Thank God for.....Tourists!!!!

011507 - Paris, 1-2 No Limit

OK, so when you saw this title you thought, "Another Black Jack story?" No not this time, I went down to the Paris to play in the 3:30pm $65 tournament, kinda just wanted to risk little plus I am wanting to play a few more tournaments, so I thought this would be good practice.

When I arrived they were sold out as they only accept 50 players. There was a 1-2 No limit game going so I sat down. The table did not have a lot of money, and the players seemed to be pretty tight, I was about to leave after 3 hands, then one of the tight players. 'Lost His Mind.' He went on a run where he raised every hand for 3 button rounds to $22 preflop. I once called one of his raises with Kd 6d, the flop of Jc 7h 6h came down and I check raised all in. He folded and I showed. Then a few minutes later while in middle position I limped with Kc Qc, another player limped and then our hero made it $22 "to go," as he would say. I called as did this other player. The flop of Ks 7d 3d came down, normally I would bet out with this hand, but I was not sure what the other player in the hand was holding. Plus knowing that our aggressive player liked to bet I figured with any piece if I check raised he would call, so i checked as did the other two players, "Oops" is what I thought. The turn brought the 7s, now I led out and bet $70 which was a little more then a pot sized bet, then the limper called, leaving $27 behind???? WTF??? The original raiser folded, before the river card was delt I announced all in, and the other player called. The 6d cam on the river I said NH and showed my KQ, he shook his head, rolled over JJ and flipped his cards in. Sweet I scooped the pot, waited til the blinds hit and I bounced.

I had sat down with a goal of making $150 in the game, I was up $200 so I left. This was good for me to take a win, even though small, I want to build some momentum, I know I have been playing more loose lately which for me is not good. I need to reign it in more then what I have, so my goal for the rest of the month is to play more straight forward, play more tight, but also change my style against certain player. Finally I have realized lately that I have been trying to bluff down too many pots, I need to remember it is 1 -2 No limit and most people love to show down here, where as in 2 - 5 the players are not much better, except, you can move them off a hand a little more often.

OK so the goals are. Build a series of 5 or more straight winning sessions, only bluff 1 time per session and leave if I start getting deep into a game. Wish me luck, I could use a little at Poker.


El Diablo "A Brand New Man" OK will it was worth a shot.