tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post5858084595973403143..comments2024-01-22T02:25:19.520-08:00Comments on Confessions of a Local Fish: Poker at the Miragegrrouchiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-23610278755744670982012-03-17T08:01:13.741-07:002012-03-17T08:01:13.741-07:00That's what I need to learn, how to deal with ...That's what I need to learn, how to deal with an annoying playing, especially one who insults me. I need to learn to go with it and perhaps turn it to my advantage.<br /><br />A few months ago I was sitting next to a guy at BSC who was a real good player. All the dealers knew him; he was a regular I'd never seen before because I used to play 2/4. I think he was either a dealer or an ex-dealer at some other joint.<br /><br />He was really good, but when some other player questioned a move he made, he almost boasted that he did it because he was a bad player. He kept confessing to that. I think that's what he wanted everyone to think and he could take advantage of them thinking that. But it was the opposite of the truth.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-88653732926875773262012-03-16T22:28:17.841-07:002012-03-16T22:28:17.841-07:00Yeah Rob, I know I made some mistakes in the above...Yeah Rob, I know I made some mistakes in the above...<br />If I said any Ace I meant Any 8 (as that was the high card). I was damned tired typing all of that but I knew if I didn't do it I'd put it off until I just never bothered to get to it.<br /><br />$100 bill on the table because I had reloaded - In fact at the time I was in for $600 because of all the run bad. as I said above, those were not all the hands, just some of them that were sticking out to me at the time.<br /><br />Here is the thing about the Asshole Seat 3.<br />He was a dick, and he was talking about how bad I played and that I played too many hands and how I got lucky when I won my first pot, etc etc.<br />However, Apollo and I were enjoying it as he was setting himself up and others around him up for failure (if they were listening to him).<br />I'm not saying he had any influence - but there is a chance him telling the rest of the table how bad I play got me paid off when I flopped the flush against AA and when I flopped top set vs the flush draw.<br />Maybe it's also the reason why i was able to get away from my KK so easy when the guy raised so large with his AA. I'll never really know the answers to these questions but they are all possibilities.<br /><br />And what was I doing? Other than making fun of the guy non stop with Apollo (to ourselves) I was egging him on and agreeing that I'm pretty bad and got lucky, etc. I kept jabbing at him and needling him, getting his temper up a little bit and making him argue his points more and more and more.<br />I know he was growing frustrated.<br />I just kept trying to tilt him into giving money away, and he did at points - just to other players.grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-9018532407242066012012-03-16T17:25:39.996-07:002012-03-16T17:25:39.996-07:00Awesome post, almost too much poker content to abs...Awesome post, almost too much poker content to absorb in one sitting! Let me see if I can cover everything I want to.<br /><br />It sounds like they let you leave an near empty table to go to a near full one? That’s odd. And what did they “cards being in the air” have to do with anything? Weird.<br /><br />In the first hand, the one with the quad 6’s, you say “If he called down with 1 ace he wins” Huh? There was no Ace on the board, and you had a pair. I believe you have misstated the case. He needed an 8, a 6 or a pocket pair bigger than 3’s to beat. Unfortunately the case 6 was certainly good enough.<br /><br />On the hand where the guy shoved around $200 with AK suited…I think he played it wrong, you played it right and how great was it that you actually saw the Ace on the board so you knew in fact that you would have lost your stack if you called. For $200, good lay down. If it was like $100, I could see a call there.<br /><br />Howcum you had a $100 bill on the table? Did you sell a stack or did you take it out to buy chips and then not need it?<br /><br />So, the secret to “winning” with pocket Kings IS to fold them, preflop. I knew it, I knew it!<br /><br />Now I want to talk about the asshole who kept saying you were a bad player. That’s the difference between you and me. I would have gotten up and gone to a different table rather than put up with that dick. You choose to try to stack him, more power to you. Too bad you couldn’t do it. I get too mad at assholes like that to think straight, as I famously wrote in my Poker Genius story. But I do wonder what or how you were responding when he kept telling you you were such a bad player? Do you try to justify your actions, to tell him to shut the fuck up, or do you just sit there in silence? I think next time someone criticizes my play, I’m going to ask him for the name of the book he wrote about poker and tell him I am eager to buy it to improve my play.<br /><br />In reality, anyone who does that is the real donkey. I mean, if he was right, and you were a bad player, the last thing he should want to do is piss you off enough so that you decide to go to another table or poker room, right? Now I suppose you could say that by annoying you, he will get you to play even worse to try to get his stack (as you did), but if you were really that bad a player, he wouldn’t have to do anything to make you even worse, he’s already got a huge edge and why risk scaring you away?<br /><br />Anyway, lots of great poker stories here. So….even though you got some incredibly bad suck-outs, you stayed with it, caught a few breaks, and came out ahead? I believe there is a word for that, let’s see, what is it….oh yeah….POKER!<br /><br />Congrats on the good nite.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-49518727082844325522012-03-16T10:29:58.003-07:002012-03-16T10:29:58.003-07:00Thanks man.
I always fear that it's too long e...Thanks man.<br />I always fear that it's too long especially when talking about poker and half my readers don't play lol.grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-89353185911660428302012-03-16T09:29:03.582-07:002012-03-16T09:29:03.582-07:00Awesome post. Love the stories.Awesome post. Love the stories.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-86141094414829664722012-03-16T08:05:37.694-07:002012-03-16T08:05:37.694-07:00Apollo is a good player from my observations and p...Apollo is a good player from my observations and play with him and if we got to talk about the hand maybe he could make me understand his line of logic there.<br />However, I only had $12 in the pot and felt that the kid had Aces. For $12 I'm willing to pretend I instead raised with 72s and just move on to the next hand/opportunity.grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-13946109575685115042012-03-16T08:03:55.826-07:002012-03-16T08:03:55.826-07:00I never gave the 3 seat money - someone else alway...I never gave the 3 seat money - someone else always ended up with it.<br />But, but all rights, either myself or Apollo should have had an opportunity to stack him because both of us were not fooled by his play (which I never went into above as I thought it might needlessly make it longer and it was already probably too long)grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-6864764886265606002012-03-16T08:01:28.611-07:002012-03-16T08:01:28.611-07:00I went to strip clubs with her - she was the only ...I went to strip clubs with her - she was the only reason I even entered one in Vegas (which was only the 2nd time I ever went).<br />The membership card was worth the price because she got in for free but I had to either A)pay a cover every time we went or B) pay a $60 dollar membership fee that was good for a year but worked for about 3 because the bouncers never cared to check when it was supposed to expire.grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-54445071114219212232012-03-16T07:58:45.207-07:002012-03-16T07:58:45.207-07:00No harm no foul.
I think it has to be a bad softw...No harm no foul.<br /><br />I think it has to be a bad software update somewhere because I really haven't had anything new installed. I ran a few malware programs and they haven't detected anything.<br /><br />It's just programs are taking a long time to do what they need to do and they'll sometimes go into "not responding" mode for a minute or so before they snap out of it and function properly.grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-39787581961909628352012-03-16T07:56:13.247-07:002012-03-16T07:56:13.247-07:00Sometimes when all of my synapse aren't firing...Sometimes when all of my synapse aren't firing, I just borrow from the unimaginative.grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-71788003689921668372012-03-16T07:53:47.321-07:002012-03-16T07:53:47.321-07:00Awwww, did I just get my first spam comment?
I mig...Awwww, did I just get my first spam comment?<br />I might leave it up just for the occasion!!!grrouchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619493798073601300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-18549715343439885432012-03-16T07:22:23.063-07:002012-03-16T07:22:23.063-07:00Seat 3 says you suck at poker and he's using y...Seat 3 says you suck at poker and he's using your money to buy more Cheetos. And lotion.Lucki Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05176927202305128485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-44277130128238063852012-03-16T06:24:48.583-07:002012-03-16T06:24:48.583-07:00The difference between a fantastic player and a me...The difference between a fantastic player and a mediocre one is that the fantastic player goes with his read. Good job on the fold. Appollo sounds like a good player who is a HUGE math guy. So mathematically he never folds there. I like your style better.SirFWALGManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01310209706844541719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-59651359369668752562012-03-16T05:52:51.699-07:002012-03-16T05:52:51.699-07:00One more thing, Mr. I hangout a strip clubs when m...One more thing, Mr. I hangout a strip clubs when my girlfriend is crabby and I even have a membership card,I expect a lot of stories from youCarmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330751936270389251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-70983027603538293832012-03-16T03:27:20.743-07:002012-03-16T03:27:20.743-07:00I will have that to you by Saturday at the latest....I will have that to you by Saturday at the latest. <br /><br />You and me dinner and stuff Friday night.<br /><br />I am going to say goodbye to Dulce after work. They got the medication to put her down and will be doing it at home. They're waiting for Sorida's Mom to get back. I'm going to need a hugCarmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330751936270389251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-46821317226334032412012-03-16T03:02:46.787-07:002012-03-16T03:02:46.787-07:00Years ago I spilled a Monster on the 'puterYears ago I spilled a Monster on the 'puterCarmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330751936270389251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025049.post-18993672435970706022012-03-16T00:46:44.045-07:002012-03-16T00:46:44.045-07:00"I'm f'n tired and I must get some sl..."I'm f'n tired and I must get some sleep immediately."<br /><br />I think I read this somewhere before ...lightning36https://www.blogger.com/profile/05641629003610446976noreply@blogger.com