*THE TABLE*
On a Friday night, I decided to go downstairs and play for a bit in the Ceasar's poker room - Not my favorite room in Vegas but it left me no choice because I was staying there. I sit down with $1500 on a friendly $5/$10 table for about 5 hours and I was having a blast with 2 locals and 6 other tourists from all around the world, simply there for the convention. (I usually ask people where they are from, casually, which gives me more information about whether they're there to make money, to simply gamble, or just to have fun) And of course, I tell them I'm just visiting from Cali for the convention as well - which WAS true! haha.. Well, there were a couple big pots but hardly any action like I'm used to on a $5/$10 game - ugh, it felt more like a friendly home game... How was I going to make any money? Most of my night went like this...
Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Aces cracked. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Flop a straight. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Set over Set, I lose. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Raise out of position because I'm bored. Fold. Fold. Bluff. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Short period of raising every hand. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Bluff. Steal. Fold. Fold. Chop. Fold. Fold. Cracked Aces with my KQ - OooOoh snaps!! Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Lose on a suckout on the river. =(. Rebuy. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Fold. Flop quads and get PAID big time. (Pocket 44's. Flopped quads and I was betting out with them on the flop because I put 2 of them on overpairs and was right! - which was the perfect disguise b/c they never put me on quads!) AND..... guess what? New chip leader in the house!! With around $5500 in front of me.... BUT after that hand I was card dead for literally an hour! OK, I had to do something.... something crazy...
*THE ACTION*
I told myself this. F this. I'm under the gun and the next hand whatever 2 cards I get, I'm going to play them like I have Aces. OK? ANY two....
Hmmmm, now what am I dealt??? My 2 magical cards. K-freakin'-4 of spades. Ooooh~~ great.
Here we go.... I raise to $50, and "Minnesota" (the guy next to me) calls. Fold, Fold, "Dan The Man" (a local) calls. Fold, and "Mister-Euro-drunk-loose-player" reraises me on the button and makes it $150. Hmmmmm.... What to do? He's been throwing out chips with any two most of the night but sometimes has the nuts.... OK. I can't fold now because "I-ahem-have-Aces" but I'm not reraising him at this point so I just smooth call his raise. (I've been teasing him the whole night because I kept telling him to call my pots since he was getting a 50% discount at his EURO rate haha). Anyways, the two other players call behind me! WTF! I really need a miracle flop....
Ace of Hearts. Jack of Spades. 5 of Spades.
I look down again to double check my cards and oohhhhh yes, I need my spade, I N-E-E-D MY SPADE! Hmmm, now I supposedly have a set of Aces, right? So, I quickly determine that I'm not going to check raise at this point - instead I bet out my "set" and I push $400 right in front of me... and what happens??? Call. Call. and "Euro donk" min raises me. Grrrrrr..., I snap call and so do the two behind me.... Please.....! - I need a spade....
Turn is a 2 of Diamonds! OMG..OMG! I'm soooooooo-dead.
Either way, I bet out again to see what the others will do. I guess it was a bad move since I really DID need a free card, but too late... "Minnesota" go all in... then, "Dan the 25-yr-old local" calls behind him, and it's on "Mr. Euro"... He pops it but doesn't go all in..... I know if I hit I'm good... but these guys have me beat and there's so much money in the pot.... OK, if I had Aces at this point, I'd bump it up or push... but at the same time I'm skeeeeered and just call.... "Dan The Man" thinks about it and just goes all in who has "Euro-man" covered... and now everyone's all in... OH WHAT A DIZZZZZZ-aster!! I pray and pray for a spade - "JUST ONCE!..... Pleasssssssse"...
BAM! The river is... *drumroll*.... a dang R-E-D card. Ahhhhhhhh, I'm gonna cry.... Really? a little over $3600 pot. YIKEEEEEEEES.
And what do I see???? Everyone flips over their cards and I see A-J for 2 pair, a set of 55's, and Mr. Euro-Donk has a set of Aces...
I look down at my two cards... and see.... Ohhhhhhhmmmmmyyyyy. I rivered a straight on the river - it was the 3-of-diamonds! YEAAAAAAA!!!!!! I felt like the biggest donk in the world and I hardly EVER play like this but I found myself a new nickname that day - DIZZIEDONKEY. I wanted to scream my lungs out at this point but showed no expression and didn't even crack a smirk... No explanation either. After all, it left a bittersweet taste in my mouth like after shot of Bacardi 151 with no chaser to go with it. These were the people I was "cool" with for the last 5 hours... and now I felt the intense steam and shock on everyone else's faces so I quickly piled up my chips in front of me - not even stacking them up... left to go to the restroom to recoup, and of course do a little happy dance!! I came back to the table, played it cool, tipped the dealer and got outtttttttt of there. (He was the same dealer that dealt me the quads!) Normally, I'd never bust a hit-n-run like that but in this case, I didn't care. I know I could've made more money from them at that point but I didn't want to push it. They were all talking smack while I was gone - I mean, who wouldn't? K4?
But.... in all honesty, it wasn't me trying to donk - more like bluff; there's a HUGE difference there.... and this time, it worked out to my favor.
Oh, and I'm glad on here... you can't see my lil evil smile... HAHAHAH
Sooooo, if you're reading this just remember...
"Live and die by the river........!" See you on the felt~
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