With the Assist

I got a phone call from Will in the afternoon while at work and we talked about we had played against one another the previous night. Will had gotten in against me with a straight, and I was free rolling him with the same straight, a gutshot to the higher straight, and a flush draw. The bigger end came through, and Will had left in a huff. I talked to him for awhile, and discussed some things about his game I think he could work on, and gave him a little bit of advice about hand reading and discipline. He left the conversation feeling much more confident and armed with some new tools to work with.

Nothing feels better to me then helping out a friend, and trying to assist them in improving their game. It was really pretty gratifying.

After what felt like a pretty long day at work, I went home last night and played a little online 6 max while waiting for Ashley to get ready to go to dinner. I defeated the .25-.50 for a whopping $8.50. Hurrah for me!

We grabbed a bite to eat at Mediteraneo, a semi-fine dining place that serves great food for a pretty reasonable price. We got out of the restaurant at 9, and rolled up to Viejas Casino. Anthony and Will were both sitting in the 2-5 each with pretty big stacks. Ashley got into a game quickly, but I was stuck waiting for a seat to open for over an hour. I killed some time talking to Anthony about the upcoming $100K first place tourny that is in about 2 weeks. My status on it is unsure but doubtful and I told Anthony such. In a very cool gesture he offered to take a big chunk of my action to get me in, which I am considering.

Will, who was sitting at the same table as Anthony was tearing the game up. Apparently he had sat the 1-3 with $150, ran it up to $800, took it over to the 2-5 and when he left cashed for about $1500. Not a bad night at all. He thanked me a few different times for the help I gave him earlier in the day and offered to take Ashley and I to dinner. I told him I would rather have a peice of his action, but would accept dinner all the same.

I sat in a 1-3 with some crazy drunken guy for a few hours, and slowly grinded up. For some reason I could never find a spot against the guy, but did a pretty decent job of squeezing when people were starting to get a bit too out of line against him. I snapped off an over pair with T8 on the good old T84 flop, and later got some value by checking top pair into a guy who tried to take the pot away from me on the turn and river. I cashed for $250, and Ashley made about $150.

Waking up for work today was a bitch, but I made it on time, and have used a bit of my day to plan my upcoming weekend. After 13 days working, Im going to get 1 day off and then start over again the next week. My life is good!