Potawatomi trip report

[PokerBob]

Yesterday (Wednesday) a friend and I went to Potawatomi in Milwaukee. Him for slots, me for poker (he doesn't grasp the concept of EV.) I had been there once before, in August of 2005.

There were several NL games going, and a few lhe games going, with 4/8 being the biggest. I saw several UB shirts and PokerStars hats, which I interpreted as a good sign. My gues is the NL games were fabulous. I get on the 3/6 and 4/8 lists, and the interest lists for 6/12 and 8/16. I try to get on the 10/20 and 30/60 interest lists, but she tells me there is no way those games will run today. When I look up at the board, I see that the 30/60 goes on Tuesdays at "high noon". Apparently I have entered the wild west.

I go play dumb slots for about 30 minutes and come back to the poker room right as a 3/6 seat opens. I take it and post UTG+2. I then realize that it is a "kill", with the kill being posted to my immediate left. I pull my post back but then decide to post anyway, as I am there for gambooooooooool. I get the T2o and check. The kill (some guy who is at least 102 years old) raises, I announce that I never fold ever and call. At this point the dealer says "We've got a donkey at the table. This guy just said he never folds." A lesser man would have commented on her acne scars, but I just giggled. Old man shows KK after I insta-muck a flop of AK9.

After 45 minutes in that game they start a 6/12 game. They have $2 chips. I was relieved to learn this. The game was a little tighter than I thought it would be, although it was still good. The postflop play was horrible. Everyone was friendly and appeared to be a regular. I witnessed the following exchange between seat 9 and seat 6 (I was in seat 8):

6: Haven't seen ya here in a while.
8: Yeah, I just was getting cold cards all the time so I took a few months off.

I enjoyed this.

Seat 8 let me sweat his limped AK and AQs a few times. He just never could flop anything. His raise button was broken apparently as well. I kept telling him, "Those are tough hands to play." I didn't know what else to say.

Potawatomi has the galactically retarded rule of not allowing ipods. I did not press the dealers on the rationale for this, as they likely don't know or care, they just know/enforce the rule. The floor guy I spoke to said they don't like anything electronic near the table games. They didn't tell me I couldn't have the ipod IN the casino, but that I just couldn't use it. So, my ipod was NEAR all the table games. They are dumb.

Some hands:

3/6
I raise AJs
blind calls.

flop AJ8
bet, i raise, call.

turn: 8
check. I bet, call.

river: A
bet, i raise, he 3town, i 4town, he call.

The entire table thinks it is a chop, including the dealer. I explain that I want the dollars. After a short stint of confusion, I indeed get the dollars.


6/12

I raise the bad mutha (K9) in MP because it is a bad mutha. 2 non-believers coldcall and a blind calls.

flop:994
I bet the flop and win it witih a turn bet. I flash a 9 for fun. A guy who I think I recognize from my Potawatomi trip a year and a half ago (His name is Paul. He must be in his late 50's. He's a lawyer. He wears an absurd pinky ring with some dumb stones in it.) starts to speculate about what I could have had with my 9 that I was raising with. He is speaking to the mullet-having guy next to him, but it is loud enough that I can hear it across the table. The very next hand I pick up AQo and raise again, mullet coldcalls, Paul coldcalls and says "well I can beat a 9 so I call." I say, "But can you beat two nines?" He says "yes".

flop: T24
I bet, mullet folds, Paul calls, blinds fold.

turn huhu: 3

I check, Paul bets, I call.

river: 9
check, Paul bets, I look at him and decide he needs to be called. I say "I better call". He says "Nothing", and flips over KJo. Everyone looks at me expecting to see two Kings or something. When I roll AQo and place a chip on my cards for the dealer, it is clear that most are in shock. "Nice call" one guy says, likely thinking I am a damn fool. Paul no longer speculated about what I held.

I played for about 3 hours. Dumped $40 in the 3/6 and won $120 in the 6/12. They room is pretty nice, and I think the chips are cool.