit and left the table. Drats! Some of the highlights of this game were so funny that I have to repeat them. One time a player complimented the mega-fish on his "play." He thought the man was serious and sat up squarely in his chair boasting that "He'd read a book to get this good." Another time, he busted Gary, who went all-in with AQo with an ace on the flop, when the fish actually had a hand (AKo). Gary went back to the Belle to get more money to cover the fish. While Gary was gone, someone commented on the empty seat (yes, there was a waiting list, people were frothing at the mouth to get into this game). The kid sat up tall and proud and said, "Yes, that seat was the guy *I* busted earlier. I don't think HE will be coming back." Proud as a peacock (I love these guys). Once, the kid made a raise, then capped it off with 32o. Yes, he got there. I never, ever saw the kid look at anyone. It was hard enough for him to coordinate what was in his hand with what was on the flop. He was one of the easiest people to read that I have ever come across. On my right was a drunk. I mean a stinking, alcoholic drunk. These guys are not to be pitied or coddled in the poker room. He was mean. Before I sat down, he had threatened to stab another player. Yes, stab. No, the Riverside did nothing. Oh, yes they did, sorry. They said in a very patronizing tone, "Now come on guys, let's be nice and play poker." End of story. He boasted that he had been kicked out of the Riverside 17 or 18 times in the past, but they kept letting him come back, no matter what he did in the room. I believe this. The Riverside is disgusting. He finally busted out, thank God. I was looking for the so-called knife, but never saw it. I guess I truly am putting my life into my own hands, playing at this place. Oh, but wasn't the game juicy! We played until about 8:00am, when the kid-fish had to leave due to his parents coming to collect him. I can only wish for one of them at my table every day, every session. I love it when they think they can play, and sit at the table bragging all night, lol. Felicia :) | ||
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| Re: Swimming With the Fishes, Hot Allen, 28. Nov 2003 13:27 | ||
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| One time a player complimented the mega-fish on his "play." He thought the man was serious and sat up squarely in his chair boasting that "He'd read a book to get this good." Too funny, I've seen a guy do this before. | ||
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| Re: Swimming With the Fishes, timmer, 29. Nov 2003 13:18 | ||
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| on 28. Nov 2003 13:27 Hot Allen wrote: > > One time a player complimented the mega-fish on his "play." He > thought the man was serious and sat up squarely in his chair boasting that "He'd > read a book to get this good." > > Too funny, I've seen a guy do this before. > I saw a guy do this once too . Come to think about it, I think i remember the mans name. If I do recall correctly it was somethink like .. Chris Ferguson | ||
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