Vacation & One Short Session

I left for vacation after work on the 3rd. I arrive and everything is set up and ready to roll. Had great steaks for dinner. I am the grill master. Had a martini and one too many G&T’s. Ended up being woken up by an alien. It was pretty traumatizing.

The 4th was a mix of rain & clouds and pretty shitty out. I played euchre all day and didn’t drink much.

The 5th was my free day. I left for the casino at around 10am, waited until 11 for a game. I camp less than 20 minutes from the casino. Man I wish I lived that close. I played some 2/4 while waiting for the 1/2NL game to open up. Horrible play. I miss limit. I didn’t play one hand past the flop and left after about 15 hands for the NL table. It was a good table. Directly on my left I had two pushers. They would spew chips, get down to $50 and do a stop & go. It usually took down the pot. I waited and waited for a chance to bust them. I did finally do it, but the pot was just over $20 and he pushed for $40. I had a AK on an A high board, and he had pocket 3’s. Um. Thanks.

After my last session I decided to stick with coffee. Not the best idea. I ate some breakfast, but not much. I got pretty sick to my stomach and ended up leaving after only a few hours down almost 4 buyins ($100 max game). I had a string of coolers. Nobody want to read about set over set, but I did have a hand where I held Ac Tc, the final board was 9c 8c Ax kc 7c (yeah, the 7 came on the river). If I’d have had the Jc Tc it would have qualified for the BBJ. I don’t run like Donnie.

The last hand of the night really got to me. I kind of had the shakes, but was playing well. I ordered a sandwich, took 2 bites and puked in the bathroom. Awesome. This was the 2nd or 3rd hand after I returned. I had AQ in the cutoff. 3 callers, I raise to $7 (pretty standard at this table). Strong player on the button calls, blinds fold, UTG and UTG+1 call and there was one fold. Stacks were pretty even. Button had about $180, I had $155, and UTG had about $200. Flop was A48 rainbow. I bet $20 into a ~$28 pot. Button & UTG fold, UTG+1 folds. Turn is a Q that also gave a flush draw. I bet $40 into an $85 pot, both call and I’m stoked about a nice pot that will get me back to almost even. River was a 7 that didn’t complete the flush. UTG checked, I bet $40, button said “you’ve got me out-kicked” and folded, and UTG pushed. Fuck me…

At this point there is over $300 in the pot and I have less than $50 left. I really had an impossible time putting him on a hand. I’ve played with him several times before. He’s an average player, but not at all tricky. Getting 5:1 I called. There was no way my two pair was good but I can’t make that hero laydown against that player with those odds. He smirked as I called and flipped over 56 for the river gutshot. With one pair, I think this is an easy river check. With two pair, I thought that was a good value bet. I guess not.

I went back to camp and relaxed the remainder of the day. Dinners the rest of the weed included ribs, steak, sausages & burgers, and pork tenderloin. This was the first year I brought a full size grill and it was worth it.

I also looked like a lobster when I left. I really should wear sunscreen.

My schedule sucks for the next seven weeks or so, so I’ve got to work at least a couple of trips in. It was a good vacation and I really enjoy camping. I re-read most of ToP and some of Phil Gordon’s book. I’ll throw some stuff from there in the next post.