I just got back from a nonprofitable (read: losing) trip to New Orleans...
I was itching to play some cards, so I headed over to Harrah's late one night...I went straight to the poker room, only to find TA-DA! a steakhouse in its stead. So I asked around and was pointed to the new prime location of the poker room...it's now located right in the middle of the casino, and they have plenty of tables. There was some stud, mostly hold'em, from 3-6 up to 10-20 and even an NL game.
Anyway, I sit down and make friendly with my table neighbors as I'm wont to do. It was fun playing 3-6 and drinking beers until the damn waitress went MIA for about 30 minutes. After asking several floor managers to send a girl over, none appeared. Then I saw the main floor guy and asked him to please send a girl over...he obnoxiously responded that a girl had just passed by, to which I belligerently responded, "You're crazy!" to which he again responded obnoxiously with "I'm crazy?!?! You're crazy!".
So, clearly, you can see where this night was headed.
I held my own at the 10-20 for a while until it was playing like a 3-6 game, then headed over to the NL table.
Second hand at the NL table...I push all my chips in on the turn with a pair of aces and mid-kicker, knowing it was the best hand at the moment. Guy who called my preflop and flop bets calls my all-in...pot is now over 1000 bones. River is an ace giving me trips, and our suckout friend the flush...
See boys, they'll defy the odds in an NL game just as easy as in a limit game. Tough lesson learned.
So I played some more 10-20, then decided to go back to the NL game. There was a side game to play while waiting for the main table. I clean up for a while, and get back what I'd lost from earlier. On the main table, I'm all-in w/ A-K against QQ preflop. Flop no good, turn no good, river is a lovely, beautiful K. I had my man tilted at that point. Unfortunately, it was now 5 a.m. the next morning at this point (damn time flies in a casino) and I decided to put an end to my marathon session...very much tired, drunk, and relieved of some cash.
Point of this rambling: Harrah's New Orleans has upgraded the poker room and there are plenty of fish (see me for example!) to be found there on any weekend night...
"I'm all-in w/ A-K against QQ preflop. Flop no good, turn no good, river is a lovely, beautiful K. I had my man tilted at that point."
I know it's a minor point but I never understand people going on tilt from this. You see it all the time though. They are a marginal favourite pre-flop and just because it's the river that does it seems to send them over the edge.
Unfortunate (especially if it knocks you out of a tournie) but it could have equally been the first card out. It is a bonus if you have someone getting upset with this though as they'd probably go into orbit with a proper bad beat. Just make sure the next hand you beat him with is an A2 vs an AK
Yeah, a few hands later I showed him the 3-9 I had raised preflop with...after I stole a pot from him. I was having fun with him at that point.
