Bike mini-trip Report

[private joker]

Patrick del Poker Grande is in town for the week on business, so I met up with him at the Bike for some red-hot poker action.

When I got there, I found Patrick at a $100 NL table. I chose not to bring him a cowbell as a gag gift, because although I thought of the idea a few days ago and knew it would be funny, in actuality I am cheap and lazy.

We played for one orbit at NL. I got AQo in the SB and there were 3 limpers. The last time I played NL (and I've only played twice before in my life), it was $200 and the blinds were 2/5. I saw the limpers each toss in a yellow chip, so thinking the BB was $5, I made it $20 to go. Everyone looked at me weird and folded.

Then I realized I was a moron and overbet the pot by raising 7x the BB -- they're 2/3 at this limit. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Patrick then went all in and flopped top two on a KQx board; unfortunately his opponent had JTs, and turned both a straight and a flush.

We moved over to the 8/16 limit game, which is much more fun and easy. As we waited for a table, the floor started acting insane. Our names would flash on the monitor that seats were open, but no seats would be open. And then when there was a seat, a guy from across the casino, who is handling the blue-chip games and Omaha starts calling out the initials. We would wave our arms and shout across the casino, but he wouldn't look over and move on to the next person on the list. But it didn't matter because we were standing right next to the floormen and the actual open seats.

I scoped out the three 8/16 tables during the wait, and discovered a guy I knew from before. He plays there all the time. He wears black wrap-around shades and a huge sombrero. He's a LAG. I told Patrick, "watch this guy if you get to sit at his table. He sucks, and he's the type of dude who will bet the river, and then when you call he insta-mucks his bluff."

Anyway, eventually we got seated, and a few minutes later we managed to sit at the same table, with one player in between us -- Sombrero LAG. Sure enough, 15 minutes into play he bet a river, and when he was called, goes "Good call" and showed Patrick and me his 95s for the 9-high (He had raised PF with it).

Patrick then proceeds to demolish the table hand after hand, up close to 2 racks after some time. I'm doing quite the opposite.

I put money in post-flop a grand total of 4 times. The first was my very first hand, AJ in the BB. I flopped an ace and took it down on the turn.

Then I folded for an hour. Then I got QJ in the SB and a guy who was a total LAG PF and seemed pretty okay post-flop raised and I called and Patrick called in the BB with JJ. Flop was AQx, and I bet out, using my image to represent an A. Patrick folded, and LAG raised. I called, turned a gutshot, and rivered a brick. I had to fold the river, but then he turned over 65s for the stone cold bluff. Joker is owned. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] What made this funny, though, was how the Bluffer, who was this body-building meathead with his ugly girlfriend sweating him, gave me a look when he showed his bluff. He tilted his chin up and frowned, in one of those "Whatchu gonna do about it, sucka?" kinda looks. Totally posturing for his girl. It was pretty funny, but I couldn't really laugh at him at the table.

Another week later I get QQ and the bluffer limp-reraises me after Patrick gets caught for 2SBs. Patrick folds to my cap and we're 3-handed to the flop along with a loose gambooler in the BB. Flop is Q9x with two clubs. Checked to me, I bet. Both call. Turn is a 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Checked to me, I bet, both call. River is T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].

Now the BB bets out. Bluffer folds and I pay off (He didn't have a Jack, but he did have 53 of clubs).

I'm stuck a rack now. Then I get 33 UTG+1. I limp, and Sombrero LAG raises. Old Man Rock in the BB calls. Fishy UTG calls and I call.

4 to the flop, which is AQ3. W000t. We all check to Sombrero who bets, OMR calls, UTG calls, I check-raise, Sombrero calls, OMR now 3-bets, UTG folds, I smooth-call, Sombrero calls.

Turn comes K. OMR bets, I raise, Sombrero cold-calls, OMR calls. River brings another 3. OMR bets out, I raise, Sombrero folds, OMR 3-bets... Whoa! He filled up? That's awesome -- if he has AA, that means Aces Full is gonna lose to Quads. At Commerce, that's a Jackpot. I look at the board which reads that the 8/16 Jackpot is a cool $34,000.

I tremble my hands 4-betting the river, and OMR calls me. I say, "Sir, If you have aces, we've got a jackpot!" I quickly flip up my quads and he flips up AA. Like a complete douchebag, I stand up and yell "Jackpot!" and clap my hands. First time I've ever done that. Unfortunately, that was when I realized I was at the Bike. You need to have aces full of TENS or better losing to quads. Uh... oops. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] Instead of winning 17 grand, the Old Man Rock just lost a huge pot.

I scoop up my chips and we both rack out a few hands later; I'm up 3BBs, Patrick is up a ton. And so it goes at the Bike. What it needed was more cowbell.

[otnemem]

It's the worst when you already feel like a douche for jumping up excited and clapping then to realize that you didn't actually win anything. I think I'm that guy.

[boedeker]

nice report.

but i have this nasty habbit of yelling "its a chop" and rolling around in my chair laughing to myself when the board pairs 2 times like when its AJ v A2 on a KKJ33 board. then everyone looks at me weird and i cry.

[Badboyy]

What made this funny, though, was how the Bluffer, who was this body-building meathead with his ugly girlfriend sweating him, gave me a look when he showed his bluff. He tilted his chin up and frowned, in one of those "Whatchu gonna do about it, sucka?" kinda looks. Totally posturing for his girl. It was pretty funny, but I couldn't really laugh at him at the table.

SUP BRO IS BACK !!

nice trip report

[jskills]

Nice trip report. It's always a very entertaining read from any of your live reports BTW.

2 questions (although I realize you're probably not looking for questions about the hands here ...)

One the hand where you had middle pair, why fold for one bet on the river?

On the hand where you flopped the set of 3's, why not just cap the flop instead of smooth calling the 3-bet?

Just curious.

Thanks,
J

[private joker]

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One the hand where you had middle pair, why fold for one bet on the river?

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I was convinced he had an Ace after all the action. The only reason I called the turn was because I had a pair + gutshot, giving me around 9 outs.

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On the hand where you flopped the set of 3's, why not just cap the flop instead of smooth calling the 3-bet?

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So OMR would bet into me again on the turn and I could raise again. If I cap the flop, he just check-calls and I only make 1BB on that street from both Sombrero and him.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Nice report, Joker. I think you got most of the exciting stuff. I must say, the first thing that came to my head when you hit those quads was "WTF" more than "jackpot?", but then again, I don't remember the last time I played at a place where AAA33 qualified. It was cool to meet you and a pleasure playing at your table. We'll have to do it again some time if I'm ever back in L.A.

I did indeed have the best seat in the house at that 8/16. The Sombrero LAG spewed $600+ all by himself while I was there. Before Joker got his seat, there was another guy just as bad as Sombrero LAG right there. I also recognized the guy to my left as being from the 8 game I was at before I tried my hand in the NL. He was terrible, but in a much more passive way, which was nice. He did hit a few huge hands toward the end of the night, though, and had 5 or 6 racks sitting in front of him when we left. I wouldn't be surprised if that only brought him back to even, though, the way he was playing earlier. All told, Joker and I brought the only talent to the table. I would've liked to have stayed longer than we did, but the biggest donors were running dry and I had to be able to stay awake during the most worthless seminar of my life, so I decided to take the money and run. I think I took about $425 from that game.

My dance card's full for Wednesday and Thursday night and I'm flying out on Friday afternoon, so I had to take my chance tonight to get out and see Commerce while I'm in town. My coworkers mentioned that they might tag along, so I was worried that I was going to end up having to donk the 1/2 or whatever baby game they have at Commerce. In the end, they both whimped out, so I floored it up the 710 and hit Commerce. I walked straight into a 9 game full of LAGs. Well, I guess it wasn't full of 'em, because we couldn't keep a full game, but everyone but me and the WPT kid next to me was a LAG. Fanboi was just a calling station. I hit that table up for another $250-$300 before I lost a couple pots and decided I was good with $176 after about 2 hours. I got there late, so I was happy to take some cash home, collect my souvenir chip and get back to the hotel in time for my beauty sleep.

Joker's a great guy and a good time. It was cool to meet him and I'm glad I finally got to The Bike and Commerce. All those tables in one place brought a little man-tear to my eye and I think it just pissed me off even more what the jackasses in CO are doing to poker there. I'll be sitting at the seminar dinner event tomorrow night upset that I'm at some lame event with a bunch of software salesmen when I'm so close to so much poker. Thursday... well, chances are I'll be a bit drunk to be worried about not playing poker.