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Lip92 · High Card Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 19

I have been playing poker for 15 years, but hold em for just one.
I have been playing @ 15 hours a week online, and reading and re-reading books, and seeing improvement in my play.

Earlier this week, my employer flew me out to Kansas City for work, and Monday night I made my first (and hopefully not last) visit to a brick and morter casino (its illegal here in Mass.)

I went to the Ameristar Casino, which I found to be too smokey, grundgy and dirty seeming, and otherwise unimpressive, but I had a good time anyways.

I dont have a lot of money to play with, so I sit at the $3/$6 table with $40.

check out these very fun hands.

Im in the big blind, with pocket threes
There are 4 callers

the flop is 3, A, 6 rainbow
I bet out
I get raised making it two bets to go
fold, fold, call
I call, making it a 4 way pot for the turn, which is a 4

Seeing the possible straight draw, but knowing it is unlikely anyone was playing it, I opt for a check-raise because I believe my set is boss
my raiser predictably bets out, one guy folds, the last guy calls and I raise. The raiser calls and the caller folds, making it heads up for the river

The river hits with another A, I've now got a boat, and I know I have him.
I check, he bets, I raise, he calls and shows QQ for two pair
Smile

Now this one
I have JcQc and call the blind from first position, as did pretty much everyone else

The flop hits Ac, Kc, 6c, and I flop the nut flush

Im first to act, and decide Im getting little respect here, so I can bet out to jam the pot.
I bet, and all 5 call, but, then the button raises (yes!)
I act like I have to think about it, and then call, and so does everyone else!!!!! (yes!!!)

The turn is 5h, I check
the next guy bets, everyone calls, the button raises, and I re-raise, this knocks everyone out but the button who calls

The river is an 8d, and I have the nuts, nothing can beat me. I get soft here and check, and so did the button, who shows 2c, 3c for a flush, but mine is boss.

two great hands, that made me a lot of money. I doubled up finishing up $45 for the night.

Although the flights were aweful, and my luggage was lost, Im looking forward to my next business trip.

Gypsydc · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

Glad you had a fun time. I'm surprised it was smokey though, you usually cannot smoke in card rooms, even in Vegas. Good luck again next time...hopefully you can sit with a full rack of $100.

jessejames71 · Full House Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 229

Living in mass you should be close enogh to take a trip to either Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun down in Ct. They are an awesome place to go, when i lived in up there I visited the Sun almost everyweek, although Foxwoods may be the most impressive casino you will ever enter.

mistaken69 · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:09 am Post subject:

why did that guy bet out after you checked the river to him??? are they that stupid in kansas? Laughing

Lip92 · High Card Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 19

I was much younger than these guys. They could tell I had never been to a poker room before. I was getting no respect, and my table image was that of a new fish.

Ecliptica · Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:47 am Post subject:

I don't know where in MA you are, but I live in Southeastern MA and regularly make trips up to the Turning Stone in Verona, NY (Mapquest says it's a 5 hour drive or so as compared to the 1 hour to Foxwoods, but with my driving, I make it in about 4 Smile

). It was the first casino I ever went to (it was the only 18+ casino around) and I feel a sort of kinship with the people there (plus the first time I ever went I left with $300 and came back with $3,200 Smile

). The tournament director knows me by name as do most of my favorite dealers. It's a real friendly environment.

Hell, after I'm done with finals on Monday and my buddy flies in from Stanford, we'll be headed up for a few games during holiday break (we also plan on hitting up Foxwoods sometime, too; our buddy Nick just won 2.1 million there and he's been practically living there for the past month). Maybe I'll see some of y'all at the tables Smile

_Xceptional · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:56 am Post subject:

Nick Schulman...sweet. Tell him Tony said hi
Very Happy

jack-actionhero · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject:

Can I win 2.1 million too please?

Pretty please?

jack-actionhero · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

I played at Treasure Island Casino on Saturday evening for my first B&M Poker experience. I played at the $2/$4 limit Hold Em table and bought in for $140 in chips and cashed out an hour and a half later with $200. I only lost one hand and it was the first hand I played. I was in the big blind with A9o and checked the option bet to see the flop. Flop came down [A 9 Blank]. I bet $2 and was called by a couple people. Next card came another blank and I checked and the guy on my left bet $4 and I raised him $4. River came [10] and I checked and he bet $4 and I raised him $4.

He flips A-10. If it had been no-limit, the hand never would have made it to the river, but since it was $2/$4 he got to stay in the hand to hit his river winner.

mathman1115 · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject:

First B&M casino i played in was in Aruba. I sat at the 2/4 table and about 6 or 7 hands in i get dealt AA in EP. I raise and get about 3 callers. Flop comes with a diamond two flush and an A so i jam and get a couple callers. Turn was another diamond which i didn't like too much, but i bet out and everyone just calls. River is the 4th A! I bet and get raised so naturally i reraise and get called i flip over those bad boys. I won a decent pot and got a 100 dollar bonus for quad Aces!
To this day i still have no idea what the opponent who raised me on the river had, he just mucked his hand after i flipped in disgust. I'm guessing he had a flush and thought i was jamming trip aces.
Rest of the trip i ended up breaking even. The players were just horrible (not that i was great at the time) and i was losing hands with like AK to 10/2 cause the fish rivered a 2 or something. I was playing ABC poker and my opponents didn't care, they kept calling with nothing.
Great experience though.

OldBitByter · Guest

My first experience in a casino was 7 stud in the Grand in Biloxi, Miss. My previous playing had been restricted to once weekly games with some co-workers so this was a new experience for me, plus I hadn't played in a couple of years.

I lost $100 so fast it wasn't fun and I never returned.

I started playing holdem about 5 months ago and am looking forward to trying again. It's gonna be a different story next time.

greedygremlin · High Card Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 2 Location: reno nv

i live in reno and play in casinos regualrly, as well as cash games at homes

whole different animal then betting idiots online

whole different animal

jack-actionhero · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject:

I know this thread was started way back in November, but I have to laugh at this:

"I dont have a lot of money to play with, so I sit at the $3/$6 table with $40. "

That's enough money to lose one showdown if you're lucky at a $3/$6 table.

AllInDrawinDead · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject:

I once sat down at 3/6 with $30. I tripled up when I had about $25 left and I was in business.

Hubba_Rocks · Straight Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 101

True, $40 isn't alot at a 3/6 table, but that just means you have to choose your hand(s) wisely, and get a little lucky too.

I've bought in for $40 at a 3/6 table and worked it up to about $200.

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