Date: 06 Dec 2006 18:34:43
From: minus200(DELETETHIS)
Subject: back from my left coast trip (very short report)
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good start -- bad finish
won 5 sessions in a row -was great trip until last 2 sessions
overall results: BIG upset - a win and more than it should have been
will post a few details latter but a few interesting things happened
2nd night- playing omaha8 6-12 with full kill:
1st hand i was involved in- i split low and lost $6 - last hand I played
I split low and lost $1. There was slightly more than 4 hours between
those two hands. In those 4 hours I one ONE hand - yes that is right -
I won 1 (one) hand. It was a pretty nice pot since I left the Omaha8
game up $150+. Moved to the 15-30 holdem game where the cards were more
friendly.
saw a new dealer error that I have never seen before:
a dealer turned up the king of hearts to a player. It was not flashed -
IT WAS FACE UP ON THE TABLE. The player had looked at his 1st card and
would not return the card to the dealer. The dealer started asking for
betting action and I ask the dealer about the card. He shrugged and
said the guy would not give it back to him and continued the action. I
left the table and have no idea what happened. I did point it out to a
floor man and he acted concerned and i pointed out the dealer.
An observation- this was a trip of short handed games - rarely was
there a full table where I was playing. Players chips might be there
but rarely was there 9 players at the table. I dislike 9 handed games
anyway and when 2-4 players are missing - it is really short handed. I
ask one of the floor people about a 3rd man walking rule and he said
they did have the rule but it was a "shitty" rule and they did not
enforce it. The real joke was being in the main game with a sizable
list for "must move" table (which was full) and the main game ALWAYS
having AT LEAST one empty seat and more than 30 minutes with THREE empty
seats. Sounds like good management - a FULL must move game with 3 or
even 4 empty seats in the main game. (empty seats aka NO CHIPS THERE AND
NO PLAYER) As I said I HATE short handed games and short handed Omaha8
is a nightmare.
More observations - The highest limit omaha8 I saw anywhere was 6-12 and
all Omaha8 games were kill games and it appears many holdem games are
becoming kill games. NL is alive and one of my follow up reports will
include a short and only stop in a $40 max buy NL game
A personal play weakness on the trip. I let actions not related to the
game affect my play and these distractions probably caused more than 50%
of my losses in the last two sessions and even limited my winnings in a
couple of other sessions. I rarely do that but upon review of my play
it is the only logical explanation for much of my bad play. Not a
"tilt" per say but just lousy poker with decisions that were just plain
stupid. I dont play poker for the money but I still hate playing poorly
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MINUS200
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention
of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, scotch in the
other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
"WOO HOO what a ride!"
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