The first picture is a pic of the chips obviously. The second picture is a picture of the packed room on Friday night and the third pic is of the room during the 6:00 A.M. grand opening.
Well poker, I still hate you. Even with having a casino less than 5 minutes from me, I am still finding the same leaks. Patience is my killer. Anyway, I had a great morning session (was there when the first hands were dealt) and when I went back to the casino at night they were jammed packed. All 24 tables filled with waiting lists 30+ long. The kicker was that there was actually a line of 20+ people waiting for the front podium just to sign up and get on the lists! This room is going to be crazy for sure for at least a couple months. However, tonight, I felt like I could get nothing right. I’ve been feeling this way for quite a while now. I’ve re-evaluated and although my game will be solid for the first hour or two, the patience leak begins to happen. All I can do now is move down in stakes to strictly 1/3 so that I can re-evaluate again and humble myself. I’m not sure the patience will be there though.
Well, I was at Wheeling Island Saturday night and happy to write that it was a good night. I played a very profitable session of 2/5 and decided to leave. It was still early and although my 2/5 table had tightened up, I thought there may be little money to be made at the 1/2 tables. However, when I sit and play 1/2, especially after a night of 2/5, I am liable to become impatient, make some mistakes and lose a buy in. Sadly, that is exactly what happened. So, I left one some of my profit at a 1/2 table, but still had a successful night. This is pleasing as I previously had back-to-back losing sessions. Therefore, I was able to close the month on a good note.
On a side note, I saw some poor employee treatment by management at Wheeling that night. It is saddening to see this as I have played in numerous rooms in all the major poker destinations and for the most part, the management at Wheeling fails miserably. That is not to say that all the management is bad, but it seems to me that there is a top down policy that the casino feels they are doing the player a favor instead of the other way around. This is no way to run a business and the only reason Wheeling gets away with it is because they are the only game in town. Well, as evidenced by this blog, this is all going to change once competition comes in the form of PA and OH table games. Then, Wheeling will be fawning over their players as casino profits continue to fall. It is truly a shame too, because so many of the dealers at Wheeling are great and it must be frustrating to work under that domain. Fortunately, table games entering PA will give them a refuge and I’m sure many of them are going that route.
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