realcdn
Flush
First live game in over 15 months! So good to play again. Sure felt a bit little rusty at first but all good after a few beers. Lol. In for $40, out for $165
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Where did the chips go?
JScott
Flush
Up about $80. Crazy crew so that’s not bad imo. Running the mixed jack/hsi set.
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
On a 600 mile drive to attend an old friends memorial service.
Stopped for the night in Dayton Ohio.
Mad River Poker Club
This may be my new, all-time favorite room. The staff was just super-friendly. Everybody working was smiling and joking consistently, but not to the point it felt forced. It just felt like they wanted you to be there. They were highly efficient as well. Of course, there is a reason they are so friendly.
There is no rake.
Yep, the local laws prohibit raked games. They don't "trick" you with a hourly table fee either... there was no rake. So to make up the difference, they charged
Sounds unsustainable right?
Here's the catch: "Chocolate Chips"
You could buy brown "Dealer Tokens". They were $1 each. It was how you would tip a dealer, because in no way is a dealer ever allowed to pull money off the table. Tipping chocolates are not mandatory, but c'mon, who is that big of a dick to not tip - and tip well? Occasionally a player would place a Chocolate on top of the dealer button. If the player on the button won, the dealer got the chip, if not the button passed. The next player is then encouraged to add a chip to the stack. The button stack gets higher until the button wins and the dealer collects his reward (hopefully before the next dealer push). You see a 2' stack of chips going around with 3 minutes left in the push, and I will show you one highly-efficient dealer.
I would have to guess that the dealer tokens help to cover the business expenses, because otherwise this system feels unreal.
Speaking of pushes, on each push there is a bomb pot. At the $1-$2 table the Bomb Pot was $10. Get 2 hole cards and 2 flops are dealt. Round of betting, 2 turns, round of betting, and then 2 rivers with a round of betting - in theory. In reality, there was usually an all-in and a couple calls before the river. Definitely high action, lots of fun, and an excuse to ask the floor to bring over another "Stick of Chocolates".
The chips were not terrible. Fairly fresh ceramics, in standard colors. The tables and room were clean (no smoking or vaping allowed). Water and soft drinks were complimentary. I believe there were also snacks available for sale.
It you are ever in Dayton, check it out. I mean, why else would you be in Dayton?
Or Ohio?
Stopped for the night in Dayton Ohio.
Mad River Poker Club
This may be my new, all-time favorite room. The staff was just super-friendly. Everybody working was smiling and joking consistently, but not to the point it felt forced. It just felt like they wanted you to be there. They were highly efficient as well. Of course, there is a reason they are so friendly.
There is no rake.
Yep, the local laws prohibit raked games. They don't "trick" you with a hourly table fee either... there was no rake. So to make up the difference, they charged
- Membership fee. This varies depending on the length of the membership, but a 1 day membership would be $5.
- I believe there is also a Nightly fee. I did not catch what that fee was, but it is one time for the night. Play 1 hour or 10.
- Tournament fee. OK, this might be a rake, but apparently some tournaments have fees and some do not. I didn't finish in the money in the tournament because KK<Q7. Yeah, I'm bitter about that.
Sounds unsustainable right?
Here's the catch: "Chocolate Chips"
You could buy brown "Dealer Tokens". They were $1 each. It was how you would tip a dealer, because in no way is a dealer ever allowed to pull money off the table. Tipping chocolates are not mandatory, but c'mon, who is that big of a dick to not tip - and tip well? Occasionally a player would place a Chocolate on top of the dealer button. If the player on the button won, the dealer got the chip, if not the button passed. The next player is then encouraged to add a chip to the stack. The button stack gets higher until the button wins and the dealer collects his reward (hopefully before the next dealer push). You see a 2' stack of chips going around with 3 minutes left in the push, and I will show you one highly-efficient dealer.
I would have to guess that the dealer tokens help to cover the business expenses, because otherwise this system feels unreal.
Speaking of pushes, on each push there is a bomb pot. At the $1-$2 table the Bomb Pot was $10. Get 2 hole cards and 2 flops are dealt. Round of betting, 2 turns, round of betting, and then 2 rivers with a round of betting - in theory. In reality, there was usually an all-in and a couple calls before the river. Definitely high action, lots of fun, and an excuse to ask the floor to bring over another "Stick of Chocolates".
The chips were not terrible. Fairly fresh ceramics, in standard colors. The tables and room were clean (no smoking or vaping allowed). Water and soft drinks were complimentary. I believe there were also snacks available for sale.
It you are ever in Dayton, check it out. I mean, why else would you be in Dayton?
Or Ohio?
Hairy_Crocodile
3 of a Kind
Weird home game denomination colors, been playing for about 8 hours, them for around 14.
Greys are quarters
Reds are 1s
Blues are 5s
Its confusing as heck
In for 40
At about $180 right now
Greys are quarters
Reds are 1s
Blues are 5s
Its confusing as heck
In for 40
At about $180 right now
Hairy_Crocodile
3 of a Kind
Game finally broke, out for 180 after giving a tip for our friends who dealt for us
The dragon protected my chips well tonight
The dragon protected my chips well tonight
Agreed, and I grew up about 30 minutes outside of Dayton.
My parents still live there, and I visit about once a year, so I will definitely check it out the next time I'm in the area.
Last night I returned to Orange City for another session. They were doing rolling high hand jackpots - every 30 minutes was 500, 1000 or 2000. It was also the first weekend of "mask optional if you're vaccinated" and a holiday weekend, of course. With everything combined, players were falling out of the doors. I arrived just in time to get on a short list and snag a seat pretty quickly, but within half an hour the 1/2NL list was 10+ deep.
I started the night off with my usual pattern of pocket kings going down in flames. I raise
, get two callers and see a flop of 
, it checks around. Turn 
, I bet and get one call. River 
for a King-high flush - I bet small, Villain clicks it back, and I snap-fold. I expected 
as I know she's never bluffing here, but she shows me 
for the runner runner straight flush.
My stack went up and down but mostly down for the next few hours. The players at my table were amazing (for me), but stacks were mostly short and I was stupidly card dead. No one was ever folding, so opportunities to steal were few and far between.
I started to turn it around when I picked up
behind one limper, raised and got a call from him. Flop came 
- whee! I bet and he calls. I don't remember the turn but it was a red blank, I bet again and he calls again. River is one of the two most beautiful cards in the deck, the 
. I bet, he frowns and folds, and I table my straight flush to get on the board right at the beginning of the current 30 minute period. It holds up, and I pocket a $1000 jackpot minus tips and a round of drinks for the table.
The deck warmed up a little bit, and I climbed out of a $150 hole to get back to even. Last hand of note, I opened
OTB and got a call from a thinking player in the BB. Flop comes 
, I cbet and he check-calls. Turn is the 
, I bet very small and get another check-call. River is the 
so diamonds miss, and I overbet shove (I have him well covered). He tanks for maybe 20 seconds, decides I'm full of shit and calls.
The rest of the session was pretty even, and I'm in for $375 and out for $510 on top of the HHJ. It was a good night.
I started the night off with my usual pattern of pocket kings going down in flames. I raise
, get two callers and see a flop of , it checks around. Turn , I bet and get one call. River for a King-high flush - I bet small, Villain clicks it back, and I snap-fold. I expected as I know she's never bluffing here, but she shows me for the runner runner straight flush.My stack went up and down but mostly down for the next few hours. The players at my table were amazing (for me), but stacks were mostly short and I was stupidly card dead. No one was ever folding, so opportunities to steal were few and far between.
I started to turn it around when I picked up
behind one limper, raised and got a call from him. Flop came - whee! I bet and he calls. I don't remember the turn but it was a red blank, I bet again and he calls again. River is one of the two most beautiful cards in the deck, the . I bet, he frowns and folds, and I table my straight flush to get on the board right at the beginning of the current 30 minute period. It holds up, and I pocket a $1000 jackpot minus tips and a round of drinks for the table.The deck warmed up a little bit, and I climbed out of a $150 hole to get back to even. Last hand of note, I opened
OTB and got a call from a thinking player in the BB. Flop comes , I cbet and he check-calls. Turn is the , I bet very small and get another check-call. River is the so diamonds miss, and I overbet shove (I have him well covered). He tanks for maybe 20 seconds, decides I'm full of shit and calls.The rest of the session was pretty even, and I'm in for $375 and out for $510 on top of the HHJ. It was a good night.
Pippa
4 of a Kind
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Forty4
Full House
Chawks45
Flush
Sunday afternoon at Harrah’s KC.
JD378
Sitting Out
JD378
Sitting Out
grebe
Full House
A pic of some of @Rbonus012 beauties from Thursday night, in case somebody else didn't post them here. Very sexy chips. Sorry about my ugly mug, but it's a pic I sent to my brother, and the only one I took.
Guest chips for the @Seeking Alpha Social Club meetup
Guest chips for the @Seeking Alpha Social Club meetup
JD378
Sitting Out
I’m glad everyone loved them as much as I do! They are nuts in person!
grebe
Full House
They hung in there with some truly epic sets this weekend!
Last weekend I was back in a casino seven month later. Casinos in Italy are closed for another month (reopening on july 1st) but in neighbouring countries they'are yet open. I visited small San Marino's casino https://www.giochideltitano.sm/
You have to be vaccinated, having recovered from covid or tested in previous 48 hours to play at tables (slots don't require this, I don't know why
).
I played blackjack: in for 400.00 euro, out for 520.00
Blackjack here has good rules: 6 deck manually shuffled, dealer stands on all 17s, you can double down on any first 2 cards, split cards up to 4 times, double after split any first 2 cards, blackjack pays 3:2. Otherwise, limits are very low: minimum 5, max 50 euros (a few months ago minimum was 2 euros).
Manual shuffle it's quite rare in Europe, shuffle machine it's everywhere.
They have a total of a dozen tables: 3x 1-euro roulette, 2-euro Ultimate Texas Hold'em and 5-euro punto-banco (baccarat). Very, very low minimums
Harvested a few 0.50 euro chips, maybe I will relabel them
You have to be vaccinated, having recovered from covid or tested in previous 48 hours to play at tables (slots don't require this, I don't know why
).I played blackjack: in for 400.00 euro, out for 520.00
Blackjack here has good rules: 6 deck manually shuffled, dealer stands on all 17s, you can double down on any first 2 cards, split cards up to 4 times, double after split any first 2 cards, blackjack pays 3:2. Otherwise, limits are very low: minimum 5, max 50 euros (a few months ago minimum was 2 euros).
Manual shuffle it's quite rare in Europe, shuffle machine it's everywhere.
They have a total of a dozen tables: 3x 1-euro roulette, 2-euro Ultimate Texas Hold'em and 5-euro punto-banco (baccarat). Very, very low minimums
Harvested a few 0.50 euro chips, maybe I will relabel them
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JD378
Sitting Out
I ended up 200 down for the night after playing for 7 hours. I was getting tired and making some bad calls but it was nice to be playing 10 handed with no masks or dividers.
ChipEnvy
Full House
When did palace get Paulsons?
Rivered_AGAIN
Sitting Out
They had a mix of old dirty Chipco and old dirty RHC for a long time. I stopped going there (even though it is so close for me) a couple years ago when the room really died. I think they picked up just recently, and the chips are very new. Sharp with just a bit of hooker juice.
13 tables with long wait lists on Friday night. My cousin said last Tuesday was the same.
4 tables of 1/3nl
1 table of 3/5nl
20/40 limit down to 3/6
4/8 limit O8
The room is very live again. And a 5 min drive for me.
JD378
Sitting Out
Hairy_Crocodile
3 of a Kind
In for 300, 2nd time ever at a casino and hit my third straight flush ever! Won 325 for it and a small pot
Chawks45
Flush
Back at Harrah's KC for some 1/2 action on a rainy Monday. @Grandmasturkey was also in the house.
Bought-in for $200 since it was a newly-opened table. My favorite hand of the session: Raise UTG to $12 with 7-5 hearts because that's how I roll. Button and SB call. Flop comes 6c-3-c-4s. I lead out with $40, button jams his stack. SB folds. Snap call from me with the nut straight. Villain flips over AJc, meaning I have to sweat to the river. Nut straight holds.
Bought-in for $200 since it was a newly-opened table. My favorite hand of the session: Raise UTG to $12 with 7-5 hearts because that's how I roll. Button and SB call. Flop comes 6c-3-c-4s. I lead out with $40, button jams his stack. SB folds. Snap call from me with the nut straight. Villain flips over AJc, meaning I have to sweat to the river. Nut straight holds.
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JD378
Sitting Out
Well, I’m starting to think either I have the worst luck possible OR I just suck at poker...
I was up & down all night, mostly down playing 1/3NL. I’m the BB, I’ve got $300 in my stack, I’m dealt AKd, everybody limps in so when it gets back to me, I bet $20 & 2 players call so 3 of us to the flop. The flop is T34d, I bet $25, the guy immediately to my left calls & the guy 2 spots over comes over the top all in for $145. I call & the guy to my left raises all in for just over $500. Since I’ve got the nut flush & the board hasn’t paired, I call. So we’re 3 way all in before the turn, the first guy that went all in has KK & the second guy has J4 off which really surprised me he called the first bet, much less went all in with that. Well, He went runner runner 44 & won it all.
Almost every hand I had tonight went that way, even when I had a good hand, somehow a guy would connect with shit cards & beat me. I even got beat tonight with the worst hand in poker, I had pocket Aces & got beat by 72 off. I’m starting to wonder why I even play this game lol.
JScott
Flush
Last week I had a guy call off my (I had aces) large 4 bet preflop with T8 off, hit a pair, then called my all in (he only had 10bb behind) and went runner runner to hit quads.
....
the real kicker, he did that twice in almost identical hands, in the same evening, albeit this one wasn’t against me. The second hand was AK suited, other guy flops the nut flush, and the guy goes all in with middle pair and hits runner runner for full house with 72 off.
Safe to say he’s a losing player usually.
My very first straight flush was 2,6 clubs at the golden gates, CO - against my buddies nut flush no less haha
If you've got players who will stack off with bottom pair on a flushed flop, your game is a gold mine. Pat him on the back, say "nice hand!" enthusiastically, and keep playing your A game.
A necessary fact of poker is that bad players will make terrible moves like this and win the pot sometimes. If they didn't, they'd either get better or stop playing. And sometimes, you just have those nights: you do the right thing, you lose the pot, over and over and over. In my last two sessions, I've had pocket kings five times and lost four of them, and three were to trash hands.
Sometimes (not always!), it helps me to remember that if I keep making good decisions and don't let the bad luck tilt me, I'll win in the long run. I've also learned never to get married to any hand, not even pocket aces all in preflop. Otherwise I tilt when I lose, and then I will follow the money I lost to bad luck by losing a bunch more to bad play.
He doesn't have Cuban ancestry, does he?
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