I'm trying to figure out where my 'home room' should be. I'm about an hour away from roughly the LA Casinos. I've played $2/4, $3/$6, $4/$8 Limit; $20, $40, $100NL @ The Gardens, $4/$8; $40/60NL @ The Bike, $2/$4, $3/$6, $4/$8; $40NL@ Commerce. I'm looking into playing at the Hustler, Hollywood Park, Normandie and Crystal Park. I'm looking for a home room in terms of game play and then in terms of rewards for low limit players.
In terms of games, the limit games as exactly the same everywhere. I prefer the NL games at The Bike than at Commerce or the Gardens. In terms of rewards, since I'm a small stakes player, I prefer to play at the Bike since I get comped a free meal after 3 hours of player. I'm always up for comped food, or as some may say, a $50 dollar burger because of the rake. There's also the drawing towards a 'jackpot' or couple hundred dollars. . At Commerce, you get a dollar an hour good towards different things. At the Gardens, you get a ticket towards a 'jackpot" and if you get I think 20 hours, maybe 10, i'm not sure, you get a half buy in good towards the Saturday 10K guaranteed tournament. I have the hours it's just that I've never played in it. As i move up to higher stakes, I'll figure out which rewards program is best for me.
Anywho, I've played about 20 hours this week. Mostly live and a couple hours online. I've been trying something different online. I've been attempting to emulate live play with the short stack buy ins. It's very straight forward and more of a waiting game than anything. I don't understand why there is so much hatred towards short stack. It's just a different style of play and something that can be countered easily if you think about it.
Overall, play has been okay. Variance can be a bitch but hopefully I'll be able to make it out of the red zone, since I'm playing under rolled. I'm starting with only $400 dollars for live. I have about $200 online. I'm about 4BI's up for the week. It doesn't really matter though until I play more hours. I'll really assess my rate when I hit 100 hours live. Online is more about trying new things out and testing new strategies.
Now on to some memorable hands for the past couple of days.
$40/$60 NL blinds 1/2. 4 players limp. I limp in CO w A6hh. Btn raises to 6. Btn is a tight player. Blinds call, limpers call and I call. 7 people in the pot. Everyone has me covered. I have $28 behind.
Flop comes Qh7s5h. Checks around to the btn who bets $9. SB raises all in 40. Everyone folds. I take a minute to think about what happened in the hand so far. I'm quite proud of myself because I usually only think about my hand vs what has actually happened in the hand. I put one on two pairs/ set and the other on an overpair. I call and I was right. One had two pairs and the other had KK. I lose the flip.
There's a live straddle to $4. I'm in EP and look down and see Red Jacks. I raise to $11. One caller. Btn moves all in for $40 dollars. I haven't seen him play much but he has lost have a rack. Straddler smooth calls with $60 behind. I think for moment then push all-in with $20 on top. Straddler calls. Btn has 34dd and was trying to make a move. Straddler has AK. Straddler takes it down when the flop brings an ace.
-Similar situation as before. Live straddle. I'm in EP and see KK. I raise to $10. One caller. Btn moves all in for 44. I cover and push to $60. The one caller thinks a long time then puts all his chips in. My kings hold up when the flop comes 9K9.
This last hand, I wasn't involved in but sure was memorable. A guy raises $20 pre flop. 4 people call. Two people are all in pre-flop. The pot is going 5 ways at $20 a piece. This is a huge pot in this game. I'm thinking, someone has to have a monster. I don't remember what the flop was but it wasn't too memorable. It turns out that a pair of 8's take down the pot. One showed KTs, KQ and AJ. Amazing!
-To Success!
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