I Know It Has Been A While - Many Sessions

OK so I have played about 8 sessions since my last post, during that time, Anna Nicole Smith Died, the NBA All Star Game Was in Las Vegas. Well if you just ask Highwaytime Mike you will know these sessions went as well as they could for it still being the month of February. This month has been horrid, I cannot build any steam and as soon as I do, I end up, going on tilt and playing Black Jack.

OK, so first off I need to avoid the Black Jack table, I know it favors the house, I am still up for the year playing Black Jack. I just need to avoid playing it. Second I need to manage my sessions a little better, my time, etc. Play for a long session when winning, play less if I have a losing session just to clear my head.

During this run I have played between the Aladdin, MGM, Paris & Bally's. I have been successful in most of my sessions just not many big wins overall. During this time here were my stats.

Hours over period: 47hrs

Profit: $1270.00

This brings my total for the month to

Hours: 104hrs

Profit: $1505.00

Hourly: $14.47/hr


At least over this period I have raised my hourly for the month. It has been such a grind. Here is an example of the type of month it has been.

On Feb 24th, I got off work at 2am and made my way to Paris to play $1 - $2 No limit. There were 4 games when I arrived and most players were bad. Within an hour and a half I was up $440. The max buy in at Paris is $300.00 so my chips stack was at $740.00. I was not having to do anything but make the best hand bet it out and get called down. Dream scenario for all poker players. I was feeling good about this session when this hand came up. I was in the cutoff seat, while my table was 7 handed. The player under the gun had just racked up his chips to leave he had just over $600.00. The cards were delt and he made a raise of $15.00. I felt this was his last hand and a lot of players have a tendency to make moves when they are about to leave, kind of the old, I'll try to win one more before I go. I looked down, I was holding two black 9's, I called as did the button & Small Blind. We went 4 ways for $15.00 there was $62.00 in the pot. The flop of Js 9H 4H cam down. The UTG player bet out making it $15.00, I just smooth called my set of 9's, kind of gambling, looking to have a blank hit the turn them make my move. The button called, and the small blind folded. $107.00 in the pot at this point. The turn card was the 2c. The UTG player bet out $25.00, now I felt it was time to make my move, no need to let the button draw for free, plus, I want to see if the UTG player will play back at me. I Raise to $125, I know I under bet the pot, but was intending on getting the UTG player to play back at me. To my surprise the button called, and so did the UTG player. Now there was $482.00 in the pot, OK I really want to win this pot, the river was the As, in my opinion the best card in the deck, cause now if the button was on the nut flush draw he will have to call a big river bet since he made his hand. Plus this will make AJ feel like he has the best hand. The UTG player leads out to $200.00, I stop and think for a few minutes trying to figure out my opponents betting. All I could really think of was that maybe he had AK or AQ of hearts, and hit his A and thought it was good. After I thought more, he only had $200 more behind, and the button only had $200, so either was I was getting all of their chips or just the UTG players. I decided to go all in, and get the rest of my chips in the pot. The button folded and the UTG player called the pot was now at $1322.00, I showed down my set of 9's, he shook his head then rolled over JJ, yep that's right I flopped set over set for the 4th time this month. I wasn't even mad. I just chalked it up to the month I was having, called myself unlucky.

So what was there to do next, just as Todd says, "Nothing to do, but buy more chips."
I was going to take off the rest of the month, but I feel I need to lay, so I am heading down to the Aladdin today to put in a serious session. Wish me luck, with how February has been, I need it.


Al Diablo