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Oct. 27 - Foxwoods Cash games BS

10-29-2009 01:26:02 PM

Quick post here to put some feelings on paper to get them out of me. Grinded 2/4 limit at foxwoods for second day with a buddy. We both usually play no limit but with tight bankrolls for this trip we both decided to try limit for the first time at foxwoods with good results.

I played some damn good cards considering how cold i ran. I had AA, KK and QQ all cracked (qq twice). My big hand finally comes when i flop top set TTT in a 5 way pot. The turn brought a J and the river brought a 2 filling me up. Now i only lose to pocket Jacks or pocket 2s with no other draws hitting. The biggest pot of the night at mytable, almost 140 at 2/4 is HUGE!, and sure enough the villain hit his set of Jacks on the turn to have an Jacks full of 2s to take down my Tens full of 2s. Brutal. Even after losing ALL of my premium hands and losing this monster pot i still left the table up about $40.

After these heartbreakers and a newly discovered loathing for 2/4 limit poker i decide to take my $80 to $1/2 NLHE and hopefully have a nice run there before leaving for the night. My fifth hand at NL theres a raise from a mid pos. player who had already showed prelfop aggression. I look down at 99 in the CO. Withoput aenough of a stack to call the bet for set value i decide to take control and become the aggressor by shovuing all in for $80, a very unlikely movefor me, super aggressive for my style. Without much delay the indian fellow who raised called my $80 all in preflop, he himself only playing with $200 or so. I flip immediately asking the other players hand. Lucky for me he doesnt have any high cards and i even have a higher pair he tells me! Flop is AKx and sureenoigh im still alive. The turn is a 4 and the river flips an 8. he already told me he didnt have the A, K or a better pocket pair. At an 80 percent favorite, 4 to 1 odds to double up, im thrilled nutil he reveals his pocket 8s as he rivered a set to take down my 9s. Semi steamed i reload only to lose a small pot Heads up to a gentleen who check calls a pot sized bet of $25 on the river with four diamond on the board and he didnt make a flush. He called pot with two pair but not a single diamond. How does anyplayer check/call a pot sized bet with 4 diamonds on the board and not one in the hole!?!?!?!? Well needless to say my QJhh was no good ebven with top pair and a good bluff on the 4th diamond on the river.

I didnt leave withthe monetary results i wanted but still left feeling damn good about the cards i played all night. i didnt even need luck, i just needed not to get unlucky. I lost four key hands including the full house and the hand with the diamonds and my 99 v 88. All in all i was 3 to four nbad beats from walking out with nearly 400 in my pocket. Close but no cigar. But i will return to foxwoods, oh yes, i will!....

3rd event: Hometown Zero

10-16-2009 01:49:31 AM

Played an event at the Moose Cabin. The food paled in comparison to the Jockey Club. Where were my rolls!? Anyway, the food I had tonight wouldnt draw me back in im sad to admit as an Attleboro native. But there always the EPT to keep me loyal to the bar at least!

Not much to write about this tournament. My poker ended shortly after the chip cahnge lionel was so kindly to handle for us while i mingled with  RichieComputer on the back Patio which holds potential for summer nights with an outdoor grill and pool table begging to be used again. My bust came when i peaked at wired fives with an early limp by a loose player utg and a raise in mid pos by a large stack who just recently sat with me. With 4 bb left and being in the bb i reluctanbtly took the opportunity to at kleast Quad-up my stack and give myself a fair chance at maming a run at it. The flop came low giving me a gut shot an second pair in the hole. The looser player raised out the original raiser, who i put on paint with no pair. Still hopeful my dreams faded quickly when i saw i was up against 99. Dead to a gutshot or the other 2 fives i stood motionless as the turn and river brought no help.  

Well better luck next time and i dd run into a nice 3 handed and HU matchup at the badbeat tbale which proved to be the most enjoyable poker i didnt pay for all night. Hoorah to the bad beat segment of EPT!

And at least i outlasted my 2 poker companions, but not RichieComputer who sparkled in his return event to the EPT.

10.14.09 ~ Event #2: Queens with a chance of Meatballs

10-15-2009 02:04:01 AM

I guess for now ill just make notes here rather than tell a story.

2nd event played in EPT, 1st at the Jockey Club in Raynham roughly 56 people or so.
The buffet was good featuring warm rolls, a killer caesar salad, and pasta with meatballs to spare. I definitely ate my moneys worth tonight.

My future was up in the air at the break, up to 11K. I tripled up on one huge hand where the "Jon" was utg and raised. A looser player calls and I woke up to QQ. It felt good to see my hand hold and avoid any other over pairs. This hand sent me to the final 16 with about 35-40K.

Thats when i met Arthur. Big, happy guy, good to sit and play cards with. He not only sat to my immediate right at the final 16, where he picked up quite a few chips,  but also ended up to my immeidate right for the FT (9 players, 4 pay, top 2 cash).

There we played with a hot table featuring tons of great hands. Then there were 5 left and King Arthur gets involved with a raised pot and ends up making a set i believe and taking out 3 players in one hand to send us heads up for the Win.

It was good heads up v. Arthur with my two biggest poker fans, danny and Jay, riding the rail. I made a few good plays and taking the chip lead with a pair of 99 v. arthurs QJ. Even with over 100K in chips i never really felt comfortable with the blinds at 10-20K and 20-40K. The got so big it became a shove or fold match with preflop play dictating the game and eventually Arthur was able to take me down with his J9 making a pair of 9s v. my J7 for 4 BB and the title. even though i lost i feel good about my win and made a big play against arthur where the board paired for a second time on the river to chop a pot i lead in at the turn.

It was an overall good experience with good food and some good cards and i walked out with the 2nd place cash of $50.  Ill see you again Arthur, i will see you again....