Tunica Trip Report (1/11 - 1/14) (long)

[scottc25]

Day 1

I got into Tunica around 12:30p or so and stop at Grand Casino and signed up to play $2/$5 NL. The very first hand I am dealt J,J one off the button and call a $25 raise. Flop comes k,q,x and I fold to a $50 bet.

Most of the hands I played were uneventful and I wound up winning $270 in 4+ hours.

I then headed over to the Gold Strike. I got in a $2/$5 NL game right away. This game was a lot looser than over at the Grand. I only played for about 1 1/2 hours and won $275. I had three decent winning hands in the session. I had 9,9 and raised to $15 in early position and got 2 callers. Flop comes 9,7,2 with two suits. I bet out $25 and get no callers. Next big hand I get j,10 suited. There is a raise to $15 after I limp and I call in a 4-5 handed pot. Flop comes a,8,9 w/ two suits (not mine). PF raiser makes it $50 and I make the call. Pot is heads up and the turn is the queen. I lead out for $100 and win the pot.

Last big hand is with a new player. From the few hands he played he appeared to be very loose passive. I get A,Q and raise pre-flop to $25. I get 2-3 callers and the flop comes q,x,x. I lead out for $50 and the loose passive player calls. Turn is another blank. I bet $100 and he calls. Hmmm. River is the K. He checks and I check. My hand is good. He said he had a worse kicker, q,j I assume.

I then played in a $125 one table satellite that paid two winners. You start with $2000 in chips and $25/$50 blinds with 15 minute levels. Not too bad. I played a total of three hands. The last one I had A,J suited and raised to $700 when it was 100/200. I was put all-in and I called. Other player had 10,10 and I didn't catch and was out in 7th. I also lost $20 in a last longer bet.

Side note: In the cash games I was dealt a pocket pair 7 times on the day and flopped a set 4 times. Its nice to run good.

Total profit on the day of $400.


Day 2

I started at the Grand around noon and got right into a $2/$5 NL cash game. I never really caught much and don’t remember winning or losing any big pots. I about three hours l end the session down $420.

I then signed-up for the $500 mega super for the WSOPC main event. There were approximately 50 people entered, good for 4 seats and around $3500 cash for 5th. Everyone started with $3000 in chips. Early in the first level I picked up a second nut flush draw and from the BB in a limped pot. I ended up hitting it on the turn and increased my stack to around $4500. I was on the first table to break about 45 minutes in. In level three I have around $4100 in chips playing $50/$100 when I get j,j UTG. I raise to $350, the player next to me reraises to $750 (he is the chip leader at the table with about $8000 or so). I re-pop it all-in and he goes in the tank for around three minutes and he calls with k,k. After he called he said I was wondering if you had the aces or not. That’s what I was trying to represent but it didn’t work. The board didn’t improve me and I was out.

After the mega I drove over to the Gold Strike and played in some single table satellites. Throughout the night I played in 6-7 $125 two winner satellites with a hit on only one. In the 6 that I lost the summary of losses all-in pre flop are as follows:

- All-in with the worst of it once, A,<AA
- All-in on a coin flip once, A10<KQ
- All-in with the best of it 4 times, three I remember are (JJ<AJ) (QQ<AQ) (AJ<A10)

I played 3 satellites with Ben (2+2’er, still need your 2+2 name). In one interesting hand with him in the first level I get 2,2 in the BB in a 7 way limped pot. I check my option and the flop comes k,2,2. Its checked all the way around. Turn is and A. I check and Ben bets out in middle position for $275 and I am the only caller. Ben says “I guess I need to pair the K on the river.” Well the river comes a king. I lead out for $600, he thinks for ever AND FOLDS!!!!! I show the quads and the table is stunned. I wish I had his chips cause he 2 hands later he gets A,A and gets it all in on the flop and loses to a flopped set.


End of the night down a lot of $$$$.


Day 3

I bought into the $1k HORSE event at the Grand. There were 112 runners which paid top 16. I never really had any more than $5300 (started with $5k). I was bounced out in the 9th level about 2 ½ hours in. The key hand that took most of my chips was a three way hand when I started out with (3,2) 5,4. The two others had (x,x) A,4 and (x,x) 6,2. I bricked out on 5th through 7th and lost to a 6,5,4,3,2.

I will post the rest of Day three tomorrow morning which actually has me winning a good amount in the cash games and some VERY interesting hands.

[phiphika1453]

Hey Scott,

Nice hand with the quads. I still cant believe I folded, had I not known that you were a 2p2er and watched you earlier I would have insta called, but even after I said I needed a K you still fired, LOL.

This threw me for a loop. Luckily I made the right play, dont see how but I did.

One other note: Scott and I are proof SNG are RIGGGED!!! j/k

We watched each other take stupid three outer beats all night, but it was fun. I wish we could have got the mixed going but oh well.

After playing the single table sats with Scott, I sat in a 2-5 PLO game with Leaf Force (11th in the main event).

He is a SUPER LAG in every sense of the word. He would raise the pot 70% of the hands pre flop then play accordingly. I played with him for 10 hours and can say he is a very good PLO player.

He told me he is a regular in the 5-10 PLO at Bodog and his games usually have over a $1000 pot avg. Pretty crzy for a 5-10 game.

I do have to give props to scott for a save in one of the SNG's. You prolly hate me now. I dont pay off your quads with a full house and then you gotta pick up my slack, lol.

-Ben

[AKQJ10]

Awesome. I didn't read it all yet but it's wiki'd. I'll be visiting Tunica soon and am squirreling these threads away so I'm not the one posting the daily, "Hey, everybody, what's the best game in _______???" thread.

[scottc25]

Day 3 Continied.....


After I bust out of the HORSE event I go over to the Gold Strick. I sit down in a $125 two winner satellite and lose to another three outer, big suprise.

I say [censored] these satellites im going back to the cash games. I go to sign up for $2/$5 and the list is approximately 60 people deep. I guess that's out. I walk over to the Horseshoe and the list there is around 25 deep. Time to come up with a new plan. I decide to kill a few hours and play some Pai Gow. Three hours later and up $150 I go back over to the Gold Strike.

Back at the Gold Strike the list is still a mile long go I play another satellite. They are short on dealers so Johnny Grooms jumps in the box and dealt our satellite, pretty cool. No luck again as we are down to 5 people with an UTG push who has me covered and i get A,K suited and call. Villan has 8,9 suited. board comes out A,9,x,x,8 and I'm done.

I decide I'm gonna get this money back so I walk down to the pit, go to the roulette wheel and throw $100 on red. Winner.

Now the cash list is only 5 deep as its 2am so I sign up. No movement for 20 minutes so I bolt back over to the Shoe.

I get in a $2/$5 game right away and this table is crazy. Open raises to $60 with 5-6 callers. I didn't play a single hand past the flop in 15 minutes and the table breaks and move into another game. This is where it gets interesting.

I sit down in the 3 seat with around $450 and one of the LAG's from the prior table moves as well. I quickly decipher that I want to be in a big pot with the 8 seat. I get my wish when I pick-up A,Q in early position and call a $15 raise. Three way with seat 8 and the raiser the flop comes q,x,x with two clubs. Seat 8 leads for $50 and I call. Turn is a blank, he bets $50. I think about raising here but I decide to wait till the river as I think he is drawing. If the river comes bad I won't lose as much. Well the river is a third clib. He bets $50 again and I make a crying call and he tables k,q clubs. Down to $300.

The next big pot I play I get a suited A,5 from the BB in a 6 way limped pot and I check. Flop comes a miracle 2,3,4. I check and its checked all the way around. Turn is a 7. I check as I know seat 8 will bet which he makes it $50 to go. I call along with one other. The river is another 7. I bet $75 and get seat 8 to call and my hand is good.

Now the best pot of the night I was in...

I get a suited 5,6 UTG and limp. UTG +1 makes it 25, 3 callers, Seat 8 calls, BB calls and I obviously call. Flop comes 2,3,4 with 2 spades. BB check, I check, originar raiser makes it $40, seat 8 calls and I call. Turn is an off-suit J. I check, original raiser bets $50, Seat 8 asks how much he has to raise to (sweet) and makes it $100. Time to bet now as I know he will call almost anything. I make it $250, original raiser calls and seat 8 calls. River is an off-suit 10. I shove for my last $180 and he folds. I guess straight or flush draw.

The LAG from the other table had tightened up a bit but then there are about 4 limpers including me in a pot with 6,6 and he shoves for $150. All fold to him. I will pick up a hand vs him eventually, and i do....

I get A,J suited in early position and I raise to $25 get one caller and the LAG shove for $190. I'm thinking and I can see that the player next to me is going to fold. I decide to call. Flop comes A,Q,x. Turn is the 10d giving me a gutshot and flush draws. River blanks but my hand is good vs 6,6 and I win the pot. I ended the session with around $1200 in front of me for a $700 win after about 2 hours of play. The table broke about 5 minutes after seat 8 left.

One other interesting hand with seat 8 and seat 2 happened. Seat 3 was a solid TAG player.

I don't remember the pre-flop action but the flop comes a,a,8. Seat 6 bets $100 and seat 8 and 2 call. turn is another 8, seat 6 bets $100, 8 calls and seat 2 oicks up his cards so I can see. I didn't see and ace and knew they were under 10 but thats it. He raises to $200. Seat 6 folds and 8 calls. River is a blank. Seat 8 bets $100. Seat 2 askes "You have the other ace huh?" who nods and 2 raises to $400. Seat 8 calls. Seat 2 has 8,8 for quads.

Me and seat 2 and 4 talk quite a bit about the hand and we came to the conclusion that 8 probably calls an all-in bet on the river. They both had about $1200 behind them on the river.


End of trip report...

Cliff notes:
I suck in tourneys and satellites and rock in cash games.

[AKQJ10]

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I sit down in the 3 seat with around $450 and one of the LAG's from the prior table moves as well. I quickly decipher that I want to be in a big pot with the 8 seat. I get my wish when I pick-up A,Q in early position and call a $15 raise. Three way with seat 8 and the raiser the flop comes q,x,x with two clubs. Seat 8 leads for $50 and I call. Turn is a blank, he bets $50. I think about raising here but I decide to wait till the river as I think he is drawing. If the river comes bad I won't lose as much. Well the river is a third clib. He bets $50 again and I make a crying call and he tables k,q clubs. Down to $300.

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Fortunately, there are resources so you can learn to play poker better.

Really, I understand how calling and letting bad bluffers hang themselves has merit, but do you really think two clubs or a weaker queen are going to fold here? In small-stakes B&M, just get as much money as with a good hand as you can.

[scottc25]

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I sit down in the 3 seat with around $450 and one of the LAG's from the prior table moves as well. I quickly decipher that I want to be in a big pot with the 8 seat. I get my wish when I pick-up A,Q in early position and call a $15 raise. Three way with seat 8 and the raiser the flop comes q,x,x with two clubs. Seat 8 leads for $50 and I call. Turn is a blank, he bets $50. I think about raising here but I decide to wait till the river as I think he is drawing. If the river comes bad I won't lose as much. Well the river is a third clib. He bets $50 again and I make a crying call and he tables k,q clubs. Down to $300.

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Fortunately, there are resources so you can learn to play poker better.

Really, I understand how calling and letting bad bluffers hang themselves has merit, but do you really think two clubs or a weaker queen are going to fold here? In small-stakes B&M, just get as much money as with a good hand as you can.

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Correct he isn't folding anyway. If the club hits which I am 100% sure he is drawing to I will keep it a little smaller so I can get away from the hands. Obviously I would usually not do this but this guy was an exception. I was going to find a better spot, which I did.

[AKQJ10]

If you fold every hand preflop, he can never draw out on you.

This case is bit exceptional for his range, because he happened to have BOTH a strong queen AND a draw so he was betting all the way. If he had 87[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and isn't a compulsive bluffer then you've turned a strong hand into one that doesn't make another dime when a blank rivers. The time to make money from draws is when they have outs, not after they've busted.

"Correct he isn't folding anyway. " Which is exactly the point -- you WANT to get money in with the best hand, not push out draws.


"I was going to find a better spot, which I did." So TPTK against people who'll pay off with any draw isn't a good enough spot? You played AQ in hopes of flopping trip queens at worst so that you could get your money in with a virtual lock? Oh, but then you'd need to check to the river to make sure you didn't pay off Q7 who boated up.

I'm greedy. I want to get my money in with the best of it every hand I can. I don't say, "I've got TPTK against a draw, but maybe 30 hands from now I'll flop a set so I'd better check-call to the river."

Forgive me being blunt, but your mistaken thinking about playing against draws is plainly a huge hole in your game. You can read good books, starting with GSIHE then HOH1 or LGB or NLHE:TAP, if you want to improve. A word to the wise....

[JJH3984]

why do you keep checking the nuts?

[scottc25]

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If you fold every hand preflop, he can never draw out on you.

This case is bit exceptional for his range, because he happened to have BOTH a strong queen AND a draw so he was betting all the way. If he had 87[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and isn't a compulsive bluffer then you've turned a strong hand into one that doesn't make another dime when a blank rivers. The time to make money from draws is when they have outs, not after they've busted.

"Correct he isn't folding anyway. " Which is exactly the point -- you WANT to get money in with the best hand, not push out draws.


"I was going to find a better spot, which I did." So TPTK against people who'll pay off with any draw isn't a good enough spot? You played AQ in hopes of flopping trip queens at worst so that you could get your money in with a virtual lock? Oh, but then you'd need to check to the river to make sure you didn't pay off Q7 who boated up.

I'm greedy. I want to get my money in with the best of it every hand I can. I don't say, "I've got TPTK against a draw, but maybe 30 hands from now I'll flop a set so I'd better check-call to the river."

Forgive me being blunt, but your mistaken thinking about playing against draws is plainly a huge hole in your game. You can read good books, starting with GSIHE then HOH1 or LGB or NLHE:TAP, if you want to improve. A word to the wise....

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OK I went back and checked my notes again. I had Q,J in the hand in question and not A,Q. There is no reason to think that I am not ahead though. I saw him calling down with TPNK and middle pair earlier.

Him leading the betting scared me a bit so i went into call mode. Rather than not be sure I should have dumped or raised on the flop to see where I was.