1. 2008-01-09 18:17:26

   Gamble... Rick's.

   One of the first live games i had ever played was at Rick's, about 3 1/2 years ago. I have been going back every week since. Its a friendly group of people, but by no means a tight group.
   I think everyone there hates how everyone else there plays.
   Its not just holdem, we do 2 rounds of holdem, 2 of omaha hi/lo, 1 of stud hi/lo.

   Now I consider myself pretty knowledgable at NL Texas Hold'em, but at omaha im novice, and stud im practicly a beginner.
   I know how to play the games well mainly because its just poker. But the strategies are not the same at all.
   With a group of people who love to draw at anything I find the best thing for me to do is to put all my chips in the pot when i have the better hand, and let the cards do the rest.
   I am more cagey at a hold'em game, but with omaha and stud, if i have you beat my chips are going in the middle and u can draw at whatever u please.

   I have always had some unnatural power to piss people off at the poker table without saying a word. Guess im just lucky that way.
   So the hand.....
   7-Card Stud Hi/Low Pot Limit
   I have a king on the board.
   I peal up K8 Suited.
   Now 3 people have folded for the bring - in of 25.
   I raise the pot.
   One caller to my right.
   Rick, who is notorious for playing for the Low side of a hand has a 3 showing and reraises me the pot.
   Rick W. (Rick's Brother-in-law), who is notorious for chasing all day long, has a 5 showing. Calls the pot that was raised 2 times.
   Action is on me. Now i know i have a better hand then both of them, since Kings are a favorite here, so unless one of them has rolled up 3's or 5's for a set im definatly ahead.
   I re-raise the pot.
   Craig calls.
   Rick calls.
   After my raise Rick W. starts bitching. "this is bullshit raise raise raise, on the first card lets just f*cking gamble its a coinflip anyways".
   Rick W. throws in all of his chips which is reraising me 10 bucks on top of the 5 i just rereaised.
   I call.
   Craig folds.
   Rick calls.
   I hit a 8 on the next card for 2 pair.
   I go all in.
   Rick calls.

   Now at this point Rick has 4 Low cards, and is most likely going to hit the low side of this hand and get half the pot.
   Rick W. has nothing, he needs runner runner flush, runner runner trips, or runner runner str8.
   Yeah what a coin flip.
   Well i get runner 99's and end with KK99A as my hand, Rick gets high cards till his last card which gives him the Nut low, And Rick W. Hits runner runner flush. I split the side pot with Rick, and both Rick's split the mainpot.
   I lose approximently 20 bucks.
   And i would do it again 100 times.
   _~~~~~~~~~
   I won 55 bucks for the night. I lost a big omaha hand where i had the nut high and ended up in a 4 way all in pot. I had everyone covered in chips, but the guy second closest to me had the nut high and the nut low.
   he got 75% of the pot. So i lost about 30 bucks there.
   _~~~~~~~~~
   Best hand of the night for me was in Omaha Hi/Low. It occurred after the 7-Stud hand mentioned above. So i got all my chips back.
   My hand is J953 all black.
   The board comes 10d 8h 2d. I get to see the turn relativley cheap, small bet from position 1. 1 caller before me, and i call on the button.
   The turn, Qh. Now at this point i have the nutz. Q high str8. There are 2 flush draws on the table.
   Craig whom is first to act bets 5 bucks.
   Rick W. Calls.
   I raise to 15.
   Craig goes all in for 19.
   Rick W. goes all in for 14.
   I call.
   Craig has the nut Heart flush draw, and Rick W. has the nut Diamond flush draw.
   Neither of them have any low cards. So if the river is black I win it all, if the river is a low Diamond or heart i get half of a 3 way pot. So i'm pretty happy.
   River is a 9 of spades. My pair of 9's beat them, but i decided to play the straight. :).
   _~~~~~~~~~
   I ate some ribs that rick had cooked while i was there. I woke up at 2:30 and threw them back up. So now im home from work today. So technicly i lost 8 hours of my paycheck from going to the game. Reckon i will still call it a profitable night for a 10 dollar cash game.
   James (ace of james) went with me. I think he had fun, its good practice for stud and omaha.

   B

   Posted by Brian at 2008-01-09 18:17:26

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