Making big changes are difficult. New traffic, incomplete homes, different acquaintances, and so on. The poker change is significant in that I am no longer playing many tournaments but have switched to cash games primarily. It has been a while. Also, playing mostly omaha high low which takes some adjustment.
Thursday was an interesting day for me. I left the apartment early for what I thought was a 10 a.m. dental appointment. Despite leaving 45 minutes prior for what should be a half hour drive, I found myself snarled in the ugly 405 morning commute. I called the office to tell them that I was stuck in traffic and would be late. Hmmm, they said my appointment was not until 1:00!!! I asked if it would be possible to take me early. No problem. And when I arrived was hustled into the chair and gone in 5 minutes as it was only to inspect the extraction from last week. Prognosis: good healing.
This is great as now I could drive to Marysville for the noon high hand games. Traffic was lousy, and my detour around E. Lake Sammamish turned into a crawl with lots of construction. I did get to see the amazingly huge and expensive homes now circling the lake which filled me with insane jealousy (not really) but made me wonder about the great wealth in this area.
Arriving with perfect timing I was able to get on the first omaha table. Ultimately there would be 3 running. After my last experience decided to play squeaky tight as that is the winning style due to the excessive ($6 per hand) rake and player supported jackpot rakes. It worked very well for me and was soon up $300 including one $100 high hand (QQQ/10/10). I later flopped quad jacks but quad aces were already on the board and were cracked by a 6 high straight flush. There were 2 royal flushes dealt during the day, one at my table. We collected at least 6 high hands altogether....as you might recall from earlier post every half hour award.
My tight play deteriorated and I ended up stuck small ($32) which is like entering a tournament and not cashing I guess. Enjoyed over 7 hours of play so the entertainment value was there. If the place wasn't so far away and if I didn't enjoy playing it so much could have left a good winner.
I am starting to know the players and their style of play. This is important information for the future, which ones always raise with AA2, which ones slow play it, which ones chase (might be everyone, lol), which ones bet draws, etc. One guy seems to always win, while another piles on losses with mini-rebuys....it must be a $20+ minimum as he rebuys for $21, weird, huh? Not a super friendly bunch but o.k. for the most part. The worst players are the super slow ones. They really drag the game down.
Am going to try a new casino soon. It is closer and related to the Crazy Moose (Washington Gold), located in Mill Creek. They have a 10:30 a.m. tournament and monte carlo bonuses in the cash games. If it works out, will play there more and limit my omaha to once a week.
Thursday was an interesting day for me. I left the apartment early for what I thought was a 10 a.m. dental appointment. Despite leaving 45 minutes prior for what should be a half hour drive, I found myself snarled in the ugly 405 morning commute. I called the office to tell them that I was stuck in traffic and would be late. Hmmm, they said my appointment was not until 1:00!!! I asked if it would be possible to take me early. No problem. And when I arrived was hustled into the chair and gone in 5 minutes as it was only to inspect the extraction from last week. Prognosis: good healing.
This is great as now I could drive to Marysville for the noon high hand games. Traffic was lousy, and my detour around E. Lake Sammamish turned into a crawl with lots of construction. I did get to see the amazingly huge and expensive homes now circling the lake which filled me with insane jealousy (not really) but made me wonder about the great wealth in this area.
Arriving with perfect timing I was able to get on the first omaha table. Ultimately there would be 3 running. After my last experience decided to play squeaky tight as that is the winning style due to the excessive ($6 per hand) rake and player supported jackpot rakes. It worked very well for me and was soon up $300 including one $100 high hand (QQQ/10/10). I later flopped quad jacks but quad aces were already on the board and were cracked by a 6 high straight flush. There were 2 royal flushes dealt during the day, one at my table. We collected at least 6 high hands altogether....as you might recall from earlier post every half hour award.
My tight play deteriorated and I ended up stuck small ($32) which is like entering a tournament and not cashing I guess. Enjoyed over 7 hours of play so the entertainment value was there. If the place wasn't so far away and if I didn't enjoy playing it so much could have left a good winner.
I am starting to know the players and their style of play. This is important information for the future, which ones always raise with AA2, which ones slow play it, which ones chase (might be everyone, lol), which ones bet draws, etc. One guy seems to always win, while another piles on losses with mini-rebuys....it must be a $20+ minimum as he rebuys for $21, weird, huh? Not a super friendly bunch but o.k. for the most part. The worst players are the super slow ones. They really drag the game down.
Am going to try a new casino soon. It is closer and related to the Crazy Moose (Washington Gold), located in Mill Creek. They have a 10:30 a.m. tournament and monte carlo bonuses in the cash games. If it works out, will play there more and limit my omaha to once a week.
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Yeah, traffic in that area is a Bitch with a capital B. I would love to live up there if that wasn't the case.
That casino related to the Crazy Moose looks interesting. I was noticing the live poker information - "jump" spread limit. Geez. I don't know about that.
I have been having some monster cash game wins. I went into the Moose on a whim the Friday before Memorial Day and bought in for $200. Played until 2:00 in the morning and only left because I was so tired. $1330 PROFIT!! Last Tuesday I had $1000 profit. Down this weekend but still made a little money. Playing very tight and aggressively. It's working so far. Also split first in 2 tournaments. Maybe I'd better get to Pendleton next month.
Enjoy your poker! Hope you find some better traffic routes.
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