A Great Start

I ended my self imposed live cash poker ban on New Years Day with a trip to Choctaw Casino in Durant Oklahoma. Choctaw is my favorite of the two big casinos north of Dallas. I just think their customer service is so much better than Winstar. Excited about the expansion of Choctaw which opens in February.

I played 1/2 NLHE for about four hours and ended up making 1.8 buy ins on my original $200 buy in. I played my new strategy of either betting or folding pre flop. I think in my last few sessions I had limped or min raised way too much and it resulted in some stupid beats. Not much spectacular to report just grinded my stack up. Most memorable pot was 4's with position on a 9-4-9 flop. Pot was raised to $15 pre with two of us besides the raiser along for the ride. UTG bet $45 on the flop, next up called and I went to $100. Fold,Fold and I scooped. Some might ask why I just didn't flat, I felt that one of the two players left in the hand had a decent pocket pair and I didn't want them to catch up. Turns out UTG told me later he had 10's.

I know its just one session but it felt good to make some dough after four consecutive losing games.

Online I had min cashes in 4 tourneys all in on satellite wins, biggest cash was in the Stars 200K gty.

Also had my best weekend of the year in sports betting , going 5-1-1 in NFL and college and made 15 units. Maybe next year I should just wait and bet the NFL on its last weekend and playoffs. All ready have made a 10 unit play on TCU tonight.

I know its only January 4 but it feels good to get the poker and gambling year off to a good start.