Very Little Poker
Wouldn't you know right when I start to get back into the grove of playing again work goes nuts and I don't get to play at all last weekend, this week, and now it looks like next week is shot too. O well. I have been playing a little bit online at FullTilt. The games there are just great. Very profitable right now. Lots of players from Party must be there. I also here that Pokerstars is going nuts as well. I need to put some money over there and check it out.
I was in Central Washington yesterday for work and I decided to check out the only card room in Wenatchee, Wa that has poker. I went to this place called Kegler's. It was a bowling ally, a card room, mini-casino, and also has a car service shop. The Kegler's have a nice business going over there. Get a lube, and get lubed playing poker, sweet. The room was pretty small. The biggest game they had going last night was $3/6, and they said they get a $4/8 going on Sunday's. Most of the people I met were locals and regulars. They all seemed to know each other. It was a very pleasant game full of typical $3/6 players. I sat down, chatted it up a bit, and had no intention of playing very long. Just wanted to check out the room. I played somewhat solid poker for about 1/2 hour, and was up $15. I then had to go, so on my button I announced I was going to raise every hand pre-flop when it got to me. I played solid after the flop, but pre-flop I put in as much as I could. It was fun to see the reaction at the table. I created so much action that three people busted in that one round. I did not get one playable hand so all the hands but one I dumped on the flop. The one hand I played to the river I flopped bottom pair and knew it was good and bet it the whole way, then checked the river when I knew someone else hit a pair. It was still checked around and I was right. Very funny and fun. I made this one guy, who happened to be the only decent player at the table, a ton(relative to $3/6) of money. He also happened to be the lucky guy at the table too during that round. He flopped a full house with 22's against a pair of KK's when it was capped pre-flop. The KK's went with him to the river. How about a few observations.
#1) No one was aggressive pre-flop. Lots of limping and multi-way flops. When I did raise it did not matter anyway. That was typical $3/6. #2) No one could lay a hand down. If anyone picked up a draw or a pair on the flop it went to the river. This is a symptom of low limit. If you even want to have a chance to win you have to get rid of that habit. The only other somewhat decent player at the table had this problem. He had pretty good pre-flop hand selection, but once he saw the flop he could not lay it down, even given a substantial preponderance of evidence he was beat. That is a recipe for losing.
The rest of the people at the table had horrible pre-flop hand selection, showed no aggression to protect hands, and called way too much. All pretty typical low limit action.
I did have a great time however, the players were all very nice, and having fun( I think) while losing. The rake was 10% up to $3 with no jackpot drop which made the game somewhat beatable. I will be back when I get a chance to go over there again for work and try to play a little longer. For those of you who care I lost $48, all in the last round of raising. Just my little contribution to the poker community in Wenatchee. Hope you are all winning and have a great weekend....SJ
I was in Central Washington yesterday for work and I decided to check out the only card room in Wenatchee, Wa that has poker. I went to this place called Kegler's. It was a bowling ally, a card room, mini-casino, and also has a car service shop. The Kegler's have a nice business going over there. Get a lube, and get lubed playing poker, sweet. The room was pretty small. The biggest game they had going last night was $3/6, and they said they get a $4/8 going on Sunday's. Most of the people I met were locals and regulars. They all seemed to know each other. It was a very pleasant game full of typical $3/6 players. I sat down, chatted it up a bit, and had no intention of playing very long. Just wanted to check out the room. I played somewhat solid poker for about 1/2 hour, and was up $15. I then had to go, so on my button I announced I was going to raise every hand pre-flop when it got to me. I played solid after the flop, but pre-flop I put in as much as I could. It was fun to see the reaction at the table. I created so much action that three people busted in that one round. I did not get one playable hand so all the hands but one I dumped on the flop. The one hand I played to the river I flopped bottom pair and knew it was good and bet it the whole way, then checked the river when I knew someone else hit a pair. It was still checked around and I was right. Very funny and fun. I made this one guy, who happened to be the only decent player at the table, a ton(relative to $3/6) of money. He also happened to be the lucky guy at the table too during that round. He flopped a full house with 22's against a pair of KK's when it was capped pre-flop. The KK's went with him to the river. How about a few observations.
#1) No one was aggressive pre-flop. Lots of limping and multi-way flops. When I did raise it did not matter anyway. That was typical $3/6. #2) No one could lay a hand down. If anyone picked up a draw or a pair on the flop it went to the river. This is a symptom of low limit. If you even want to have a chance to win you have to get rid of that habit. The only other somewhat decent player at the table had this problem. He had pretty good pre-flop hand selection, but once he saw the flop he could not lay it down, even given a substantial preponderance of evidence he was beat. That is a recipe for losing.
The rest of the people at the table had horrible pre-flop hand selection, showed no aggression to protect hands, and called way too much. All pretty typical low limit action.
I did have a great time however, the players were all very nice, and having fun( I think) while losing. The rake was 10% up to $3 with no jackpot drop which made the game somewhat beatable. I will be back when I get a chance to go over there again for work and try to play a little longer. For those of you who care I lost $48, all in the last round of raising. Just my little contribution to the poker community in Wenatchee. Hope you are all winning and have a great weekend....SJ
posted by Seattlejohn at 4:24 PM
2 Comments:
Good write up. I heard about Daniel N. doing something similar at 200/400 (raising every hand preflop).
I find myself begging people to re-raise me, if only to isolate. It seems that when someone raises in early position, it's an invitation to get six callers. It's to the point that I hate seeing AA UTG when I'm playing 4/8. Hell, 10/20 is the new 4/8. I see the same problems there, too.
You've described one of my favorite things to do, hit a low stakes game in some small card room somewhere in America. It's nice to be anonymous and just play for the pleasure of it.
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