So I heard that Hollywood in Shreveport now spreads a $2/$5 NL game with a $300 max buy in. Perfect. Im there dude!
I got to watch a few hands before my name was called. Jesus Christ these guys were bad. I thought I was watching Party Poker play money tables. So I buy in for $300.
Relevant players:
Seat #1...young guy with ear ring. Has $900 or so but hes talking about needing to double up so he can get even for the last 2 weeks
Seat #2...Moron..busts over and over again
Seat #3...happy asian guy seems to know what hes doing but playing short stack
Seat #4...serious asian guy..means business, plays tight.
Seat #5...comes in mid session. Table captain. knows some guys there and tell one that he shouldve staked him in some tourny because he won. Talks about pot odd calls and liking to have live cards. A real know-it-all. Annoying but seems to know his stuff (until I see him play)
Seat #6...Young guy...average player keeps getting out drawn
Seat #7....Redneck. Has no clue but thinks he does
Seat #8....Playing ok, winning some big pots
Seat #9....Business man has big stack but is clueless. Doesnt know the simplest poker terms. Bets and folds out of order.
Seat #10...Very good tight aggressive....Oh wait...thats me in seat #10.
A couple big pots for background. Seat #6 raises to $25 with JJ. Seat #7 calls with TT. Seat #8 calls with AA. Seat #9 calls with KK. Of course I didnt know the hands at the time. Why isnt someone reraising. People have been calling $100 preflop with crap. The flop is
![The Queen of Hearts [Qh]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Qh.gif)
Turn J...River A. AA wins. JJ gets pissed because he thought he caught a miracle. TT says "I told you I had the winner" and has the dealer flip up his TT which wouldve hit a gutshot.
Another big pot. Redneck seat #7 raises to $25. 1 call, then someone reraises to $100. Redneck calls and they are heads up. Flop
![The Jack of Hearts [Jh]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Jh.gif)
![The King of Hearts [Kh]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Kh.gif)
There are alot of big reraises and sometimes people open raising to $100 and getting called.
Hand #1) My 1st big hand......I raise UTG to $25 with
![The Ace of Spades [As]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/As.gif)
Hand #2) I limp with 99. Flop comes 5 way and is
![The King of Spades [Ks]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ks.gif)
![The Ace of Spades [As]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/As.gif)
Hand #3) Redneck open raises to $25. Business man is losing his ass now and calls. I reraise to $100 with KK. Redneck calls. Surprise surprise. I have another $300 and he has me covered. Business man folds.
The flop is
![The Ten of Spades [Ts]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ts.gif)
![The Jack of Spades [Js]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Js.gif)
Hand #4) 2 limpers and I raise to $40 with JJ in the BB. Seat #1 calls as does young guy in seat #6. $120 in pot. The flop comes
![The Queen of Diamonds [Qd]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Qd.gif)
![The King of Diamonds [Kd]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Kd.gif)
When new guy table captain sits down he posts a blind out of turn. There are 3 limpers and he raises to $40. Everyone folds and he says "I had a real hand" and shows ATs. Next hand he raises to $40 preflop with JTs. Hes raising like this constantly with like $150 in his stack. I decide to target him.
Hand #5) I limp UTG with
![The Ace of Diamonds [Ad]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ad.gif)
So the pot is $300 already. The flop comes
![The Ace of Hearts [Ah]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ah.gif)
The table captain hits a flush with his
![The King of Hearts [Kh]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Kh.gif)
It went on and on like this all afternoon. People calling raises and reraises with no implied odds.
Check this out. Unraised pot. Flop is T85. Checked around. Turn is a jack. Hobbit bets $100 into the $15 pot. Redneck calls him. Hobbit has J5. Redneck has QJ. The board pairs the 8 and counterfeits the Hobbits 2 pair. Redneck wins with jacks and 8's and a queen kicker.
I just cant believe what Im watching. Now I know how TheUnknownPlayer makes so much money playing live. Im down $600 and Im only willing to play one more buy in. I mean, this game is as juicy as it gets and I know if I can double up, I'll clean these guys out and build a monster stack, but this doesnt seem to be my day so one more buy in and Im out.
Last hand......I have JJ on the button. 5 people limp. I could see a cheap flop but I know I have the best hand so I raise to $40. ALL 5 PEOPLE CALL $40. Jesus christ. 8 BB raise and they still all like their hands. Some of them only have $100 or so left. What could they possible be calling with? The pot is already $240 and I have $230 left.
The flop comes 882. It gets checked to me. I dont see any other way to play this. I push all in. If someone has an 8 so be it. It gets folded to seat #8 who calls. He flips up quad 8s. Back to online poker for me.
I really wasnt too upset. I think I played well. I just never got a break. It would be so easy to double up and double up again in this game. It just didnt work out for me this time.
The AKs hand where I went all in preflop I couldve called the reraise and saw a flop I guess.
The last JJ hand I could limped and looked for a set, but I knew I had the best had (which I did). I didnt expect 5 callers for $40.
The KK hand he hit a 2 outer.
The AK vs K8s hand....nothing to say about that...its obvious.
Someone please tell me if they see any glaring mistakes on my part. Espccially Mad Genius since I think he plays the $2/$5 live game alot.