Stone Cold

Posted by wynn on Aug 2, 2010 in Buy-in, Donkeys, Table Talk | 0 comments

Funny how one hour and one player can make all the difference in the tempo and feel of the game. I have posted many times about my preference to play with good, solid players versus bad, inexperienced players. The fact is you can put a play on a table with 6 or more good players than you can with 6 or more bad ones. Bottom line: you see less rivers and get drawn...

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Five Jive

Posted by wynn on Jul 30, 2010 in Donkeys, Great Reads, Table Talk | 5 comments

While I look forward to what should be a highly profitable weekend at the table, I reflect back upon my session last night at MGM Grand Detroit. Thursdays are generally quiet, but they had this Jive ballroom dancing lessons party thing going on in the Ignite nightclub that shares the 3rd floor with the poker room. As if that was not irritating enough, my table...

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Cowardly Bully

Posted by wynn on Jul 20, 2010 in Donkeys, Table Talk | 4 comments

I have noticed two changes recently at the poker rooms in Detroit. First, about half the seats are empty compared to a few months ago. The second observation is more new players are filling those seats. By new, I mean inexperienced. Inexperienced players come in two flavors: those that know they don’t know how to play and those that wish they knew how to...

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Good Gone Bad

Posted by wynn on Jul 13, 2010 in Bluffs, Donkeys, Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

“You flop a set ?” one of my opponents asks on the flop. I guess I played bad. That is all I can come up with when I replay the hand in my head. Here is what happened. I figure the player on my immediate right has a hand like A-Q or A-J when he raised to $75 pre-flop. I called with A-10d knowing I could outplay him on the flop. The player on my...

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Screwed by a Hooker

Posted by wynn on Jul 7, 2010 in Donkeys, Table Talk | 0 comments

I got screwed by a hooker last night. No. It is not what you think. I played bad in a short session. Even though I felted the same player twice with 7-2 (trip 2’s on one hand and trip 7’s on the other), my playable hands quickly became rags on the flop. The entire table thought they would break some casino rule if they did not showdown every hand on...

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