How are you celebrating the Fourth? Myself, I decided to take the patriotic route and spent last evening relieving strangers of their folding money. If that's not American, I don't know what is.
Playing poker, of course. What did you think I was doing?
I had a yen for some live poker, so I tracked down a new charity poker room. This location isn't especially close, but it's better than driving to the casino. It's in a strip mall, the ambiance wasn't much, but it did the job.
Arriving just before 7, I decided to get my feet wet by playing the nightly tournament. Last night's version was a $35 turbo event that drew 38 runners. Four spots paid.
I managed to accomplish something I've never ever done before. No, I didn't win - I busted out first. On the very first hand of the event. Here's the hand and you can tell me just how badly I played it:
3,000 chips to start, 25/50 blinds, increasing every 12 minutes. I figured I needed to get a stack early if I was going to have a chance at cashing.
I get 7s6s in late position. A few limps, I limp, a very serious female playing in the big blind pops to 300. Two people call and I call as well. Pot of about 1350.
Flop is 765 with two diamonds. Serious female checks. UTG player bets 200. MP folds. I make it 700 to go. Serious female looks like she just bit into a lemon. She finally calls. UTG calls. Curious.
Turn is the Ah. A money card. Checked to me, I push out 1500 (leaving 500 behind, for some reason I thought I had 1000). Serious female scowls some more and folds. It sucks getting outflopped, doesn't it? UTG instacalls. Hmm.
River is an offsuit T. UTG shoves his remaining 500, I realize how little I have left and have no choice but to call.
UTG shows AdTd.
Gigli.
Fuck.
The only way I win the hand is if I shove the flop, and even that's far from certain - I don't know if the UTG player could get away from the nut flush draw.
Mistakes were made.
Whatever.
I wandered over to a 1/2 NL cash table and proceeded to run very very good. Despite the distraction of a cute chick with a gigantic rack (and a tight T-shirt) in my line of sight, I played adequately and didn't suffer any soul-crushing beats. I left shortly before the tournament got to the money with a bit more than 3.5 times my cash table buy in - probably the single most profitable session I've had in months. The hourly was even pretty decent.
I'll probably be back, but with the cost of gas, it won't be as often as I might like. That and the fact that I still, after years of playing, pretty much suck at poker.
Have a great holiday!
Playing poker, of course. What did you think I was doing?
I had a yen for some live poker, so I tracked down a new charity poker room. This location isn't especially close, but it's better than driving to the casino. It's in a strip mall, the ambiance wasn't much, but it did the job.
Arriving just before 7, I decided to get my feet wet by playing the nightly tournament. Last night's version was a $35 turbo event that drew 38 runners. Four spots paid.
I managed to accomplish something I've never ever done before. No, I didn't win - I busted out first. On the very first hand of the event. Here's the hand and you can tell me just how badly I played it:
3,000 chips to start, 25/50 blinds, increasing every 12 minutes. I figured I needed to get a stack early if I was going to have a chance at cashing.
I get 7s6s in late position. A few limps, I limp, a very serious female playing in the big blind pops to 300. Two people call and I call as well. Pot of about 1350.
Flop is 765 with two diamonds. Serious female checks. UTG player bets 200. MP folds. I make it 700 to go. Serious female looks like she just bit into a lemon. She finally calls. UTG calls. Curious.
Turn is the Ah. A money card. Checked to me, I push out 1500 (leaving 500 behind, for some reason I thought I had 1000). Serious female scowls some more and folds. It sucks getting outflopped, doesn't it? UTG instacalls. Hmm.
River is an offsuit T. UTG shoves his remaining 500, I realize how little I have left and have no choice but to call.
UTG shows AdTd.
Gigli.
Fuck.
The only way I win the hand is if I shove the flop, and even that's far from certain - I don't know if the UTG player could get away from the nut flush draw.
Mistakes were made.
Whatever.
I wandered over to a 1/2 NL cash table and proceeded to run very very good. Despite the distraction of a cute chick with a gigantic rack (and a tight T-shirt) in my line of sight, I played adequately and didn't suffer any soul-crushing beats. I left shortly before the tournament got to the money with a bit more than 3.5 times my cash table buy in - probably the single most profitable session I've had in months. The hourly was even pretty decent.
I'll probably be back, but with the cost of gas, it won't be as often as I might like. That and the fact that I still, after years of playing, pretty much suck at poker.
Have a great holiday!
1 comment:
check out the bowling alley on van wagoner, i think they just opened a poker room...some local cops run the operation, so you know its on the up and up...
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