Location: MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV
Stakes: $2/$5 $300(?) to $500 buy-in.
Players: 4-handed now. Cowboys/Patriot game just ended and many left. Seems to be more aggressive than your regular crowd (e.g. check-raises with naked top pair). Still a pretty good game in my estimation.
Principal players:
UTG – Stack = ~$700. Relative unknown even if he has been there for a little while, played few hands and was a walker for a period of time. Middle aged white guy who’s somewhat overweight and if I had to venture a guess, I’d say he’s passive.
SB – Me. Stack = ~$900. I have busted two players and just suffered a minor set back. In a short-handed big blind small blind situation just the hand before, I said we shouldn’t chop to the small blind (before I looked at my cards), SB limps, I raise to $20 with KTo, he calls. Flop comes KJ9 rainbow, SB checks, I bet $30, he check-raises to $60, I see he has ~$150 when he started and I push him in. He has K9
. Turn J [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. River 9 [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. So it might seem like I’m on tilt for this next hand.
Preflop action: (Pot = $7, 4 players)
UTG limps, Button folds, I find A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and raise to $35. BB folds and UTG calls.
Flop action: (Pot = $75, 2 players): J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. I check call $35.
Turn action: (Pot = $145, 2 players) :2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. I check call $50.
River action: (Pot = $245, 2 players) :2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] I bet $100.
How did that go?
Garland