You would think that with a picture like the one posted here, from a 1/2 NL game, "shitty poker weekend" would not apply. You would be right if my entire weekend consisted of playing this one session at the Mirage.
So we got up to the Mirage around 6 or so. My wife and our friend were going to see Kevin James at Mirage that night at 10 PM, and we got a little poker in beforehand. I played some interesting hands here, and some hands that played themselves but were still awesome. :-)
Hand 1 : This is one that I'm really proud of how I played it, especially the river. I think it would be somewhat easy to chicken out and not reraise it. There is a straddle and I'm in the big blind with A-6 of diamonds. I call 2 more. We see the flop 4 handed. The flop comes 10-3-3 with 1 diamond. It checks around. The turn is the 4 of diamonds. I bet out $10 and get 1 caller. The river is the queen of diamonds, so I hit my flush. I bet out $25. Now the other guy raises me to $50.
It was a little tricky because we were pretty deep. I started the hand with around $300 and he had me covered. If he had a boat, I didn't want to lose my whole stack. I thought about what he could have. Definitely could have a lower flush, or he could have a 3. I was thinking flush at the time. Could he have a boat? I didn't really think so. Unless he flopped a set or turned one. I guess he could have 4-3 as well, I didn't consider that at the time. Regardless, I decided to reraise an amount where I could fold if he went all-in over the top. So I made it $125 total, he called, and he lost. He said he had a 3 and was slowplaying it. lol.
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| Short-lived success at the Mirage |
Hand 2 : Feel good hand. Haha. I call a raise to $10 with pocket 8s. The flop is a dream, 9-8-5. My wife is in the hand in the blind and she bets out $15. The preflop raiser raises to $30. I reraised to $90. Makes my hand look SUPER strong so I don't love it, but I'm pretty much always going to do that. My wife folds. Raiser thinks about it and goes all-in. I call. He had K-K and I end up winning a monster pot. He had a lot of chips at the start of that pot and I busted him. I think after that pot I had the stack you see pictured.
Hand 3 : I raise to $12 with pocket aces after 1 limper and get 2 callers. The flop comes Q-J-8. It checks to me, I bet $20, get one caller. Turn is a jack. He checks, I check. River is an 8. He checks. I bet out $20. This is another spot where I wanted to get some value from my hand, but didn't think he could call with much (maybe just a queen) so I figured I'd bet small and fold to a raise. He calls with A-K, no pair.
Hand 4 : Gamble! :-) I limp with 9-8 of clubs after a limper or two. The flop is Q-10-6 with one club. Double gutter and a backdoor flush draw. Nice. One guy bets out $20 and gets a caller. I raise to $80. Lady to my left goes all-in for about $20 more than my raise. Everyone else folds. At least one guy thought about it hard for a while. The lady has A-Q. The turn pairs me, so I pick up more outs. Unfortunately I brick the river though and lose a decent size pot.
Hand 5 : Classic annoying Vegas old man hand here. Old man limps in. I raise to $12 with A-K suited. Guy calls me. The old guy now limp-reraises all-in for $45. Whatever, I call. The other guy calls too. Now the pot is really big. Flop comes 7-7-8. I put out my standard c-bet, lol, $100. The other guy folds so now I'm heads up. Turn and river brick out, so I have ace high.
The dealer tells that guy to turn up his hand. He is like, "that guy (me) should turn up his hand since he bet last". I am fucking annoyed because I have nothing and scream at the guy "TURN UP YOUR HAND!" It shocked him into it and he turns up his hand - pocket aces. What a fucking asshole. lol. I throw my hand in. He was like "I wanted to see that guy's hand, what did he have", etc. Then that guy leaves before the blind hits him. What a joke. If all went well, I'm hoping he left the Mirage and was immediately mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs.
Hand 6 : Last hand (of interest) at the Mirage. I had over $700 in front of me and moved to the left of this guy that had me covered, and he was playing somewhat crazy (although I think he wasn't that bad of a player). A double through would have been sooooo sick from that guy, wow. :-)
Anyway, I call a $12 raise from that guy with A-2 suited. 4 people see the flop and it's as good as it gets - 3 of my suit. Booooooom. First guy to act goes all-in for $64. The big stack folds (boo). I "think about it" and call. Other guy in the pot folds, I turn up my hand, he throws his cards in before even seeing the river come out.
So yeah, pretty good session at Mirage. I ended up winning $440. Really good for a 1/2 NL game, and I had high hopes for the rest of the weekend. In the next blog entry, I'll fill you in on the session that night at Wynn.
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