2+2er and infrequent DD.com writer Sean has been telling me for awhile about how good this mix game is that he has been playing up in LA.  I finally found a day and a half to drive up and check it out for myself, and get my live poker fix in.  I haven't played much live serious poker in awhile so when I got up there and found the mix had been kicked up to 150/300 I was a bit disappointed as that's pretty big for rusty old me.  Then I saw the way a few of the guys were playing, plus I got the best seat on the loosest guy, and all was quickly forgiven.  We played Badugi, 2-7 triple draw, A-5 triple draw, Omaha/8, and stud hi/lo no qualifier (often called stud hi/lo regular), quite an eclectic mix, but I was pretty familiar with all the games from previous mix games, even a little of the obscure stud game thanks to the 40/80 mix at the Bellagio.

Most of the guys were competent at the draw games, as those tend to play pretty straightforwardly in live mixes from what I've seen and people don't make huge mistakes, plus there is a ton of luck in draw games so its hard to tell if people are making egregious errors anyway.  People are super loose and bad at omaha/8 and a couple of the guys didn't really understand the fundamental strategy to the stud game (basically to play razz and if you backdoor a high hand yippee!  Big pairs besides aces are completely unplayable and Sean and I decided it would be really rare to find a spot to play a rolled up hand).  As for me, it was a weird session where I hardly swung at all, which is crazy to think with all those high variance draw games and my typical LAG style, but I was never up or down more than 10 bb I don't think and finished up a small amount making an early morning comeback when the game got short

After that I played 60/120 at the Commerce a couple times between sleep, which is just a ridiculously awesome game.  I didn't run so well and gave back my mix game winnings but I've been playing calm and tight recently and I was happy to continue that trend, I feel like its just a matter of time when I see the errors these guys make (that you don't see from 100/200 regulars, very different games IMO).  Anyway that was pretty much it and I finished the whole trip maybe up a couple hundred bucks.

Home now catching up on online business and getting back to playing online.  I'm fairly sure I'm going to Seattle sometime this week to hang out and work with Entity but its going to be a last minute decision.  Thank you Southwest air for a free flight that I can schedule with just a few hours notice