Casino Virgin hits Harrah's 3/6 - Small Trip Report

[Chief911]

Hey all,

Well, I've started playing more low limit hold'em (2/4), and decided it was finally time to head over to good old Council Bulffs new card room, and see what it was like. This would be my first trip to a casino, as I only started playing Hold'em earlier this year. It was also a move up for me in limits, going from 2/4 that I'm used to, up to 3/6 which is the smallest game they have there.

So I get there, and my friend had put me on the list already, and I only had to wait about 10 minutes, and bingo. I sit down, cash my $100, and away we go. Then I waited. And waited.....waited. Just getting nothing. At the same time, the table had gone fully on tilt, with a pokerknowitall blindly raising pots several times, and several other people full on tilt to try to take a hand from him.

This was all I had imagined a casino. Easy money with 6 people seeing most flops for 1 or 2 bets. But as time went on, I lost the few hands I went to showdowns on, and three hours in I'm down amost $200. It was painful. I felt as if I was better than 7 of the other 8 players at the table.

Then things changed. From hour 4 to 6, the deck caught up with me. Hit a nut flush, a straight, and both were paid off to the river by several people.

Then this hand came up, which I would love opinions on. As a sidenote, this hand came up with me finally up around $50, and I had promised myself I would only play with that $50, and leave break even at the worst.

I'm dealt A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] one behind the button. 6 people pay to see the flop in front of me, and I raise to 6$. 5 people stay in.

Flop was K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. I called a single bet to chase my flush a bit, and all 5 people see the turn - 10 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Woohoo. I just made my nut flush on a non-paired board. I raise a bet, and we're down to 3. River is a rag. 1 bet to me from the person utg+2, and I raise, knocking out everyone else that had called his first raise. At this point, we get into a raising battle, as there is no raise cap on the river headsup. After about 6 bets on the river, I've used up all my $50, and would have to dip into my $300 that I had worked so hard to get back.

I then also consider the possibility that he has the straight flush (J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and 9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]) to beat me. So I simply call after 6 bets/reraises.

He shows K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]! Seriously? I about fell over. How many of you would continue to bet that thing until he stopped or you were out of money?

Anyhow, was fun to play some live 3/6, and get my feet wet at the casino. Hope ya'll weren't bored to tears.

Nick