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Chewits United Kingdom. Feb 10 2009 05:12. Posts 2539 | | |
So I headed down to this card room near me last night for a tourney. Now I have played Poker with friends at mine and their houses before, but never at a casino/card room before. So I was a little nervous, but actually more excited. Here in Northern Ireland, Poker is a bit of a grey area when it comes to the law. I am sure some of you will have heard about the card room that got raided by the police a few years ago, and also the moving of the N.I poker championship down across the border, which was also called off due to police pressure. N.I has different laws than that of mainland UK, regarding gambling laws. THe main reason, is because of paramilitary groups, who could exploit it and use it as fronts to lauder money. But these times are mainly in the past, so i hope the laws changes soon. So as you can imagine playing poker Live in N.I is not easy. But I heard about this place on the net, and it does seem pretty legit. I dont know how it is legit, but it is a nice setup. Pretty much it mainly does Poker games, but has loads of slot machines and roulette, blackjack etc. It is a mini casino.
So anyway, the tourney was a £20 BI, with 2 rebuys. Start stack 4k, first rebuy if below 4k - 6k, and addon after first break, 8k. There were 45 entries, and first place was £900, with top 6 being paid. Not bad. I went with the mindset, to check the place out, enjoy myself and just see how it goes. I didint really want to use both my buy ins, and would be happy, if I go out early. So down to the players on my table. I think, our table was possibly the best table in the tourney. These guys were ALL talk, showing cards galore. Which was great for me lol. I just kept my mouth shut and never showed, if I took down a pot. I think it started to piss them off. I was playing relatively laggish early on, applying pressure, seeing where I stood. I got some pretty nice flops.
But then I made a BIG schoolboy error. Being my first time at a proper casino poker table, I was still learning how the betting worked. THe blinds were 150/300 I believe, and I was on the Button. I put in a 1k chip, and then said Raise. Where as i should have been saying raise then chip in. The reason is, that if you put a single chip in preflop, with no wording, then its taken as a call. News to me! lol The blinds just called/checked. I had like Q9suited, and flopped a straight, was checked to me and i bet 30% of pot, they both fold. This is where i made mistake, I showed my hand, and everyone was like "wtf Q9!? This kid is getting fkin raised now" lol. Maybe it was good, but i dunno. Another monster hand i picked up was this. Was UTG+1, had 44. Called, and it was folded round to SB, who had a good think about raising, then decided to just flat call, with BB checking. Board came 4s 6d 4d - sick flop lol. He bet bout 2k into the 6k pot, BB folded, i call. turn brought another diamond. He bets 3.7k now, and I raise to 7.8k, and then he shoves it all in, and i snap call him. He shows the K high flush, and I pick up a pretty sick pot lol.
So right now, I am sitting with around 70k chips, with average around 30k. I had been playing well, and bar one or two players at the table, they were all pretty shit. One guy had picked up KK 4 times at the table, showing EVERY time lol. He was so bad. He made a horrible call with 57o with a 3 5 9 board. Other guy had AA, and river brought another 5. He was bad, and was getting very lucky. Thankfully I bullied him with my stack and pushed him all in with AJsuited, vs his A6o, which took him out. Then I made a bad play, which made me start to play bad I think. I had picked up pocket 44 again, and the Button makes a small raise of 4.7k, (the blinds are 1/2k). I call from the BB. Now before the dealer shows the flop, he announces that he is allin blind. Flop is 7 9 9. His all in was around 24k, and I had about 60k. I REALLY should have folded here, but I honestly thought he was bullshitting. It was a bad read and a bad call, he turns over AA and I loose alot of chips.
After that hand, i just start getting utter trash hands, and blinds were going up pretty steep. I tried to make some plays, but completey missing the flop, and allthough trying to stab it, everytime ppl check/raising or coming over top with me. I was down to about 6-7 BBs, and now my only move was all in. Picked up AQ, mid position, and i shove it all in (at this point ive got 35k, and blinds are 3/6k), and i get a fast allin from a pretty big stack who had just moved from another table. He shows AK, and the board is dry, and i bust out in 12th place.
So I didint win anything, but I thought I played pretty well. I defintely was pissing off some of the players at the table, especially this one guy, who seriously would not shut the fuck up. He was yap yap yap yap, bla blablabla. Thank god for earphones!
A good night and good fun, and I will be definitely going back.
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fun fun
lol I went to a 1/2 game on sunday, the last time I played live was 2/5. One of the first hands I flopped the nut straight, and I make a standard cbet... 25 into 15. They folded  |
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Chewits United Kingdom. Feb 10 2009 12:38. Posts 2539 | | |
Yeah, quite a few of them played pretty tight, but they all showed their hands so much, it was priceless. It was like "look at me with my pocket pair, i take this pot and u all suck" lol
Being my first ever live poker session at a casino, I am pretty happy. 12th outa 45 isnt too bad lol. Def gonna kill it next week :D |
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