I decided to try something different tonight, I arrived a couple hours earlier for two reasons, firstly to try and get a seat quicker, secondly and more importantly to try and catch people coming straight from work who are coming to play and unwind. I played my usual game of raising pre a lot, trying to draw people out of their comfort zone by building pots quickly. Post flop this gives me the chance to take a lot of pots down with c-bets and just give up if I get anyone coming along. I am not getting anyone floating here, if they call it is likely they have at least a good draw. Luckily this evening I hit pretty hard after the flop and ran pretty good, booking a solid win in good time and got home early which is a bonus.
Aside from the action on the felt it was a good evening, I'm beginning to get to know more people, both as a friend and as a player which makes the long grind every evening more enjoyable. I don't think I'm a typical young poker player, my idols aren't Dwan and Galfond, while I obviously respect their game hugely. I love the true live cash players that you hear playing endless Vegas sessions in the casinos I dream of visiting, all the men who were playing for decades before Moneymaker brought poker to the public in 2003. One of these men who's autobiography I read recently is David Ulliot, better known as a the Devilfish. During my early poker education when I was predominantly an online player I would groan at the sight of Devilfish coming onto a TV table, having to watch him nit it up for a few hours. Now however, I understand the mentality of the live player more, I understand the grind, reading his autobiography was a pleasure as well, I'm sure much was elaborated and embellished but it was a little insight to one of my countries top players and someone we owe a lot to to bringing poker to the UK and television. Anecdotally I met someone recently that knew Devilfish from their earlier years while staying at Her Majesty's pleasure... To the point, having been playing live now for a while, there are very few younger players who have any interaction with the table. Almost every young player I see sits down, sticks the headphones in and proceeds to play horrible poker. While I don't mind they are missing out, they zone out of the game and miss a lot of the action and tendencies of the other players. For me though it's better, I'd rather talk to the older guys, they have more interesting stuff to talk about than their EV in this pot they played online that afternoon against their opponents range....
Time played: 3:19
Buyin: £100
Cashout: £245
Profit: £145
Hourly: £43.72
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