I had my first live-poker trip a week ago, and things went pretty well.
 

I cashed 4/8 tournaments I played, making around $1300 in profit, and grinded the $1-1 Bally's cash tables between tournaments and made almost another $300 or so on the week. I was pretty satisfied. I didn't run good at final tables when I needed to. The fields were super soft... nothing but a bunch of geezers coming down from NY and Philly to blow their social security checks.

My tournaments were on staked bankroll.

Tournaments I played -
Bally's $55 7pm - didn't cash. Terrible structure too.
Showboat $65 11pm - didn't cash.
Showboat $65 - 2pm - chopped 4 handed for $270
Taj Mahal $65 midnight - chopped for $260, 4 ways.
Showboat 2pm - Chopped 4 way with huge chip lead, took $675.
Taj Mahal $65 midnight - Chopped 4 way for $250 each
Showboat 2pm - Didn't cash
Showboat 7pm - Didn't cash

My first Bally's cash session, I dropped $75 and gave up.
The second cash session I made $60
The third I made $175
The fourth, I made $72
My final session, I made $44.

I never really played at the cash tables for more than an hour or so at a time. The tables were super soft though. I just established a pretty tight image at a limp friendly tables and did alotta raise/c-betting. Was really all it took.

Oh, this was at Atlantic City, by the way ... if anyone couldn't figure that out.

:thumbsup::cheers:

I live in AC. text me next time you are in town .

Do I have a place to stay next time I'm in AC? If so , I'll be there in a few weeks.

if you want to sleep on the couch then yes there is a place to stay.

Damn. I was hoping we would cuddle. :[

On a more serious note, fuck yeah, I don't mind staying on the couch. How far from the boardwalk are you?

It is around 7 miles away.

How far to the closest Jitney?

a few miles

Hows that goin for you Wes? what's your schedule like playing wise and where at?

Solid. I'm hoping maybe the first week of December to come up for a week or so. And yeah, what Zybomb said ^

Playing 2/5 5 days a week (take tuesday and thursday/sunday off) at borgata since i am broke as a joke. I am usually reading a book while playing since all these people play their hand face up. Hourly is obviously way less than online, but I do not currently want to play online anymore.

I am there for about 50-60 hours a week of playing poker.

It is pretty easy, but action is pretty bad for the stakes of live poker. After WSOP i will move somewhere else.

The field in AC is super super soft. I can attests to that. Even the "regulars" in the tournaments I was playing were no problem. I knew where I was at in every hand. It's definitely good money in AC.

Since I'm not a baller, I was playing 1-1 at Bally's most of the week. It's a pretty silly structure. They're miniblinds. So it's still $2 to play.

One table I was sitting at had 4 old jewish ladies playing about 3% of hands, two tilt-tards, and two "solid" (and i use that term very liberally) regulars from the area.

I ran a $100 stack up to $375, hitting a mini heater, all in situations where I never woulda got paid online. They are really really really bad.

It is the off season, I don't know if things are different when it's busier.

Raise/C-bet probably had a 80% success rate.

this is pretty much every live table below 5/10 fwiw.

That's comforting. From what I saw at the 2/5 tables, I didn't see any real "solid" regulars. I saw the same people every day, but it seemed to be a bunch of old men blowing their pensions.

I just got a new job that I want to establish a good image with, so I'm going to postpone my next trip to AC until the first week of January, is what I'm thinking. You gonna be around, Wes?

new years week no.

Foxwoods 5-10 is super juicy when there are tournies going on like there were the last few weeks. I didnt play 2-5 but I assume it'd be a donkfest and a half also

At Borgata Ive found the 5-10 is a rockfest filled with regs during the week for the most part, and gets juicy at times on weekends. A lot of the time I think theres more value in playing 2-5.

Last time I was there (when I saw u Wes) we started a 1-2 rotation game with me and 6 others I went down there with at 4AM after we were in Mur Mur all night. Won 200 bucks drunk. More than paid for my night. that works. Lol

What about 18-23rd of December?

i should be in AC.

Word. Other than that date, when will you be returning to AC after New Years?