Kicking It Up At The Commerce

by Gamekill, 22.02.2008

My girlfriend Amy and I decided to head to the LAPC.

Well I promised I would keep you all abreast regarding my trip and seeing as I'm a little hungover from all the caffeine and long sessions I've been playing lately I guess this morning is the right time to pen some of my recent experiences.

I left Vegas after winning a few more dollars in the $30-60 holdem game. We wanted to head down to LA to catch the LAPC action (most players agree, it's the best action in the world) and I thought that if I was going to take a shot in a bigger game I would rather do it there. Vegas is sometimes home to great games in the higher stakes, I know, but more often than not the $100-200 game seemed to be filled with the same old gnarled faces of the daily grinder pros, and I don't like that kind of game. The civilized tigh-assed 'play it by the book' Vegas style limit holdem isn't the best game right now, the best game is in LA.

Before I even sat down to play I knew I had made the right decision to come here. The place has been jumping non-stop and all the games are great. I won my first day at $40-80, and since I have been running so good I decided to kick it up to $60-120 the next day. That is where I had one of my biggest wins ever. The game was off the hook, there were always a few tourists in the game and they would just keep reloading. That's a huge plus, when the fish are getting slammed AND they just wanna keep playing all night long. They play even worse than usual. The game wasn't really too much tougher than my regular $20-40 back home. I've seen a few good players here and there but for the most part I see players who know the game, and have a lot of good set plays in their memory banks, but don't have the natural knack for poker that I think must be necessary to move up in stakes. I'm not an accomplished high stakes player, I don't even have a bankroll! But I see a lof of weakness at the tables and I think I've been one of the biggest winners in the $40-80 and $60-120 games since I rolled into town. I'm playing with a ton of confidence and I seem to be making a lot more super-plays, steals and good thin value bets than I am making mistakes.

I should correct my above statement, where I said I had 'no' bankroll. For the past year and a half I have been in the red, playing on my good credit and making ends meet without really being able to take any shots. But today, I do have a very small bankroll to call my own, FINALLY! It feels friggin' great! Now I can build... now I can win.

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