East Chicago trip report (Resorts) 6/8

[jdoe]

East Chicago trip report (Resorts) 6/8

Went to Chicago with the family for the weekend and made a run to the poker room late Friday night.

We were staying at a Holiday Inn in Buffalo Grove. Google says the resorts was about 60 miles away. I knew traffic was going to be pretty bad and the games would run late into the evening so I chilled out until about 10:30PM and made the trip.

I learned pretty quick that driving almost anywhere in Chicago sucks ass.

So its 11:45 on a Friday night, and traffic is bumper to bumper gridlock?!?!? I manage to get my Pontiac G6 stuck in gridlock between 4 semi trucks, front back left and right. (as I write this I wonder if they were [censored]!ng with me on purpose) Somehow I missed an exit and end up on I94E (crap).

At about 1:45AM I am running out of gas. I manage to exit and find a gas station in what seemed to be an unsavory part of town. Never a good feeling to be out of your element with $1500 in cash in your pocket. I gas up and get back on the road.

I see a sign for I80E and take that because I know at some point I can do a U turn, give up, and head back to the hotel.

I see a sign for the casino and take the exit. (now I don’t really even want to play) it took me 2 ½ hours to get there.

The trip into the casino was very depressing. I am not sure what they make (refine?) in this part of the country, but it smelled like cancer waiting to happen.

I get to the parking garage and make my way into the casino. Basically it’s a riverboat that they try to make look like its not a riverboat. Meh. The casino is narrow and crowded. I have to ask to find my way to the poker room. (no bathroom in or anywhere close to the poker room)

I sit right down on a 10-20 must move game and get the feeling it might be pretty soft. There were many hands that 7 saw the flop and went 4 ways on the turn. A few hands worth mentioning.

I have 8h4h in the small blind, 3 limpers button folds I call. Flop comes 8s 5h 2d I flop top pair8‘s in bad position, I should have the best hand now, but most the card in the deck will screw me, so I bet to see what happens. 2 callers everyone else folds turn Ah. Now I know I am behind but I got a ton of outs. MP bets button calls I call River Qh ! I know MP will bet the river and the button will call. so I CR the [censored] out of him. He call me a Mother F-ing stupid ass poker player and slams his 34 on the table and pays me off. (button calls too?!?!?!)

Flush is good and drag the pot, never saw the buttons cards but would not be surprised if he had a weak
Ace. I thought I played a bad hand ok.(I know I got lucky ) Didn’t feel right to fold preflop for $5

Later on I try to make a play on the blinds and raise with Ac8c after everyone folds to me in the cut-off. Big blind calls. I flop nut clubs, Queen on the board. Big blind bets out, I raise. Turn comes K of clubs. I figure that will kill my action. I bet he calls. River is a brick and he calls me down again with Qx offsuit. (no club?!?)

Racked up my 21 big bet win and called it a night.

There was a solid 20-40 running and what looked Like a 100-200 NL. Lots of action. Lots of big stacks of green.

Left the casino at about 5AM. got back to the hotel (I 90 this time ) it took me about 55 minutes. In light traffic.

Summary: 10-20 is loose. Action good. Chicago Traffic is unbearable unless is Saturday at 5AM.

JDOE

[cybin]

Sorry about the traffic here. Glad to hear you made out alright at the tables after the lousy trip. Your route to Indiana was unbearable mostly because of a major major project (lots o' lane closures) on 90/94 south of the city that they started in '06. From Buffalo Grove you might have been better served heading up to Milwaukee.

[mblax10]

I think you forgot something. I didn't think it was possible to have a Resorts trip report without a bad floor ruling.

Big NL is 10-25 and usually plays pretty deep. The bathroom is just a quick sprint down the escalator. Next time don't try and drive from the suburbs Friday night.

[otter]

How many $5-10nl games are running usually?

[magoo]

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I learned pretty quick that driving almost anywhere in Chicago sucks ass.



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You tried to express it. But, even that, is an understatement.

[elwoodblues]

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I learned pretty quick that driving almost anywhere in Chicago sucks ass

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It wouldn't have been so bad had it not been Bluesfest this past weekend.

[Lestat]

You ran good that night. Especially the part where you got off of what sounded like the Dan Ryan expressway to fill up and made it back on alive.

[the crabs]

the southside is fine. I go to my buddies house n 47th street weekly. Nobody messes with you unitl you hit 95th. Yeah and the traffic blows camel balls. Like another said, you would have been better off going north to milwuakee.

good to hear that you won something though.

[augie_]

Hmm these games sound good. I'm from Peoria. Is it worth the drive to play 5/10 NL?

[iron81]

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Hmm these games sound good. I'm from Peoria. Is it worth the drive to play 5/10 NL?

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I always thought it was worth the drive from Champaign to play 2-5 NL if you stay overnight. Also, I think on Friday's Resorts gets 10/25 NL uncapped, but do a search for that.