NYC Regular Game - UES

I played poker last night in an apartment on the Upper East Side. I got there around 8pm and left around 2:30am. Over the course of the night, I drank and smoke and donked off about $400.

I'm not sure what game I was playing, but it wasn't mine. I sat down and my starting hand requirements went straight out the window. I do like to make Super Bowl Prop Bets. Betting on the Super Bowl is a lot of fun!

The reasons that I sucked:
#1. I was uncomfortable playing at this club for the first time, and for some reason I wanted everyone to think/know that I was a loose player.
Lesson #1 - Fuck everyone else. Make sure you are playing your game before you worry about your image. Who gives a shit what your table image is if you are playing bad poker.

Have you ever played poker in Atlantic City? At is a great place to play poker. I hope they legalize sports betting soon too. I would love to go to Atlantic City to bet on sports.

#2. For the last several days, I've been playing a 4 tables online for hours a day. After sitting at this live game and not playing a hand for 15 minutes, I got very bored and loosened up (and worried about my image? I am an asshole). After loosen up early (and sober), my starting requirements just got looser through out the night.
Lesson #2 - When you are playing live, poker is going to be slow and boring compared to online play. The reason that you are playing live is because the game should be a lot looser and therefor easier to beat.

I also love to bet on soccer. Especially the World Cup and MLS. You can find some good information on World Cup Soccer Bets and betting MLS Soccer games if you look for it.

#3. I was tired, drinking and smoking.
Lesson #3 - When you smoke your first cigarette, leave the game. You quit smoking and if you are smoking, there is something wrong with you head. (You are drunk and/or tired).

Other points worth mentioning:
I was sucked out on the river for a $400 pot (runner, runner). This was probably around 10:30 and even though I was playing like shit, I was still in the game and this hand would have put me up $200. After I lost, I decided to buy back in because the game was good. 1/2 later the game dropped to 6 players, and I should have left... but I was drinking...


From now on:
- Play your game, don't worry about table image
- No drinking when you are playing - if you drink leave the game
- No smoking when you are playing - if you smoke leave the game
- Pay attention - read people and the hands instead of drinking and bullshitting
- If you are looking to go out, don't play poker. Only go to play poker if you are looking to play poker, not if you are looking to do anything else.