u/DoopLiggerQuas

I’ve been playing poker for about 3 years, and I took my first foray into casino poker about a year and a half ago after reading a couple books.

I have probably 50ish hours playing 1-2, and I’ve never held on to my profits beyond like $20 one time. I’ve broken even or lost significantly every other session at a casino.

I wasn’t even planning to play tonight, but I had nothing to do and my paycheck just hit this Friday, so I figured I’d have some fun. There’s a newer casino in my area that I’ve been wanting to try, so I just decided to get up and drive since I don’t have work tomorrow.

They only offer 1-3, which I wasn’t thrilled about but whatever. Went in with $260 and was easily the short stack, the average stack size was probably close to $600. The action was nuts. Very loose calls around the table, lots of 3 and 4 betting, lots of big opens. I made a bad all in call 15 minutes in, and while I usually don’t reload in those scenarios, I didn’t want the trip to be for nothing so I fired another bullet.

Much of it was luck (rivered trips over 2 pair, caught a backdoor broadway etc.), but I also just locked in. Much like with the first bullet, my fatal flaw is that I get into big pots and just can’t find the right folds, even if they’re obvious to more experienced players. I played pretty straightforward, I think I only took down 2 or 3 small pots post flop on bluffs.

Anyway I am super happy with myself that I was disciplined and intentional. The table talk was also all time. Left the table up ~$450. That walk to the cage as I was leaving was one of the best moments of my life.

I have been playing since the first month of release. Dear god how life has flown by.

I was having a discussion with a friend last night about the best games of our lifetime, and bf1 came in my #3 slot, behind RDR2 and Outer Wilds.

My friend had barely played, and he had the typical skeptic response when a friend names a game you don’t really know as one of their favorites. He asked me to justify it, and of course I spoke about the set, setting, atmosphere, graphics, sound design and all the things we know and love about this game.

This was the kicker for me: aside from the ultra OP stuff (ilya murametz, im looking at you), anyone can play any way they want and be viable, real contributors to their team if they know what they’re doing. I don’t think balance has ever been better in a bf game while keeping the unique feeling of each gun.

There are many games with atmosphere, visuals, audio, gameplay, that don’t even scratch the surface of bf1, and me personally, I think it’s because of the incredible balance that was struck after the ttk update early in the games lifecycle.