ghostman poker journal

The goal is to win 300 dollars a day every day this week for a nice $2100 salary.  The game is 2-5 NL.  I will primarily be playing at Red Rock because they have an 80,000 bad beat jackpot right now thats attracting alot of weak players.  Thought I'd post the hands I play and the results for anyone who's interested in moving out here to play.  The average level of play at 2-5 right now is so bad I am playing every night and crushing it.  Tonight was the easiest night of poker I've ever had and figured i'd cheat and call it day 1.

 

 

Six people call 25 and I call on the button with A 10 off.  The flop comes AAT.  My nuts shrink up but I dont flinch.  It checks to me and I check.  Turn is a 4.  The raiser bets 100 and everybody folds. I call.  The river is a ten.  FUCK ME.  The raiser bets 220 and I am so angered by the river I just call thinkn we got a chop and he mucks.  Of course everybody asked why I didnt raise but he couldn't call anything there.  But yeah, I played it like shit. Oh well 465 in my pocket.  About an hour and a half later I have 88 in the small blind and call 45.  4 of us see the flop of 854.  I check.  The guy to my left bets 50,  the original raiser makes it 150. It's on me and I cant see his chips so I say "how much do you have left".(I think every time I've said this I get called, it irritates people)  He has about 320 left.  I go all in, everybody folds and he calls.  It comes 9J and he mucks.  655winner for me.  play til my big blind and out the fucking door. 

 

Day 1 +1020

I forgot the highlight of my night.  I actually met someone sicker than me, well sicker than all of us put together really.  You've probably heard of him if you live in vegas, his name is Archie Karrus.  This guy won 40 million rolling dice at the horseshoe around 1997.  He was broke by 2001.  Now read that last part again.  He was playing 2-5.  How fucking sick is that.  If I was him I would of blown my brains out ages ago.

hmm like this journal idea, keep up the good work, wonder what the guy had on that aa10410 hand

dont really like his river bet btw, he has to figure you have the ace when you smooth call 100 on the turn.

guy had to have qq kk or aa on that hand you had 88 on. 

Day 2

 

whoa boy here is a hand that will make you hate poker and curse god and everyone.  I have AA in the small blind and make it 45 to go and get 3 callers including old lady who has the button.  Flop is 852.  I check(normally i would never check but one player was being agressive as fuck) it checks to the old lady on the button and she thinks forever and bets 100.  I immediately make it 200, the other two fold and the old lady calls.  At this point I put her on 67 or an 8.  The turn is an Ace. beautiful.  she only has 87 dollars left.  I bet it and she calls.  The river is a 4.  I turn over 3 aces and she looks at the board and finally turns over her hand to my utter disbelief.  Pocket fuckn 33's.  WTF How the fuck she calls a check min raise with that piece of shit I have no clue.  I guy i know tells the lady nice hand.  I dont say a word.

 

hand 2.  I have AJ spades.  the old bag makes it 25, gets 7 callers.  Flop comes T74 with 2 spades.  old bag bets 60 and I go all in for 225.  She calls and shows qq.  i got spades and an over with decent pot odds. HELLO SPADE.  im up .

 

Hand 3. I have AA in the big blind.  6 people call the ten so I make it 60.  button calls.  Flop is kk3.  I check.  He bets 50.  He is a bad player, a little drunk. Bad players dont bet there 3 kings, they try and trap with em.  I call.  Turn is a queen and he bets 200.  I insta call hoping it will keep him from betting the river.  River is a 9.  I check.  He thinks, he takes to long(now I know I have the best hand) and finally says all in.  I call and turn over the aces.  He was betting his 3.  AHAHA.   500 winner and out the door.

 

Day 2 +525

nice thread ghost. Scenraio one happend to me often, and there really is nothing to do but exactly what you indeed did do. Exercise good judgement and patience.

Had a similar situation this past Sunday in 2/5 live where this older gentlemen had gone on a bit of a rush with lousy cards, hittin everything in sight and calling horrid percentage post flop raises with some of the tighter players. It was gettin ridiculous...but I resisted the temptation(I had more chips) to play his game hoping to get lucky...

So here comes this hand...

89 suited.

I am button and raise to 20 after bunch of limpers. 5 people in. Flop comes A67 rainbow. Bet is 25, 2 people fold, I call. 3 remaining players.

TURN comes 5h making 2 hearts on board. I have nut str8, but figured on of two remaining may have 2hearts.

UTG bets 100...I'm thinking one of them(or both just made their str8 as well, but not the nut str8)

Loose guy calls the 100.

I push my remaining 500 in.

Tighter solid guy folds.

Loose guy calls...with K4 hearts. Pot now has close to a G(I had him covered by a couple bills)

I hold my breathe...

River J clubs.

Loose guy busts out....leaves VERY quietly.

I rarely show any emotion at the table...but I did smile once he left

 

Patience will eventually win out. Percentages will eventually fall our way.

 

Good thread, hope you continue it.