Playing Live Poker
Posted on March 17, 2008
Filed Under General, Personal
I went out last night and decided to get back to playing cards a few times a week. I was a little nervous and rusty at first, but it didn’t take me long to settle in. I didn’t catch very many cards, but I was extremely patient. It was an extremely loose $1/$3 game where the average pre-flop raise was $20 – $25. I really don’t like that because I always raise the same pre-flop, and I like to keep my pre-flop raises on the lower end, so I don’t over-commit myself to a hand. However, if I wanted some isolation, I had to raise it up a bit more than I usually do, so I made my standard pre-flop raise $15. My first big hand was KK in middle position, in which everyone had limped to me, and I decided to make it $10 to go. I had 4 callers, so I was already a little nervous going to the flop, lol. The flop came 10J10. A player before me who had about $400 behind him made it $35. I made it $75 and he quickly puts me all-in. Back in my old days, I probably would have instant-called this. However, I made sure I took everything into consideration. What else would he limp, call my raise pre-flop, and then so confidently come over top and raise me all-in. I could tell by the look on his face and his demeanor that he was not at all concerned with what I had. After about 2-3 minutes of pondering, I laid down the hand. I was sure hat he had a 10 in his hand. Anyhow, I won a much bigger hand later with QQ, but then lost another big hand later to gut-shot straight draw against my two-pair. So the end result was a 9 hour session which resulted me down a little bit from my buy in. But it was due to hands that were behind catching up. If I’m ahead, I’ll always put my money in. Nonetheless, I was proud of my play, and I know I can beat that game.
I also played a little bit tonight, I never won a huge pot, just took down a few multi-way pots. I pretty much floated around what I bought in for. Though it’s only been two nights of playing, I’m feeling confident about my poker game. I’m playing less hands than I used to and picking my spots very carefully. Anyhow, we’ll see what the rest of this week and month bring 
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