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Originally Posted by KurtSF
lookin' forward to the TR
I played 2 limit session on my vegas trip, one 2-4lhe vs bad players and one 3-6mix vs good players. Probably the two most fun sessions of my trip. Thinking of playing more limit, actually.
Short version:
There were two games available.
3/6 limit with 7/10 crusty old regulars was running from 1:00PM to 2 or 3AM. There wasn't ever a chance to play poker....'cause you always got called. Raise PF....6 callers. AK was a BAD hand to have (as it seemed to never hit a flop for me). But it was silly easy because only one or two would ever raise. Best hand was against two nonbelievers when I turned the nut boat. I made a mistake by being too anxious and blew out the guy to my immediate right by jumping the gun with my reraise. Worse was that I played too loose at times and just spewed chips six at a time.
I also made a tactical error on my second night. I was asked to help start a 3/6 table and as luck would have it, I had a luckbox half-drunk kid sitting to my immediate right. He hit against everyone else but me
. This lasted about 45 minutes before a seat at the 1/2-200 opened up....AND I MOVED. Stupid Stupid Stupid. Table selection is so key...I knew it, yet chose to ignore. Damn.
The other game was a spread 1/2-200..... meaning the blinds were $1/$2 and you can bet anything up to $200 with 2 raises. Essentially no-limit as none of them ever started with more than $200.00. But because the blinds were sooooooooooo small, noone played past the flop.....lots of checkdowns. I think two of the players had a clue...the rest were fit/fold, but always slightly out of range. Best hand was flopping TPTK (AQ) and the nut FD. Bet 3/4 pot and get one. Bet 3/4 pot on a blank turn and he minraises. I smoothly (last day so I was much more relaxed) pushed into his 1/2 POT-sized stack and he folds LOL! Problem was that this game only really got going at about 10PM and I had early basketball games so I rarely played which was too bad since NL is clearly my better game.
All in all a gentle introduction to live play. Had a friendly time and I think everyone there was in it for the social aspect and never seemed to collude...especially at the 3/6 tables. There were a few times I shook my head at the 1/2-200, but it didn't really hurt me I guess. I think I played a total 17 hours and had most of the dealers calling me by my first name by the end. A coupla the players actually got up from the table when I was leaving for the last time and came over to shake my hand.... ( I wasn't the fish,,,I think
). Get up from the table???? Unthinkable. LOL. Good times.