1/2 NL at the taj mahal - small trip report

[EvilDruidNE]

So i went down to the taj just to mess around i planned on playing a short stack at a 1/2NL table. So i sit down with 120$, most people had between 150-300. First hand i get is AJo UTG, so i raise 7$ total, get 2 callers. flop is 4 8 9 rainbow, i bet 20, middle guy folds, 1 call now heads up. J on the turn, i bet 40, he calls. So now im like crap this guy probably has pocket queens-kings or something. next card is a blank, i notice the guy only has 20 left so i bet he calls, i flip over AJ and he mucks. LOL ok what was he calling with, so i get a quick almost double up on my first hand.

very next hand, AJ spades. i raise 12$ get one caller, A 3 7 2 spades. i bet out 15, he calls. turn - 7, so im like crap thats not good, but i gotta bet so i bet 35 he calls. river is J. he has like 45 left so i bet 45 he calls, mucks. so basicly in 2 hands i almost triple up haha, gotta love the taj donks. (seriously wtf was he calling with?? AQ AK?? i doubt it more like A5 or something)

so me and my friend are waiting around to play the midnight tournament, its a crazy 12 minute blind 12k in chips for 50$ thing. So we get in , i fold about 10 hands and get TT middle position, raise it up to 350, blinds at 50-100. get 5 callers , wtf?? so flop is all low cards, i bet 1k. 1 call 1 reraise to 2k, so i call other guy calls. turn is a 10, i lead out 4k, middle guy folds, other reraises all in for another 6k i call. he flips over aces, river... an ace. blah

so i was down to like nothing in chips went all in on a A5 or something stupid and lost to a QJ. so anyway the tournament sucked. So then i was walkin around waiting for my friend to bust out and i stick 20$ in a video poker, hit 4 kings on like my 5th hand, so that was like 50$. then i put 20$ in a penny machine play for like 10 minutes im down to like 2$ and i hit a bonus game on 3x bet, you can choose to get 10 spins at 1X bonus or 1 spin at 10X, so i pick 1 spin. it spins and hits the highest value on the wheel and i win 150$, woot!

So all in all i end up leaving up about 350ish, yay for taj donks and random luck on slots hehe