Short Night

Well I hope that after this weekend I will be able to put in my usual table time again. I have barely played any the past 2 weeks now. Last night was no different. I did one $5.20 DON and tanked out in 8th..was card dead the entire time and we still had 8 people at the 125-250 blind level! I was short stack at 900 chips and was dominated when I pushed in late position w/ A-9 and was called by big blind with A-J… no running him down today and I was ejected…I had only fired up one instead of my usual two and just wasn’t feeling it last night so I didn’t bother signing up for more. I figured if I wasn’t focused on them I would just kill some ROI% and end up pissed off. I went ahead and opened up two .25/.50 limit Badugi tables though. This game is still really soft and as bad as I sure I am at it I always make some quick money here. I don’t have a problem saying it… I suck at poker! I don’t know all the right +EV moves to make. I make some bad folds and some worse calls sometimes when I play poker. You know what though?? I am still better than the majority of the players I sit down with so I still make money!! That’s the great thing about poker. You don’t have to be the greatest or even that good.. you just have to be better than most of the people at your table to crush a game. So back to my Badugi sessions. I only played about 30 minutes and finished up over $15.00. It just amazes me at how bad some players are at this game. I see 2 raises pre-draw and then someone will call the raises and then draw 3!!! I’m like WTF!! It’s hilarious to watch and only takes about one orbit to find the 4 or 5 that are totally clueless. At one table I had a gold-star sit down to my right with a $100.00. Not sure if he was just trying to show off to us lowly bronze stars or if he was just trying to learn the game since most just buy-in with $10.00. He didn’t stay long and I never managed to get into a pot with him, but he was very aggressive and ended up about $7.00 ahead without ever showing a hand down. Either he ran REALLY good or he just bluffed everyone out. He would always come in for a raise and stand pat each draw and just keep raising. By the final draw everyone would just fold to him. I did make one bonehead play (from what I have read about Badugi strategy) that ended up working out and winning me a nice $5.00 pot. I was dealt a King High Badugi and raised. I had a few callers and stood pat and they all drew cards. I raised again and only had 2 callers and stood pat and they both drew cards. I raised again and this time I was re-raised by just one guy. I called and he stood pat. I knew he ran me down and since I had the worse Badugi possible I could only win if I improved. I went ahead and tossed my King and drew one and drew a 5 giving me a 7 high Badugi now! He led out with a raise and I re-raised him and took it down. I know drawing a card when you already have a made Badugi is supposed to be a cardinal sin but is it really if you know you are beat if you don’t draw? I figured I had nothing to lose in this particular spot. I also checked out a $10/$20 Badugi table to see how it played. They play just as bad as the .25/.50 tables do. They just have more money! LOL.
C-ya at the tables
Dave
Starting BR: $230
Ending BR: $240