Foxwoods Trip Report
I apologize for the lack of updates, but there's a good reason!
To make a long story short, I got a puppy a few days ago, and it ended up being extremely sick. It was 24/7 puppy watch, and I ended up having to return it to the kennel so that they could treat him properly. It would have cost me thousands upon thousands of dollars to treat the dog, and after having it for two days, I wasn't ready to invest 5 grand into a dog, no matter how cute it was - especially if the kennel would do it for nothing.
Anyway, the trip report.
I got the night off and headed down to Foxwoods for some live action poker. I bought in to an $80 SNG and busted out quickly, but I got all of the "action junkie seth" out of me before I headed into the cash games, which definitely helped me out.
There were no real hands to speak of in the $80 SNG. I made some good folds, played a good game, but ended up having to push or fold and got caught on a steal from the cutoff. So that was it. The real story was at 2/5NL.
I sat down and bought in for the max - $500. The very first hand I was dealt were two black queens in the big blind. Action was raised to $20 from middle position, and the button popped it up to $60. I puked, thought about it, puked again, and decided to flat call from the blind, knowing that if I hit the flop, I'd stack somebody. The original bettor moved all-in without hesitation for $600, the button called $300, and I folded instantly. The original bettor showed two red queens, while the caller showed two black kings. Good fold, I suppose. I was basically drawing completely dead.
The next few hands, I called $20 and $30 raises with suited connectors and suited gappers hoping to hit a big flop, but came up empty each time. Before I knew it, I was down to $300 in chips. I decided to pull out a move that made me a bunch of money in London - the old donk bluff.
From UTG, I called with 54 offsuit, hoping somebody would raise. Sure enough, a middle position player made it $25 to go, and the big blind raised to $75. I called without hesitation, planning to push anything on the flop. The original bettor folded, and I, having position on the big blind, left him guessing the strength of my hand.
The flop was monstrous, A Q T. He checked, and I pushed immediately. He thought for a full minute and folded KK faceup, certain that I got a piece of the flop. I showed the 54 offsuit to the entire table, and everybody oo'd and ah'd. Two players shook their heads, one person told me I'd be broke in ten minutes.
I raked in the pot, and twenty minutes later found KK in the big blind. An UTG raiser made it $25 to go, the small blind called - the same guy I bluffed with 54o - and I made it $75 even to play. Both players called.
The flop was J 9 6 rainbow. The small blind checked, and I pushed. The UTG player folded, and the SB called instantly with AJ and didn't improve. He told me he put me on AK.
Score one for the good guys! I was sitting on a stack of $600. Exactly two hands later, I found KK on the button. An MP player raised to $30 even, I re-raised to $90, he re-raised to $200, and I put him all-in for his last $200.
"Do you have aces?" I asked.
"No, don't tell me you have kings again..."
He turned over QQ, failed to suckout, and there I was on a stack of slightly more than $1000.
I played a few more hands, then got up and got myself some steak, bought my girlfriend an emerald necklace, and headed home for some shuteye. Here I am now. It's late, I'm exhausted, and I'm going to sleep. Happy holiday weekend!
To make a long story short, I got a puppy a few days ago, and it ended up being extremely sick. It was 24/7 puppy watch, and I ended up having to return it to the kennel so that they could treat him properly. It would have cost me thousands upon thousands of dollars to treat the dog, and after having it for two days, I wasn't ready to invest 5 grand into a dog, no matter how cute it was - especially if the kennel would do it for nothing.
Anyway, the trip report.
I got the night off and headed down to Foxwoods for some live action poker. I bought in to an $80 SNG and busted out quickly, but I got all of the "action junkie seth" out of me before I headed into the cash games, which definitely helped me out.
There were no real hands to speak of in the $80 SNG. I made some good folds, played a good game, but ended up having to push or fold and got caught on a steal from the cutoff. So that was it. The real story was at 2/5NL.
I sat down and bought in for the max - $500. The very first hand I was dealt were two black queens in the big blind. Action was raised to $20 from middle position, and the button popped it up to $60. I puked, thought about it, puked again, and decided to flat call from the blind, knowing that if I hit the flop, I'd stack somebody. The original bettor moved all-in without hesitation for $600, the button called $300, and I folded instantly. The original bettor showed two red queens, while the caller showed two black kings. Good fold, I suppose. I was basically drawing completely dead.
The next few hands, I called $20 and $30 raises with suited connectors and suited gappers hoping to hit a big flop, but came up empty each time. Before I knew it, I was down to $300 in chips. I decided to pull out a move that made me a bunch of money in London - the old donk bluff.
From UTG, I called with 54 offsuit, hoping somebody would raise. Sure enough, a middle position player made it $25 to go, and the big blind raised to $75. I called without hesitation, planning to push anything on the flop. The original bettor folded, and I, having position on the big blind, left him guessing the strength of my hand.
The flop was monstrous, A Q T. He checked, and I pushed immediately. He thought for a full minute and folded KK faceup, certain that I got a piece of the flop. I showed the 54 offsuit to the entire table, and everybody oo'd and ah'd. Two players shook their heads, one person told me I'd be broke in ten minutes.
I raked in the pot, and twenty minutes later found KK in the big blind. An UTG raiser made it $25 to go, the small blind called - the same guy I bluffed with 54o - and I made it $75 even to play. Both players called.
The flop was J 9 6 rainbow. The small blind checked, and I pushed. The UTG player folded, and the SB called instantly with AJ and didn't improve. He told me he put me on AK.
Score one for the good guys! I was sitting on a stack of $600. Exactly two hands later, I found KK on the button. An MP player raised to $30 even, I re-raised to $90, he re-raised to $200, and I put him all-in for his last $200.
"Do you have aces?" I asked.
"No, don't tell me you have kings again..."
He turned over QQ, failed to suckout, and there I was on a stack of slightly more than $1000.
I played a few more hands, then got up and got myself some steak, bought my girlfriend an emerald necklace, and headed home for some shuteye. Here I am now. It's late, I'm exhausted, and I'm going to sleep. Happy holiday weekend!
