betgo
02-11-2005, 06:40 PM
I played 6/12 holdem at the Borgata from 10-2 last night and made $160.
There were 7 on the list for 2 tables when I got there. I got a bite and watched some tables. After a half hour, I was first on the list. It was another half hour before I was called. I would have played something with open seating while I waited if I realized. I think there were some stud games and higher limit games with seats.
There was about an hour where my table was pretty tight. It mostly had serious cardplayers, who were the ones playing tight. However, they were mostly not good players. The other tables seemed looser. I thought of requesting a table change as suggested here, but I was actually doing very well while the table was tight. I was playing tighter than average for the table, but I was stealing a lot of the pots I was in. Then some looser fishier casual player joined and the game loosened up.
Over all the texture of the game was similar to a typical 5/10 or 10/20 game at the Taj. It was definately not a 2/4 style games with everyone calling to the river. There were not a lot of real calling stations or maniacs. There was one loose raiser, whose play was not particularly good or bad. There were a lot of people who played too many hands preflop, but no one playing real junk or almost every hand.
There was not a lot of people calling down to the river with almost anything. On the contrary, a lot of players seemed to check fold if they missed the flop, regardless of pot odds and chances to steal a pot.
On one hand, two solid players limped, and I raised from the SB with TT. I could see their reactions, and they knew I was fairly tight and may have thought I needed a bigger hand than that to raise out of the blinds. The flop came KJ,rag rainbow. I made a continuation bet on the outside hope of picking up the pot, being ready to fold fairly easily. I take the pot.
On another hand, I open limped in 4th position with 98s (maybe not a good play). It was 3-handed to the flop, which came AKQ. The BB folded his hand in turn without a bet. He had earlier folded AJ face up heads up on the turn with a rag board. The other limper was a woman who said she played $10 SNGs on Party and played good ABC poker, but was very cautious. In one case she had 87s and the board had JT9. She wouldn't bet it at all agggesively, fearing a higher straight. I bet. She folded.
I consistantly built my profit, and the swings were probably less than for a looser table.
Generally, there were not any really atrocious players there, but no good ones either. There were players who had gotten knocked out of the tournament. A couple of themn were talking about Brunson's push with QQ against Hanson and how it was like his book.
There was one guy who had about $500 in front of him when I got there who appeared to be a semipro from his play and conversation with him. One time I misunderstood the dealer whose English was not great. I thought he was telling me action was to me UTG, but he was telling me to post the BB, since the BB had left the table. I folded 84o thinking I was UTG. The semipro insisted that my fold stood. Someone else raised, so it didn't matter.
One time I made $700 at the Taj in six hours late Saturday night at a table with maniacs and players who liked to build a big pot for fun or something. However, I don't usually see that. Next time, maybe I'll ask for table changes till I find that table.
I am sure it is weaker and looser on weekends, but I am not willing to wait hours for a table. On weekends there may be a lot of players in 6/12 who would normally play 2/4 but don't want to wait 8 hours for a table.
There were 7 on the list for 2 tables when I got there. I got a bite and watched some tables. After a half hour, I was first on the list. It was another half hour before I was called. I would have played something with open seating while I waited if I realized. I think there were some stud games and higher limit games with seats.
There was about an hour where my table was pretty tight. It mostly had serious cardplayers, who were the ones playing tight. However, they were mostly not good players. The other tables seemed looser. I thought of requesting a table change as suggested here, but I was actually doing very well while the table was tight. I was playing tighter than average for the table, but I was stealing a lot of the pots I was in. Then some looser fishier casual player joined and the game loosened up.
Over all the texture of the game was similar to a typical 5/10 or 10/20 game at the Taj. It was definately not a 2/4 style games with everyone calling to the river. There were not a lot of real calling stations or maniacs. There was one loose raiser, whose play was not particularly good or bad. There were a lot of people who played too many hands preflop, but no one playing real junk or almost every hand.
There was not a lot of people calling down to the river with almost anything. On the contrary, a lot of players seemed to check fold if they missed the flop, regardless of pot odds and chances to steal a pot.
On one hand, two solid players limped, and I raised from the SB with TT. I could see their reactions, and they knew I was fairly tight and may have thought I needed a bigger hand than that to raise out of the blinds. The flop came KJ,rag rainbow. I made a continuation bet on the outside hope of picking up the pot, being ready to fold fairly easily. I take the pot.
On another hand, I open limped in 4th position with 98s (maybe not a good play). It was 3-handed to the flop, which came AKQ. The BB folded his hand in turn without a bet. He had earlier folded AJ face up heads up on the turn with a rag board. The other limper was a woman who said she played $10 SNGs on Party and played good ABC poker, but was very cautious. In one case she had 87s and the board had JT9. She wouldn't bet it at all agggesively, fearing a higher straight. I bet. She folded.
I consistantly built my profit, and the swings were probably less than for a looser table.
Generally, there were not any really atrocious players there, but no good ones either. There were players who had gotten knocked out of the tournament. A couple of themn were talking about Brunson's push with QQ against Hanson and how it was like his book.
There was one guy who had about $500 in front of him when I got there who appeared to be a semipro from his play and conversation with him. One time I misunderstood the dealer whose English was not great. I thought he was telling me action was to me UTG, but he was telling me to post the BB, since the BB had left the table. I folded 84o thinking I was UTG. The semipro insisted that my fold stood. Someone else raised, so it didn't matter.
One time I made $700 at the Taj in six hours late Saturday night at a table with maniacs and players who liked to build a big pot for fun or something. However, I don't usually see that. Next time, maybe I'll ask for table changes till I find that table.
I am sure it is weaker and looser on weekends, but I am not willing to wait hours for a table. On weekends there may be a lot of players in 6/12 who would normally play 2/4 but don't want to wait 8 hours for a table.