[KipBond]

Was there last night -- for 10 hours. At the high I was up $300. I left up $150 -- a couple bad beats and a coin flip that I didn't win. There was usually 1 or 2 other people at the table that knew what they were doing. The other big stack at the table (who got about $100 from me) was a complete newbie. Here's one hand where he won a lot:

I'm BB w/ KQo; $500 in chips. Newbie is 3 to my left; $300 in chips. 4 limpers, I call. Flop: K72r. I bet $10. Newbie calls. 3 folds. Turn is J. I bet $25. Newbie calls. River is T. I bet $2 (it was a joke at the table; I was doing it in this case as a semi-joke, semi-protection bet). Newbie starts counting chips to raise. I'm laughing telling him to be nice, this is a friendly game (I'm thinking he may have KJ or KT). He bets $30. I kiss my $30 call goodbye (I have to know what he has for future reference). He turns over AQo. Nice. It was hard not to steam too much... I'm getting better at that, but still need to work on it.

At this table, it seemed that people would start betting/raising similarly. So, I started limping with everything. Another good player started doing the same. AK, big pairs, everything. Pretty soon, there was rarely a pre-flop raise. And when there was, there would still be 4-5 callers. I could usually limp in UTG with suited connectors & small pairs. Lots of people seeing most flops. Most of the people are pretty passive/callers too. So it was easy to get paid off big when you hit a monster. You just had to know when to get out of the way.

Anyway, fun times. Was anyone else there last night: noon-10:30pm? (had to leave when my ride did)

I'll be in Vegas this coming Tuesday - Saturday. Can't wait.