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Originally Posted by Pot Odds RAC
We'll be looking for a Trip Report.
I liked the room! It is in the finished basement of the Big Beaver Tavern on Big Beaver just east of I-75. When I got there around 6:30 pm there were no tables going, but shortly there was a $30 tournament that filled up to over 50 players and two cash tables. I played in the cash game for about 4 hours and it was a swingy session for me.
I lost a few hands early where I hit top pair and draws came in and my opponents bet them. There were quite a few competent players at the table. I don't think anyone got out of line much, but there were a couple of soft spots. in fact, while sitting there, I even considered that the other regulars were probably considering me a soft spot.
I could not get paid off on two hands where I hit trips and a possible flush completed on the river. Both times I was out of position, once I checked the river to call a small bet, but got checked behind and the second time I had a feeling the player would not call a bet with the scary flush card on the river, so I was hoping for them to bluff at it, but nope, checked behind.
Only got into one pre-flop battle with one of the competent regs at the table. I have opened like three hands in a row, and then got QQ UTG. I think he must have thought I was raising light because of how active I was. He re-popped my raise, and I didn't want to call a 3bet out of position, and I knew I wasn't going to fold. His raise really didn't give much choice but to shove. And then he tanked (phew, no KK or AA), and ended up calling but never showed his hand. I hit a queen on the flop and my set survived.
Near the end of the night I lost almost all my chips in a hand with weird pre-flop action. UTG raises to $7, four callers including me in the SB with 78cc. Big blind, a loose fish player, raises to $14. I thought he had just made it possible for the UTG raiser (the same competent player from the QQ hand) to steal the whole thing here or go heads up with a big re-raise, but he just calls! I was really surprised about this, but it may have meant he was raising light UTG? Anyway, predictably everyone calls and we go 6-handed to the flop. Flop is 7-Q-8 two hearts. I check, BB checks (?), UTG checks (?), UTG+1 goes all in for $120, folds to me, I go all-in, and everyone else folds. I flip over my two pair, he flips over AQo, turn goes J, river is a J. Good hand, sir.
The best part of the whole night was how friendly the action was. Most people had played with each other and seemed pretty comfortable with the ribbing and teasing going on at the table. It was very enjoyable.