Session one of my grand Las Vegas experiment was a mix of excitement, pucker, and then eventually dry, low-level suck. The poker table I was seated at had one very belligerent, loose-aggressive player at it. He obviously was the envy and ridicule of the entire table as everyone had a comment about him, and he had a comment about [...]
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Session 5: The Good Read, the Bad Bet, and the Ugly Hand
May 1st, 2009 No Comments
Apparently making poker decisions is harder than recognizing that you need to make them. I started this session with a bang when my first hand, pocket 5s hit a set and got me a caller until the river and a $50 profit. After that small whirlwind hand I took the opportunity to look closer at [...]
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Session 3: The Mouse
April 24th, 2009 1 Comment
This session was a continuation of session 2. I was so gun shy from my last mistakes that I was unwilling to bet for value or to make a real stand of any kind. Additionally my mindset was not focused on the current session, it was mired in the idea that I had to get [...]
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Session 2: The Fish
April 21st, 2009 No Comments
In stark contrast to how well I ran on my first session (despite myself), this session was placed before me to remind me that I am not God’s gift to poker, and that I had a lot of work to do before even considering myself on the right path to poker aficionado / non-donkey. If [...]
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