Foxwoods 'trip report' for lack of a better term

[Iplaydrunk]

I went to Foxwoods last night and man was that place out of contol. The lists for the $2/4 $4/8 $2/4OE were absolutely ridiculous. Actually they didn't have a $2/4OE open, just 75 names on an 'interest' list. And the $5/10 is played with a kill @ $100, so from what I have seen, 95% of the hands are played $10/20 whick is just too big for my bankroll. I wish they would spread a $5/10 w/o a kill or $3/6 with a kill. I got into a 2/4 while waiting for a 4/8. In 2 hours, there were exactly 2 preflop raises by anyone other than myself. There were 9 players on 25% of the flops and never less than 5. (We were playing 9 handed at a stud table). it took me about a half hour to adjust my play to the Loose-Passive play, but once I did it was very profitable. I saw firsthand why suited connectors (and non-suited connectors) go up in value so much. 8,9 9T, &TJ won me some real good pots and they are usually garbage.
When I got called to the 4/8, I thought I was going to have to tighten up but this game was just as good. I love the money being thrown around in card rooms these days. There was one player at the table playing very tight, a girl to my right. She raised a hand preflop from the UTG. 4 players called. The flop came K-9 -rag (4 maybe?)with two hearts. She led got 1 call was raised and 2 players folded. She re-raised. Raiser called. Turn was Kh. She bet and was raised. She re-raised, I was pretty sure she just made quads. They went, I kid you not, 10 bets on the turn. The river was a complete bland and they went 3 more bets. Her opponent proudly turned over his A-high flush. AND HE THOUGHT IS WAS GOING TO BE GOOD. I figured he at least had pocket 9s. She turned over her pocket Kings and the table went crazy. She raked in the largest single pot I have ever seen in a $4/8 game. Why can't I make Quads against clueless opponents.

The 1/2blind $100 max NL game is a joke though. The $100 max, while a good idea for the casino, just doesn't work out well for the player. I sat with the $100 and 4 players at the table had at least $500-700 in front of them. Every pot was raised to $12, $15, or $20 into a $3 pot. I sat for 45 minutes, decided that this game was not going to be a good idea. The time charge was $5/half hour, which is just too expensive to sit and wait for a top quality hand. The other problem was that half the table thought they were on the WPT, taking too long pretending to think, making their opponent count down a stack, and just playing slow. Also every four hands or so, someone was buying in again, people were coloring up stacks of whites into reds or reds into black chips, and all in all we were getting 10 hands every half hour for our $5.

I like Foxwoods, and always perfered it to Mohegan Sun's poker room, but I wish they would re-open just to get a little competition in the area and a little more game selection. The last few months before the closed they had a great $2/4 or $4/8 OE game that I did pretty well at.

[toots]

Last time I was at Foxwoods, I was playing at a $5/10 game. It'd tightened up quite a bit, and the tigher players were starting to get annoyed with the even tighter players.

The guy to the left turns to me (after my nth consecutive fold) and says "If you wait for two good cards, you'll end up waiting all day. I say if you got one good one, that's enough to play."

I grew really fond of this guy.

[Iplaydrunk]

How many of the hands were not kill pots. From what i have seen last night and in the recent past, It is rare for it to actually be played $5/10

[toots]

It started out with just about every other hand being a kill, but after all the "contributors" busted out, it settled down to a rock garden, and we went for at least a half an hour without a kill pot.

[pokaplaya]

You never know what to expect at FW. Flushes and str8 rule at low limits there. The best is when you end up with a boat and people look at the board and say "I didn't see the pair on the board."

[Iplaydrunk]

went back again tonight. totally different Story. Still played same strategy, but results were horrendous. I couldn't hit a flop to save my life. I'd get AK, flop would come 5 6 7. Pocket Js. Flop AAQ. Limp in with 8h9h...Flop 8s Js Ks. I mean I certainly don't expect to hit every flop, but I couldn't make any hands. Lost with KK twice. Once was with a A-K-rag flop and I lost to the guy who limped with aces. Even though I was behind the whole time, the AA was a real shocker because even after I raised with KK he didn't re-raise. Sure raised the hell out of me on the flop and turn though.

Despite everything I just complained about, I am pretty sure I did not go on tilt. I took the losses in stride and took a break after the AA vs KK hand to take a walk to get some food.

On the other hand, my buddy who has played for real money once for 2 hours, cleaned up a tidy C-note and a half in profit. He was the definition of loose-passive. Raised once in 4 hours with a nut flush and calling-station-ed his way to great results.
Oh well, I made him pay for gas, so I guess I'm up $20 bucks from were I could be