pstarfish (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pstarfish) wrote,@ 2005-05-08 12:14:00 |
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Friday win, Saturday tournament loss
Played Friday night in two separate sessions, starting about 8:45 pm. First session was 75-150 Omaha-8/Any-Any. Second hand, from the small blind in the Omaha, I'm dealt Ac2c9hJh. 3 limpers, and I raise. BB folds, and all the limpers call. Flop is Jc4c5d. I bet, two callers, one raiser, I re-raise, all call. 9h on the turn, I bet again, all call. 8c on the river, making my new favorite hand. Used to be Aces, now it's Nut-Nut. 2 callers and a big pot for me to start the night. I make over 2k during the first half hour, and am up 5700 after 2 hours, but the game gets tougher so I decide to move to the 40-80 holdem.
While waiting for the holdem game, another 75-150 game starts. This one is Hold-em/Any-Any. I believe these are my 2nd and 3rd strongest games, behind Stud high only, which isn't played at higher limits in our casino any more. So I can't wait to get back in!
First hand in the Holdem, I'm in the big blind. Raise and re-raise to me, and I look down and find two black aces. Life is good. Big, big pot to start this session as well. JJ holds up a little while later in a 4 way pre-flop capped pot, and now I'm up almost 10k between the two sessions in a little less than 3 hours.
I have decided before coming in for the evening that I have to leave by 3, because the free-roll tourney for the world series seat starts at 10 Saturday morning, and I need a little sleep. Well, the last 3 hours of the evening are a horror show. Two pretty notable hands: In the holdem, I raise from first position with the AQs, and am called by the Q7. Flop is QJ7, and I get to lose a few bets to this hand. Not too special, but the second one is a classic.
Any-Any, I have the (2d3d)6c. 5 people in the hand. One player in the game has decided that he needs to raise every time it gets to him, on most of his playable (by his standards) hands. Player in seat one has a 4 up, wild raiser in the 3 seat has a 7, I'm in the 5 seat with the 6, a relatively good player in the 8 seat has the 3s, and the 9 seat has a 6. The seven seat had to bring it in with the high card, the 8 seat limped, as did the 9 and 1, the wild man raised, I called, the 8 seat re-raised, call, call, raise, call, raise, call, call, call, call and we are capped on 3rd. On 4th street, the one seat now has 44, the 3 seat has 78 offsuit, I have (2d3d)6cAc, the 8 seat has 3s2s, and the 9 has 67. 8 seat bets, 9 and 1 call, 3 raises, I call, 8 raises, 9 calls, 1 caps it, and we all call. When the 1 seat caps it, I'm pretty sure he has 3 4's. Almost positive. Now, on 5th, the one seat has 44A, the 3 has 78A, I have (2d3d)6cAc5d, the 8 seat has 3s2s2c, and the 9 has 67J. I bet, 8 raises again, 9 folds, 1 raises, the wild man calls, I cap it, and everyone calls. OK, now here is where things get strange. As the action is completing on 5th street, the 3 seat, who I believe is probably under the influence of something, reaches over and looks at the 1 seat's hole cards! Unreal! The game stops, and everyone is on this guy asking if he is out of his mind! He promises not to fold, says he made a mistake. But here is another strange part. Nobody calls the floor! I can tell you the reason that I didn't: I know he's drawing stone dead. And I don't want the guy who is totally giving his money away leaving the game because we call the floor on him. As it turns out, from talking to the floor later, he wouldn't have done much, outside of killing his hand. Which, as it turns out, is exactly what I needed...
On sixth, the one has 44AJ, the 3 has 78AK, I have (2d3d)6cAc5d10s, and the 8 catches a horrible card. The last A, and it's a spade. I check, he bets, and it's call, call, call. It has to be, because he has just caught the last Ace, and if he has the last 4, assuming my read on the 1 seat is correct, now he has a wheel and I'm drawing dead. I'm just hoping he is full, or that he had a spade draw. Well, no luck. He has the wheel, and scoops a 5k+ pot when the 444 hand doesn't fill.
By 3 am, I have lost back what I won in the second half of the session, and go to get some sleep up 5700 for the night.
Saturday morning's tourney starts off great. 90 players, 9 tables. 2 from each table make it to the finals on Sunday, and I get the best draw possible. I sit down to a table full of players I don't recognize, except for one other solid player. I couldn't ask for better. Which lasts me all of about 30 minutes!
My first big blind, there are 3 limpers to me, and I have the J8 offsuit and check. Flop is Jc8d6c. I make a pot sized bet, and get one caller. When the 5d rolls off on the turn, I make another big bet, over betting the pot. He calls again. 5c on the river and I puke. He makes a small bet, I donkey it up hoping he has AJ, and lose. But still, I have 1650 of my starting 3000, so I'm by no means dead. 15 minutes later, it's a call and a small raise (150) to me. I'm in the small blind and find KdKh. I make it 600. Limper folds, original raiser moves me in. I have just under 1000 left, and I just can't fold the KK pre-flop to a novice player. Unfortunately, he does have the Aces, and I get to see Brian's baseball game after all!
We've had a very nice mother's day morning, and I'm off to the airport in about an hour. Going to play the first two events of the Mirage tournament, and scout the rooms in Vegas a bit. Very excited to see the new poker room at the Wynn casino!
Played Friday night in two separate sessions, starting about 8:45 pm. First session was 75-150 Omaha-8/Any-Any. Second hand, from the small blind in the Omaha, I'm dealt Ac2c9hJh. 3 limpers, and I raise. BB folds, and all the limpers call. Flop is Jc4c5d. I bet, two callers, one raiser, I re-raise, all call. 9h on the turn, I bet again, all call. 8c on the river, making my new favorite hand. Used to be Aces, now it's Nut-Nut. 2 callers and a big pot for me to start the night. I make over 2k during the first half hour, and am up 5700 after 2 hours, but the game gets tougher so I decide to move to the 40-80 holdem.
While waiting for the holdem game, another 75-150 game starts. This one is Hold-em/Any-Any. I believe these are my 2nd and 3rd strongest games, behind Stud high only, which isn't played at higher limits in our casino any more. So I can't wait to get back in!
First hand in the Holdem, I'm in the big blind. Raise and re-raise to me, and I look down and find two black aces. Life is good. Big, big pot to start this session as well. JJ holds up a little while later in a 4 way pre-flop capped pot, and now I'm up almost 10k between the two sessions in a little less than 3 hours.
I have decided before coming in for the evening that I have to leave by 3, because the free-roll tourney for the world series seat starts at 10 Saturday morning, and I need a little sleep. Well, the last 3 hours of the evening are a horror show. Two pretty notable hands: In the holdem, I raise from first position with the AQs, and am called by the Q7. Flop is QJ7, and I get to lose a few bets to this hand. Not too special, but the second one is a classic.
Any-Any, I have the (2d3d)6c. 5 people in the hand. One player in the game has decided that he needs to raise every time it gets to him, on most of his playable (by his standards) hands. Player in seat one has a 4 up, wild raiser in the 3 seat has a 7, I'm in the 5 seat with the 6, a relatively good player in the 8 seat has the 3s, and the 9 seat has a 6. The seven seat had to bring it in with the high card, the 8 seat limped, as did the 9 and 1, the wild man raised, I called, the 8 seat re-raised, call, call, raise, call, raise, call, call, call, call and we are capped on 3rd. On 4th street, the one seat now has 44, the 3 seat has 78 offsuit, I have (2d3d)6cAc, the 8 seat has 3s2s, and the 9 has 67. 8 seat bets, 9 and 1 call, 3 raises, I call, 8 raises, 9 calls, 1 caps it, and we all call. When the 1 seat caps it, I'm pretty sure he has 3 4's. Almost positive. Now, on 5th, the one seat has 44A, the 3 has 78A, I have (2d3d)6cAc5d, the 8 seat has 3s2s2c, and the 9 has 67J. I bet, 8 raises again, 9 folds, 1 raises, the wild man calls, I cap it, and everyone calls. OK, now here is where things get strange. As the action is completing on 5th street, the 3 seat, who I believe is probably under the influence of something, reaches over and looks at the 1 seat's hole cards! Unreal! The game stops, and everyone is on this guy asking if he is out of his mind! He promises not to fold, says he made a mistake. But here is another strange part. Nobody calls the floor! I can tell you the reason that I didn't: I know he's drawing stone dead. And I don't want the guy who is totally giving his money away leaving the game because we call the floor on him. As it turns out, from talking to the floor later, he wouldn't have done much, outside of killing his hand. Which, as it turns out, is exactly what I needed...
On sixth, the one has 44AJ, the 3 has 78AK, I have (2d3d)6cAc5d10s, and the 8 catches a horrible card. The last A, and it's a spade. I check, he bets, and it's call, call, call. It has to be, because he has just caught the last Ace, and if he has the last 4, assuming my read on the 1 seat is correct, now he has a wheel and I'm drawing dead. I'm just hoping he is full, or that he had a spade draw. Well, no luck. He has the wheel, and scoops a 5k+ pot when the 444 hand doesn't fill.
By 3 am, I have lost back what I won in the second half of the session, and go to get some sleep up 5700 for the night.
Saturday morning's tourney starts off great. 90 players, 9 tables. 2 from each table make it to the finals on Sunday, and I get the best draw possible. I sit down to a table full of players I don't recognize, except for one other solid player. I couldn't ask for better. Which lasts me all of about 30 minutes!
My first big blind, there are 3 limpers to me, and I have the J8 offsuit and check. Flop is Jc8d6c. I make a pot sized bet, and get one caller. When the 5d rolls off on the turn, I make another big bet, over betting the pot. He calls again. 5c on the river and I puke. He makes a small bet, I donkey it up hoping he has AJ, and lose. But still, I have 1650 of my starting 3000, so I'm by no means dead. 15 minutes later, it's a call and a small raise (150) to me. I'm in the small blind and find KdKh. I make it 600. Limper folds, original raiser moves me in. I have just under 1000 left, and I just can't fold the KK pre-flop to a novice player. Unfortunately, he does have the Aces, and I get to see Brian's baseball game after all!
We've had a very nice mother's day morning, and I'm off to the airport in about an hour. Going to play the first two events of the Mirage tournament, and scout the rooms in Vegas a bit. Very excited to see the new poker room at the Wynn casino!
