Well, I got home early afternoon yesterday, and really wish I could have stayed a bit longer. I really enjoyed my stay at the hotel and gained some more experience with live poker. My hotel room was exactly as described and had everything that I needed for a good nights sleep (except for the thin walls that allowed me to hear the loud discussion/arguement in the room next to mine at 1 in the morning, but that was resolved with a call to the desk and they sent security up to ask them to quiet it down). My biggest gripe about the hotel room was having to pay for internet and wireless not being available, come on folks get with the program here and upgrade your systems and give us free wireless internet. The only other issue I had was the long walk to the casino from the hotel, even though they have a golf cart shuttle that you can use if you wish it still takes a good 10 mins to walk to the casino from your hotel room. Not much can be done about this but if I were to have the choice between this casino/hotel to another one with a shorter walk I would be inclined to say that I would take the other one.
On day 3 of my trip (Thursday) I played my 2nd tourney of the trip. The tourney didn't go as well as I would have liked it to. Late in the first hour I was in the BB with AK and got raised by the CO (who had just been involved in a hand where his TT got beat). I re-raised him to 1200 and he shoved his stack which made it ~1k to call. I made the call and was not able to beat his 77. The very next hand I picked up AJs and shoved into the blinds and a few limpers. I got called by a guy with 44 and managed to flop a broadway draw and turned the broadway. Leading up to the 1st break (end of 2nd hour) I didn't get very many cards and didn't pick up many chips. Just before the break I was in the BB with 64 of diamonds. It limped around to me and I checked. The flop came 8 high with 2 diamonds and a 6 on the board. I had ~2k and there was ~800 in the pot, so I shoved my middle pair and flush draw. I get called by and everyone else folds. I flip over my middle pair and am ahead at the moment but he flips over AQ of diamonds so he has my flush draw beat. Well a diamond came on the turn and I was sent to the rail with a bitter taste in my mouth (nice over call with your naked flush draw, this isn't the internet).
My next trip up will probably be in late October for the WSOP-c event that is being held up there. Hopefully I will have more luck in the tourneys I decide to play than I did in these. Also I hope to have more funds to play more cash games than I was able to this trip since they were rather juicy and as weak as a $0.01/$0.02 table on PS.
Until the next update,
Merch
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Horseshoe Southern Indiana (Day 2)
Today started out with me sleeping in and just getting some good peaceful sleep in my hotel room. I decided to run into town (New Albany) to pick up some lunch and some things for me to eat for breakfast for the next few days. The drive was not as bad as I was expecting it. I did however miss my turn that was to take me to Wal-mart but still managed to get to Kroger. There is nothing surrounding the casino/hotel to go get food or anything like that besides the shops and restaurants within the casino/hotel. There is a gas station as well as a waffle house within 10 mins of the casino and not too far away from the nearest hotel (Holiday Inn Express), and the Kroger or Walmart are only about a 15-20 min drive away.
Once I made it back from the grocery I ate my lunch and then headed down to the casino for some slot play. I found a $0.01 machine that I played on for about a hour and ended up being down $10. I went back to my room for a little rest and relaxation before heading back down later on in the night. I went back to the same machine and played for almost 2 hours and managed to gain a daily profit of $24, of which I gave back to the machine later in the night. It was a fun day though that resulted in me breaking even for the day and just enjoying a slow and relaxing day.
Tomorrow brings a new day and a new tourney for me. I will be getting to bed shortly so that I will be rested up for my noon start of my tourney.
Until the next update,
Merch
Once I made it back from the grocery I ate my lunch and then headed down to the casino for some slot play. I found a $0.01 machine that I played on for about a hour and ended up being down $10. I went back to my room for a little rest and relaxation before heading back down later on in the night. I went back to the same machine and played for almost 2 hours and managed to gain a daily profit of $24, of which I gave back to the machine later in the night. It was a fun day though that resulted in me breaking even for the day and just enjoying a slow and relaxing day.
Tomorrow brings a new day and a new tourney for me. I will be getting to bed shortly so that I will be rested up for my noon start of my tourney.
Until the next update,
Merch
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Horseshoe Southern Indiana (Day 1)
I got to the casino/hotel today at around 11:00 a.m. EST. I proceeded directly to the casino and got registered for the two events that I am going to play while I am here. After registering for my tourneys I inquired about getting checked into the hotel early. I was told to call up to the front desk and see if they could get me in for early check-in. I called up and they said they have a room available. I then went and moved my car closer to the hotel room area. I went in and got checked into my room and then moved my stuff into the room for my stay. Once I finally got everything moved up to my room I got everything arranged and situated for my stay, then I got into the shower and decided to take a quick nap before my tourney started. I also ate some lunch in my room so that I would not be distracted by any hunger pains during my tournament play.
I got down to the poker room a little before 3 (start time of my tourney). I found my seat and got comfortable and check my starting stack amount. This was a $245 Bounty tourney (Event #5 of the 1st Annual S. Indiana Horseshoe Classic), that had $200 go to the prize pool, $35 to the house, and $10 towards a bounty on your head. About the 3rd hand I got in with AJo, and didn’t flop anything but turned a Jack. I lead out and got one caller, another blank came out on the river and once again I lead out and my only opponent folded and I took down a small pot to get myself going. The rest of the first hour was pretty quiet with me folding more than playing the hand. I did manage to get a bounty late in the 2nd hour when I raised from LP with 77 into a short small blind. He shoved and everyone folded back to me. It was very little for me make the call and I did so, my opponent flipped over AJ and I managed to dodge his outs to knock him out and collect his $10 Bounty chip.
I managed to pick up another bounty when I had AQ and raised it up from middle position. One of the short stacks shoved and it folded back to me. I made the called and my opponent shoved Qx. The flop came QQx, turn was another blank, and the river was an Ace. Ship the $10 bounty chip. Towards the end of the 4th hour I was getting short and was not getting any hands. I looked at the first card that was dealt to me on the button and it was an Ace, I didn’t even look at my 2nd card. A very loose player limped in from EP and I shoved all in. He thought for a moment and finally called. I flipped over my 2nd card first, it was a Jack. My opponent flipped over A9 and my unsuited AJ held for a much needed double up.
When we came back from the break I was once again under 10 BBs. I got AK and shoved into an early position raise, it folded back to him and he folded giving me the antes and blinds. Not too long after I got moved to another table and was dealt KQ in the BB. A player had raised it up in Middle Position and I was sitting with 7 BBs, I shoved into him and he called with KK. I didn’t flop any draws and the turn card brought me nothing but an end to my day. I finished 22nd out of 97 entrants, with the tourney paying top 9.
I felt that I played pretty good today and got some more experience playing live. Hopefully on Thursday I will be able to build on this experience and get a final table (which will more than likely mean a cash) and hopefully a win.
All in all I have enjoyed my first day here at the Horseshoe in Southern Indiana. Tomorrow I am going to go into Louisville and meet up with a high school buddy for some drinks and to just hang out and relax some more. I might get some more play in tonight or maybe tomorrow. Just determines on how I feel.
Until the next update,
Merch
I got down to the poker room a little before 3 (start time of my tourney). I found my seat and got comfortable and check my starting stack amount. This was a $245 Bounty tourney (Event #5 of the 1st Annual S. Indiana Horseshoe Classic), that had $200 go to the prize pool, $35 to the house, and $10 towards a bounty on your head. About the 3rd hand I got in with AJo, and didn’t flop anything but turned a Jack. I lead out and got one caller, another blank came out on the river and once again I lead out and my only opponent folded and I took down a small pot to get myself going. The rest of the first hour was pretty quiet with me folding more than playing the hand. I did manage to get a bounty late in the 2nd hour when I raised from LP with 77 into a short small blind. He shoved and everyone folded back to me. It was very little for me make the call and I did so, my opponent flipped over AJ and I managed to dodge his outs to knock him out and collect his $10 Bounty chip.
I managed to pick up another bounty when I had AQ and raised it up from middle position. One of the short stacks shoved and it folded back to me. I made the called and my opponent shoved Qx. The flop came QQx, turn was another blank, and the river was an Ace. Ship the $10 bounty chip. Towards the end of the 4th hour I was getting short and was not getting any hands. I looked at the first card that was dealt to me on the button and it was an Ace, I didn’t even look at my 2nd card. A very loose player limped in from EP and I shoved all in. He thought for a moment and finally called. I flipped over my 2nd card first, it was a Jack. My opponent flipped over A9 and my unsuited AJ held for a much needed double up.
When we came back from the break I was once again under 10 BBs. I got AK and shoved into an early position raise, it folded back to him and he folded giving me the antes and blinds. Not too long after I got moved to another table and was dealt KQ in the BB. A player had raised it up in Middle Position and I was sitting with 7 BBs, I shoved into him and he called with KK. I didn’t flop any draws and the turn card brought me nothing but an end to my day. I finished 22nd out of 97 entrants, with the tourney paying top 9.
I felt that I played pretty good today and got some more experience playing live. Hopefully on Thursday I will be able to build on this experience and get a final table (which will more than likely mean a cash) and hopefully a win.
All in all I have enjoyed my first day here at the Horseshoe in Southern Indiana. Tomorrow I am going to go into Louisville and meet up with a high school buddy for some drinks and to just hang out and relax some more. I might get some more play in tonight or maybe tomorrow. Just determines on how I feel.
Until the next update,
Merch
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