nama situs judi slot online open Just got back from the Orleans Open in Vegas this weekend. Wow, what a tournament! The limit nama situs judi slot online on Saturday got 1,166 players. That's a record, and for the first time in Orleans Open history they actually had to turn away players! Unfortunately, I didn't make the money. I busted out with about 330 players remaining. I was pretty happy with my performance, but got crippled in the fourth hour when
I got outdrawn when I played top pair. It happens. For those of you who like math, 1,166 seems like an odd number for a capped poker tournament, right? Well they play 11-handed tables in this event. As far as I can tell it didn't change nama situs judi slot online the dynamic too much at the tables I was on. What would be a trip report without some poker hands? Hand 1: single table satellite, second hand. Blinds are $10 & $15, I have $500. I am dealt pocket 5's in mid-position, and bring it in for $60.
Fold around to the button, who raises another $45. Fold to me, and I call. The flop comes 5-7-8 rainbow. I go all in for about $400 with my trips, am called, and opponent flips over AA. My hand holds up and I double up (ended up coming second and got an $80 booby prize). This hand is an example of why not to underplay AA pre-flop. I would have raised at least $100-200 in his position.
The most interesting hands of the weekend came when I played in an absolutely amazing $15-30 game at the Bellagio on Sunday. This was a loose game, less aggressive than average for $15-30.
About 40% of pots were unraised pre-flop and had 6 or more callers. 40% had a single raise and typically 3-6 callers. And 20% had more than one raise, less than 3 callers, or were won before the flop. Almost all hands that had a flop went to the river. Can you say wow? I only played in it for four hours because my flight was leaving, which needless to say I was not happy about! Still,
I walked away +$500 which was nice. Example hand: I play QQ in middle position for a raise and get 4 callers. Flop is Q78 rainbow. It's capped on the flop, I raise on the turn and and get three callers. Blank comes on the river, I bet and all of them call. They turn over middle pair, bottom pair, and pocket 6's and I scoop a huge pot. Most of my winning hands were this straightforward. But this pair of losing hands still has me kicking myself. First hand: I have KK in middle position. One caller to me, I raise, the button calls, and the big blind and the original caller calls. The player on the button was the only good player at the table (other than me). He had played straightforward
solid poker. I had seen him raise with nothing less than TT, and if he played past the flop he rarely lost. Not too creative but pretty profitable in this game. At least, I thought not too creative until this hand. The flop came AT3 rainbow. Check-check to me, I bet, and this guy on the button raised. The two players to my right folded, and I called time. After considering the hand, I couldn't think of any hand he could have other than Ax (probably suited, or AT or above) or maybe TT. I folded, and he flipped up pocket Q's! I kicked myself but would not play that hand differently unless I really knew my opponent and put him on a bluff. But this guy, who as far as I could tell had been playing really straightforward best-hand-wins poker totally blew my mind here. About half an hour later, I got dealt KK again, again in middle position. Two callers to me, and I raised it up. There's one caller to my left, and then the same guy is on the button, again, and this time reraises. The blinds fold, the two guys on my right call, I call, as does the one caller on my left. The flop comes Q73 rainbow. The first player bets, next calls, I raise, then a call, then my nemesis on the button reraises. Two calls to my right, and I call time. Playing the hand back, and the other hands the guy has played, I honestly couldn't put him on any hand other than QQ or AA. There were significant differences between this situation and the last one; more callers, he reraised preflop this time (something he rarely did), and the one spot in his game I thought was a little weak was that he tended to underplay top pair so I had a tough time thinking he had AQ in this situation. But I had enough confusion in my mind from the earlier hand, so I called his reraise and called down to the end for two more bets. If the earlier hand hadn't happened I definitely would have tossed here, that's how strong my read on this guy had been, but that one play put me so much in doubt I didn't trust my instinct on him. It would have saved me $75, because I called a total of three bets to see QQ. Those two hands are the most outplayed I've felt at any poker table for at least 6 years. That includes three WSOP events. A big call, but I so rarely have such a strong feeling about a laydown and then see a lesser hand take it down. Really it was that first hand where I was outplayed, and led me to make those poor calls on the later hand. But outside of that one guy, I was happy with my play and did walk away a pretty good winner on the session. Now if only I hadn't taught my friend to play blackjack and craps on Friday night, I would have been up for the trip :) As an aside, I heard this song on the radio on the way to the airport. I had never noticed the lyrics before, but they were rather appropriate... Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of milk and honey You must put them on the table