Got a working bankroll going of $1,000. It all started about a little over a week ago with a 3rd place finish for $787 in a full tilt poker Daily Double Tournament. Leuis started it but couldn't finish and needed me to take the wheel since he was going to Rutgers. There were about 900ish entrants and 190 left when i took over. He left me with ~50 bb's which was more than enough but the next hand after he left i was down to 30 bb's when i had TT and someone had QQ, AIPF. Maybe i should've just folded but whatever. The tourny was a good experience, towards the end when it was like 13 ppl i won 2 huge coinflips and just coasted from final table to final 3. The blinds were getting pretty big and i quickly went from 500k at the final table to 200k with 10k/20k blinds. After that it was just an all-in fest and no postflop play so i had to take my chances with QJ preflop and lost. First was 1.8k which would've been sick but $787 is nothing to complain about either. I took $350 which was 44% and Lu took the rest.
Since it's nearly impossible to quickly cash out online with epassporte being shut down, I was able to get a check a few days later from Z for the $350. With that, me and Lu went down to Borgata the next night.
It was his first time playing 1/2 live in a casino so the excitement was pretty heavy. We sat down at the same table for about 2 1/2 hours and I finished up $198, Lu finished up around $85. He played pretty well for his first time, with one crucial amatuer mistake of string betting with the nuts, but atleast now he learned and won't do that again. We then went to go walk around since the table had died and I was feeling pretty tired. It had been around 7:00 am and we had gotten there at 3:30. Lu wanted to play some roullette so i left him and took a nap in the car, figuring he'd wake me up in 30 minutes or so. 2 1/2 hours later he's still playing roullette and up about $230.
With my new bankroll of a little over $500, I went to a new spot to play in the city 2 nights later with my friend Mike who deals poker in the city. He was the one that got me into that 5/5 Penthouse apt. game on 38th and 1st back in early April but recently he got in a dispute with a co-owner of the place and they had a falling out. So he tells me he's going to this new spot, its an easy 1/2 game off of West st. in downtown Manhattan so i tag along. We get there and its only 1 table, and everyone buys in for $200. It was a pretty slow start for me and after an hour of cold cards and being even the following hand comes up.
I limp with 85d and its a limped pot about 6 or 7 handed. The flop comes 9 8 6, with 2 diamonds. 1 guy bets $12 and i make it $40. 1 other caller and one of the blinds moves in for $200. There's already $120+ in the pot without the 200 so already i have the odds to call. The guy who made it $12 calls, i call for all-in, and the other player who called the $40 bet calls as well so i figure my diamonds are dead. Turn is a J, river Jd giving me the flush. The guy in the blinds had 57 and flopped the straight and the other 2 mucked so i scooped that $800 pot. About an hour and a half later me and Mike left. I finished up $760 and Mike won around $500.
Then, last night me Lu Justin and Rob decide to go to AC. I drove Justin's car on the way there and we get there at around midnight. We decided to go to Caesar's since Borgata is too far from the other casinos, even though me and Lu were pushing for going to Borgata since its the best for cards. We started off just scoping out the tables at Caesar's. Lu went straight to roullette and me and justin sat down at a $15 min. blackjack table. I figured we'd play a little here and then go to Borgata if things didn't work out. I ended up losing $100 at blackjack and leuis and justin were still eager to gamble so i went straight to the poker room. My first hand was KK and there was a riase to $10 and 1 caller so i made it $25 to go. We went 3 way to the flop and it came A J 6, rainbow...both players checked to me pretty quickly so i took a stab with $40. One lady moves in for $75 and the other guy calls so i fold. The lady has AK and the other guy has A7 lmao. After that hand i reloaded $100 more and the whole night i just really couldn't make anything due to a combination of the table being extremely tight with $7 raises preflop and cards that couldn't hit anything. Leuis came to my table after losing $300 in roullette and grinded up +$100 after about a 3-4 hours session. Our table broke and i decided to go upstairs to the cafe and get some breakfast while Lu still played cards. In the meantime, Justin and rob had walked over to Tropicana and apparently justin was taking $700 swings at Blackjack lol. They then came back over to Caesar's and we played a little bit more table games and then drove back at like 7am.
Overall it was a tiring but fun trip.
I feel really forunate to be back on my feet and have a decent bankroll to work with now. At the end of last month i really did not know what was going to happen, either having to get a job or somehow find someone to borrow money from. That feeling is really uncomfortable to say the least and every time i'm at the table now i feel even more pressure to not go broke so that i don't have to deal with that feeling. Hopefully things will continue to go my way and good things will come.
Since it's nearly impossible to quickly cash out online with epassporte being shut down, I was able to get a check a few days later from Z for the $350. With that, me and Lu went down to Borgata the next night.
It was his first time playing 1/2 live in a casino so the excitement was pretty heavy. We sat down at the same table for about 2 1/2 hours and I finished up $198, Lu finished up around $85. He played pretty well for his first time, with one crucial amatuer mistake of string betting with the nuts, but atleast now he learned and won't do that again. We then went to go walk around since the table had died and I was feeling pretty tired. It had been around 7:00 am and we had gotten there at 3:30. Lu wanted to play some roullette so i left him and took a nap in the car, figuring he'd wake me up in 30 minutes or so. 2 1/2 hours later he's still playing roullette and up about $230.
With my new bankroll of a little over $500, I went to a new spot to play in the city 2 nights later with my friend Mike who deals poker in the city. He was the one that got me into that 5/5 Penthouse apt. game on 38th and 1st back in early April but recently he got in a dispute with a co-owner of the place and they had a falling out. So he tells me he's going to this new spot, its an easy 1/2 game off of West st. in downtown Manhattan so i tag along. We get there and its only 1 table, and everyone buys in for $200. It was a pretty slow start for me and after an hour of cold cards and being even the following hand comes up.
I limp with 85d and its a limped pot about 6 or 7 handed. The flop comes 9 8 6, with 2 diamonds. 1 guy bets $12 and i make it $40. 1 other caller and one of the blinds moves in for $200. There's already $120+ in the pot without the 200 so already i have the odds to call. The guy who made it $12 calls, i call for all-in, and the other player who called the $40 bet calls as well so i figure my diamonds are dead. Turn is a J, river Jd giving me the flush. The guy in the blinds had 57 and flopped the straight and the other 2 mucked so i scooped that $800 pot. About an hour and a half later me and Mike left. I finished up $760 and Mike won around $500.
Then, last night me Lu Justin and Rob decide to go to AC. I drove Justin's car on the way there and we get there at around midnight. We decided to go to Caesar's since Borgata is too far from the other casinos, even though me and Lu were pushing for going to Borgata since its the best for cards. We started off just scoping out the tables at Caesar's. Lu went straight to roullette and me and justin sat down at a $15 min. blackjack table. I figured we'd play a little here and then go to Borgata if things didn't work out. I ended up losing $100 at blackjack and leuis and justin were still eager to gamble so i went straight to the poker room. My first hand was KK and there was a riase to $10 and 1 caller so i made it $25 to go. We went 3 way to the flop and it came A J 6, rainbow...both players checked to me pretty quickly so i took a stab with $40. One lady moves in for $75 and the other guy calls so i fold. The lady has AK and the other guy has A7 lmao. After that hand i reloaded $100 more and the whole night i just really couldn't make anything due to a combination of the table being extremely tight with $7 raises preflop and cards that couldn't hit anything. Leuis came to my table after losing $300 in roullette and grinded up +$100 after about a 3-4 hours session. Our table broke and i decided to go upstairs to the cafe and get some breakfast while Lu still played cards. In the meantime, Justin and rob had walked over to Tropicana and apparently justin was taking $700 swings at Blackjack lol. They then came back over to Caesar's and we played a little bit more table games and then drove back at like 7am.
Overall it was a tiring but fun trip.
I feel really forunate to be back on my feet and have a decent bankroll to work with now. At the end of last month i really did not know what was going to happen, either having to get a job or somehow find someone to borrow money from. That feeling is really uncomfortable to say the least and every time i'm at the table now i feel even more pressure to not go broke so that i don't have to deal with that feeling. Hopefully things will continue to go my way and good things will come.
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