Finally Cashed Again…Yay!
December 18, 2007
I’ve been trying, in my limited computer time, to catch up on reading all of the Vegas trip reports out there. There’s a lot of them! Seems like everyone had a great time, though, with not a single If I never see so-n-so again, it’ll be too soon in the bunch. I guess that previous phrase is a southern phrase, ’cause it doesn’t make too much sense. Just like some here say the phrase, I could care less….I always mentally correct them with, Don’t you mean, you couldn’t care less? Of course I don’t say it out loud, that would go against my southern manners…There’s many more that I tend to mentally correct, but it’s irrelevant and I’m rambling, so moving on…
Work sucks. That pretty much sums up that subject. I am so glad this is temporary, if I knew I had to be stuck in this job indefinitely, I would lose my mind. There are two women there who will be in that restaurant ’til they die and I find that to be incredibly sad.
I’ve played a little poker also in my very limited time. Two tournaments; a LHE 9 player sng where I took 2nd and an 18 player NLH that I won. Yay! To be fair, I did have more than a few good starting hands in the NLH tourney; AA held up 3 times, small pairs brought sets, etc. Plus, my starting table was super weak.
Even though it was late and I was tired from work, I tried to stay focused and patient, I didn’t read blogs, check my email or do any surfing at all, instead I gave my full attention to the table and I think that helped tremendously.
There was one guy who was moved to my table with 13 left and I knew he was going to give me trouble. His avatar was a shark and he even had shark in his name, so I knew he would be aggressive and he was. I probably gave him a little more credit than he deserved, but I think it’s best to be cautious with these types and wait for them to hang themselves, because they always will.
I lost a chunk of chips to him once, after raising pf with JJ, making a large c-bet on the Q high flop and having him reraise me all in. I tanked a bit and folded, he asked if I had Jacks, I said that I did and he said he had AQ. Since he didn’t show, who knows, but I tried to believe him. That transferred my chip lead to him, something I did not want to see.
At the final table I played aggressive when needed and I must say, I think I played really well, better than I’ve played in a long, long time. I folded AJ twice to all-ins, which is sometimes hard for me to do, but I believe I was behind both times, so I had to. Also, I was able to recover from another hit given by a shortstack who put a dent in me with a flopped set to my TPGK. It was a limped family pot…
Doyle Brunson has a saying, Don’t go broke in an unraised pot. Very good advice there. It sounds simple, but there is much wisdom in those words.
I had a feeling heads up was going to be ’shark’ and me; it was. That is when I used his aggression against him, letting him bet his way to 2nd place. I love it when a plan goes through…It was really nice to win again! 
I’m off today and tomorrow and I’m NOT answering my phone. They’ve been calling me to come in on my off days lately and I’m not doing it this week, as I have to finish my Christmas stuff. They can call somebody else! Have a good week, all.
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