week of poker-ing. The editor attempts to write this at 0500 am, with a cat bound & determined to stay warm and as close as possible, while remembering exactly where Flynn played and what the outcome was. Thank goodness for the poker tracker (Poker Analytics), so we can look back and be reminded of Flynn’s epic failures in bold red on the app.
Mon (18th) Bellagio – The WPT is still in town, so Flynn is still getting to the games early – before noon. 2/5 is the game, as usual, and a small profit is made. Details of this game escape the mind.
Wed, Bellagio – a clone of Monday, except the win was better. Essentially, Flynn floated along with a break-even for numerous hours, up a hundo, down a hundo+ over and over until he managed to double up (was up when it happened) on one monster hand. Time to skeedaddle outta there. It doesn’t count as a hit n run if you have been at the table for four hours, right?
Thurs, Aria – What the heck possessed Flynn to play 1/3 at the Aria? Frankly, the reasoning escapes, but the reality was not good. Down a full buy-in before calling uncle and leaving. The only good thing that came of the game was discovering Soul Bird’s chicken tenders. Normally Flynn packs his lunch, but for this session he had not. The loss was a blow to the ego, but not to be deterred, he took a day off and then …
Sat, Bellagio – back to the normal Flynn game. Gonna kill this 2/5 and get our bankroll back to where it was 3 days ago. Flynn started out at one table he did not like at all, where an attitudinal dude with his moll sitting behind him was super aggro and getting lucky (yes, he did end up busting eventually, which is what happens when you play like a ‘big man’). Unfortunately, Flynn was not the one that burst the dude’s bubble. Flynn switched tables after losing half his buy-in and not feeling the vibe. Flynn specifically moved to a table where there were numerous (4+) players he had been playing with regularly over the past couple of weeks. People he liked, playing styles he knew and could read, ya know? Much better. He ordered fried rice for lunch, again failing to pack one. Surprise! Flynn could not hit a flop to save his life, and was 2nd best every single time. He lost, probably an amount in his top 10 losses at cash. He packed up his toys and left, after winning one very small hand just to make his ego feel better.
Christmas happened, then move on to:
Tues 26th – Bellagio, because Flynn sure is not going to go back to 1/3 at the Aria yet, and because retribution. He gets sat at some random table on the ‘wrong side’ of town, and immediately asks for a table change to the one where ‘his’ regulars are playing. Five minutes later he is happily playing normal poker, slowly chipping up (and some down) as it should be. He played his A game, made a massive semi-bluff to take a pot away from a 5-10 player who was slumming it while waiting for a table. He ate his turkey sandwich from home. He hit some flops, and he made some epic folds. Notably, he lost a total of $425 with AK over the course of having it 5 times. Stupid. HATE that hand. Also notably he took a bunch of money off a player to his left who thought she was all that. As a matter of fact, Flynn doubled up twice through her. It just feels sweeter to win from people with attitudes, doesn’t it? Petty, yes. Truth, yes. This session ended after 6 hours of play, and a profit that negated the loss from the previous session. Hallelujah! As an aside, one other player of note: a man who claimed to have never played 2/5 before, and didn’t know what he was doing. Said he had only played 1/3 in Tucson. Yeah, right, as if a single person at the table believed that… he was very chatty, tried to come across as novice, and failed. The best part of the interactions was watching everyone at the table nod and talk back, as if they believed him. Yeah, he was down about 6 hundo when Flynn left. No, he was NOT a novice, as evidenced by his bankroll-wad size, his real playing style, and so forth. FWIW, Flynn did not win anything significant from him.
After writing up this report, the editor sees a pattern. Flynn’s ONLY losses have come when he has not packed a lunch, and instead has used comps to get food at the table.
Huh.
Fin
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