Fat City

Fat City is a movie directed by John Huston and starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges.  Keach plays an alcoholic, over the hill boxer and Bridges is his protege.  It is a good movie and rated high.  In this scene the two main characters are walking into a spacious card room and bar in California somewhere. A railbird is on the left.

This poker room is spacious and has just a few tables.  There at least six players per table and they must be playing poker.

Walking towards the bar.

This looks like a scene from Nighthawk by Edward Hopper.  This is not a poker movie and worth watching.

The King is back at the penny tables and taking a few shots at the higher tables when they are loose and passsive ones available.  There are many loose aggressive tables all the time.

Back to the Penny Tables

The King went back to the loose penny tables.  There were some loose tables at higher micro limit tables but they were few and far in between.  Most tables tend to become tight and even more so at the tables with higher stakes. With tighter play, the pots won become less.  After giving up, temporarily, on the 25-50¢ it was a relief, because the last two big pots the King won were showdowns with high cards - what a stressfull way to play poker.

Losing Again

The King moved up in stakes but still at the microlimit level.  These tables are tougher with isolation plays and tight play.  Most of his pots were won without a showdown and these pots were smaller.  The past two months have been terrible. 

Romans 5:3-4


Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.