Caesars IN this weekend -- anyone? Also ??

[Javanewt]

My bf and I are heading to Caesars IN this evening to stay the weekend. Hope a few of you will be there. I'll look for the hat, steamboatin'. Pete will have the Tabasco bottle this time.

Is tonight going to be packed? What time will the tourney end? Also, will the desk call you in your hotel room when a seat opens -- or do you have to be near the poker room? Can you call from your room to get on the list?

Thanks.

[steamboatin]

I thought I saw you walk through but didn't get a chance to say hello. I was wearing a baseball cap tonight, I knew I should have gotten my sporty grey tweed hat out of the car.

It is always slow after the WSOP, people get pokered out or broke, maybe both.

[sem25]

I was there last weekend, and it was great. Played the 10/20 omaha-8 game. very good game, i wish it went all the time, i'd be there every weekend.

[Javanewt]

Glad I got to see you, steamboatin. The baseball hat threw me off -- hearing "Javanewt" called out was pretty funny. Very fun weekend.

I ended up, but not nearly as up as I should have been. Played well Friday night and was up $550. Hit a royal flush but didn't make any money. Bet the turn like a dufus hoping the other guy hit something, but it was not to be. He only had $25 behind, anyway, and if he hit anything for the bad beat, he was calling.

Saturday was pretty blah, and I left up ~$50. Did have quad Ks over pocket As. Very bad timing for the guy. He raised to $15 after every lost pot, and this was one of those times. Too bad the previous pot had taken half his stack so there was only $150 left for me. Can't complain, though [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Sunday was a nightmare. I was up about $100-$200 most of the night until the last hour or so, except my stack did fluctuate quite a bit.

Early on, the table was full of donators, but they kept hitting when they played against me.

Examples: I raise to $17 with two callers. Flop 383. turn 8, river 2. I have AK. (Learningcurve, I got this one wrong when I sent it to you.) Opponent has 93. Thank God he only called my flop bet then called my river bet (see what I mean). I thougth my A was good. Ha.

Again, I raise to $17 with KK. Two callers. Flop 9T3. I bet big. Same guy calls. Turn J. I bet again; he calls. River 3. I check; he checks behind with Q3. LOL. I had to walk away after that one. This guy donated $1,200 to the table, and I didn’t get a penny from him.

Should have left when I was up, because I started getting crushed. Two pair beaten by straight on the river that two people were holding (I re-raised the flop and bet turn). Two pair beaten by flush on the river (again I re-raised flop and bet turn).

The finale: AA in late position with a $5 straddle and two callers. I make it $25 to go with only $150 behind — I’m planning to shove any flop. Flop K6K with two spades. First to act makes it $30. Typical feeler bet for this table. I call. River 8. I go all in. He tanks, surprisingly, and then calls with KJ. Figures.

Should have known better, but he could have had anything. Wish I had gone all-in pre-flop, but I knew they would fold — I wanted at least one caller. Two was a bit much, but I’m sure the second guy had nothing — he came over from the 2/5 and called any pre-flop raise.

So, after playing for 13 hours yesterday, I lost one buy-in. Still up $300, so the room is paid for, but it’d be nice to have a few extra dollars. Should have left at 6 pm as planned instead of at 3 am!!!

We need to have a get-together at Caesars IN sometime.

[JJT]

I could do Caesar's some time; I live just up the road.

[Javanewt]

JJT, were you there this past weekend? I know I saw JJ on the board, but I thought I saw JJT, too.

[JJT]

No, that wasn't me, but if I come I'll be sure to sign up as JJT so if you're there you'll know it's me.

[cabiness42]

I live about 20 minutes away. My wife and I were there Sunday for the weekly tournament. We don't go often, though, since we aren't good enough yet.

[Javanewt]

Want to trade homes? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] If I lived 20 minutes away, I'd be rich or broke, probably the latter. I'd definitely be a degenerate poker player.

Pete and I were at 1/2 NL tables (try not to play at the same table) from about 2 pm until 3 am Sunday. Tough making it to work at 8 am in Lexington! I was 1/2 hour late. Wish I had known to look for you.

[cabiness42]

Well, I just bought a house and the first kid is on the way, so I have pretty good incentives not to go broke playing poker.

I blow $80-120 on a tournament once every couple months, haven't cashed yet but have come close, but I'm not (yet) good enough to be a winning player at the $1-2 NL ring games and can't afford to just blow one buy-in there, let alone several. Also, their tournament structures really suck. You only start with 30BB and after 40 minutes the BB is up to 13% of your starting stack. If you don't get cards or aren't able to time bluffs absolutely perfectly, you're quickly reduced to shoving pre-flop and hoping nobody behind you has a better hand.

I'm playing a lot more online, though I find it much less enjoyable than live action.

If the casinos would have $20-30 STT, I'd play there more, though I understand from their perspective those don't maximize their rake.