Just came back from Casino San Pablo

[Benoit]

Over here in California, right by SF and Oakland. I went there because my card room here in Livermore is just regulars and I wanted to see if this casino had tourists and such.

But OMG this place was great. Nice dealers, the chip runners were friendly and the guy at the cage had me laughing as I was cashing out... I ended up playing their $3/$6 hold 'em game at a fresh table and I could only spot maybe one or two serious players, but they ended up being just tight-passive.

Maybe it was a fluke, but I made $100 (33 BB) in one hour. I wanted to stay longer but I had promised dinner with my sister and I was just checking it out for future use.

Actually this was only my 3rd time at a B&M place, I normally play online, so I was thrilled when I picked up my first tell from a player and used it. I was UTG +1 with 22 when Villain raised behind me pre-flop so I called because of the pot odds. The flop came like 863, so I checked to Villain and everyone including him checked it around. Something like a jack on the turn and I was trying to figure out what he had that would make him check the flop but raise pre-flop, when I saw his hands shacking like he was nervous or unsure about something. I was between him having a big pair or high cards until that tell, then I leaned more towards high cards. So on the turn I bet and only he called, but didn't raise, still kind of odd but possible if he can't fold his high cards. River was a blank so he called my last bet and sure enough showed AK. This was amazing, I actually used someones tell for a hand.