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Won $1187 Playing $2-$5 at South Point, Busted the Table in 30 Minutes

October 26, 2007

I was going to play at Caesar’s Palace tonight, but got off to a late start. Instead, I chose a local casino, the one where you see famous poker players on that TV show, High Stakes Poker. I pulled up to the valet and tried to find the poker room, hoping there was a game with my usual stakes. Fortunately, the poker room at South Point is quite large, and there were about 5 or 6 games going on, although most were low stakes.

I had to get on the list in order to play, which I didn’t expect since there were so many games. I put my name on the list for $1-$3NL and $2-$5NL. After about 10 minutes, the floorman put me on a $1-$3 table and I played a whopping 1 hand before I heard somebody announce “Attention poker players, there’s an open seat in $2-$5NL Texas Holdem Poker.” I walked up to the floorman and complained about how I wasn’t offered the game, and finally sat down to play.

My first hand was AJs, and I raised it to $25 from under the gun. A couple players called and I flopped my ace. I bet $25 again to see where I was at, getting two callers. The turn card was a blank, so I decided to dig in a little bit more, betting $50. Both players called once again. I figured that the first player was a weaker player, simply calling because he wanted to hit a draw, and the player behind him, who seemed to know what he was doing, was simply calling on a basis of pot odds with a pair and a draw. The river came down the 3c and didn’t complete any draws. I checked my hand, hoping for somebody to bluff as I knew I was in good shape. The player right behind me checked and the final player bet $100. I raised him all in for another $400 and they both folded.

The next hand I looked down to see AQo. I raised once again and got a couple callers. The flop was QQ10 which was probably the best flop I could have seen as far as action goes. I bet $25 and was raised to $50. I reraised to $250 and one of my opponents called. The turn came a blank, I went all in and he called. I showed my hand and he mucked, busting him out of the table.

In the meantime, a couple players began racking their chips up. I was starting to wear the players down just after a couple hands.

My next hand I was on the big blind with AA. One player had raised to $25 and another called. I reraised to $75 and both players called. I hit my set on the flop of A89. I bet $150 into my opponents and both called, making them both all-in. I showed my hand, won the pot, and busted out these two players. The players who were racking up their chips left the table and it was now a heads up match between me and another player who had about $400 or so.

I started as the button and looked down at A10s. I raised to $25 and my opponent called. I hit my ace on the flop and bet another $25, getting a call. I bet another $50 on the turn and he called. The river came and I bet $50 once again, causing my opponent to fold.

The next hand started and I found AA once again. I raised to $25 and got a call. This time I hit my set on the flop and bet $25. The turn came and I bet $60, which my opponent called again. I bet $100 on the river, got called and showed my aces. My opponent had a little less than $200 left.

I was on the button once again and saw JJ. This time I slow played and just called the $5 blind. My opponent checked and we saw a flop. You wouldn’t believe it, I hit another set! Since I was on the button this time, he checked and I bet $25, which he called. I bet $50 on the turn and got another call. The river came and I simply went all in, causing him to put in about $125 in chips to make a call. I won the hand and had completely busted the table!

Good nights like this don’t happen very often, bit it’s nights like this that make playing poker fun.

Current bankroll: : $2,681

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