cold_cash
01-17-2004, 05:09 AM
Hey folks,
This post isn't about any specifice hands, necassarily, but I just got back from my first trip to the "real" poker room at a semi-nearby casino and thought I would share a little bit. I've been playing in home games for years, and online micro-limits for around 8 months or so, and tonight seemed like a good night to get my feet wet at the brick and morter.
Anyway, the lowest limit they have there is 3/6, so I took a couple hundred bucks, bought in for 100 and sat down. On my second hand I catch two black aces in the cut-off, and I barely have my chips out of the rack before it's my action after a raise and a re-raise. I cap it, flop another ace, and take a very nice pot from pocket kings and a set of jacks. Good way to start.
Over the course of the next 4 hours or so I won a few small pots but nothing extraordinary. I did catch 3 kings on one board when I held AK and raised pre-flop, and amazingly got paid off by 2 people. Otherwise, I think I was a bit intimidated and played too tight. Somewhat to my surprise, the players at my table were, well, pretty bad. I'm no superstar, but I was pretty amazed at some of the plays. There wasn't a single check-raise by anyone (including myself) for the first 3 hours. It seemed to swing from super-passive to super-aggressive. Kind of weird, but I managed to stay out of the way most of the time. Even though I was playing pretty tight, I feel okay about my hand selection and most of my decisions.
Overall it was really great. I ended up ahead about 7 big bets when it was all said and done, and I'm hoping the reason for that is that I paid a lot of blinds and played very hands. I'm thinking maybe I'll head back tomorrow night...
Thanks for listening. /images/graemlins/wink.gif
This post isn't about any specifice hands, necassarily, but I just got back from my first trip to the "real" poker room at a semi-nearby casino and thought I would share a little bit. I've been playing in home games for years, and online micro-limits for around 8 months or so, and tonight seemed like a good night to get my feet wet at the brick and morter.
Anyway, the lowest limit they have there is 3/6, so I took a couple hundred bucks, bought in for 100 and sat down. On my second hand I catch two black aces in the cut-off, and I barely have my chips out of the rack before it's my action after a raise and a re-raise. I cap it, flop another ace, and take a very nice pot from pocket kings and a set of jacks. Good way to start.
Over the course of the next 4 hours or so I won a few small pots but nothing extraordinary. I did catch 3 kings on one board when I held AK and raised pre-flop, and amazingly got paid off by 2 people. Otherwise, I think I was a bit intimidated and played too tight. Somewhat to my surprise, the players at my table were, well, pretty bad. I'm no superstar, but I was pretty amazed at some of the plays. There wasn't a single check-raise by anyone (including myself) for the first 3 hours. It seemed to swing from super-passive to super-aggressive. Kind of weird, but I managed to stay out of the way most of the time. Even though I was playing pretty tight, I feel okay about my hand selection and most of my decisions.
Overall it was really great. I ended up ahead about 7 big bets when it was all said and done, and I'm hoping the reason for that is that I paid a lot of blinds and played very hands. I'm thinking maybe I'll head back tomorrow night...
Thanks for listening. /images/graemlins/wink.gif