My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (20 Viewers)

[Anthony Martino]

We limp-call a raise to $30 by LAG in the CO with

6 ways to a flop of

Checked to MP who bets $130 into $180

HJ calls, I fold, original raiser calls

Turn

Original raiser shoves, HJ has to fold his 87 and gets visibly agitated

 

[Anthony Martino]

Down about $250 in the 2/2/5 but just had 10/10/25 called

 

[Anthony Martino]

Chipping up a bit. One of the guys put a $300 bounty on my head if someone stacks me lol

 

[Anthony Martino]

Just got back from eating. I'm HJ and given the option to post missed blinds or straddle

I say "I'll wait a few hands" cause I know it'll tilt the shit out of the guy who complains if I don't play til 3am I'm hitting and running lol

 

[Anthony Martino]

Lol, even better. I had put myself on the 2/2/5 and 5/5/10 lists just in case

I get back to the 10/10/25 and one player left, everyone else has tightened up and there's no list of players to call to fill the seat

I hear my name called for 2/2/5 and before the blind hits me (since I was waiting) I rack up and leave for the smaller game since this one looks not so good anymore

I'm up a small amount in that game and I know it's going to further irritate that one guy for later sessions

 

[Anthony Martino]

Get called for 5/5/10

Catch a guy speeding and pick off his river bluff to get unstuck for the day

 

[Anthony Martino]

Catch another bluff when I give him the ol' "if I show will you fold?" line and his guffaw sounds forced and uncomfortable

 

[Anthony Martino]

We manage to book another winning day, +$845 after starting the session down $250.

Monday marks the close of the month, so looking forward to continuing the rungood and sending my backers their first of hopefully many returns!

 

[JStew]

Enjoy reading the thread, especially the hands you share (wins, losses, folds). Rooting for you to keep holding your own. Curious if you have ramped up your studying of the game now that you are working your way up in stakes.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Enjoy reading the thread, especially the hands you share (wins, losses, folds). Rooting for you to keep holding your own. Curious if you have ramped up your studying of the game now that you are working your way up in stakes.

Experience is the best teacher. I did study when I first started, and I've tried to check out Jnandez but he's just too dry and boring to watch, plus a lot of his material is focused on 6-max online games, not really what I'm doing.

I noticed I adjusted my hand selection OOP greatly in the bigger games, although I still employ my "Pull" method, trying to keep pots small and multiway to handcuff the more aggressive players from being able to push you around facing multiway fields.

 

[Rakrul]

So I'm still pretty irked about the whole 15 players bumping me from 1st to 16th on the list I fucking started yesterday. The politics of the poker room make it frustrating, as there are a lot of scumbags out there trying to control who can play with their whales.

[...]

You should buy the management a copy of this book.

 

[Anthony Martino]

You should buy the management a copy of this book.

You think poker room management knows how to read???

In all seriousness, I posted on 2+2 about this and received some great responses, one was a pm from a supervisor at a card room

He said that sometimes the names on the list are going to be too pro heavy, so calling the list just wastes everyones time as the game won't wind up running

Having someone organize a list which ensures some whales are in the mix not only makes the game run, but it bumps up the action on the 5/5/10 games as well as more players take seats there while they wait for an opening in the bigger game

Fortunately Thursday was the only time this happened so far, no bumps on fri/sat

 

[Anthony Martino]

About to start last session of the month

 

[Legend5555]

About to start last session of the month

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Those blacks not being on the 2 right side red stacks is making me twitch.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Bunch of limpers at a tight table, we raise pot to $35 in CO with

Tight player on button repops to $125

Everone folds, we call. Flop comes



We check, he bets $200. We repot, he calls it off with AAJ2 lol

I win first board but he holds on 2nd board to chop

 

[Zajac]

Bunch of limpers at a tight table, we raise pot to $35 in CO with

Tight player on button repops to $125

Everone folds, we call. Flop comes



We check, he bets $200. We repot, he calls it off with AAJ2 lol

I win first board but he holds on 2nd board to chop

I have been following lately and notice you like to run it twice.....I know it reduces variances and EV should be the same in long run...but do you feel opponents fold less if they think they get 2 chances at it?

 

[Anthony Martino]

We have and limp, tight player raises to 25, few callers

Flop

BB leads for 100, we call

Headsup to turn, he goes all-in for 130. We call and go twice, he has

We don't get there and double him up

Shortly after stuck 500 we are dealt one of the best hands possible, although I prefer AAJT double suited

We limp along, guy in LP makes it 15, few callers, another guy makes it 100, we spring the trap

He has

He runs one flop, two turns and rivers. We bink the case Ace on the flop and hold to scoop

Another hand we are rock with

See a flop of

Checked to us and we pot, one caller OOP

Turn

He bets out 20 which feels like a blocker bet, we call

River

He bets 100. I just don't buy it, give him the old "if I show will you fold?" His response seems forced, we call and he says good call

Officially unstuck

 

[Anthony Martino]

I have been following lately and notice you like to run it twice.....I know it reduces variances and EV should be the same in long run...but do you feel opponents fold less if they think they get 2 chances at it?

I believe it encourages them to chase when behind, figuring they'll hit one of the boards

 

[Anthony Martino]

After being stuck $500 today I was able to rally back, but then the game became absolute garbage, super tight, no action. So left +$40 on the day and took it in. Officially in the books my most profitable month yet, looking forward to September!

 

[Anthony Martino]

5/5/10 just got seated

 

[Bluegrass Poker]

5/5/10 just got seated

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LFG!

 

[Anthony Martino]

Wheee

 

[tabletalker7]

Wheee

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Good. If you started losing again I was not going to hesitate to Rick Roll you again

 

[Anthony Martino]

Good. If you started losing again I was not going to hesitate to Rick Roll you again

Game was tight and pretty bad, but I ran well and managed to make $800 before game broke

Grabning a bite to eat, on the list for 2/2/5 and the other 5/5/10 game

 

[Anthony Martino]

Got seat in other 5/5/10

 

[toothpic]

Got seat in other 5/5/10

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The lighting looks drastically different here

 

[Anthony Martino]

The lighting looks drastically different here

Darkness is spreading!

 

[tabletalker7]

Darkness is spreading!

The Rick Roll can still find you even in the darkness.

 

[Anthony Martino]

We limp-call a small raise holding from the blinds

5 ways to a flop of

Checked around. Turn

Checked to the guy raising every hand, he bets 200, I call

River

I check, he bets 200 again, I announce "i feel like I'm being milked" and call. He shows K8 to scoop

 

[tabletalker7]

We limp-call a small raise holding from the blinds

5 ways to a flop of

Checked around. Turn

Checked to the guy raising every hand, he bets 200, I call

River

I check, he bets 200 again, I announce "i feel like I'm being milked" and call. He shows K8 to scoop