pit stop, fun in seattle

i just had way too much fun in seattle so far not to make this post about it, but i was planning on doing my next post on a recap of how my season went. so last couple days of work were shitty but we got it done and i spent a couple more days in alaska getting what i needed to be done dealt with.

 i flew into seattle at 11am and got a taxi to where my truck and cargo trailer with all my things were being stored at.... so far so good. the taxi ride was interesting. i had an african driver (not racist) that actually gave some good conversation. we got into a conversation about how people really don't go after they want and tend to just follow what has already been done or stay wherever they feel comftorable. it's just fun talking to people that think like you. hope that guy goes after what he wants, he seemed like a good guy....so far so good.

 once arriving at the storage lot i got all my bags and went to my truck. unlocked my truck and tried to start it and nothing.....not so good. i did expect it though. i was just hoping the cab driver would be able to give me a jump start but he had an electric car so no go. i went to the main office and they had a battery charger so i put that on the battery and it started up pretty fast. once i got everything set i drove my truck a few hours because it had been sitting for the last 6 months. after that i got a motel room and withdrew some money at the bank and headed to the casino.

i was hoping to see some familliar faces that i became friends with but there wasn't too many. just getting back to the tables felt sooo good and felt right at home. the first day went slow and over 6 hours i only won a 100$ the next day i was up 850$ at one point and was debating leaving. usually i leave when im up if it gets slow for an hour or so afterwards. well there was some scheduling i was trying to do that i will talk about in a minute so i ended up staying a little longer. lost a few haundred and then this hand happend.

2 limpers in ep, hijack who is a lag fish raises to 20$, button who i figured for an abc player calls 20$. im in the bb with AQ of dimonds. im sure im way ahead of the hijacks range and figure the same for the button since he didnt raise either. so i 3bet to 75$

limpers fold. hijcak fold, and button calls. pot:180$
flop: K 5 6 with one diamond.
i bet 100$ and button calls

when he calls the flop i put him on a range of KQ suited and jj-88. i could possibly see him calling with big suited connectors like JT suited or 89 suited pre flop but since he called the flop i threw those out of his range. im not totally sure if someone like him would have 55, 66, 56, or 78 in there hand. i think he views me as a young kid trying to take the money preflop and following up with a cbet so i could really see him calling the flop with the mid pairs. "JUST ONE TIME" right

pot: 380$
turn is a 4 of diamonds
so i pick up a diamond draw and bet 200$ and button ships for a total of 500$
im getting like 3.5 to 1 to call so i do and miss the river. he shows 78 off suit for a straight and scoops the pot. nice hand sir.

my big concern was how i played the turn. picking up so much equity on the turn is it better to just check seeing how jj-88 most likely will check back and if i bet then the only thing that calls is something that beats me???? im not 100% sure what the right line is in that spot. in a small pot im fine with betting the turn. even if i get raised i can call with big implied odds. but at the time the pot was really big so im kinda leaning toward a check on the turn what do you guys think? also put the hand on 2+2

anyway i was down 400 after that and decided to pick up. i wasnt going to play anymore after that because i had different plans so im ending my stay in seattle down 300$ no biggie. i later came back to the casino to meet up with a poker friend and we got sushi and talked a bit so that was fun.

the next day i had planed for doing some daygame with my wingman that i met here last year. we ended up going to downtown seattle for a couple hours to start the day off since it wasnt raining yet. it was fun being with a wing and we were both a little rusty so after a few approaches i was back in the groove. it did start to get a little rainy so we headed to the big mall about 20 miles away where we did most of our daygame last year in the winter. i dont know if it was just because i was excited to be out doing day game, or if it was because i was with him or what but i was doing approaches i never done before. i talked to a mother daughter, basically hitting on the daughter with the mothers permission haha. i stopped 3 girls walking to talk to them which ive never done. and i approached girls in shops that were working which my wing taught me how to do it, so heres the results.

i was able to do 18 approaches in like 10 hours over 2 days. i got 2 number, and an instant date. where you take a girl for coffee or whatever right then and there and talk more.

and heres the juicy details. so the girl that i took on the instant date was a very cute romanian girl with olive skin and dark hair and vibrant red lipstick. i felt like i ran really good game on her and we talked for a total of about 20 minutes.

i got her number and began texting her a few hours later. we texted back and forth for the next day and we set up a date for the day after that after she got off work. from what i could tell she was way down and she was putting in a lot of investment so i was certain she liked me and was all for it. i got everything set up for our date and planned everything out so it would go really smoothley. i even moved into a better hotel that was like 1/4 mile away from where our date was. well about 15 minutes before she got off work and when we were supposed to meet up she started to get cold feet. i still felt like i ran good game on her and never had to "convince" her to see me. she ultimately flaked on the date but she did come over to the hotel..... BUM BUM BUMMMMM  she came up to my room and this is where i really fucked up. we started talking about just random shit and i could tell she was a little nervous. this is the most crucial part that counts the most and i am supposed to make her feel comftorable. maybe start talking about her family or what her goals and dreams are and really just try to get her to really feel comftorable with me. instead i didnt do that and talked about meaningless shit. i did lean in and kiss her which shortly afterwards she got even more nervous and suggested she had to go. which leads back to the importance of making her feel comftorable. we both stood up and walked to the door. where we began kissing again and again she persisted that she shoud leave....it wasnt going to happen.  i walked her down to the lobby and we kissed again and she left. shortly after she sent me a text saying only "im a virgin"  which i HIGHLY! doubt but if she is i respect it. it all came down to me not making her feel comftorable so lesson learned. she is a really attractive and sweet girl and we do have a really good spark together. i told her we'll keep in contact and when i come back through seattle after my winter in LA that i would come see her so we'll see.

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so thats where i sit now. alone in this pricey hotel room typing my story lol but it was all really fun and my stay here was awesome with lots of fun times so definitely worth it and in about 6 hours ill be on the road driving to LA. again i dont know when the next time i will update but ill keep it posted. so untill next time cosmonauts stay tuned :)