Another movie title. I have no imagination.
Last night I went to play the cash game at the Moose just because I was bored. We started the 2nd game with 6 players at about 7pm but it quickly filled up and there was actually a third game going by 9pm. Pretty good for a Wednesday night. I bought in for $220 and was up and down, up and down. Even though I was first on the list for the main game I never got there until after 10pm. I had already decided to leave no later than 11:30 because I still work.
No one had been leaving the main game because it was action city. The people at the table were (by seat number) (1) Jen and (2) Andrew (I had played with this husband and wife before but hadn't seen them in probably 2 years; (3) An "Suck Out" Nguyen; (4) Thuy (5) Jeff from Joker's (larger guy about 40 with glasses); (6) Gloomy Ken who never smiles & hardly ever talks; (7) Skyler; (8) 7Dewey; and (9) Collin (another guy I hadn't seen in a long time). I went to the table with just over $200.
Collin was driving the action. Most of the time he made it $22 to go in any position if he wanted to play. Most of the time he only looked at the first card in his hand until the river. He was also drinking and had a lucky horseshoe up his butt (at least until I got there and removed it). The action was fast & furious. I honestly don't know how it happened, but I got extremely lucky on many more than one occasion and just kicked ass. I also got AAA66 for a high hand right before 11:30 so I decided to stay until midnight just to pick up that $100, not that I really cared. I was at the table for 2 hours, left at midnight like a good girl and my $200 was now $976 (including high hand money). Two hours. This is absolutely the best I have ever done in such a short period of time.
I was also smart enough or tired enough to leave. If I stayed I'm sure I would have given at least half of it back. I even won 4 out of 6 times with AJ which is a hand I hate, but I had to play it yesterday. It was just fun. Now if I could only do this more than once in a blue moon, I'd be a happy girl!!
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Sometimes a Great Notion
I've decided to try to play the cash game only if I have $120 or more in winnings from a tournament. As it turns out, the Sunday 10:00 a.m. tournament at the Moose provided $150 to play with and it turned out to be pretty good idea.
In the tournament itself, my usual roller coaster ride ended when my JJ lost to QJ after my all-in at the final table. I only had 5 big blinds (which was still 20,000 chips) so it was a no-brainer for me. The lucky SOB holding QJ caught a queen on the turn. I went home for awhile and puttered around and went back to play live at about 3pm.
At about 4:00 dealer Melissa gave me quad 2s for $150. She was the dealer of the night as far as quads went. She dealt quad 2s, three different quad 6s and quad 8s, all in 4 hours. Only one of them paid $499, but oh well. Free money is still free money. One of the quad 6s and the quad 8s were back-to-back. (On a side note, this is the 2nd time she has dealt me quad 2s within one month.)
By 6:30 I had moved to the main game. One of the other players got aces full of jacks for the first high hand of the night. He claimed it would never hold up until 8:00. At about 7:00 I had JJ and the board ended up with 3 aces on it, so I tied for the high hand. It did indeed hold up and I got another $50.
And finally, for the good timing award, at about 9:50 I was allowed to limp in on the button with A3 off-suit and hit quad 3s with an ace kicker for the 10:00 high hand. I ended up with a total of $300 free money. No complaints here! I went home at about 11:00 and still had most of it! I am patting myself on the back for not giving it all back.
In the tournament itself, my usual roller coaster ride ended when my JJ lost to QJ after my all-in at the final table. I only had 5 big blinds (which was still 20,000 chips) so it was a no-brainer for me. The lucky SOB holding QJ caught a queen on the turn. I went home for awhile and puttered around and went back to play live at about 3pm.
At about 4:00 dealer Melissa gave me quad 2s for $150. She was the dealer of the night as far as quads went. She dealt quad 2s, three different quad 6s and quad 8s, all in 4 hours. Only one of them paid $499, but oh well. Free money is still free money. One of the quad 6s and the quad 8s were back-to-back. (On a side note, this is the 2nd time she has dealt me quad 2s within one month.)
By 6:30 I had moved to the main game. One of the other players got aces full of jacks for the first high hand of the night. He claimed it would never hold up until 8:00. At about 7:00 I had JJ and the board ended up with 3 aces on it, so I tied for the high hand. It did indeed hold up and I got another $50.
And finally, for the good timing award, at about 9:50 I was allowed to limp in on the button with A3 off-suit and hit quad 3s with an ace kicker for the 10:00 high hand. I ended up with a total of $300 free money. No complaints here! I went home at about 11:00 and still had most of it! I am patting myself on the back for not giving it all back.
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