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Borgata 10 25
I am @ Borgata on the 10/25 list waiting for a game to start. Taking the shot I have been mulling over recently. based on some advice from folks here I will be buying in for $2500. If I am short so be it. I will post a complete trip report tonight when I am on a PC (this typing on the treo is for the birds!).
wish me luck grinders!! |
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Re: Borgata 10 25
Good luck samich. play your normal game. don't let the increase in stakes affect your approach to the game in any way.
Stay focused and profit... |
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Re: Borgata 10 25
god bless and good luck my friend. cant wait for a report.
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Re: Borgata 10 25
Well that sucked!
If I could choose only one word to describe this long awaited foray into this game, the word undoubtedly would be disaster with a capital 'D'. If you do not want to hear about some really bad play (mostly by me) do not read on, I warn you, it's pretty ugly. After waiting a little over an hour they got a game going from a full board + about two or three people. The Sat. tourney had almost 600 entries and there were tables all throughout the room. I always think it's kind of interesting to see a $300 tourney player sitting next to a 150/300 stud table with 100k in cash on it but that's just my weird sense of humor. Anyway on to the game. Minimum buy in for this game is $2500 which is what I bought. One other player also started with this amount and everyone else was deeper. Average stacks were about 5k and one guy bought in for 10k. Borg charges $9 per half in rent, which is actually a pretty good deal considering the stakes. It wasn't too long before I got into my first hand. Not being disciplined enough to fold AA is an expensive habit at this table and I called of $800 of my stack to flopped 2 pr. AA proved to be no better when playing against the deep stack who was happy to call me down to the river to make his flush draw and all of a sudden I am down to about $1300. The next hand that I got involved with really should have been the final warning to me that I did not belong on this game, but instead it sealed my fate. Dealt QQ 2nd to act I call UTG's raise to $125. Five other people call. Flop is 733 and UTG leads out. Sitting here now I cannot tell you wtf was in my mind, but I fold. Every hand I had played so far I had made terrible reads and I didn't want to call down again to see UTG flip over two sevens. When the Q hit on the turn I knew it. It was down to two players, and the original raiser check raised a $700 bet, induced a fold, and then showed a lone Q. Bye bye 4k pot. I was so frustrated I did something that I never do and announced to him (but loud enough for the other player to hear) that I knew he had AQ and that I folded QQ. Bad form, pure frustration and nothing else. I was put out my misery by the deep stack when I moved in, with of all things, QQ to a flop suited in diamonds. The river diamond gave me the Q high flush. A pretty nice hand, unless of course your opponent is holding the A of diamonds. So all in all it was a complete and utter failure. I have been playing long enough so that I can handle a little bad run of cards, and I can handle NOT being the best player at the table by avoiding situations where I think someone can outplay me in a questionable spot. Having 5 or 6 people who were clearly much better players than I AND hitting a tough run of cards was just too much for this rookie. I've played in some games before that even losing a bit or breaking even I have walked away from saying wow, I hope I can get into that game again. Not this time. Not sure but it may be a while before I play at all again. I can't imagine how to regain my confidence after taking a beating like that. Cliff notes. I play 10/25NL at Borgata and lose my arse. |
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Re: Borgata 10 25
sorry to hear ham.
I'm sure it isn't going to put you in the poor house, but losing during a one-buy in shot always stings. just curious what are your normal stakes? |
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Re: Borgata 10 25
MPA. I will still eat and remain indoors this month..lol
The hit is worse than the $$$ though. This is my first 4 figure loss and I really feel like I was outplayed so badly on every hand that my confidence right now is at zero. I usually play 2/5 <> 5/10 and have NEVER had such a bad exp. at any table. Bad beats happen and there are certainly players out there better than myself, but as I said I'm at least good enough so I can usually identify them and use extra caution when entering pots with them. This table was the first time I was the fish in a long time and it has impacted me in a big way. There is no question I made a mistake here. |
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Re: Borgata 10 25
Dealt QQ 2nd to act I call UTG's raise to $125. Five other people call. Flop is 733 and UTG leads out. Sitting here now I cannot tell you wtf was in my mind, but I fold. Every hand I had played so far I had made terrible reads and I didn't want to call down again to see UTG flip over two sevens
On a short stack, this is the flop texture you want to commit your stack to. Preflop you should have committed with this hand, especially short stacked. |
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Re: Borgata 10 25
"I play mostly on weekends a couple of times a month but can easily go 2 months without playing at all. I play online but for much smaller stakes. "
Do yourself a favor and dont play over 2-5 |
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Re: Borgata 10 25
Thanks for the report, glad you had the balls to tell it, and be honest about your play....kudos
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