Ka-ching!
Sitting down in seat four, I decided to wait until the button passed so that gave me time to size up the player. It was a typical crowd for a $3/$6 limit table on a Saturday night and included retirees, blue collar workers and while collar workers and college students. It also included a guy who seemed like he was homeless, what with his smell and the condition of his clothes. But he had chips and I only noticed the odor when I passed him. Now that I was at the other side of the table it wasn't a big deal, but I did feel sorry for the people that were a little closer to him. There weren't any particularly big or small stacks, so that suggested that there wasn't too much craziness. Or maybe it was a new table and people hadn't diverged yet.
A very memorable hand came after only 15 minutes at the table. I was in
early position and was dealt AK. I called and five people came along.
The flop came J,Q,10 rainbow. The nut straight was pretty exciting, but
I wasn't sure how best to keep everyone along for the ride, especially
since I was in early position. I bet and was called by three people.
The turn showed a blank of the fourth suit, and with two people behind
me I thought a check-raise might work. The last person to act did bet,
so I raised when it came to me. The person to my left asked "So let me
get this straight...you checked then raised?" Umm...did he really need
to ask? Just a look at the position of the players and the chips in
front of them would tell him the answer. But there was no need to be a
smart ass so I just said yes. He called, as did the person who
originally bet. The river showed a 9. Perfect. The guy with the K is
loving it, and I think that there must be one of them out there. I
didn't think I would get away with another check raise so I bet. Sadly
I only got one caller (the guy who questioned what I did), and he
turned over just the king. Ka-ching!
The next hour of play was fantastic with a number of great hands. Suited big slick that made the nut flush, a top pair of jacks with an ace kicker which beat out the king kicker, and a flopped set of nines left me nearly $100 up. I considered a hit & run and taking my 100% profit home but decided to stick around. After all, I came to play so why leave now?
Thus began a long slide. I only saw one non big blind flop over the next hour, all the while putting in my blinds. Hour three gave me some more playable hands but not much hit the flop. In the final hour it turned around and I was able to claw my way back up but not from any significant hands. The most exciting is when my K,Q suited saw a flop of A,A,_. A third Ace on the turn caused everyone to start saying "Jackpot", but my opponent didn't have a pocket pair and he tossed his hand when I bet the river after it gave us a K.
That was pretty much it for the night. The cards really slowed down, a slow table (it seemed like we were barely getting 20 hands an hour), small pots meant that it was pretty boring. I never really had much else that I wanted to play very hard, so I gave things up pretty easily. The result was a small gain for the night.
The next hour of play was fantastic with a number of great hands. Suited big slick that made the nut flush, a top pair of jacks with an ace kicker which beat out the king kicker, and a flopped set of nines left me nearly $100 up. I considered a hit & run and taking my 100% profit home but decided to stick around. After all, I came to play so why leave now?
Thus began a long slide. I only saw one non big blind flop over the next hour, all the while putting in my blinds. Hour three gave me some more playable hands but not much hit the flop. In the final hour it turned around and I was able to claw my way back up but not from any significant hands. The most exciting is when my K,Q suited saw a flop of A,A,_. A third Ace on the turn caused everyone to start saying "Jackpot", but my opponent didn't have a pocket pair and he tossed his hand when I bet the river after it gave us a K.
That was pretty much it for the night. The cards really slowed down, a slow table (it seemed like we were barely getting 20 hands an hour), small pots meant that it was pretty boring. I never really had much else that I wanted to play very hard, so I gave things up pretty easily. The result was a small gain for the night.
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