I never played a cash game in my life and wanted to get my feet wet, so I made up my mind that the next time I was in a casino I would take the plunge. But sadly, Laughlin, like Vegas, is taking a big hit in this economy, so there weren’t many cash tables opened at all. At most, I saw 2 tables in any casino open for cash and they were playing 3/6, or 5/10 HNL. Once I found a 3/6 HNL “Kill” game. Can someone explain to me what the heck that means? I was looking for a $1/2 and I didn’t want to make those limits my first. So my cash game devirgination will have to wait till next time.
I did find that Harrah’s had a descent tournament with 30 min blind levels for $100 buy in. I signed up for it and by start time there were 40 players with 12 on the waiting list, and all were able to get in. The starting stack was 5k so off we went. Started doing my thing and began to chip up steadily to 7500 when in level 3 I got smacked out of the tourney.
Blinds were 100/200. I had AQs on the button. UTG player makes it 600, the Hijack smooth calls it. I love these opportunities because it lets me squeeze and put pressure on the table, so I reraise 4x to 2400, the BB comes a long and so do the other 2 players. *haaaah?*
The Flop is AKQ rainbow! YES!! With 9700 in the pot it got check around to me. I have top 2 pair and about 5100 left in my stack. I take my time getting reads on players. It gives me time to torture them and see what they are all about while intimidating them at the same time. My standard half the pot bet would only leave me with about 400 so I shove all my chips. Well the BB calls and my first thought is that I am screwed. Dude has AK or JT and just checked raised me. Then UTG also calls!!! What? I am really screwed now. For sure one of them has the above hand. Then to my horror Hijack calls the all in. At this point I stand up and start getting all my things ready to leave.
I flip my cards over and BB moans as in pain and flips over KQo. UTG flips over pocket 9’s, and then the Hijack flips over his mighty pocket 4’s!!!
I am not a poker instructor or a professional but I did stay at the Holliday Inn one time, and do know someone that knows someone that is really good at poker. And calling two all ins in front of you with 99 and 44 on a over card flop is just plain… Dee Dee Dee.
Well at this point I am ok and way “ahead”.
The turn a 6 and that is good news so far. I am ahead and only need to dodge one more flip of the wrist from the dealer.
The river a 9!!! Bam. I am out!!! Oh well…
I got a few more fun stories to tell that I will post in later this week.
1. Tournament #2 – What do you do when you flop bottom 2 pair?
2. Air tank old timer - I almost killed when I flopped top pair/top kicker
3. My new nick name ‘OneAWayValdez’
A Kill game is a game with a forced Kill Bet. Usually part of limit poker, the Kill works to provoke action. So, when a single player drags 2+ consecutive pots or a huge pot (the amount set at the table) that player will be forced to put out a blind kill bet. The kill bet is similar to a live straddle (the kill is last to act and can check or raise), but unlike a straddle, the Kill Bet is forced, and all the betting limit for all bets for the Kill pot are doubled. (i.e., at a 3/6 LHE table, a kill pot would start at 12/6/3 (the BB & SB remain the same, but the flop would be forced to start at 12/6 and 4th & 5th Street would start at 12/24.)
ReplyDeleteOh my...are you sure you weren't playing on Full Tilt Poker-) That is a sick bad beat.
ReplyDeleteYou should have done a Hellmuth and called them idiots...lol