Sunday at Foxwoods

What started as a "field trip" for my monthly HPT game evolved into a chance meeting of a couple other bloggers. The HPT crew was mostly there for the 11am $100 tournament, some of the early birds played in the 9am $60 turbo as well. Wonka and I arrived shortly after 9am and took seats at 1/2 tables waiting for the tourney to start. Byron opted not play in the tournament and played cash all day. None of us did well in the tournament; I went out 27th and Dave went out 22nd, both short of the money - 200 entrants payed out 20 places.

After busting I sat at a 1/2 table with Wonka and CK. She and F-Train were in town for the Sox-Yankees game but the ticket holder ended up not making it so they stayed at Foxwoods. I did not get to spend much time with F-train as he was playing 10/20, but CK was 2 seats to my left so we were able to chat quite a bit. PokahDave moved to our table later, so we had 4 bloggers passing around chips.

The nice thing about the 1/2 tables at Foxwoods is so many players try to play tournament style poker in a cash game. The guy on my right was clearly trying to buy pots all night. I have a very good read on him, he claimed that he was playing "power poker" by making large bets into small pots with air, so I waited for the right moment to trap him. He bets $50 into a $6 pot, and I know he has nothing so I flat call. He bets $50 on the turn, again I flat call. $100 on the river and I call, he says "I have an Ace!" showing A8o for Ace-High, to which I reply "I have two!" showing AA. He goes on super tilt saying that I should have known my Aces were no good on that board the way he was betting, I tell him they were good because of the way he was betting.

I of course wanted to stay for another dealer or two, but everyone was leaving so I rack up and call it a day. CK and F-Train it was a pleasure to meet both of you.

Going to Vegas Baby!

A good friend of mine has a convention in Vegas next month, and offered me a free room. I went on the same trip last year, which was about a week after getting home from Iraq. I have been procrastinating at making my reservation for a couple months now, but finally took care of it this morning. May 13-16 I will be in Sin City.

Last year I played a couple tournaments at Caesars, and spread my cash games around the strip. I am open to recommendations for favored poker rooms if anyone has any.

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