The Grinding Dragon

I finally took my first step into live cash games (not including micro stakes home games) at our local casino here in Sydney last night. Considering I am primarily a LHE online player and only dabble in NLHE for the odd tourney or home game, sitting at a NLHE table that is bigger than any stake i had played in NLHE previously was quite a daunting concept.

Thankfully I spent some time during the week going over videos from Tubasteve and other coachs such as Baby Steps, Memoirs of a Limidonk, From the Ground Up etc. When it actually came time for me to sit, I felt a lot more comfortable than I expected and actually suprised myself at how I played. I must yet again give a shout out to DC and say a big THANKS for making such great minds available to the DC community. If it wasn't for the knowledge I have gained in my time here at DC I am certain last night would have gone a lot different, if I ever had the courage to sit at the table in the first place that is :) .

Only once did I get my money in bad, but did have a heap of outs (TPGK with open ended straight draw vs set), other than that hiccup I always got my money in good and made some pretty good laydowns that I know I probably would have not been able to make several months ago. I am pretty sure the results speak for themselves when I cashed out for close to 5 buyins after playing for around 6hrs with only the one initial buyin and really not getting too many good cards in that time either. Just played smart and chose my spots to pick up pots carefully. Not bad for a first attempt :)

Although when I think about it, they never really stood a chance considering I was wearing my magic run good DC hoodie at the time of playing. I also have to give props to the hoodie for the roulette bet on the way out, $5 straight up on lucky number 13 while wearing the DC hoodie and...........BOOM!!! Thank you sir, and see ya later :)