Posted by Dr Fro 12:46 PM

Random Poker Updates

I played a little bit of poker on Wednesday night at Jackies. It was a very strange night. People came and went, but most of the night it was about 5 props and 5 players. All the props were fairly solid. Most props I know play tight because the last thing they want to do is to lose $200 just to work for 8 hours to earn, well, $200. The 10 or so players that came and went and occupied the other 5 chairs were pretty horrible.

Dude # 1 turned $150 into $850 (at $1-$2 NL!!) in exactly 15 minutes. He did this by going all in every single pot. The all in every hand strategy is also why he went home with empty pockets 2 hours later.

Dude #2 talked about what an incredible cash game player he was for 10 minutes. Then he lost $200 with JJ v AA. (He was the only one in the room surprised that his opponent had JJ beat, even though the opponent raised every bet on every street.) Even though this guy was a self-proclaimed pro, his bankroll was evidently exactly $200. He pouted for a while then went home.

There were lots of other dudes, and they all went home empty handed. The props did well, as did Jackie himself. I got bad cards all night long. In four hours, the best pair I saw was 99. Twice I got AK; both times I lost. Despite this horrible run of cards, I won $65. My high water mark was being up $170. I also left with a rare “bad beat story” (rare in its nature, that is.)

I only intended to play for about an hour, just enough to scratch the itch. That plan changed when I made the high hand (KKK99). The high hand jackpot pays about $130, but it wouldn’t expire until 12:30a.m. Crap. Now I have to play until 12:30 to get the darn thing. At 12:15 a guy makes quads, a hand in which I lost $5 that I put in pre-flop. When I announced that I suffered a bad beat, people looked confused. I pointed to the dry-erase board where I guy was busy erasing my name, and then they all understood. It wasn’t just the loss of the $130, it was also the fact that I stayed up late for nothing. Oh well.

I have continued on my journey to improve my O8 game. I still suck compared to real Omaha players, but given how very bad the bad Omaha players are, I tend to do better at Omaha than I do at Holdem. In fact, I got first place in an Omaha Sit and Go yesterday. It helped that an opponent knocked out 3 guys and quadrupled his stack early and that this guy played Omaha like Holdem. Example: he had the nut low with a poor high (not even a pair) and was heads up with me. He made a bet of about 1/3 the pot (a “come over here and kiss me bet”). Huh? I called, won the high and we split the pot. Me stupid at Omaha, but even I don’t do that. Either bet to run off a player that missed but would back into the high or perhaps check out of fear of quartering, but never underbet the pot in that situation. You want a free river or a fold, but a call does NOTHING for you if you are hoping to, at best, split the pot.

That’s my poker life lately.

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