So, my third trip to the casino. First trip, I played $4/$8 limit, and was down $100. Second trip I played $1/$2 No Limit, and was up $350. Third trip I played $1/$2 No Limit, and was down $440. So in total I am down $190 from my live play at the casino. That bites.
My third trip that I took yesterday was horrible. I played for about 5 hours. The highlight was having my AdAc cracked by AsQh all in preflop. I was all in for about $120, so it was about a $240 pot. Let's run some numbers on this one, before the flop, I am a 91.5% favorite. Ok, that's pretty good. The flop was Kd 9d 4d. Now after the flop, I am a 99% favorite to win. The turn was the Ten of clubs. Ok, now I am a 93% favorite to win. The river brings the lovely Jack of spaces where I am a 0% chance to win. The guy gets perfect perfect (ie: he had to get those exact cards, a Ten and a Jack, or a Jack and then a Ten, to beat my hand). Great. Down $120.
Three limpers and I limp on the button with 33. SB calls and BB checks. Five to the flop. Flop comes KQ3. Check, bet $5 (pot is about $10 before the $5 bet), call, I reraise to $20. Initial better calls, and so does the guy on my right. Pot has $70 in it now. Next card is a 6. Check check, I bet $35 into $70. First guy calls, second guy folds. Next card is an Ace. He checks. Now, that is a horrible card. I put him on an openeded with TJ, which means he just made his straight. Also, if he was slowplaying AA (horribly) then he also has me beat. Who knows, maybe he has QQ or KK and just was playing it very passively. In any case, I did not bet the river because I honestly thought he had TJ and had me beat with the straight. I check, and he screams "Oh man I wanted you to bet! I have AA". Oh, sweet, nice hand sir, you piece of trash. Down $57.
Four limpers, and I limp with AJo from the SB. BB checks. Flop is 99J. ($10 in pot) I check, check, same guy from above bets out $5, same guy on my right calls, and I reraise to $20. This reraise was mainly to see if I was beat by a 9. Better folds, and guy on my right says, "I'll see one more card." and calls. Next card is an 8. AWFUL. When he called and said that I immediately put him on an openended. Naturally, QT was his most logical holding there, and the 8 just made his straight. I was honestly going to check and fold to a bet. I checked, and he checked behind. Ok, please put a jack or 9 out there dealer. Next card comes a Queen. OH YIPEE. I check, and he checks. (WTF?) I tell him I have a jack and he says he has a Ten. He shows T8 for openended on the flop (like I said, but not the same openended), he hit pair on the turn and then I let him see the river. My guess is that he would have called a bet on the turn, especially after hitting that PAIR on the turn. In any case, down $22.
Now, here is the fun one.
Guy raises from UTG+1 to $10 (this was normal, sometimes $12). Crazy cowboy calls $10, I look down and see KK on the button. I reraise to $40. They both call. OOOOK. Flop comes 247 rainbow. UTG+1 checks, cowboy checks, and I bet $60 into a $120 pot. UTG+1 folds, and cowboy goes all in for $100 total (raise of $40). Naturally I call, seeing as how there was $240 in the pot and it was only $40 to me. He flips up 45 and I show my KK. Naturally based on the previous days experiences, the turn came a 4 and I was drawing to two cards. The king did not come on the river and cowboy took down a $280 pot. Down $140.
Ok, so maybe my first hand I talked about was worse, but those five hours at the table were my worst ever in a live session. It's a good thing I've taken swings like that online, if not, I don't think I could have handled it as well as I did. After I lost the AdAc I just walked out of the poker room, and took a stroll around the casino. Did not blow up. Did not say anything. I think I handled it really well. My brother and one of my friends was at the table with me, they were in utter shock just as I was. LOL.
The rest of the night was spent folding my double down hands (ie: 83, 74, 65, etc). I called a few raises with PP and never hit a set (and as you see above, when I hit a set I got outdrawn). All in all, still a worthwhile trip, I learned that there are some incredibly bad poker players out there, and I guess if they never won they wouldn't keep coming back, ya know?
Even after the horrible night of poker I still had a good time. I am definitely going back there this Winter Break though. $40 preflop with 45o???? Count me in, sir.
