Oh dear. That's about all I have to say about my last trip to the casino.
I literally played for about 6 and a half hours. I saw exactly four playable hands (other than the occasional pocket pair and TJs), AQs, AKs, TT, and QQ.
Each time I would raise to the normal $10, on the AQ and AK hand, nothing would flop and since there would be four people in the pot each time, I would fold to the bet in front of me. In the TT hand, I made it $10 to go, two people called, then the BB who just sat made it $45 to go and I decided to fold. Then the QQ hand I made it $12 to go (there was a limper) and I got called by 3 people. K73 on the flop, two checks, I check, guy to my left checks. Turn is a blank. Checks around to me, I check, guy to my left bets like $10 into $40, I call. River is a blank, we check it down and he shows KJ. Sweet.
The big hand of the night came when I was in the big blind. There were about three limpers, SB calls, and I check 88. Flop comes QT8. SB bets out $10 into $10. I reraise to $25, everyone folds to the BB, who makes it $50 total. Now, I paused and thought this through. It's incredibly difficult for me to put him on QQ or TT. He MIGHT just call preflop with the TT, since there were so many limpers and he was afraid to play TT out of position against four people to the flop (and trust me, if he raised people don't fold preflop). Anyway, from the way this guy was playing at the table (pretty loose and aggressive) I decided that he did not have QQ or TT. I honestly put him on QT. I reraised all in for another $100 to him. I started the hand with about $280 in chips, so I was actually putting him all in. Anyway, he insta called and showed J9 for the flopped straight. OH YAY. I did not boat up and he took down the monster pot.
In retrospect, I really don't think I could lay that down on the flop. I thought about maybe just calling the flop, and seeing what he does on the turn. The problem with that play, is that if I truly put him on QT, which I think he has about 50% of the time in that spot (rather than TT, QQ, or J9) I should push all in and put the decision back on him. Unfortunately for me he had the nuts :(
Anyway, I ended up losing about $150 on that hand. Other than that I was not involved in any major pots. The way this game was being played (very loose preflop, tight post flop but still fairly loose where you could get paid off if you cbet (a cbet is a continuation bet after the flop) the flop) you need to have a hand to play. People will call you down with mid and bottom pair, call off their $200 stack with a draw, etc. All I needed was a FEW big pairs and for one or two of my AQ or AK hands to hit. Oh well, maybe next time.
I ended the night down $240 for about 6 and a half hours of play. Not looking too good at live play in the last few sessions. Hopefully my string of bad cards will end in Oklahoma so I can get some good cards in Vegas, where it truly matters.
