Following my putrid gaming at the Horseshoe Casino in Shreveport, I bounced back in the monthly Weatherford game but not without some drama of its own.
Due to some budget cuts in my playing after the $360 loss in Shreveport, I could only take two $100 buy-ins with me on Saturday night. I normally have $300 in my wallet during these games and can find another $100 from someone at the game to borrow from if needed, but this game wasn’t going to result in more than $200 lost in a worst-case scenario.
I started well by winning about $70 in the first hour-and-a-half, flopping a king-high flush early in the night. That lead didn’t last though, as I lost to an all-in player when his A-K sucked out on the river to my A-7. I had flopped two pair and all the money went in at that time. A king came on the river giving him a higher two pair and leaving me with $35. I opted to use my second $100 and add-on at that point rather than trying to double that small amount up to get back to a reasonable chip stack.
The add-on didn’t help much because after about another two hours I was again down to a small amount. The lowest I ever got was $39. However, I made an aggressive move on a check-raise all-in that wasn’t called and got me in the $60 range, and then made a complete bluff on the river with king high when my opponent seemed to be drawing throughout the hand. I don’t recall exactly what was on the board, but I had been going for a straight and didn’t get it. At the river, my opponent, who was a timid player, had $35 remaining and I had $36. He checked to me and I decided to either win the medium-sized pot with an all-in or call it a night. I said all-in and he quickly folded. From that point on I started winning my fair-share of pots and was able to make some moves with a good-sized stack.
At one point in the night I made a foolish bluff on the river when I bet $45 and was quickly called. I didn’t even require the guy to show and threw my cards in the muck. The bluff came at a poor time when I was upset about letting a guy suck out on me a few hands previously. I had turned a set with pocket kings and checked. I was in early position and with an ace on the board I was hoping somebody else would bet it. It checked around and the third spade came on the river. I bet, was raised by a player I don’t particularly like, and paid off his flush, even though I was sure I couldn't beat him.
Because I slow-played my set I then lost the bluff hand later, but after that I was able to compose myself and get things back on track.
I ended up winning $195 for the night and played for seven hours. This resulted in a $27.86 hourly rate. I am still down $115 for the year, but hopefully I can get some wins in to get things back in the black.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Horseshoe Casino (January 29)
Whereas before I was really looking forward to playing $1-3 at the Horseshoe Casino, I left the poker room after only about two hours of playing down $360 and hating the my former tablemates.
My first experience with $1-3 more than a year ago was exquisite. The stakes were perfect, the play was even, and no bets were out of place. But last Sunday night was all-in push after all-in push.
What I liked about the $1-3 limit prior to this game was a $12-15 raise pre-flop was standard (whereas at a $1-2 game that raise, which is a normal one, is too much for customary play). However, this night it was not $1-3, but $1-3-15+. The few hands I was able to be dealt a hand were almost always raised to at least $15 if not $20 or more. There were two players who continually straddled for $6, making it even more to play.
Now that I have seen two completely different styles of play at the $1-3 game in the Horseshoe Casino, I will need to return once more to determine which the normal style of play is, out of control pre-flop raises every hand or a more natural ratio of limping and raising in each round of play.
To recap my night, I lost all my money after re-raising pre-flop with pocket aces and going all-in on the flop to J-6 offsuit when the woman hit two jacks on the flop. Holding J-6, she called a $15 (standard) bet pre-flop, then called my re-raise to $45 and got lucky enough to hit the two jacks on the flop. In the long run I would take every dime she has, but with a limited bankroll I just can’t overcome short-term bad luck. So be it.
The loss puts me down $310 for the year and averaging a loss of $41.33 an hour.
My first experience with $1-3 more than a year ago was exquisite. The stakes were perfect, the play was even, and no bets were out of place. But last Sunday night was all-in push after all-in push.
What I liked about the $1-3 limit prior to this game was a $12-15 raise pre-flop was standard (whereas at a $1-2 game that raise, which is a normal one, is too much for customary play). However, this night it was not $1-3, but $1-3-15+. The few hands I was able to be dealt a hand were almost always raised to at least $15 if not $20 or more. There were two players who continually straddled for $6, making it even more to play.
Now that I have seen two completely different styles of play at the $1-3 game in the Horseshoe Casino, I will need to return once more to determine which the normal style of play is, out of control pre-flop raises every hand or a more natural ratio of limping and raising in each round of play.
To recap my night, I lost all my money after re-raising pre-flop with pocket aces and going all-in on the flop to J-6 offsuit when the woman hit two jacks on the flop. Holding J-6, she called a $15 (standard) bet pre-flop, then called my re-raise to $45 and got lucky enough to hit the two jacks on the flop. In the long run I would take every dime she has, but with a limited bankroll I just can’t overcome short-term bad luck. So be it.
The loss puts me down $310 for the year and averaging a loss of $41.33 an hour.
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