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K40Cheddar United States. Oct 10 2011 20:48. Posts 2202 | | |
Sup LP. Ever since the DOJ stuff has happened I've been extremely sad and haven't blogged since April because I haven't had any poker related things to talk about. Well that all changed last weekend.
edzwoo, jas0n, hneaz and I all decided to go on a casino trip to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Since we're all based in Champaign/Urbana Illinois the trip took a little under two hours. I was preparing for my first ever trip to a casino since I turned 21 in August and I was super pumped. It was going to be the first time I had played real money poker since April and I just couldn't wait.
We get there around 11:00 P.M and the place is super packed. We headed straight to the poker tables to play some 1/2 holdem. At first, I felt like a complete noob cause I had never been to a casino before and had no idea where to go or what to do. Luckily for me edzwoo and jas0n were pretty helpful at getting me settled in and avoiding ways not to be "that guy" at the table.
So I sit down at a random table and immediately love the atmosphere. I decided to go with just a normal jacket and hat look rather than bringing in the sunglasses and headphones like a tool. I wasn't that worried about keeping my cool. The first hand I play Q8s in the BB and hit a flush on the turn. My heart rate immediately jumped. I have never felt that feeling playing online but in person its just a huge thrill. Unfortunately, I got a little nervous betting and was fumbling chips a bit. I probably could have gotten some more value on the river but I got jittery putting chips in and a couple guys commented on it. After about 30 minutes to and hour though, the nerves wore off.
I had always heard that live poker players suck balls and that was pretty apparent have like 3 hands. This tool sitting on my right who thinks he's really boss (acting like "that guy" 3 bets some guy pre. Some ghetto fish who keeps talking about how its his birthday calls. Flop comes K55. 3betting tool cbets normally and the other guy jams all in. Tool is like "aw shit man I think you got me here I gotta fold". He folds and flips up AA. He already committed like 1/2-2/3 his stack too. You could tell everyone at the table is like "wtf are you doing". That guy continued to talk a lot of strategy (really bad strategy) the whole time and make fun of people for playing hands they shouldn't play. I just went along with everything he said and agreed with him even though everything he said was pretty much incorrect. My goal was just to have a good time and be agreeable with people so when I win it's not a big deal.
I played for about 6 hours. Surprisingly, the table was full most of the time and when it got low more people came in to sit down quickly. The next result was a +$290 profit which really made me feel good for the first time playing live poker in a casino. I preceded to chill with edzwoo and hneaz at the penny slots. Not gonna lie, those slots are some of the most fun things I've ever played in my entire life even though I know it's completely -EV. Here's a video of the experience. I think it should work but it might not. I'm the guy with the hat on the right, edzwoo is on the left, and hneaz is talking.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1674821187578
Overall, it was a pretty sick trip. I came out ahead and hneaz made a slight profit. I don't remember how jas0n did. Edzwoo was the biggest loser of the bunch, although he claims that he "ran really bad". I'll let you ask him how much he lost.
TL;DR ???
-went to Horseshoe casino in Hammond Indiana
-Made $290 playing 1/2 NL holdem
-Played penny slots for awhile had a blast
-Got back at 9 AM super tired and slept all day
I'm looking forward to going again. I just loved the atmosphere and experience so much.
Thanks for reading!
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edzwoo United States. Oct 10 2011 21:38. Posts 5911 | | |
lol you make me come off so bad |
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BangYu United States. Oct 10 2011 21:50. Posts 251 | | |
dam u guys live not too far away from me. I live in Dupage county. Would be cool to meet up with some sc / poker players. I Go to the casinos a lot myself
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Endo United States. Oct 10 2011 21:57. Posts 953 | | |
but how much did he lose? |
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hneaz United States. Oct 10 2011 22:16. Posts 79 | | |
Can people watch this video on facebook? I have it on private. I can post it on youtube so that people can watch.
Also, you forgot to mention the awesome dinner at Chilli's. You had that dessert that made you run so good. |
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edzwoo United States. Oct 10 2011 22:17. Posts 5911 | | |
wanted to play 2/5 but atm withdraw is capped at $500. instead i got stuck $900 at 1/2 because the dealer's shuffling RNG was clearly rigged.
it's okay though because i went up $10 from penny slots. |
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edzwoo United States. Oct 10 2011 22:18. Posts 5911 | | |
| | On October 10 2011 21:16 hneaz wrote:
Can people watch this video on facebook? I have it on private. I can post it on youtube so that people can watch. |
PLEASE DO NOT LOL |
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hneaz United States. Oct 10 2011 22:26. Posts 79 | | |
| | On October 10 2011 21:17 edzwoo wrote:
it's okay though because i went up $10 from penny slots. |
He was down to about $0.20 after mistakenly betting 75 cents from the dollar and then won like $8 or smth like that. Pretty sick. |
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slot machines tilt the fuck out of me lol
slot machines simplified: a machine that takes ur dollar and spits out 90 cents. it's probably the worst form of gambling you can find in the casino besides keno.
people who play slot machines srsmode should srsly not breed |
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Jas0n United States. Oct 11 2011 00:08. Posts 1866 | | | |
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NewbSaibot United States. Oct 11 2011 00:45. Posts 4943 | | |
I went to a casino once, and observing your average slot machine player was really depressing. Either single middle-aged women gambling some perset amount because they're lonely and nobody wants them, the occasional tourist who wins big (I was walking by right as some guy won $10,000 and his whole family was next to him jumping and cheering), and then the sad poor lowerclass people actually trying to make money, or perhaps a living at these things. I always wanted to try a slot machine so we donked off like $20 just to see what it was like, and some clearly low income couple sits next to us. They were just feeding money into the machine like it was their job. The husband never looked at us once, but his wife was a little talkative, telling us shit about how many times you gotta play to turn some profit and shit I cant even remember. I wanted to ask "you didnt just come here with your paycheck you cashed at the grocery store did you? Lady, please go home and buy some dinner instead". |
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Ket  United Kingdom. Oct 11 2011 01:07. Posts 8665 | | |
video was amusing, u bunch of donks:D reading op makes me remember how much fun poker was (esp playing live) when i was new to it |
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edzwoo United States. Oct 11 2011 03:08. Posts 5911 | | |
| | On October 11 2011 00:07 Ket wrote:
video was amusing |
brb jumping out window |
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tooker . Oct 11 2011 05:06. Posts 470 | | |
Is there anyone else going to Hammond for the wsop circut next week? Also I was born in champaign and lived there for the first six years of my life  |
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patmcgroin Afghanistan. Oct 11 2011 10:02. Posts 830 | | |
cant see video, post on youtube |
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hneaz United States. Oct 11 2011 16:53. Posts 79 | | |
| | On October 11 2011 09:02 patmcgroin wrote:
cant see video, post on youtube |
Sorry, I only have it on Facebook. Im grinding full time job interviews right now and I dont want employers to think Im a degen (which I actually am). |
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