OK, I went to Tahoe last weekend, but I pretty much won just a little playing poker and lost a little more playing BJ and craps which are rigged against anyone at my table. I've never seen a dealer win ten hands in a row live against me until this weekend...thankfully, I wasn't drunk yet.
As for poker...played some stupid LHE friday night which was actually pretty ghey, but my buddy Brian obviously wanted to pound as many beers as possible and lose $250 and puke(probably because he goes under the knife for the ACL rip in a few days), and I won $90 there, mainly by waiting for the nuts and being card dead. Then, Saturday, I started playing limit again while waiting for a NL seat, and proceeded to only lose $20 even though I was completely card dead with morons to my right to boot. So, sat at the NL table ($300 max, 2/3) and proceeded to be more card dead...in other words, I was the rock. Not that I didn't limp on virtually every hand I could because I did...I limped all day. I just could really bluff these people off a hand...a bunch of CS's. Finally, after calling about four raises with 22 and not hitting the flop once, I limp with
after 4 limpers. Button makes it $20 to go(TAG who would CB a good deal of the time). I was going to fold, but then after the blinds folded, EVERY LIMPER CALLED. So, I called. Flop came
and all the limpers checked. I checked, and the button then bet $100. Everyone folded to me, and I pushed for $91 more. He called, turn
, river
. I double up through his overpair probably...So, I pretty much won about $40 at this table. On Sunday, I gave about $56 back to the bad poker players of the world by making a horrible call on the river of a guy who made the "I'm unhappy about that turn card" tell, which means around here he pretty much just hit the nuts. I called a $50 bet on the river to him on a
board with a naked ace. Pretty depressing.
On Tuesday, I played at LC and made $80 after calling off $12 another eight times with small pairs and not hitting a set...but I made it back by putting a guy in on an AQ97 rainbow board w/ AQ and him calling off his money with A8. Also, I made one good read and one good play. The good read consisted of me limping with 88, 2 other limping with me and the BB raising to $16. I've been pretty tight the whole time he's been at the table and I've seen him make a play on limpers once before(although I didn't get to see it) plus some other suspicious bets he's made. I also saw him make a play on the guy to his right and lost his first stack getting caught. So, other limpers fold and we were heads up to a flop of J73 rainbow. He bet out $24(his standardish bet), and after about ten seconds I pushed figuring I was either A) ahead and B) behind, but his hand was lower than the J and he would fold. It just felt his preflop raise was some kind of Ax hand, which he raised with quite a few times. After about 20 seconds he mucked and it felt pretty good to make that play. Later, it folded around to the button(this might happen twice in 4 hours at LC) and he limped for $4. I decided to play a little and completed with Q3. Flop was QT9 two clubs. I checked, and he bet $8, and I called. Turn was a 4. I checked, he bet $16, and I called. River was a J, no club. I bet $15 at him, and he made one of those slaps on the table and that bitter sound I make when the Giants don't get a run home from 3rd with less than two outs. He said, "Man, I got two pair!" and promptly mucked...I told him I had the king high Club draw on the flop...and he actually believed me for some reason.
I am just glad I am actually getting some use out of my tight image for once...sadly, this play would not work on most people, but he was a guy I figured it would work on based on previous hands I saw him play, and his view of me at the table.
Anyway, I've noticed at LC if I don't hit a set, I win a little, and if I do hit one, I win alot. I'm hoping this trend continues.