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Lost $814 Playing $2-$5NL at Caesars Palace - 8 hours

October 26, 2007

I had a terrible night tonight playing $2-5NL at the Caesar’s Palace Poker Room. I began playing at about 6:00pm and didn’t leave until about 1:30am. After losing a $200 pot, then losing another $50 to a reraise, I attempted to gear down a little bit and played only top 20% for awhile. Unfortunately, nothing came within that category for hours. After opening up a little bit and playing top 40% of my hands, I realized how cold my streak was, and only lost from calling small raises and blinds. Anything in the top 40% was a great hand at this time, but I never hit a flop.

I moved from seat 7 to seat 9, hoping to catch some better cards. The guy in seat 8 was stacking chips quite often so I figured maybe I could be superstitious and make the move. After that, neither me nor seat 8 were catching cards and the luck seemed to move to the other side of the table. I couldn’t seem to catch anything all night long. The best hands I saw were QQ and AKs and I’ll tell you exactly how they went down below.

QQ

I had a great position on the button and unfortunately for me, nobody had called before then. I bet $20 hoping to simply pick up $7 from the blinds. However, both blinds called and we got to see a flop. The flop came down Jack high so I felt very comfortable with my hand. I bet $25 again to see how I was doing and the big blind was the lone caller. The turn came an Ace and I bet $30. My opponent raised me to $90 and I folded on a good read. I could have gone all in and won, but I’m not one to risk that many chips against a possible Ax. I showed my queens and folded, while my opponent showed pocket kings and told me how upset he was that he didn’t reraise before the flop or on the flop.

AKs

I was under the gun in this hand, so I just called $5 hoping for somebody else to raise my hand, while also identifying any strong hands at the table. Five people called and the button raised to $25. The small blind called and there was $75 in the pot now. I reraised the $25 to $65 knowing that only a very strong hand would have called me, besides to two players who already had $25 in the pot. Three of my opponents called the reraise, and they likely had big cards in their hands.

The flop came down QJJ with a diamond, club, and a spade. I couldn’t even backdraw to a flush! I checked to see what kind of action would follow. The first player bet $50, the second player raised to $125, and the third player went all-in. I had nothing, so I had to fold. To my surprise, all three players went all-in on the flop and showed some very strong hands, except one guy. One player showed AQ, another QQ, and the last K10.

So as you can see, I couldn’t hit a hand all night, which is why I lost $800 over the course of 7 1/2 hours. I’ve won more in a lesser amount of time, so I’m not too upset about it.

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