Posted Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:59 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
I'll leave it up to the forum. I'm jonesing for a live game, but the trip to Atlantic City is 2 hours for me. Should I make the drive for a little $3/$6 action; or be a good employee, get a good night's sleep and show up for work on time, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed?
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Posted Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:32 pm GMT by ballbp
Go for it. It seems a night doesn't go by that I get "enough" sleep due to poker. If the online games aren't doing it for you then hit the road man. As long as you get in four hours of sleep you should be ok.
Posted Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:39 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
what a question!
I presume you are already in the car?
Posted Sun Jul 25, 2004 9:20 pm GMT by Fat Tony
i would hope so. 8)
Posted Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:06 am GMT by Sean_in_NJ
Very glad I went. Nearly quadrupled my $300 buy-in at $5/$10 (walked out after 2 1/2 hours with $1100+).
Believe it or not, my best hand of the night was one that I lost. I limped with AJo UTG, and everyone folded except button who called and BB who checked. Flop came JJ4, and the BB bet in to me. Figured I'd let her hang herself, so I just called and the button called behind me. Turn is a K. BB bets again, I raise and button reraises! BB folds, and it's back to me.
Fortunately for me, I'd actually been paying attention to previous hands; and I thought I had a real good read on him. I didn't put him on KK or KJ, since I'd seen him raise all his pocket pairs down to TT, and earlier in the night he flipped over a QJs he'd raised in middle position. Limping on the button with high cards wasn't his style. The only two remaining hands I thought he could have were J4 or 44. I eliminated the J4 because I didn't think he would play it unless it was suited, and the one J I couldn't see was the same suit as the 4 on the board. That left 44.
In a rare display of discipline, I decided to lay it down. I mumbled something about probably being outkicked, hoping he'd show his hand to prove me wrong, and he turned over the 44 with a big grin. I said, "Glad I mucked that JT. I'd have been sucking wind there." I don't know who was happier: him dragging his pot or me not having lost a lot more.
Posted Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:18 pm GMT by RU469
Shouldn't you have called that bet?
You already had $20 invested in that bet (bet and you raised).
You had 7 outs for only $10 bet. Perhaps there were pot odds there?
Outs include A's, K's and one J.
Posted Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:32 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
| RU469 wrote: | Shouldn't you have called that bet?
You already had $20 invested in that bet (bet and you raised).
You had 7 outs for only $10 bet. Perhaps there were pot odds there?
Outs include A's, K's and one J. |
In retrospect, yeah I should've. At the time, I felt like I was chasing, but I guess I was getting 9-1 to call the last $10.
*sigh* Thanks for crushing my buzz... 
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