Speed Poker

[Bryan Anthony Wright]

So,

sometimes before I have to be to work. Like lets say I start at 3PM I will enter a poker game around 1pm and play until 2-2:30.

Today I did that at a 1,2 table at harrahs. There was a long wait so I played some other games ( i don’t recommend it) but yea, I lost about $300 playing odd table games. I finally got my name called and I happened to have about $45 in chips so I just went to the table sat down with the expectation to buy more chips.

The first hand was already being dealt so quick I just pulled out $40 that was in my pocket to add to my chip stack. I basically played every hand not caring so much because of the small stack and I felt like having fun, I had nothing to lose. Eventually after going all in 3 times I finally lost that weak $50 stack so I bought back in for $150.

I played hard and very loose for the next hour, I made $500. Some of the hands I was playing were K9 off/ A4 OFF / J10 OFF / K8 OFF / and ANY Suited A. I hit 3 straits and trips once.

I guess My point of this post is just to ask does anyone else sometimes go just for a quick hit and run ? do you have any luck with that ?

[Erika]

It depends; do you see poker as a fun pastime or something you take seriously? If you take the game seriously and you play intentionally “bad” at times you take less seriously, you will be reinforcing bad habits.

[Bryan Anthony Wright]

this is very very true.

for sure Erika has it on the spot.

See, i want to take the game serious and I want to be full time. I will be. BUT, I will always make sure to throw in a few FUN days.

Poker, if this becomes a full time job couldn’t you treat it like any other full time Job? you’d want to be happy and make money right?

The days when I do a “quick” stop or what I call “speed poker” are just days when I have extra money to play with and days when I NEED to just lay back and have a good time.

BUT it is very dangerous as Erika stated, don’t pick up bad habits. Also, don’t get me wrong, even the days that I am playing with the intention of having fun I am still “thinking” of spots and pot odds and playing the players. The difference is I’m looser about it and I’m showing it, its a really good strategy.

I come to the table with a small buy in and I pretty much shove a weak hand. with the intention to buy back in and play tighter, they will mark me as a fish when all along it’s just bait and switch!

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