hotsauce615
08-09-2005, 01:25 PM
Hey, since I asked you guys about my first tourney and what to expect etc etc, I figured I'd let you know how it went. I qualified for the WPT open at the Bellagio but cut a deal with Full Tilt to give me 150$ because I couldn't make it. I took the cash and went to AC to play some limit. I cashed it in for a round of 2/4 at the tropicana. I've honestly been honing my poker game for 6 months, and was a bit nervous to go live.
Let me say ahead of time that this board has been truly amazing in helping me, as well as the B&M forum FAQS about table etiquitte and such. This really cut down on my anxiety. I decided to play at the tropicana because their tables are near the window and having people near me tends to loosen me up.
Well I got to be honest I sat down and felt superior right away. There was a couple to my right, like 3 frat guys wearing wrap around glasses etc etc. I'm not against the glasses or anything, but since I play online so much, and I'm so used to betting patterns for putting people on cards, they were a nonfactor. I really dogged all these guys, and also lost some chips calling bets that I didn't have the proper odds for. I try to not let myself take people less seriously but this one frat like character gets into a raising war with me preflop when I hold KdKs. I assume he's got an ace at least, and flop comes jh 10h As. I figure that I'm in trouble, but he just checks it to me and I get a King on the turn and a betting war ensues, and continues on the river. Guy turns over a pair of 5's, and goes "Figured you were bluffing the whole time", and I just kind of nodded and said, "usually I would".
However The live event turned out to be a complete success. I was up like 25% of what I walked in with, which I quickly lost at the Borgata playing craps. I thought I was going to get rocked and it turned out to be the complete opposite.
Let me say ahead of time that this board has been truly amazing in helping me, as well as the B&M forum FAQS about table etiquitte and such. This really cut down on my anxiety. I decided to play at the tropicana because their tables are near the window and having people near me tends to loosen me up.
Well I got to be honest I sat down and felt superior right away. There was a couple to my right, like 3 frat guys wearing wrap around glasses etc etc. I'm not against the glasses or anything, but since I play online so much, and I'm so used to betting patterns for putting people on cards, they were a nonfactor. I really dogged all these guys, and also lost some chips calling bets that I didn't have the proper odds for. I try to not let myself take people less seriously but this one frat like character gets into a raising war with me preflop when I hold KdKs. I assume he's got an ace at least, and flop comes jh 10h As. I figure that I'm in trouble, but he just checks it to me and I get a King on the turn and a betting war ensues, and continues on the river. Guy turns over a pair of 5's, and goes "Figured you were bluffing the whole time", and I just kind of nodded and said, "usually I would".
However The live event turned out to be a complete success. I was up like 25% of what I walked in with, which I quickly lost at the Borgata playing craps. I thought I was going to get rocked and it turned out to be the complete opposite.