Mini Tr-

Called mcc enroute, 48th on the 1/2 list! MGM 8th. MGM it is.
First time playing poker at MGM. The chairs are great, but make my backside sweat! lol. I also got rivered by the bartender when I orfered an amstel light. It was warm and skunky. Aside from that, the room is well lit and has a poker room vibe. I have always liked MGM because it feels like a "real" vegas-style casino. Parking sucks, when I left I didn't really feel safe walking out. I seen one camera and nobody walking in the structure. I guess "safe" isn't really what I mean; eerie is probably a better word. I think I'll valet if I go back.

On to the real deal...
Got there around 7ish. Opened up another table (1/2) at 7:20 (right after I was sat). Room filled up and all 10 tables were filled before long.
My table had a man and a woman that had been drinking considerably.
The woman($500ish) was involved in this hand where the board ran out 234 J A. CheckX3 on the river and some guy tables A3(or 4) for two pair and she mucks. Some guy to my right thought she was bluffing all the way down so he(not in the hand) asks to see what she mucked...dealer roles over a 25os. Yup, she mucked the winner of $180+ pot! The dealer then was required to call the floor over which then let him re-muck the winner. I couldn't get a consensus from the dealer whether that would have been live if someone in the hand made that request but he "thought" so. Needless to say, after the embarrassment she was talked into leaving.
Shortly after, there was a "shift change" at the table where 4-5 people left. 6 handed for about 5 hands before they filled the seats. A few 2/5 players sat while waiting for a seat there. One guy sits down with a black chip and about $150 in red. I think you can buy in for 300 at the 1/2, not sure tho. First hand he posts utg+1. 4 more limps and I have AQcc in the Sb.
I raise to $17 ($500)
Black chip calls
Guy that was drinking/donating calls(220ish)
some other tight fit/fold player calls

Flop Tc 2c 3x

I fire $75 (pot ~75)
Black chip and drinker ho-hum tank call
Tight guy mucks
Pot ~300

Turn Jx
Hero Jams
2 tank calls

river
8x


Was this horrible? I could have obviously just limped and played passively which would have completely changed the outcome. It was a weird hand nonetheless.

Meh. I don't tend to over play my Flush draws, but don't blame you for the play.

I played G'town last nite. I was pretty tight passive, but built up a pretty good stack...

...then this hand...

Hero sitting on the Button with around $500
Terrible Older Guy (TOG) middle position with around $250

Hero finds himself in a Ghetto Gay Bar with Two Black Queens

Bunch of limpers around to TOG who pops to $12 two callers and hero repops to $30. Several callers including TOG. I'm putting TOG on AK at this point

Flop 10/Q/K

Check around to Hero who bets $50
TOG Calls

Turn is a Jack
TOG Checks. Hero fearing AK checks behind

River is a King. TOG bets $75. Hero jams. TOG insta calls.

I roll my Queens full of Kings
TOG rolls his hand and I see a King in the window and I think: "Yep, Here Comes Big Slick" and TOG wins with Quad Kings. I was never ahead in the hand.

Strangely, there were three more very big hands in the next ten minutes. Big Set over Big Set sort of hands.

I wound up booking a pretty small win, but had fun.

...not any more, they don't.

I think maybe you think about limping now...cuz you lost. I like your line. You don't need to limp big hands in a 1/2 game oop. It's actually amazing you lost. Just unlucky the other two guys had all the clubs.

GL

Disclaimer: I'm pretty much a monkey.

Cada's PLO8

Took almost an hour to get more than me at the table. Once Sevup & Turdzilla got there, the table filled within ten minutes with a wait list.

To date, every time I've ever gotten a massage from the boss lady of All In Poker Massage, I've turned in a winning session. This goes back close to 3 years.

Put it to the test last night when I was stuck $300. I finished +$78, so the lucky charm still holds. I'm not particularly superstitious, but you can't argue with results and a damned fine massage.

I got a lot going on this week, so I'll likely be absent from the Wednesday game at Pampa's and definitely won't be at Cada's on Saturday. Good luck all.

One thing of note regarding MGM. If you head over there late night on the weekends, be prepared to show your players card, otherwise you can't park anywhere. They've been doing this for a while now, checking if you have a players card, before letting you into the parking garage...though until last night I thought they just veered you over to valet if you didn't have one. Based on the signage out front, you have to have the card or a room key card otherwise you can't park in the structure OR valet. Then, they check again before letting you into the casino itself. Seems strange, don't understand the point, whereas I understand GT doing this when there are events in the area.

best damn poker massage in town, and its not even close, she's the nuts for sure

How does drinker have 910cc if the 10c is on the flop?

Being out of position against 3 players, I probably check and get some information before I fire. I usually only like to pound flops like after playing with people for a while and setting up my image or when im on tilt. Either way you got it in good:

Nice meeting you too, Jamie!

I posted a buy-in loss. Pretty frustrating in an otherwise fun night. Love the characters at the table and the banter. I was super rusty and made some pretty horrible plays. Probably not paying as close attention to table dynamics as I should.

Sevup, I was impressed with your friend's play. Does he post on here?

UM victory was sweet, of course, and got to sweat JoePo to his win (the hat counts!).

After a 36 hour bender where I tilted my face off to the tune of $1200 at 1/2 at MCC, I've made a rule that I will no longer drink while I play. Only a few of you know me but I am offering a crispy $20 bill to anyone who sees me drinking while playing I know Jose will be licking his chops after reading this.
P.s I'll be at MCC in a few hours, let me know if any of u are down there.

Easiest $20 ever (the guys a lush) Some guys just can't handle their alcohol Lol.

@ Jaime. Was nice meeting you too.

@ Frank. No he's not a member of the board. He's actually just learning plo8 but has played a lot of PLO so that helps obv.

@ JoePo. Congrats on the win!

Why the pot sized flop cbet? You can accomplish same thing with a smaller flop bet, and keep dominated draws in the pot.

I bet 45-50 on the flop for all of the following reasons: to induce a raise, for value, to balance my weaker cbets, and also better setup a shove on the turn, with more fold equity than your pot sized flop bet allowed.

As played I still shove the turn, but am not expecting any folds.

haha.

Last night my table was nitty and I slowly chipped up to 370 until I decided to call a 4bet shove for 170 more than my 3bet. I had AK he had AA. Most people played straight up and it was easy to know where you were at. I was able to triple barrel with 8 high after raising pre on a JJ4 board cause the guy obv had a flush draw that missed. That was a fun one.

I had my moments of tilted aggression as my stack went up and down but stayed around 300 most the night. Until after 2AM I was able to snap some donks off.

HERO: QdQh in cutoff with a bunch of limpers, stack 135
Preflop: Raise to 25 or something. One caller, young thinking player.
Flop: Kd9d6d he checks to me and I check it back. I have just been tilting and my preflop raises have been large and often. So I have a wide range here.
Turn: Kd9d6d7x .. he checks again and I bet 22 or something goofy like that. A value type bet, I want him calling with all of his range and I think I am ahead here. He doesnt think to long and pops it up to 50. I snap shove the rest in for 65 more. LoL his face was funny. He tanking for over a minute and I am loving life. I ask the dealer if I can leave the table and go get some water cause my mouth is getting dry as I start to get out of my seat he snap puts his money in.
River: blanks and I confidently roll QQ and the rest of the table and the callers jaw dropped for whatever reason. People were like wow how do you go in there without at least a straight. The caller lectured me about how he almost always has a K there or better. I think he had to have JJ, 1010, or A9 with ace of diamonds.

Later on, another young thinking player, but more aggro and I get in a hand.
HERO: QQ, stack 400
Preflop: Someone raises to 11 ep, two callers and I make it 45 to go in position. Two folds and villan calls.
Flop: Kc9c2x Goes check check.
Turn: Kc9c2x6x Villan checks and similar situation happens. I feel he is not checking twice with a K or a set when there are two clubs. I bet 40 dollars which looks weak and he pops me up to 90. I pretty much insta call.
River: Kc9c2x6x7x Villan bets 104 and I think for a second about how if I am wrong I am back to even for the night and I am leaving. Call and he says he missed and shows QJ (i think offsuit, but makes more sense if he had clubs)

Get KK an orbit later make it 19 and get 4 callers. Ace on flop. Checks around, turns out no one had ace but turn made someone a str8 and made another 2 pr. 6:15am goodnight, profit 430+

Put me down for tenative right now, usually have an annual family St. Pattys day party but might be able to show up afterwards half in the bag and donate!

Hopefully we'll get some more strays into our game this time around so we're not just trading pots back and forth all night.

+1 I totally agree. That's the first thing I thought of after the hand was over. I was also thinking if we were all deep that I could have had a bullet to fire on the river if I missed.
I should have planned the c-bet better so I may get one fold on the turn. Thanks

Excellent score dude! Way to run good.

At palace in flint, gonna play 1/2 and the 2/5 RxR, I'll try and do a proper tr for once, ship the run good

You got it, bud.

Can't wait for TR. Have wanted to play here for a while. I have met the floor manager Joe Brown.

Did she ever figure out how you knew her name?

We should start 2 PLO8 tables (shorthanded if necessary) at the meet up to draw in some new players. It was a good sign the game had an early wait list Saturday.

I would play it in a RxR format. Would love to make it PL08, PLO and NLHE mix....but that may be asking too much.

I'd be down for a split pot RxR of $1/$2 PLO8 and $5-$10 Stud8. The last few times that ran, the Stud8 was a draw for new players. While the pots aren't as explosive, the average Stud8 pot is larger than the average PLO8 pot.