Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:15 pm GMT by conolly
I think I am going to the casino this friday, 1/2 NL. I'll buy in for 150-200 and I think i might be nervous.... 
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Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:29 pm GMT by zinn0
| conolly wrote: | | I think I am going to the casino this friday, 1/2 NL. I'll buy in for 150-200 and I think i might be nervous.... |
You will be nervous. You'll want to throw up. Trust me. My advice? Play tight until you calm down. After awhile you'll get comfortable, you'll loosen up and it will just feel like you are playing a home game. Good luck.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:38 pm GMT by conolly
ya im one of the more calmer players at my home games, when people take a bad beat they bitch; im usually bitching in my head and thinking of the next time I play that kid and can take his money for his dumb calls.
But I'll be first to admit it, if I have aces preflop and someone goes all in im going to obviously call but im going to be really nervous about putting 200 on the line.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:40 pm GMT by zinn0
Just curious, what casino you going to be playing at?
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:46 pm GMT by conolly
its brand new, its called the boulevard. Im from the vancouver area and this ones in a place called Coquitlam. Its 15 minutes from my house.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:40 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
| conolly wrote: | | But I'll be first to admit it, if I have aces preflop and someone goes all in im going to obviously call but im going to be really nervous about putting 200 on the line. |
Wait till you raise preflop with QQ, get a caller, bet the flop with all unders, get called, and then get check-raised for your stack when another undercard hits the turn.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:59 pm GMT by tame_deuces
| Sean_in_NJ wrote: | | conolly wrote: | | But I'll be first to admit it, if I have aces preflop and someone goes all in im going to obviously call but im going to be really nervous about putting 200 on the line. |
Wait till you raise preflop with QQ, get a caller, bet the flop with all unders, get called, and then get check-raised for your stack when another undercard hits the turn. |
Man, I get the shivers just thinking about that.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:19 pm GMT by conolly
i assume hes bullying me cause im young 
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:27 pm GMT by twofotisx
possiblity, but depending on the board QQ can go south really quickly. Especially if you don't eliminate a few players before the flop. Regardless hope you have fun and that it's a profitable trip. Just now when it's time to leave... something I'm still very much working on.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:53 pm GMT by zinn0
| conolly wrote: | | i assume hes bullying me cause im young |
He's not bullying you at all. You WILL encounter this situation.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:54 pm GMT by Flipout123-2
Conolly, when you get back, give a bit of info on the place, ie. number of tables, stakes, wait times etc. I get over to Van on occasion from Victoria, but normally play the River Rock. Good luck on your first time in a casino.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:08 pm GMT by conolly
| zinn0 wrote: | | conolly wrote: | | i assume hes bullying me cause im young |
He's not bullying you at all. You WILL encounter this situation. |
You misunderstand, I'm saying I assume the player at the table is trying to bully me cause im young.
Posted Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:09 pm GMT by conolly
| Flipout123-2 wrote: | | Conolly, when you get back, give a bit of info on the place, ie. number of tables, stakes, wait times etc. I get over to Van on occasion from Victoria, but normally play the River Rock. Good luck on your first time in a casino. |
I already know there is 12 tables, and im assuming the blinds are the same on each but I could be wrong; the blinds would be 1/2.
Posted Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:45 am GMT by conolly
Well I finally got around to going, its been awhile since I planned too. Well I sat down at a 1/2 table with 150$ and I have to admit I was farely nervous about the amount of cash for my first casino trip, but I was also farely confident in my game. I only got deeply involved in 3 pots, and I won 2.
The first being King 5 suited from the big blind. I checked with about 5 people in the pot, SB folded. The flop came two diamonds (my suit) and I came out betting with a half the pot size bet. Two people call and I hit the flush on the turn and bet half the pot again, one guy calls. I see the river and its another diamond (wary of the ace but don't put him on it, but think this might ruin the hand for me) so i only bet half the pot again, in which he calls and shows top pair. I take down a fairly big pot and start feeling a bit more relaxed.
Later on I am dealt J9 suited on the button and i limp in, the flop comes ace jack 5. Its checked to me and I bet 3/4 of the fairly small pot and surprisingly get 2 calls. The turn is a blank and thinking draws I bet again, but get called by one guy. On the river he pushes all in into a pot about 1/12th of his stack and I fold my mid pair; a little rattled about his weird move.
The third hand (my freind is busted and I'm almost done playing). I have 130, so only 20 down. I am dealt 88 in the BB and a really aggressive player makes it ten (for about the 3rd time in about 7 hands) and 3 people in front of me call so I call. I see a flop of 8-6-2 and come out betting with a 15 dollar bet. I get called by three of them (two hearts on the board) and the turn is a blank, so I bet 30 and get 1 call. The river makes a possible straight but I am not afraid of runner runner. I go all in and she folds. She shakes her head at me in a bitchy way so I say, "nice flush draw" and muck. She was kinda rattled about that and was laughing at me when i left to the person next to her, but I didn't mind I had just taken her money.
Posted Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:50 pm GMT by conolly
Went again today (the next day) and won another 150.
Posted Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:12 pm GMT by tame_deuces
Nice wins and casino stories are always a good read. 
Posted Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:26 pm GMT by conolly
Biggest hand of the day is my last, my friend busted and hes my ride. I am dealt KQ on in the SB with about 2 limpers, I call and BB checks. The flop comes KQT and I am a little scared of the straight draw out there. I bet just over potsize, with 1 caller. (this guy liked to call.) The turn card is a blank and i bet 70 (about potsize) and he calls. The river is a blank and I had abou 85 left so I pushed, he folds right away..
Posted Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:52 am GMT by conolly
Well, I made my third trip to the casino tonight. I bought in for 150 at the 1/2 NL tables and cashed out at 420. Making my profit over 3 trips a total of 520. The bad beat bonus is at 115,000 but i didn't win it...
I ushered my first casino bad beat and felt no regrets.
This chick (about 30) had been reraising me, and pretty much pushing me around since im young. I have AQs and I raise to 12 preflop, only she calls. The flop comes a-6-3 and I lead out for 15, she reraises me another 30...leaving her with about 20 in chips. I push thinking shes on a bluff or even a low ace. She says "you got pocket rockets, kid?" so I looked at her and say "kid? pfffft." She calls and shows AK, I hit my queen on the turn. She looks at me all angry so I smiled and said "I usually say sorry for bad beats but you were being a bitch to me so not this time."
She walked away pretty angry...
Posted Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:19 am GMT by tutubird
Interesting reads, I can't wait for my first trip to the Casino in 2 months and hopefully they would be as successful as yours. And you should never be "sorry" when you suck out, because most of the time people arent
Posted Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:04 am GMT by conolly
I just know how it feels, and I don't think I should have done that with AQ.
Posted Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:00 pm GMT by conolly
Well I thought making 100-200 was a nice profit, especially doing it consistently. Then my buddy turned 19 and I am going with him and he's hitting every draw, and hes chasing with huge bets. The guy makes about 1000 a night its insane.
I made a bad play on tilt and it paid off; and I felt horrible.
Flop comes 8-k-4, 2 diamonds. I have ace 8 off; with ace of diamonds. The raise preflop was about 10 with 6 callers; so roughly 60 in the pot. Im on the button. UTG raises to 25, 4 callers! I am sitting there with the runner runner ace high flush draw, and a pair of 8s; with 160 dollars into a pot I have to put 25. I call; the turns an 8. UTG pushes for about half my stack (maybe 90 bucks) everybody folds to me so I call. He shows King jack? and I show trip 8s. He gives me a dirty look and shakes his head; I take down the pot and I have to admit I was happy.
Posted Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:13 am GMT by greathuskie
dont feel bad about that, you had massive odds to make the call, you defenitely made the right play
Posted Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:22 am GMT by Soup_dog
| greathuskie wrote: | | dont feel bad about that, you had massive odds to make the call, you defenitely made the right play |
My thoughts exactly. Huge pot odds there.. not even to mention the implied odds. Nice play.
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:27 am GMT by conolly
Went again today, two memorable hands.
Me about 400-vs someone with about 375. 1/2 NL.
Im in SB with k9 of hearts and the guy makes it 15 to go with like 4 callers so i call. I flop 2 hearts and its another 15 to call with just him left. So I call. The turns and ace of hearts, I hit the nuts. He bets half his stack, so I push and he calls with pocket aces, and pairs the board on the river.
So I'm down to 23 dollars. The next hand Im on the button with ace 6, so I limp. SB raises to 10, and he gets 5 callers. I look at my stack (now 21) and the amount in the pot so I push and they all call. The flop is 2 sixes, I win.
I grow the stack up more then I said I'd cash out on my button and i grab a rack (don't rack up though.) I get dealt 88 and I'm allowed to limp. About 6 players. The flop comes 8-10-2 with 2 clubs. UTG bets 12, 2nd bets 25, 3rd goes all in for 21 and a guy calls. So I raise it up to 75, with only the 2nd guy to act calling. The turn comes a 5 of diamonds so I bet 200, (he had 150) and he calls me with queens. I go up to 728 and leave.
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:14 am GMT by Soup_dog
Sweet! I wish I lived near a state where casino's were legal. Dang it.
Posted Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:01 am GMT by conolly
beautiful british columbia
Posted Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:45 am GMT by kainARGH
Wish i had that kinda luck , not that your playing bad , but man. I remember my first few trips to 100$ buy in NL. My pocket kings got cracked 8 tiems in a week , loseing ( my money + money in the pots ) roughly 1500+$.
I wonder when ill quit poker and understand that its all just luck ( or lack there of ).
Anywho , not to rain on your parade , and congradulations on your successfull trips to the casino 
Posted Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:14 pm GMT by conolly
trust me i know how lucky that ace 6 was, and I barely get lucky.
Posted Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:33 pm GMT by BeerWench13
| Quote: | | Sweet! I wish I lived near a state where casino's were legal. Dang it. |
Ditto. I wonder if we could petition......naw, probably not. It took 50+ years just to get horse racing back. 
| Quote: | | My pocket kings got cracked 8 tiems in a week |
Now, don't take this wrongly as I don't know how each hand played out or if you were all-in preflop, but sometimes, you gotta lay those cowboys down.
| Quote: | | I wonder when ill quit poker and understand that its all just luck |
It's not all luck. Yes, there is some luck involved and when you're on the ass-end of the luck, it hurts. But, if you get in with the best of it, the odds state that your hand will hold up eventually.
Posted Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:14 pm GMT by kainARGH
| Quote: | | Now, don't take this wrongly as I don't know how each hand played out or if you were all-in preflop, but sometimes, you gotta lay those cowboys down. |
Trust me , I'm far too humble to take anything wrongly I also know that with this site you probably get alot of whiners  But of the 8 times , only once i should have laid it down , but i raised big pre , bet the flop strong , made it look as if my check on the turn was a trap , then bet strong on the river , even when the guy called he in his mind knew i had AK lol , he called me down with A10 ( flop AQx ). Every other time , I was 100% in the right , IE guy flops 4 to the flush i bet big on the flop , i tel myself if turn is no diamond im all in , its not , he calls just a flush draw , then there was twice Ax calls me all in preflop , and two more times i go all in pre VS lower pocket pairs , and the other two some guy calls all in on either turn or flop with top or second pair , and rivers.
| Quote: | | It's not all luck. Yes, there is some luck involved and when you're on the ass-end of the luck, it hurts. But, if you get in with the best of it, the odds state that your hand will hold up eventually. |
I'm trying VERY hard to hold this true , trying really really really hard to hold this true. I'm keeping a log right now , i live 5 miles from a casino and i play NL almost every single day. I'm keeping track of every penny i play , every beat i take , every pot i win , everything. I'm REALLY trying to either show myself im just too unlucky , but i've only sat at a NL cash game 45 times this month. I will wait till ive sat over a couple hundred times.
But what does it mean if i can count 6 pots ( large pots ) where i lost to less then 10% ers on the river , and these 8 pots would equal more then I've won and lost combined ( i play 20/40 min max buy in NL , at my best i was up 135$ , im currently down 120$ , these 6 pots together = nearly 500$ ) ? I will keep playing though.
I apologize in advance for the off topicness here.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:56 am GMT by BeerWench13
| Quote: | | what does it mean if i can count 6 pots ( large pots ) where i lost to less then 10% ers on the river , and these 8 pots would equal more then I've won and lost combined ( i play 20/40 min max buy in NL , at my best i was up 135$ , im currently down 120$ , these 6 pots together = nearly 500$ ) ? |
It just means that your cards are running cold or your opponents are on a hot streak, I guess. Until recently, I've been in a slump myself. It doesn't matter how far ahead I was when the money went into the pot, I was going to lose. It's just a downswing. Keep at it.
Another way to look at it for you also......you want players calling you with inferior hands. Sooner or later your luck will change or their luck will run out and you'll be making profits off of them. Keep you chin up and play through. It will turn around. You just have to be patient. My downswing lasted more than 6 months.
P.S. Considering you're on a "losing streak" being down $120 is not bad. I've lost more than 3 times that in just one night.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:42 pm GMT by kainARGH
| BeerWench13 wrote: | | Quote: | | what does it mean if i can count 6 pots ( large pots ) where i lost to less then 10% ers on the river , and these 8 pots would equal more then I've won and lost combined ( i play 20/40 min max buy in NL , at my best i was up 135$ , im currently down 120$ , these 6 pots together = nearly 500$ ) ? |
It just means that your cards are running cold or your opponents are on a hot streak, I guess. Until recently, I've been in a slump myself. It doesn't matter how far ahead I was when the money went into the pot, I was going to lose. It's just a downswing. Keep at it.
Another way to look at it for you also......you want players calling you with inferior hands. Sooner or later your luck will change or their luck will run out and you'll be making profits off of them. Keep you chin up and play through. It will turn around. You just have to be patient. My downswing lasted more than 6 months.
P.S. Considering you're on a "losing streak" being down $120 is not bad. I've lost more than 3 times that in just one night. |
Yea , i know i want them calling with crap , but to not get lucky  And 6 months!!! Don't tell me that
Also the down 120$ thing , yea thats exactly why im playing these stakes , my bankroll can handle 100-200$ swings with the buy in only being 20$ Not like before i was trying 100/200$ NL , i REALLY couldnt handle 1000$ swings.
p.s. Thank you for the kind words
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:58 pm GMT by BeerWench13
| Quote: | | And 6 months!!! Don't tell me that |
It's been awful. I won't lie. I shouldn't say it's gone as I haven't had but 3 profitable sessions since. However, I'm ever the optimist.
| Quote: | | before i was trying 100/200$ NL , i REALLY couldnt handle 1000$ swings. |
It's good that you're playing at a limit you're comfortable with. Otherwise, you won't play well as you'll have that fear of losing more than you can afford.
I hate to see anyone get discouraged based on a bad run. I've been there and it sucks. My hubby has been patient and kind enough to talk me through these last miserable months. I've been so close to quitting so many times it's not funny. And, that would suck more than losing the cash. I love this game!
Posted Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:25 pm GMT by mikenike
coquitlam eh? i've been there but im a youngin never played in a casino except california, which i slipped some money in to a wheel of fortune machiene and then got booted out and had to go play bowling.
but, best of luck hope you come out on top.
Posted Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:02 pm GMT by conolly
thanks. I went to play cash on thursday and friday, i ended up at about 1100 profit on 1/2 NL.
Then today I went to the "early bird" tournament. It used to be 40 people but as of yesterday its 60. I went in one before (obviously the 40 man) and came 5th so today I was just hoping to make the final table. Well I ended up winning the whole tournament.
It got to heads up and I was bullying the guy and he was letting me, on the times he did call he was always the under dog and hit a miracle card to save him. Eventually the odds played right and I won pocket 10s vs Q2 to end it.
Posted Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:12 pm GMT by conolly
On a side note, in one of the cash games while I was racking up, its folded to me who is on the button (i said id leave on the button) and I had two extra dollar chips so I limped from the button without even looking at my cards and the blinds didnt raise me.
I look down at my hole cards, 10-3 offsuit...
The flop comes down 3-3-J, two hearts. My friend bets ten and the guy to his left reraises to 30. I take a look at the raisers stack (probably only 40ish left) and I put one of my 100 stacks in, just to cover all of him. My friend folds, knowing im not going to reraise a pot he just bet into with nothing and the other guy calls and shows an ace high flush draw. Well he hit his flush on the turn, but too bad for him it was the 10 of hearts that came up which gave me my boat. Then to add insult to injury I hit another 10 on the river for an even bigger full house. I racked up and left...
Posted Thu May 25, 2006 7:04 am GMT by conolly
So I went today, I am a bit of a regular now...
I get KQ (post from mid position) first hand. The dealer skips over me and I don't get to bet/check. The pot is limped with many people in.
The flop comes j-10-10. UTG bets 15, and its folded to me and I call, 1 other also calls. The turn comes an ace, UTG bets 30, I reraise to 60 and other guy calls, UTG folds.
What does other guy have?
Posted Thu May 25, 2006 10:04 am GMT by arras
AT?
Posted Thu May 25, 2006 12:36 pm GMT by groton
| conolly wrote: | So I went today, I am a bit of a regular now...
I get KQ (post from mid position) first hand. The dealer skips over me and I don't get to bet/check. The pot is limped with many people in.
The flop comes j-10-10. UTG bets 15, and its folded to me and I call, 1 other also calls. The turn comes an ace, UTG bets 30, I reraise to 60 and other guy calls, UTG folds.
What does other guy have? |
A7 or somthing like that
Posted Thu May 25, 2006 2:27 pm GMT by conolly
Ya river comes a 9, he has ace 10 and I bust on my first hand.
Posted Thu May 25, 2006 2:31 pm GMT by arras
Ouch! So what do I win?
Posted Sun May 28, 2006 4:24 pm GMT by mikenike
a whole lotta nothing 
Posted Wed May 31, 2006 4:18 am GMT by conolly
going through a long haul of bad cards at the casino lately.
I had pocket 9s on my big blind, and called a 15 dollar raise from the SB along with 2 other people. The flop comes 9 - 5- 6 rainbow. Raiser checks and everyone else including me do too. The turn comes a 3 and the raiser bets 30, I have 60 left at this point and I push. He calls with KK. The river is of course the K.
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Posted Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:13 pm GMT by TxShadow
| KosTes wrote: | oh really? ...
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Someone ban that a-hole
Posted Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:55 pm GMT by conolly
He seems like a nice guy 
JK...
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