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Well, I haven't posted in a while, but then again I haven't played in a long time either, but I can see nothing has changed. Online poker sites are still giving, the big F.U., to solid players and letting the fish and donks suck out on a regular basis.
I went to the closest casino this past weekend (for my birthday, which was actually yesterday Happy B-Day to me LOL)
Anyway, my "hometown" casino is Turning Stone, in Verona NY.
I get there at about 9:30AM and jump right into a $100NL table.
Now, unlike Ant8472, who mentioned his confidence was up from winning live, my confidence was a bit shaky from the constant bad beats on line.
My 3rd hand in I'm dealt JJ. I'm almost scared to play this, and I actually played it bad.
I just called a min raise, in the small blind. The BB also called so there were 3 of us in the pot. I'm waiting to see an AK10 flop with a flush draw, or something to that effect.
Nope, In real life poker, the flop comes 28J rainbow. I check. It's checked to the initial raiser who then bets the pot (which was about $11) I call, everyone else folds. Turn brings a K. I check again, he goes all in for his last $40 or so, and I immediately call. He flips over AK. So I'm feeling good at this point.
There were many hands I played to this outcome. I had AQ vs someones AJ. An ace hit the board, and my AQ held up. I had KQd one hand, flopped the nut straight, had somebody call every one of my bets, on her flush draw that she never made. My 10's held up against 8's. My KK held up vs QQ. My KK held up against AQ etc etc etc.
The ONLY bad beat I remember taking (and this really isn't a bad beat per say) was I had flopped a set of 3's on a 237 flop. I bet and got reraised by a short stack (who put in his last $15 or so) He had 99. The river brought a 9. So although I did have the best hand on the flop, the best hand, won for all intents and purposes.
By the time I left the table, at around 4:00pm (because I was starving LOL) I was up around $450.
It's simply amazing how I can play, in a live game for about 6 hours and leave with a profit of over $350 or so, but I can play online for 6 hours (at the same limit) and, even when I'm winning, still only break even, because there is ALWAYS ONE hand that brings all of your profits down. And anyone who plays online, on a regular basis, knows what I'm talking about.
I left Turning Stone Casino with $948 around 1AM in the morning, I stepped up to the table with $90.
I lost some money in blackjack, as well as, Carribean Stud (what a bullshit game that is LOL)
But anyway, I bet I won over $1,000 on the day. Granted, that's because I had a good day. That's the most I've ever won there on the poker tables. But it just proved to me, that although I don't vary my style much from online poker, to live poker, there is a HUGE difference in the outcome.
SCREW ONLINE POKER!
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