I played a couple sessions at the Nug and absolutely destroyed. There were a couple of hands I played poorly that I'd like to highlight. I won a TON of money (almost $900) and honestly I don't remember how I won all of it.
Golden Nugget - Monday, April 8th
Hand 1 : Top-top
Couple people limp. I have A-Q with the ace of clubs and raise to $12 from the big blind and get 2 callers. The flop comes Q-x-x, all clubs. I bet $20. Next guy min-raises me to $40. He has about $80 or so more left. I raise all-in, he shows me a queen and folds. Pretty standard.
NO. I thought that was totally fine, but later I realized it was pretty bad. If he had about $80 left and raised me, I have a ton of options:
Option 1 : raise all-in. Seems fine. I might have the best hand right now, but if not, I have a ton of equity in the pot. Might as well get it in. At least that's what I thought.
But what hands can I put him on when he raises me? A flush, a set, A-A, K-K, A-Q, K-Q, Q-J? Maybe some other weak hands like Q-10, pocket tens, etc. But that is pushing it.
Some of those hands I have crushed. And others I have equity against, but they are crushing me. If I raise all-in, the hands that crush me call. Which of the rest of the hands I beat call me when I raise all-in? Probably not many. Maybe K-Q with the king of clubs, but I don't even know if he would call. I think I'm basically shutting out all hands that I beat with that reraise.
Option 2 : Call. Not bad because there really aren't any scare cards for me. An offsuit king is the only thing that I could be scared of, and we are talking 3 outs, so 6% of the time I'll see a scare card. Nothing to worry about. And I can fire again on pretty much any turn card. If he has $80 left, I could bet like $30. With over $100 in the pot, it's going to be confusing and it's hard for him to fold. And if he goes all-in, I can call because I'll be getting 4:1 on the call just with my flush draw. There would be $100 in by the flop, I bet 30, he goes all-in, I have to call $50 to win $210, so I'm getting odds to call. I just did all of that math now and didn't realize any of it at the table of course.
Option 3 : Reraise small. I think I might like this the best. I bet $20, he raises to $40. Now I reraise $20 more. lol. It sounds retarded but I actually think it's awesome. How can he fold? He's getting like 6:1 on a call. There was 30 in pre, 80 in with the 40+40, and now I put in 20 more. So $20 to win $130. 6.5 to 1. He could really only fold if he had a total bluff. And it just looks like a weird bet so he might spaz out and go all-in. If he calls, I can shove any turn, or maybe just bet half of his stack, again giving him sick odds to call.
So out of the 3 options, I picked the worst one I think.
Hand 2 : Oh, I almost forgot, ship the free money
I have J-7 of hearts in the big blind and check. 5 way action. Flop comes A-8-10 with the A-10 of hearts. So I flopped a gutter and a heart draw. I bet $7, get 2 callers. Turn is the 9 of hearts, giving me the flush. I bet $20, get 2 callers.
River : 8 of hearts. BOOM. Straight flush bitches.
What to do? The pot had like $90 in it. One guy had about $200, the other guy had $300, and I had them both covered. I shoved out a stack of $150, big overbet. Hoping to get a call from someone that couldn't lay down the nut flush. They both folded.
Unfortunately, I think I messed up this one too. I thought at the time that someone with the nut flush would call. However, the board was paired. I was too excited at the time to really think it through. After thinking about it later, I think the optimum size would have been more like $60. I think someone with the king of hearts pretty much couldn't fold there for $60.
Another option could be doing something weird like betting $10. If you had the king of hearts, I think it would be very difficult to put me on a strong hand when I do that. So I might get raised, and could reraise. I don't think that's the best play either though, for a couple reasons. First off, people just aren't raising that much. So even someone with the nut flush might call. You see people just call (or not even bet) SUPER strong hands all the time, so there is no reason to think this is different. And even if I did get raised, nobody is calling a reraise. So instead of betting $10, getting raised to $40, and having someone fold to my reraise, it's better to just bet out.
So I win the pot. Dealer mucks the cards, sweeps the board back. Then I realize - hey, this is a high hand! So I say high hand and flip up the cards. Luckily (for both me and the dealer) she didn't muck the board face down. The board was mixed in with other cards, but face up. So she was able to recover it and get me the high hand bonus. I think so little about the jackpot and high hands that I almost forgot. Unlike everyone else there, completely obsessed with that crap. I ended up winning $237 for the high hand bonus. Tipped the dealer $17.50. They use those stupid 50 cent pieces at the Nugget, so they can do shady stuff like rake 50 cents preflop if you raise and everyone folds. :P
Anyway, couple huge days for me at the Nug. Won $475 on Sunday (nothing remarkable to talk about, just a good win) and $415 on Monday including the high hand money. Pretty damn good. Sick start to the month!
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