I want to play in some tournaments this year in May at Harrah's. There's a lot of work to do between now and then and my bankroll building is going very slowly. Here's an accounting of my recent poker outings. Played a $40T and cashed $80. Played a $40 T and did not cash. Played $4-$8 limit holdem and left $40 ahead. Played $4-$8 holdem and left $40 ahead. Played $4-$8 holdem and $4-$8-$12 Omaha and left $66 ahead. The good news is that I am leaving ahead after each session. But this is a painfully slow process that is not doing much good for the action junkie inside of me.
I have decided to starr tracking my poker win/loss records. This post is the first step in my accounting process.
Did I mention the newest tell I found? Its a slight and instantaneous smirk. I went back and watched an old Annie Duke poker dvd and she talked about this smirk. Then just a few days later I got to see it in action. Its a quick smirk that a bluffing bettor will make just before implementing the bluff. I saw Gary do it in the $4-$8 limit game on the river. He was called. Not by someone who knew he was bluffing or even saw the tell. He was just called by some donkey who happened to call at the right time. In fact, I am the only person at the table that saw the tell. Once he got called, he instantly mucked his hand! Instamuck! I love this tell. It will make me hundreds of dollars because I often play against him in the no limit game. There have been several others times when I thought he was bluffing but didn't have enough of a tell to call off all my chips to find out if he was bluffing. Now I know! Now I am ready for his bluff shove!
