Bad Beat Jackpot hits TWICE in less than an hour-Argosy trip report

[zuluking]

My friend and I arrive at Argosy Casino in Baton Rouge at 5:00pm Saturday evening and put our names on the 4-8 list. My friend says, "Look, the bad beat jackpot is up to 110K." Not 2 minutes later there is a loud rukus, with lots of screaming at the 1/2 NL table in the back. The bad beat had been hit with JJJJ losing to AAAA. Things finally calm down as the players wait for their money and we get seated at a 4-8 game.

5:55pm, the bad beat jackpot table is still waiting to get paid when suddenly, screaming erupts from the 1/2 NL table right next to it. 7777 was beat by a str8 flush. The backup jackpot is 33.5K. They re-seed it again, this time with $1000.60!...lol

The poker room. Not really a room, just 8 tables set up and roped off in the middle of slots on the 3rd floor. The CLANG CLANG CLANG is still ringing in my ears. Drink service was slow at best with only one waitress working the 8 tables. They were spreading two-1/2NL games, one-4/8/12/12 HE/Omaha game, two-3/6 games, and three-4/8 games. The rake is $5 max with and extra buck for the bad beat at $20.

The dealers. Your usual mix of really good ones, average ones, and God awful.

The players. The fish on a .50/1 Party Poker table could beat these guys. An INSANELY aggressive game. In the 7 hours I played I counted 8 pre-flop caps with at least 8 players. Old guy sits to my right and proceeds to play and raise every hand pre-flop for the next 2 hours. He ran his $100 buy-in up to $500 in one hour before losing it all in the next hour. I was sad to see him go.

Example. I get K Q offsuit in MP and old guy raises as usual, I 3-bet, a bunch call, he caps, I call. Flop is K rag rag. Old guy bets out, I raise, 2 or 3 fish call, old guy 3-bets, I cap, the others follow. Turn is Q. Old guy bets, I raise, 1 fish calls, old guy 3-bets, I cap, fish calls. River is Q. Old guy bets, I raise, fish folds, old guy 3-bets, I cap (no HU unlimited at Argosy [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]) and turn over the goods. Old guy taps the table and shows K 10?!?!?!?

I'd say the average pot was $100, with $200-$250 pots not that uncommon. Another friend of mine was playing at a different 4/8 table and comfirmed the same thing. Action like this offsets the high rake for sure.

The dealer at the first bad beat table received 5K in tips.

I'll be back next weekend. Thanks for listening.

zuluking