I purchased a new system, nothing special but it does have the operating system installed, MS Vista. Getting a new system is exciting, however the downloading of all the information. Downloading all the poker software like Poker Tracker, PA HUD, FTP, Stars and the like takes all day. However, once they are downloaded, then files have to be transferred and such, this is very time consuming. Of course it doesn’t go without a hitch, so it is back to the re-install and re-configuration. Finally, I have downloaded the latest version of PAHUD, and it doesn’t work, UGH! If you have read the rant about the 5 buy-in loss, then you will enjoy this session.
I have just added a new database that will be based on my new style of play. I should add that my 18-22 month poker career shows a total of $500.00 to the bad, and add the software I have purchased over time; the number is a little south of $600.00, throw in the rake and the number is close to $800.00; the sample of hands is approximately 25,000.
That being said, I am going to employee a new strategy that will gain back my losses, and finally put me ahead.
So I am configuring both the PT and the PAHUD. I sit down at a table on FTP just to get a hand in, so I can add myself to the database. I jump in a 25NL game, thinking it is a 10NL game. Buy in for the minimum ($10.00); thinking it is the maximum, and sit down to catch the Big Blind, perfect! As I look around, everyone is well stacked, I think, because they have 2 buy-ins each at the 10NL; however I will discover this isn’t a 10NL table. In the Big Blind, I catch a suited Q/10 (Goolsby) of diamonds. Playable to an open call, however I guy in MP puts in a 4X raise to $1.00. I have no information on the villain, but he did the same thing in the hand I sat in on and everyone folded! I want to have the hand raked, so I call hoping to hit a monster flop. If I don’t hit, I can check/fold and be done with it, getting the hand raked and the new database running. Well the flop comes out A96 of diamonds. What the hell, talk about a monster! I have the second nut flush, and I am sure the villain may have the A! I bet out ¾ of the pot, and sure enough get called. I am thinking this is the wrong time to look me up, Broseph! The turn delivers a blank, and I play the hand to check/raise. The villain bets the pot, I push all in, and get an insta-call, WTF! He turns over K8 (Kokomo) of diamonds for the nut flush! He raised in MP with the K8s. But what is really more impressive are the odds of this happening. The odds of flopping a flush, while holding 2 suited cards, are about 118 to 1. That being said, what are the odds of flopping 2 flushes while holding 2 suited cards. Man I was destine to lose my stack, Luckily, I bought I light. So what started out being a systems check, ended up a $10.00 loss and a very ugly opening session in the new database. I never should have been in the hand, but once in, what a f’ing cooler. My last 3 days have been very similar to this. POKER!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
I am official on tilt. I am so lit that I will not play anymore this evening, most likely tomorrow evening also. I lost 5 buy-ins, maybe from some bad play, but surely not all bad play. I lost a set to a rivered flush, QQ v. KK, TPTK twice to a set, a fucking rivered set, and on and on. I really, and I mean really do not know how players move up. I play at the 10 and 25NL tables, and I swear no one will fold a damn hand. I price everyone out of draws and the fucking hit them. So I ask myself, how do you move up when the money doesn't mean jack to the other guys.
I make enough money to play and at about the 1/2 level. This would require me to save a little to make the standard 30 buy-in limit, but it could be done in 8 weeks with any effect on the family or me. But I don't because I want to win my way up. I take on step forward with a 2 buy-in day, and then 3 backwards from tonight. I really don't know how it is done. I am actually starting to think I have bad poker luck. I really don't believe in luck, but I am starting to wonder. I hate this! POKER!
I make enough money to play and at about the 1/2 level. This would require me to save a little to make the standard 30 buy-in limit, but it could be done in 8 weeks with any effect on the family or me. But I don't because I want to win my way up. I take on step forward with a 2 buy-in day, and then 3 backwards from tonight. I really don't know how it is done. I am actually starting to think I have bad poker luck. I really don't believe in luck, but I am starting to wonder. I hate this! POKER!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Evening-
Finally put some cash into Bill Gates' pockets. I bought a new system complete with Vista Premium. Hope it works well. Man what a chore to download, configure and install. Takes all night. Played a session today to test the AutoHotKey scripts. What a session, lost a 1/2 buy-in from the get go, and then the other half with QQ v. AA. Of course, who had the QQ?
Then an interesting hand developed when I look down at AKo in the SB. MP raises, so I re-raise and he calls. Well the board has the K and 2 hearts. Villain shoved and I call. He has Open Ender and flush draw to my KK, with the A for some back up. Needless to say he caught a Q on the river to make his str8. But then all of a sudden I going rushing and next thing you know I am 5 buy-ins to the good.
Most of the money came with 3 all-in, me with middle pair and open ender vs. a set of J's and TPTK (AJ), I hit and stacked them both. Then 4 hands later I hold KQs in the BB and call a weak raise. How does this flop look KKQ! Yes! I stack the villain with his KJ. Then played maniac poker at the .1/.2 table on Stars to test the scripts there. they didn't seem to work, and neither did the maniac session. A 3 buy-in bust. POKER!
Finally put some cash into Bill Gates' pockets. I bought a new system complete with Vista Premium. Hope it works well. Man what a chore to download, configure and install. Takes all night. Played a session today to test the AutoHotKey scripts. What a session, lost a 1/2 buy-in from the get go, and then the other half with QQ v. AA. Of course, who had the QQ?
Then an interesting hand developed when I look down at AKo in the SB. MP raises, so I re-raise and he calls. Well the board has the K and 2 hearts. Villain shoved and I call. He has Open Ender and flush draw to my KK, with the A for some back up. Needless to say he caught a Q on the river to make his str8. But then all of a sudden I going rushing and next thing you know I am 5 buy-ins to the good.
Most of the money came with 3 all-in, me with middle pair and open ender vs. a set of J's and TPTK (AJ), I hit and stacked them both. Then 4 hands later I hold KQs in the BB and call a weak raise. How does this flop look KKQ! Yes! I stack the villain with his KJ. Then played maniac poker at the .1/.2 table on Stars to test the scripts there. they didn't seem to work, and neither did the maniac session. A 3 buy-in bust. POKER!
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
MY WORST HAND TO DATE!
I posted the worst hand I have played to this date. I needed it posted so all could see, and please, feel free to comment! I hope this beating will keep me focused. I can't believe I blew a stack like this. I posted the hand on Cardrunners and here are so of the comments. i hope those who posted won't mind. That is why I like CR, the honest opinions are mean to help, not hurt.
luckhappens stated: I hate it. It's only logical to assume you are getting called by an Ace or a draw. Flush gets there, 57 gets there, and the Ace is still out there...and you got called in 2 spots on the flop. Give up on turn and hope for a free card.
Scorpi13stated: CK, not to be harsh ... but you get two callers, an A, a flush draw, and straight draw on the board. None of which you have. Do you really think you could be successful here? Should have let that one go. Pick a heads up confrontation to try a bluff!
Ving Tsun stated: not a good spot. pick another. paired board, F draw, Straight draw, and 2 callers. this is definately a protected pot.
papabigballer stated: Pretty bad spot to bluff as noted above but still funny to see he had QQ...whatd he put you on, KTo or something lol.... (http://papabigballer.blogspot.com/)
pk_robber stated: Well, I think given circumstances, I would have bet smaller on the Turn, to give the badguy86 some fold equity to call. My thought is you CBET allot and committed your self to the bluff after the CBET. Otherwise, but if you planned to bluff all of your stack into this hand, maybe raise more on the FLOP as well since people would likely put you on AK and trying hard to defend. Finally, I agree this is a bad spot to bluff and to do it out of position leaves you with no sense of where you are at.
These comments are appreciated and heartfelt, thank you crew. POKER!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Friday, March 24, 2007
A complete day off. Boy is this nice, riding the MC in 78 degree sunny weather and having it all. Thought I would come back and play a little poker. Ouch! First off, never really saw any real winners. I did catch AA in the SB, but the AA6 flop really sealed the deal. No money, but it was fun. I lost a buy-in, again! What do you do with AKs to a LP raise, we of course you re-raise! The a ragged ass flop hits, you follow-up with a 3/4 pot raise, and POW, All-in! Seemed that happened a lot. Got it all in with AQ, something I don't do often, but with a 65/7/1 player you figure your good. His AK won the day. And of course my checked K/10o in the BB loses to a KJ with a 10/10/J/J/4 board. After losing the buy-in, it is off the the gym to "forgeta 'bout dit" POKER!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Sitting in class looking at the latest edition of All In Magazine (compliments of Party Points), I can't help but notice the mean and angry faces of the professional players. Players like Phil Ivy and Michael Mizrachi look as if they are killers on the prowl. That got me think about intimidation on the poker tables. If I had those two, and let's say Allen Cunningham and Negreanu at my table, I would feel a little intimidated. I don't know why, I mean really, they are card players, not killers.
Then I thought what the hell, I spend all my time with killers, I mean stone cold killers. If I took any one of those poker players and put them in my shoes, they would feel intimidated. I would like to see them sit with Inmate H. (Killed 6 people with her boyfriend after they took the victims at gunpoint and stole their ATM money), Inmate O. (Shot her boyfriend in the head from less than one inch away, and then cut off his left foot below the knee, all five of the right fingers, tried to cut the torso in half and peeled the entire skin from the left hand, while using a paint scrapper. Oh yes, pulled out his teeth with pliers), Inmate R. (Bit off her grandson's penis) and Inmate L. (Cut off her mother's head) and let's not forget the Wendy's Chili girl. All of these people, including Inmate D. (Threw 3 of her 4 children off a 405 freeway overpass in rush hour traffic in the LA area) are the players I spend my day with, and to be honest, I don't think twice about it.
So intimidation is due to being uncomfortable and lacking confidence and knowledge. I think the pro's would have a hard time in my business because they lack the knowledge and confidence to deal one on one with people of questionable backgrounds. As I would have a hard time playing poker against them because I lack the detailed knowledge and confidence required to play at such a deep and thoughtful level. So why should I ever feel intimidated? I mean it is not my life that is at stake, or by the looks of their advertising, maybe it is. POKER!
Then I thought what the hell, I spend all my time with killers, I mean stone cold killers. If I took any one of those poker players and put them in my shoes, they would feel intimidated. I would like to see them sit with Inmate H. (Killed 6 people with her boyfriend after they took the victims at gunpoint and stole their ATM money), Inmate O. (Shot her boyfriend in the head from less than one inch away, and then cut off his left foot below the knee, all five of the right fingers, tried to cut the torso in half and peeled the entire skin from the left hand, while using a paint scrapper. Oh yes, pulled out his teeth with pliers), Inmate R. (Bit off her grandson's penis) and Inmate L. (Cut off her mother's head) and let's not forget the Wendy's Chili girl. All of these people, including Inmate D. (Threw 3 of her 4 children off a 405 freeway overpass in rush hour traffic in the LA area) are the players I spend my day with, and to be honest, I don't think twice about it.
So intimidation is due to being uncomfortable and lacking confidence and knowledge. I think the pro's would have a hard time in my business because they lack the knowledge and confidence to deal one on one with people of questionable backgrounds. As I would have a hard time playing poker against them because I lack the detailed knowledge and confidence required to play at such a deep and thoughtful level. So why should I ever feel intimidated? I mean it is not my life that is at stake, or by the looks of their advertising, maybe it is. POKER!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Range Day!
Every year I am required to qualify with departmental weaponry. I am not a big gun advocate, however I do support the right to own and use guns. I just find that many times when you have a gun, and you are about to defend yourself, it is like AKo vs. 88, basically a coin flip. I do own a handgun, but it was purchased when my daughter was 16, and understood the power a hand gun provides and the damage it can create.
That said, it is funny with the department. I qualify once a year with a Smith & Wesson model 38, which is a .38 caliber revolver. I also qualify with a Ruger Mini-14 .223. A slick little rifle, that is very powerful and deadly. The round travels over 2 miles!! The Range Masters are "gun guys". The live, breath and sleep guns. The pack their own heat on the firing line, not some sissy little .38.
So there I sit for 10 hours with guys who can't understand my dumbfounded look when they are discussing the back strap and the ejector star or the heat shield and magazine well. I mean really.... I qualify once a year, and in my position, I will never see a gun. Like I say, " If I have to shoot someone, the National Guard better be on grounds". But I sit and sit and sit. I have never missed qualifying in 18 years, and if I do, what are they going to fire me!
That brings me back to the concept of departmental annual training. The department mandates 40 hours of formal classroom training a year. This is to assure the public that we are deserving of our pay, which by prison standards is OUTSTANDING! Anyway, the actual training is more in line with 10 hours! Yes, 10 hours of actual training and 30 hours of breaks and lunch. Yesterday I sat in a 6 hour block of training mandated by the US government and the Office of Homeland Security. Of the 6 hours, the actual class contained 2 hours of information. We would listen to a 15 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute break. We would return and take a 5-10 question test, and back to a 20 minute break. Of course the answers were provided. This went on for 7 modules. The funny thing about the training is, it contained a half an hour of relevant information to the prison system.
I suffered through a 4 hour block of training regarding the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), a program signed by President Bush in 2003. The act has not been funded again, so I guess we couldn't prevent the cons from getting theirs and prisoners are getting raped again. WTF.
So we get breaks and breaks an breaks. That sounds good, however we can not leave grounds and there is no smoking ( I quit 10 years ago). So we stand around like idiots wasting time. Because we are in training, we can not do our "regular" work. So we stand and stand and stand, wait and wait and wait to go back to class for another 30 minutes just to take another 20 minute break. I am exhausted from doing nothing. PRISON!
FOLLOW-UP: DR. PHIL VISIT
On Monday, March 19, 2007, Dr. Phil McGraw of the Dr. Phil show was on grounds. The production team arrived first and he followed later in the day with a family from the east coast he flew in for a visit with an inmate. Security was very tight. Members of our Investigative Services Unit (ISU) provided coverage. Everyone was cleared away as he entered. All staff was detoured and order to back away from the tour. Sally ports were shut down, parking lots were blocked off. It was unreal. Each Correctional Officer is considered a Peace Officer. Think of us as the police in a very ugly and mean city, we have some juice. So why the overproduction? I thought the Warden might be grandstanding and making his visit a bigger deal than it was. Well, I found out it was him! His team stated he would not speak to any staff member and wanted the area cleared away from any correctional staff. He did not mind the convicts, but the staff! Man, all I have to say is, don't ever get in trouble Dr. Phil, the Prison Rape Elimination Act was not re-funded!
POKER -
Too tired and suffered some evil beats. Taking the night off and watching Let's Go To Prison, Unrated. I consider it an extension of today's training.
Every year I am required to qualify with departmental weaponry. I am not a big gun advocate, however I do support the right to own and use guns. I just find that many times when you have a gun, and you are about to defend yourself, it is like AKo vs. 88, basically a coin flip. I do own a handgun, but it was purchased when my daughter was 16, and understood the power a hand gun provides and the damage it can create.
That said, it is funny with the department. I qualify once a year with a Smith & Wesson model 38, which is a .38 caliber revolver. I also qualify with a Ruger Mini-14 .223. A slick little rifle, that is very powerful and deadly. The round travels over 2 miles!! The Range Masters are "gun guys". The live, breath and sleep guns. The pack their own heat on the firing line, not some sissy little .38.
So there I sit for 10 hours with guys who can't understand my dumbfounded look when they are discussing the back strap and the ejector star or the heat shield and magazine well. I mean really.... I qualify once a year, and in my position, I will never see a gun. Like I say, " If I have to shoot someone, the National Guard better be on grounds". But I sit and sit and sit. I have never missed qualifying in 18 years, and if I do, what are they going to fire me!
That brings me back to the concept of departmental annual training. The department mandates 40 hours of formal classroom training a year. This is to assure the public that we are deserving of our pay, which by prison standards is OUTSTANDING! Anyway, the actual training is more in line with 10 hours! Yes, 10 hours of actual training and 30 hours of breaks and lunch. Yesterday I sat in a 6 hour block of training mandated by the US government and the Office of Homeland Security. Of the 6 hours, the actual class contained 2 hours of information. We would listen to a 15 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute break. We would return and take a 5-10 question test, and back to a 20 minute break. Of course the answers were provided. This went on for 7 modules. The funny thing about the training is, it contained a half an hour of relevant information to the prison system.
I suffered through a 4 hour block of training regarding the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), a program signed by President Bush in 2003. The act has not been funded again, so I guess we couldn't prevent the cons from getting theirs and prisoners are getting raped again. WTF.
So we get breaks and breaks an breaks. That sounds good, however we can not leave grounds and there is no smoking ( I quit 10 years ago). So we stand around like idiots wasting time. Because we are in training, we can not do our "regular" work. So we stand and stand and stand, wait and wait and wait to go back to class for another 30 minutes just to take another 20 minute break. I am exhausted from doing nothing. PRISON!
FOLLOW-UP: DR. PHIL VISIT
On Monday, March 19, 2007, Dr. Phil McGraw of the Dr. Phil show was on grounds. The production team arrived first and he followed later in the day with a family from the east coast he flew in for a visit with an inmate. Security was very tight. Members of our Investigative Services Unit (ISU) provided coverage. Everyone was cleared away as he entered. All staff was detoured and order to back away from the tour. Sally ports were shut down, parking lots were blocked off. It was unreal. Each Correctional Officer is considered a Peace Officer. Think of us as the police in a very ugly and mean city, we have some juice. So why the overproduction? I thought the Warden might be grandstanding and making his visit a bigger deal than it was. Well, I found out it was him! His team stated he would not speak to any staff member and wanted the area cleared away from any correctional staff. He did not mind the convicts, but the staff! Man, all I have to say is, don't ever get in trouble Dr. Phil, the Prison Rape Elimination Act was not re-funded!
POKER -
Too tired and suffered some evil beats. Taking the night off and watching Let's Go To Prison, Unrated. I consider it an extension of today's training.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Tuesday, March 22, 2007
I just went through an absolute horrid session. I have never suffered like this today. I lost a a little less than a buy-in, but I actually felt sick to my stomach. I have suffered brutal beats in the past, i.e. 3333A to a straight flush, 10/10/10/A/A to AAAA. But I have never suffered so many in such a short time.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?923884
http://www.pokerhand.org/?923889
http://www.pokerhand.org/?923893
I am really trying to work my way up, and I swear it is one step forward and then this. I was stuck $45.00 with a 3.87/100PTBB winrate before this. I finally thought I could see some green on the money won section. I have been playing well and cut my loss in half. Talk about a confidence killer! I don't know how people make it up in limits. I am sick to my stomach. I am studying hard and really applying what I have been studying. I don't know maybe it was poorly played. I mean I did have the bottom full house. I put the villain on a Broadway straight or AK, but KJ and a better boat, no way. I guess I just play on, or maybe in a day or two. POKER!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?923884
http://www.pokerhand.org/?923889
http://www.pokerhand.org/?923893
I am really trying to work my way up, and I swear it is one step forward and then this. I was stuck $45.00 with a 3.87/100PTBB winrate before this. I finally thought I could see some green on the money won section. I have been playing well and cut my loss in half. Talk about a confidence killer! I don't know how people make it up in limits. I am sick to my stomach. I am studying hard and really applying what I have been studying. I don't know maybe it was poorly played. I mean I did have the bottom full house. I put the villain on a Broadway straight or AK, but KJ and a better boat, no way. I guess I just play on, or maybe in a day or two. POKER!
Monday, March 19, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
Evening -
What a day. Every year I have to sit through 40 hours of classroom training. I sit for 4X10 hour days. Every year it is the same training. Image a 4 hour block of lecture regarding Prison Rapes. My god man, what do you expect. Lock a brother up for 85 years and ask him to give up the sex???? These ain't priests. What do you do about the prison rape scene? I mean you can't allow it, but what dude is going to say he was "violated". Prison sucks! I was always told by the old man, "Son, your too good looking to go to prison". I took that to heart and now I work in them. My prison contains some very interesting folks, and because of this we get celebrities in to humble themselves. Let's see, Oprah Winfry and Dr. Phil, Ted Koppel, Joan Lunden, Arnold the Governator, A&E, National Geographic, Court TV. Today was Dr. Phil and Sunday is a Senator who thinks all male guards are the anti-Christ, oh boy! PRISON!
What a day on the felt. I was dealt quad JJJJ. Holding JJ, I raise 4X and get called. Flop is J34 rainbow. I lead out 2/3 pot and get called. Turn is a very pretty J, and I check/call a small bet. River is an even prettier K. I bet very small and this guy raises me.........small little min raise will do.......ALL-IN!!! Now that's what I am talking about! I type in the chat box, "Wrong move there" and call. The villain shoved a pair of 10's. I suck, but I surely don't suck that bad. However, not all is well. I am in the BB with a check 56o. The flop is 557, I lead out and get called?????? The turn is a 10, I continue on with a 2/3 pot bet......call???? WTF! River is a blank ain't I make a very small blocking bet and get called by J5.
If that doesn't suck, but twice!! Twice. In a limped pot, I check a J5o. Flop is 5510, Nice!!! Better kicker this time, I lead out with a pot sized bet....Call! Oh no, not again. Long story, short I lose against a Q5. POKER!
What a day. Every year I have to sit through 40 hours of classroom training. I sit for 4X10 hour days. Every year it is the same training. Image a 4 hour block of lecture regarding Prison Rapes. My god man, what do you expect. Lock a brother up for 85 years and ask him to give up the sex???? These ain't priests. What do you do about the prison rape scene? I mean you can't allow it, but what dude is going to say he was "violated". Prison sucks! I was always told by the old man, "Son, your too good looking to go to prison". I took that to heart and now I work in them. My prison contains some very interesting folks, and because of this we get celebrities in to humble themselves. Let's see, Oprah Winfry and Dr. Phil, Ted Koppel, Joan Lunden, Arnold the Governator, A&E, National Geographic, Court TV. Today was Dr. Phil and Sunday is a Senator who thinks all male guards are the anti-Christ, oh boy! PRISON!
What a day on the felt. I was dealt quad JJJJ. Holding JJ, I raise 4X and get called. Flop is J34 rainbow. I lead out 2/3 pot and get called. Turn is a very pretty J, and I check/call a small bet. River is an even prettier K. I bet very small and this guy raises me.........small little min raise will do.......ALL-IN!!! Now that's what I am talking about! I type in the chat box, "Wrong move there" and call. The villain shoved a pair of 10's. I suck, but I surely don't suck that bad. However, not all is well. I am in the BB with a check 56o. The flop is 557, I lead out and get called?????? The turn is a 10, I continue on with a 2/3 pot bet......call???? WTF! River is a blank ain't I make a very small blocking bet and get called by J5.
If that doesn't suck, but twice!! Twice. In a limped pot, I check a J5o. Flop is 5510, Nice!!! Better kicker this time, I lead out with a pot sized bet....Call! Oh no, not again. Long story, short I lose against a Q5. POKER!
Friday, March 16, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Evening -
I am sitting in the jailhouse wondering about my poker game. Life is that way when you are guarding the state’s most dangerous felons. Each day in the prison is very similar to a no-limit hold’em game, many hours of nothing followed by several seconds of sheer terror. Well right now, we are in a stand down period. I am reading our daily briefings. Almost everyday we get briefings from the states various prisons. These briefings relay information about the day to day incidents experienced throughout the state. I will share some of the incidents:
A riot occurred involving more than 40 black inmates and over 100 Hispanic inmates resulting in numerous injuries. Five inmates were taken to outside hospitals, and there were three staff injured.
Parole Office was struck by gun fire, occupants were not injured.
Inmate attempts to spit and bite an officer. (Common)
Inmate throws feces on officer. ( Very Common)
Two inmates committed suicide. (Very Common)
Two inmates assaulted each other. One inmate threw boiling water with oil on the other. One sustained 1st and 2nd burns, the other scratches and a fat lip.
Inmate partially amputates finger while working.
One inmate tests positive for TB, precautions followed.
Inmate indicates his interest in fighting, swings at, and misses the officer, Officer Wins!!!
More feces thrown at staff.
Inmate found overdosed with hypodermic syringe in arm, rushed to outside hospital, Inmate Lives!!!!
Inmate advises staff that he has swallowed several razor blades, taken to outside hospital.
Believe it or not, these are everyday events, with the exception of the riot. There are riots everyday in prison, however not as large as the one mention above. I forgot to mention, there were seventeen inmate manufactured knives discovered.
As a side bar, you noticed I have been very general in my descriptions of the events. These could be considered serious in nature, and thus felonious. I would not want to jeopardize any future criminal proceedings. I will say that 4 of the events mentioned above are from my institution. PRISON!
I am sitting in the jailhouse wondering about my poker game. Life is that way when you are guarding the state’s most dangerous felons. Each day in the prison is very similar to a no-limit hold’em game, many hours of nothing followed by several seconds of sheer terror. Well right now, we are in a stand down period. I am reading our daily briefings. Almost everyday we get briefings from the states various prisons. These briefings relay information about the day to day incidents experienced throughout the state. I will share some of the incidents:
A riot occurred involving more than 40 black inmates and over 100 Hispanic inmates resulting in numerous injuries. Five inmates were taken to outside hospitals, and there were three staff injured.
Parole Office was struck by gun fire, occupants were not injured.
Inmate attempts to spit and bite an officer. (Common)
Inmate throws feces on officer. ( Very Common)
Two inmates committed suicide. (Very Common)
Two inmates assaulted each other. One inmate threw boiling water with oil on the other. One sustained 1st and 2nd burns, the other scratches and a fat lip.
Inmate partially amputates finger while working.
One inmate tests positive for TB, precautions followed.
Inmate indicates his interest in fighting, swings at, and misses the officer, Officer Wins!!!
More feces thrown at staff.
Inmate found overdosed with hypodermic syringe in arm, rushed to outside hospital, Inmate Lives!!!!
Inmate advises staff that he has swallowed several razor blades, taken to outside hospital.
Believe it or not, these are everyday events, with the exception of the riot. There are riots everyday in prison, however not as large as the one mention above. I forgot to mention, there were seventeen inmate manufactured knives discovered.
As a side bar, you noticed I have been very general in my descriptions of the events. These could be considered serious in nature, and thus felonious. I would not want to jeopardize any future criminal proceedings. I will say that 4 of the events mentioned above are from my institution. PRISON!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Morning -
Seems like a while since I have posted anything. I got my Motorcycle back, and the weather in Ca is off the hook!!!!
Watched the newest CR video regarding small stakes poker. That is by far, the best video put out yet. Cardrunner said this will be a series. I can't wait. The series has a starting hand chart and I have been following it to a tee. When you follow the chart, it really creates discipline. I have made some error that has cost me, but in general it has help.
There are some tricky spot I have gotten myself in:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?907502
All in all I think the videos are going to help me. POKER!
Seems like a while since I have posted anything. I got my Motorcycle back, and the weather in Ca is off the hook!!!!
Watched the newest CR video regarding small stakes poker. That is by far, the best video put out yet. Cardrunner said this will be a series. I can't wait. The series has a starting hand chart and I have been following it to a tee. When you follow the chart, it really creates discipline. I have made some error that has cost me, but in general it has help.
There are some tricky spot I have gotten myself in:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?907502
All in all I think the videos are going to help me. POKER!
Friday, March 9, 2007
Friday - 03/09/07
Morning -
Last night I am approached by a women due to parole in 6 days. She found herself in a tight spot because she owed someone and couldn't pay. There is nothing I hate more than inmates who get caught up in the "mix" and now come to the cops to save them when they don 't pay. Here I am sitting and listening to a line of crap, when all along this stupid broad could have avoided this action by doing her own time. I hate it. I hate because I have an obligation (meaning my job) to protect her. I have to take action so she would get hurt. The idiots get caught up in the drug business to the tune of thousands of dollars, and we the pressure is on, they come to me for safety. Mt personal opinion is, hey you need to pay the debt, and if that payment comes in the form of two black eyes and a busted lips, then debit paid in full. But no, I have to protect them, place them in a safe place so they can get away with the crime. Image this mentality in poker. You buy-in for a 2/4 game with a $400.00 marker. You bust out and run to the police for safety. The police hide you from those that you owe and the only loser is the one who staked you. I see this all the time. Last night, the inmate owed make-up, make-up! I had to put in an hours worth of interviews and another uprooting people that have nothing to do with the situation, so the idiot can move away from the one she owes the make-up to. I hare it! Thief's on the street and thief's in the joint. PRISON!
Last night I am approached by a women due to parole in 6 days. She found herself in a tight spot because she owed someone and couldn't pay. There is nothing I hate more than inmates who get caught up in the "mix" and now come to the cops to save them when they don 't pay. Here I am sitting and listening to a line of crap, when all along this stupid broad could have avoided this action by doing her own time. I hate it. I hate because I have an obligation (meaning my job) to protect her. I have to take action so she would get hurt. The idiots get caught up in the drug business to the tune of thousands of dollars, and we the pressure is on, they come to me for safety. Mt personal opinion is, hey you need to pay the debt, and if that payment comes in the form of two black eyes and a busted lips, then debit paid in full. But no, I have to protect them, place them in a safe place so they can get away with the crime. Image this mentality in poker. You buy-in for a 2/4 game with a $400.00 marker. You bust out and run to the police for safety. The police hide you from those that you owe and the only loser is the one who staked you. I see this all the time. Last night, the inmate owed make-up, make-up! I had to put in an hours worth of interviews and another uprooting people that have nothing to do with the situation, so the idiot can move away from the one she owes the make-up to. I hare it! Thief's on the street and thief's in the joint. PRISON!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Thurday, 03/08/07
Morning -
Best Bad Beat yet,
http://www.pokerhand.org/?886663
I played a in the early Am. This guy threw me off my game more than any other player I have played against yet. His stats were 81/2/3. He never raised and his bets were the same on every street. He would always lead out and he bet every street. He called every raise no matter what size. He was robotic in his play. He relied entirely on luck. He would catch cards on the flop, on turn and the river. He would bet every hand the same. It was very weird. The guy would have AA or AK, and he would make the same wager. Never raise! The flop would go AK3, he would make the exact same bet as if the flop was 456 or JQ2. He would bet every street as if he flopped air. Man it was something else. He almost stacked me when I had TPTK and he bet the same slowly, lowly amount, I shoved and poof a set of 6's.
What a strange way to play, totally disguised and not concerned about anything. I finally won a big pot off him, but it took a full house to do so. The funny thing was I wasn't catching any cards, but I would raise my big suited connectors, he would call, I would miss and C-bet, he would call, nothing took this guy off a hand, air or not. Trower3, you are today's mystery man. POKER!
Best Bad Beat yet,
http://www.pokerhand.org/?886663
I played a in the early Am. This guy threw me off my game more than any other player I have played against yet. His stats were 81/2/3. He never raised and his bets were the same on every street. He would always lead out and he bet every street. He called every raise no matter what size. He was robotic in his play. He relied entirely on luck. He would catch cards on the flop, on turn and the river. He would bet every hand the same. It was very weird. The guy would have AA or AK, and he would make the same wager. Never raise! The flop would go AK3, he would make the exact same bet as if the flop was 456 or JQ2. He would bet every street as if he flopped air. Man it was something else. He almost stacked me when I had TPTK and he bet the same slowly, lowly amount, I shoved and poof a set of 6's.
What a strange way to play, totally disguised and not concerned about anything. I finally won a big pot off him, but it took a full house to do so. The funny thing was I wasn't catching any cards, but I would raise my big suited connectors, he would call, I would miss and C-bet, he would call, nothing took this guy off a hand, air or not. Trower3, you are today's mystery man. POKER!
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Wednesday 03/07/07
Morning -
This is a typical session lately:
Villain called my raise with 2/5 of spades
http://www.pokerhand.org/?884270
http://www.pokerhand.org/?884281
This is a typical session lately:
Villain called my raise with 2/5 of spades
http://www.pokerhand.org/?884270
http://www.pokerhand.org/?884281
Monday, March 5, 2007
Monday 03/05/07
Evening -
Another day/night in the penitentiary. Nothing really going on. It is like mot of the time. Working inside a maximum state prison is many long days of nothing (good days) and some days that are beyond belief. After 17+ years as a prison guard, you really do appreciate the good days. There is a lot of friendships, but only at work. Most officers are very private people, and they associate with their like kind. We are very skeptical and not trusting. So friendships are formed and kept inside the walls. It is funny to see. When I first started, back in 1989 at Corcoran State Prison it was called the “killing fields”. Back in those days convicts got shot, and shot at a steady pace. It was no joke. I saw what the state had to offer in terms of shear violence. One becomes immune to violence, and the insanity of a segregated and world full of hate. That is one of the distinct differences between street cops and prison guards. When a street cop shows up, someone is generally happy. However, we a guard arrives no one is happy, and the guard is hated. Makes for a difficult day sometimes. So anyway, as I reflect back to the days of stabbings and shootings, I appreciate this one. All dressed up with nothing to do. Just the way I like it. PRISON!
I was reading an interview with Mike Matasow in Poker Pro magazine (gift from Party Poker [Party Points] as I was kicked off for being a “slimy” American) regarding moving up in limits. He suggests that if you are beating the game you play 70–80% of the time, and then move up until you struggle. This is one method I guess, but I have also heard that you should manage the bankroll and not move up until you have at least 30 buy-ins. Well the hell! I really don’t understand the whole moving up thing. Let’s look at the two.
Moving up by beating the game 70-80% of the time. What does beating the game really mean? How can you realistically determine if you are beating the game? If I play a single table, and I buy-in for $100.00 at the .50/1.00 table and I play for 1 hour, is beating the game showing a profit. If I turn $100.00 into 150.00 is that beating the game? What about $125.00, is that beating the game? What if I multi-table and play 4 tables at the 25NL table, if I show a profit at 3 of the 4 tables, is that beating the game? I mean really how do you know? Is any profit beating the game? I say it is, and therefore I must be able to move up because I have shown a winning session in 70 out of 100 sessions. If I play and quit every time I make a profit, however small, then can I move up? Doesn’t seem practical.
Now for the bankroll principle. Looking at the 30-40 buy-in rule, one can surmise that a very wealth player could make a deposit and play at any stakes he desired. I am sure many players would love to see this. However there would be a struggle. Players who are new or “fish” have no particle style of play; they often call instead of raise, or raise little and play in a very unorthodox fashion. This is what us low limit players deal with. We see videos and read articles by professionals who play with people who “understand” the game. I have read stories about “this is optimal play over the long run” But in the short term you have lost 3 buy-ins. And you chalk that up to variance. But you are still you are down 3 buy-ins today, and have to win 3 buy-ins in the next session to make break even. Now is that how one manages his BR? Up today, down tomorrow even the next. It seems that all poker is winning a few select hands with the right cards. It is clearly understood that you can not win a big hand (money) without someone having a big hand. And although your hand was a big hand to start with, it is now a big hand to pay off with. And once you have won those big hands, do you quit so you have a winning session? There is a real understanding of stealing blinds, but when you have the blinds, someone steals from you. So it is back to square one. So I ask anyone who may stumble across this article, WTF! POKER!
Another day/night in the penitentiary. Nothing really going on. It is like mot of the time. Working inside a maximum state prison is many long days of nothing (good days) and some days that are beyond belief. After 17+ years as a prison guard, you really do appreciate the good days. There is a lot of friendships, but only at work. Most officers are very private people, and they associate with their like kind. We are very skeptical and not trusting. So friendships are formed and kept inside the walls. It is funny to see. When I first started, back in 1989 at Corcoran State Prison it was called the “killing fields”. Back in those days convicts got shot, and shot at a steady pace. It was no joke. I saw what the state had to offer in terms of shear violence. One becomes immune to violence, and the insanity of a segregated and world full of hate. That is one of the distinct differences between street cops and prison guards. When a street cop shows up, someone is generally happy. However, we a guard arrives no one is happy, and the guard is hated. Makes for a difficult day sometimes. So anyway, as I reflect back to the days of stabbings and shootings, I appreciate this one. All dressed up with nothing to do. Just the way I like it. PRISON!
I was reading an interview with Mike Matasow in Poker Pro magazine (gift from Party Poker [Party Points] as I was kicked off for being a “slimy” American) regarding moving up in limits. He suggests that if you are beating the game you play 70–80% of the time, and then move up until you struggle. This is one method I guess, but I have also heard that you should manage the bankroll and not move up until you have at least 30 buy-ins. Well the hell! I really don’t understand the whole moving up thing. Let’s look at the two.
Moving up by beating the game 70-80% of the time. What does beating the game really mean? How can you realistically determine if you are beating the game? If I play a single table, and I buy-in for $100.00 at the .50/1.00 table and I play for 1 hour, is beating the game showing a profit. If I turn $100.00 into 150.00 is that beating the game? What about $125.00, is that beating the game? What if I multi-table and play 4 tables at the 25NL table, if I show a profit at 3 of the 4 tables, is that beating the game? I mean really how do you know? Is any profit beating the game? I say it is, and therefore I must be able to move up because I have shown a winning session in 70 out of 100 sessions. If I play and quit every time I make a profit, however small, then can I move up? Doesn’t seem practical.
Now for the bankroll principle. Looking at the 30-40 buy-in rule, one can surmise that a very wealth player could make a deposit and play at any stakes he desired. I am sure many players would love to see this. However there would be a struggle. Players who are new or “fish” have no particle style of play; they often call instead of raise, or raise little and play in a very unorthodox fashion. This is what us low limit players deal with. We see videos and read articles by professionals who play with people who “understand” the game. I have read stories about “this is optimal play over the long run” But in the short term you have lost 3 buy-ins. And you chalk that up to variance. But you are still you are down 3 buy-ins today, and have to win 3 buy-ins in the next session to make break even. Now is that how one manages his BR? Up today, down tomorrow even the next. It seems that all poker is winning a few select hands with the right cards. It is clearly understood that you can not win a big hand (money) without someone having a big hand. And although your hand was a big hand to start with, it is now a big hand to pay off with. And once you have won those big hands, do you quit so you have a winning session? There is a real understanding of stealing blinds, but when you have the blinds, someone steals from you. So it is back to square one. So I ask anyone who may stumble across this article, WTF! POKER!
Monday 03/05/07
Morning -
I have had the worst of it. I mean I have been in a losing streak like no other. I have suffered bad beat after bad beat. What do you do? How do you keep confidence when your KK gets cracked, AA gets cracked, sets replaced by a four flush board and a the TAG shoves. It is one after another.
Last night I catch Q/10 in BB and call a LAG MP raise of 3X. I catch top pair with fair kicker and bet into the LAG 2/3 pot, he calls and the turn shows a nice red 10 for my set, I bet pot, he calls???????? Well needless to say it all goes in and poof, he turns over A/10 to take it away.
My AK get beat on a 7/10/A/K/ 3 board for all the good by a set of 7. My 2 pr flop gets run down by a Broadway straight, and so on and so on.
How do you build a bankroll when you are in a string of hands that look good, and seem good just to get beat. I read these stories by the guys who deposit $200.00 and never deposit again. How the hell does that happen. I am willing to put it in when I have the best of it, but man, what is the best of it when it gets ran down or drawn out. Maybe it is the lower limits, I am mean it is $6.00 to go, shove it and see what happens. Bit everyone says, and I believe them, if you can't beat 10 or 25NL, how can you beat the better players....
Whatever! POKER!
I have had the worst of it. I mean I have been in a losing streak like no other. I have suffered bad beat after bad beat. What do you do? How do you keep confidence when your KK gets cracked, AA gets cracked, sets replaced by a four flush board and a the TAG shoves. It is one after another.
Last night I catch Q/10 in BB and call a LAG MP raise of 3X. I catch top pair with fair kicker and bet into the LAG 2/3 pot, he calls and the turn shows a nice red 10 for my set, I bet pot, he calls???????? Well needless to say it all goes in and poof, he turns over A/10 to take it away.
My AK get beat on a 7/10/A/K/ 3 board for all the good by a set of 7. My 2 pr flop gets run down by a Broadway straight, and so on and so on.
How do you build a bankroll when you are in a string of hands that look good, and seem good just to get beat. I read these stories by the guys who deposit $200.00 and never deposit again. How the hell does that happen. I am willing to put it in when I have the best of it, but man, what is the best of it when it gets ran down or drawn out. Maybe it is the lower limits, I am mean it is $6.00 to go, shove it and see what happens. Bit everyone says, and I believe them, if you can't beat 10 or 25NL, how can you beat the better players....
Whatever! POKER!
Friday, March 2, 2007
Friday, 03/02/07
Evening -
What a day of poker! I suffered all day with what I think are bad beats. I don't know, maybe not. It is really important to me to become a good poker player. I try and play quality hand in position and being very agressive when I do play. Using a trial version of a software named Sixth Sense, I spotted a table at the 25NL level that was 49/6 on the PT stats. This was the start of the first session. The whole table was loose- passive. There was a guy who was 79/10/4, playing every hand it seemed, but the guy would catch cards and win. He was up 3 buy-ins when I joined the table in position. This would be fun attempting to strip the table captain of his power. After folding sub standard hands. On the fifth hand, I pick up KK in the BB. Villain was in the CO and brought it in for a pot sized raise, I of course countered with a 3X raise to him. The villain thinks and shoved his $55.00 stack, well thank you sir for your donations. I call off my stack and the showdown begins. I expect to see 55 or 10/J, but he shows a nice pair of black Queens. The typical Men vs. Women. Well now he we go, I can see the table giving me atta boys for beating down the beast. The flop comes QA7, 5, 10. WTF!
I should have known, this was the start of something good. Before the end of the night, I get to witness my AA all-in against 56 with a K54 board just to see the case 5 hit the turn. And of course we all can feel the special touch of my JJ with a JA9, 1o, 8 board. The trouble is, the A, 10, 9 and 8 are all spades and my JJ are all red. The villain floated every pot sized bet, until the river where he shoved in his stack. When the dust settled I am south 3 buy-ins and wondering how anyone can make it up in levels. Oh Well. POKER!
What a day of poker! I suffered all day with what I think are bad beats. I don't know, maybe not. It is really important to me to become a good poker player. I try and play quality hand in position and being very agressive when I do play. Using a trial version of a software named Sixth Sense, I spotted a table at the 25NL level that was 49/6 on the PT stats. This was the start of the first session. The whole table was loose- passive. There was a guy who was 79/10/4, playing every hand it seemed, but the guy would catch cards and win. He was up 3 buy-ins when I joined the table in position. This would be fun attempting to strip the table captain of his power. After folding sub standard hands. On the fifth hand, I pick up KK in the BB. Villain was in the CO and brought it in for a pot sized raise, I of course countered with a 3X raise to him. The villain thinks and shoved his $55.00 stack, well thank you sir for your donations. I call off my stack and the showdown begins. I expect to see 55 or 10/J, but he shows a nice pair of black Queens. The typical Men vs. Women. Well now he we go, I can see the table giving me atta boys for beating down the beast. The flop comes QA7, 5, 10. WTF!
I should have known, this was the start of something good. Before the end of the night, I get to witness my AA all-in against 56 with a K54 board just to see the case 5 hit the turn. And of course we all can feel the special touch of my JJ with a JA9, 1o, 8 board. The trouble is, the A, 10, 9 and 8 are all spades and my JJ are all red. The villain floated every pot sized bet, until the river where he shoved in his stack. When the dust settled I am south 3 buy-ins and wondering how anyone can make it up in levels. Oh Well. POKER!
Friday, 03/02/07
Morning -
Well it happened, my involuntary overtime as truly taken it's tole. The drive home (40 minutes) was a blur, and a foggy one at that. In the Central Valley of CA, we experience fog, like no other. During the "season", the fog will be so thick you can't see 10 yards. We call it "parole dust". Well it was foggy last night, just not as bad. However after a 23 1/2 hour day, I was driving like a very drunken poker player after being stuck 4 buy ins. The funny thing about the system, If you are so tired that you cannot function or make very important decision, and request not to be "ordered over", that is no excuse. You're stuck. I don't complain, because it is our system and we all have our turn in the barrel. My problem is even worse. I can not sleep during the day. So, I got home and stumbled into bed at 7:00am, just to be up at 9:30am, and that is it. Now what do I do? I can go into work, and believe it or not, run the risk of a second "order over", or possibly run into a hairy crime that would require life and death decision making, or rest and give it a go tomorrow. I chose the latter every time. My reasoning is simple, rest or face a potential trial down the road for a mistake made while fatigued. PRISON!
Well it happened, my involuntary overtime as truly taken it's tole. The drive home (40 minutes) was a blur, and a foggy one at that. In the Central Valley of CA, we experience fog, like no other. During the "season", the fog will be so thick you can't see 10 yards. We call it "parole dust". Well it was foggy last night, just not as bad. However after a 23 1/2 hour day, I was driving like a very drunken poker player after being stuck 4 buy ins. The funny thing about the system, If you are so tired that you cannot function or make very important decision, and request not to be "ordered over", that is no excuse. You're stuck. I don't complain, because it is our system and we all have our turn in the barrel. My problem is even worse. I can not sleep during the day. So, I got home and stumbled into bed at 7:00am, just to be up at 9:30am, and that is it. Now what do I do? I can go into work, and believe it or not, run the risk of a second "order over", or possibly run into a hairy crime that would require life and death decision making, or rest and give it a go tomorrow. I chose the latter every time. My reasoning is simple, rest or face a potential trial down the road for a mistake made while fatigued. PRISON!
Thursday, 03/01/07
Morning –
I sat down for a session on FTP at the 10NL table and played two. I ran into the most interesting player I have seen to date. The guy was a nut! What a maniac. He played every hand, his raises were 7X, and he would C-bet the flop every time, and each one was an over bet. The guy was off the hook. He was winning though, and winning a lot. I sat by and watch all in shoves get run down time and time again. The betting would go like this:
Blinds are .5/.10 and the maniac would open with a raise of .70, a late position (LP) re-raise to 2.25, maniac would call.
Flop: Q82 rainbow, Maniac would bet $6.00, late position would shove, Maniac would call and the showdown would be: Maniac shows Q5, LP shows KK, turn is blank but the river is a 5! Maniac wins! This must have happened 3 times. The maniac would suck out very weak holdings. He grew is stack quickly and with power. I had never seen anything like it. At the end of 90 hands of play, his PT stats were: 100/55/13!
I sat there waiting and waiting to pounce, but it was the worst run of cards ever. Here I sit at a table where a guy is begging me to stack him, and I couldn’t find a face card, or pair to save my life. I wanted to be patient and attack him with a playable hand but nothing came my way. The frustration was incredible. So my hat is off to you happygouleh! Wait till next time! POKER!
Evening –
This is my Monday. Every Thursday is my Monday! Nothing special, just another day in the penitentiary. As I have said in previous posts, we prison guards love to put in the extra work. Overtime is a big part of many lives here. However, we like to put in the time on our schedule, and not the states. All of the hiring for overtime is done from a placed we call the Watch Office. The Watch Office is responsible for all the hiring of all the position within the walls. You see when someone calls in sick, or is in training, or on vacation, and so on, someone has to work their position. We all have jobs, but in reality, we are only position numbers, position numbers that require 24 hour staffing. This is how overtime is created. Someone is not filling a position number; therefore someone will be paid time and one-half to do so. It is very simple. There is involuntary and voluntary overtime. Voluntary overtime is just as it sounds, “I will be happy to work that position”. And involuntary overtime, well let’s just say it sucks. It goes like this; hey, this is the watch, you staying and working here. No ifs ands or buts, about it, you’re staying. Well it is my turn in the barrel. I went to sleep at 1:30am, got up at 7:30am, and I won’t be home until the following day at 7:00am. That is a full 23 ½ hours of being awake, of which I will be at work for 16 hours of it, just to sleep from 7:00am to 11:00am and risk the same horror again tomorrow evening. PRISON!
I sat down for a session on FTP at the 10NL table and played two. I ran into the most interesting player I have seen to date. The guy was a nut! What a maniac. He played every hand, his raises were 7X, and he would C-bet the flop every time, and each one was an over bet. The guy was off the hook. He was winning though, and winning a lot. I sat by and watch all in shoves get run down time and time again. The betting would go like this:
Blinds are .5/.10 and the maniac would open with a raise of .70, a late position (LP) re-raise to 2.25, maniac would call.
Flop: Q82 rainbow, Maniac would bet $6.00, late position would shove, Maniac would call and the showdown would be: Maniac shows Q5, LP shows KK, turn is blank but the river is a 5! Maniac wins! This must have happened 3 times. The maniac would suck out very weak holdings. He grew is stack quickly and with power. I had never seen anything like it. At the end of 90 hands of play, his PT stats were: 100/55/13!
I sat there waiting and waiting to pounce, but it was the worst run of cards ever. Here I sit at a table where a guy is begging me to stack him, and I couldn’t find a face card, or pair to save my life. I wanted to be patient and attack him with a playable hand but nothing came my way. The frustration was incredible. So my hat is off to you happygouleh! Wait till next time! POKER!
Evening –
This is my Monday. Every Thursday is my Monday! Nothing special, just another day in the penitentiary. As I have said in previous posts, we prison guards love to put in the extra work. Overtime is a big part of many lives here. However, we like to put in the time on our schedule, and not the states. All of the hiring for overtime is done from a placed we call the Watch Office. The Watch Office is responsible for all the hiring of all the position within the walls. You see when someone calls in sick, or is in training, or on vacation, and so on, someone has to work their position. We all have jobs, but in reality, we are only position numbers, position numbers that require 24 hour staffing. This is how overtime is created. Someone is not filling a position number; therefore someone will be paid time and one-half to do so. It is very simple. There is involuntary and voluntary overtime. Voluntary overtime is just as it sounds, “I will be happy to work that position”. And involuntary overtime, well let’s just say it sucks. It goes like this; hey, this is the watch, you staying and working here. No ifs ands or buts, about it, you’re staying. Well it is my turn in the barrel. I went to sleep at 1:30am, got up at 7:30am, and I won’t be home until the following day at 7:00am. That is a full 23 ½ hours of being awake, of which I will be at work for 16 hours of it, just to sleep from 7:00am to 11:00am and risk the same horror again tomorrow evening. PRISON!
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