"pokerchimp"
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Sep 14, 2006, 6:59 PM
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Nice report. I actually lived in Reno for 6 months some years ago. Dealt
poker at the CalNeva
On Sep 14 2006 4:42 PM, William Brandon wrote:
> Cross posted from my LJ account (Bdub72)
>
> Since this is my first post in a journal/blog I decided to go with a
> poker related post. I have an audience of one and I forget the
> particulars of any poker related story relatively quickly so I thought
> I would write it down for posterity. I was attending a bachelor party
> at Reno last weekend. I am not sure why people in Sacramento would
> ever to Reno instead of Tahoe given the grime of the Biggest Little
> Dump versus the serenity and cleanliness of Tahoe but to each his own.
> I am not even a clean person but the chubbiness and lack of hygiene of
> the average Reno gambler is exponentionally higher in Reno than
> anywhere else in the world. Lots of meatskirts as my wife's friends
> calls them (that is when a big-un has fat rolling over the belt line).
> But I digress.
>
> The crew of nine I was with had a surprisingly nice and relatively
> inexpensive meal at the Circus Circus steakhouse on Saturday night. I
> am not much of a wine aficionado but three of us (the others drank
> cocktails and beers) split a couple of bottles of good, reasonably
> priced wine (a Simi cab and a Duckhorn merlot). The rest of the boys
> went to the Wild Orchid (strip club) and I decided to head to the 2/5
> no limit game at the Circus. I have limited experience in NL ring
> games as I usually play low limit hold em and the occasionally multi
> table NL tournaments (both online and in Tahoe when I get up there) so
> I bought in for $200 at the $500 max table.
>
> The table was a mix, as usual, of a few good players and several bad
> ones. I sat in the 2 spot and the best player was in the 8 (or at least
> my perception of the best player) spot. My stack slowly fell after a
> few hours of folding, getting pushed off a few flops and generally
> playing tight (the guy in the 8 spot told me after the game broke up
> the 9 spot had identified me as "the rock in seat 2"). I lost
> about 60 dollars to an all in from a short stack after I had raised to
> $20 with AKo. I sat for a while drinking manhattans and then picked up
> A8s on the button and limped for $5. 4 saw the flop of 852 rainbow and
> it was checked around to me. Seem like as good as time as any so I
> pushed the rest of my stack. The big blind called and the 9 called as
> well. Sadly, the turn brought a K of diamonds (the 2nd diamond on the
> board) and the other two went at it, eventually getting the rest of
> their money in the middle. These were reasonable stacks too (both over
> 300 from what I could tell). The river brought the a Jo and a I
> assumed I was dead. The 9 turned over A5o, no diamond, and the BB
> mucked. I did not see that coming but was grateful for the triple up
> and sat back for a while.
>
> I won a few smalls pots and had my stack up to about $300 or so when
> the following hand occurred. Sitting in the BB with AJ of spades, the
> loose guy who mucked the previous hand at showdown was UTG and raised
> it to $15. The 9 spot called and I called from the BB. The flop came
> J92 with two spades so I bet out $20. UTG folded and the 9 spot raised
> $60 more. I decided to push the remainder of my stack with my top
> pair, top kicker flush draw. The 9 took about ten seconds and called.
> At that point, the guy in the 8 who I thought was a good player and
> had a good sense a humor says, "Wow, big pot, lets see 'em boys.
> Not knowing any better (as mentioned my NL ring game experience is
> limited for the most part) so I turned over my hand. The Qs hit the
> turn and a blank on the river. The 9 never did show and quietly mucked
> his hand muttering under his breath. As I was pulling the pot I asked
> the guy "what did you have?" which apparently is a major breach of
> etiquette in a ring game as this guy stood up and went off on me.
> Something about it was not enough to put my lips out and suck out on
> him but then I had to rub it in by asking what he had. I apologized
> explaining my lack of experience, my lack of intent to show him up etc.
> to no avail. After ranting for about 3 minutes, the 9 took the
> remainder of his stack, got up and walked away explaining he could not
> stand playing with bad players etc.
>
> Apparently he told the 8 after we got the money and prior to the flop
> that he had Kings. If that is true then I think I was a slight
> favorite if he did not have the K of spades:
>
> http://twodimes.net/h/?z=2076260
> pokenum -h as js - kh kd -- jh ts 2s
> Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing Ts 2s Jh
> cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
> As Js 505 51.01 485 48.99 0 0.00 0.510
> Kd Kh 485 48.99 505 51.01 0 0.00 0.490
>
>
> Regardless, I played for a few more hours with only one other hand of
> consequence with the 8 spot from above. I raised with KK from early
> position, flopped a K, played it fast and then pushed a reraise on the
> turn when I thought the 8 was pot committed. He ended up folding
> telling me later he folded bottom set. I am not sure I believe him but
> he was a nice guy nonetheless. I ended up winning about $700 and
> finally went to bed at about 6 am. Nothing makes me feel more grown up
> than waking up on the floor a cheap hotel room in my sleeping bag with
> 3 other guys in the room with a wicked bourbon hangover. Overall, I
> had a great experience with live NL but certainly felt I was playing
> above my comfort level when I had a $900 and others at the table had
> similar stacks.
>
> Cheers,
> WB
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