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upNdown said:
Let’s see how this goes

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It’s been said before but I’ll say it again, I’d rather play with shit chips on a good table than good chips on a shit table. Shit chips on a shit table with shit cards is almost the nut low, but it’s still poker! And they did have gassers, so at the end of the day, no complaints.
 
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upNdown said:
It’s been said before but I’ll say it again, I’d rather play with shit chips on a good table than good chips on a shit table. Shit chips on a shit table with shit cards is almost the nut low, but it’s still poker! And they did have gassers, so at the end of the day, no complaints.
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That may be. The crime isn't playing in a godawful built game, it's posting pictures of it in a chip collectors forum.

It's like joining a Kate Moss fan site that shares photos of Kate. Then posting a pic of her ear wax.
 
Impromptu Vegas trip. Killer comped suite thank you palazzo

Trying to parlay this free bet smash into a decent daily tourney payout. 1st bullet AA cracked, 2nd bullet got thin value with bottom two for a full double

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2/5 at Mohegan Sun, where I hadn’t played before:

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The chips are very worn and probably were not terribly nice to begin with—giant label RHCs. At this point they look like they have old Scotch tape on them.

Mixed feelings about the casino. It’s vast compared to Rivers Schenectady and even MGM Springfield, which are closer to me. There are much, much better food options at MS than at either of those, including Frank Pepe’s, Bobby Flay’s and many others I didn’t have time to try. Lots more diverse cuisines on both the high and low ends.

The Native American theme seems pretty cool at first, but they almost went too far with it. Much of the place feels gloomy.

The poker room is big and even on a Sunday early afternoon had a ton of tables going. But it’s not terribly pleasant, just a giant high ceilinged room with cold lights. Drink service was very sporadic.

Typical casino problem of treating poker as the unwanted stepchild you have to tolerate but can’t get rid of.
 
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Taghkanic said:
2/5 at Mohegan Sun, where I hadn’t played before:

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The chips are very worn and probably were not terribly nice to begin with—giant label RHCs. At this point they look like they have old Scotch tape on them.

Mixed feelings about the casino. It’s vast compared to Rivers Schenectady and even MGM Springfield, which are closer to me. There are much, much better food options at MS than at either of those, including Frank Pepe’s, Bobby Flay’s and many others I didn’t have time to try. Lots more diverse cuisines on both the high and low ends.

The Native American theme seems pretty cool at first, but they almost went too far with it. Much of the place feels gloomy.

The poker room is big and even on a Sunday early afternoon had a ton of tables going. But it’s not terribly pleasant, just a giant high ceilinged room with cold lights. Drink service was very sporadic.

Typical casino problem of treating poker as the unwanted stepchild you have to tolerate but can’t get rid of.
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Played/stayed there once when the casino was fairly new. One funny thing about that place is that it wasn’t particularly well constructed (little to no sound proofing). Walking down the hotel hallway you could hear everything that was going on in the rooms. And when I say everything, I mean everything. Lots of unsavory behavior in hotels……..
 
Most casinos frown on you doing the unsavory things in the lobby or bar area..
 
Goldfish said:
Played/stayed there once when the casino was fairly new. One funny thing about that place is that it wasn’t particularly well constructed (little to no sound proofing). Walking down the hotel hallway you could hear everything that was going on in the rooms. And when I say everything, I mean everything. Lots of unsavory behavior in hotels……..
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You’d think there would be some code requirement that hotels ensure reasonable soundproofing of rooms… Unless hearing your neighbors banging is an advertised feature of the hotel.
 
Taghkanic said:
You’d think there would be some code requirement that hotels ensure reasonable soundproofing of rooms… Unless hearing your neighbors banging is an advertised feature of the hotel.
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To be honest - I'm a little surprised that I haven't seen a motel with windows between rooms. Close the shade for complete privacy, or open it to put on a show.
 
dmoney said:
Testing the waters at a local 2/5. In for $1k

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Out for $1202.

Most interesting hand:

Down to 4 handed we agreed to auto straddle 2/5/10. Hero playing straightforward ABC, which is perceived as very tight in this game - hero’s image is TAG.

Button opens to $25, hero in sb $800 effective raises to $75 with AKo, bb 4 bets to $200, and the button folds. Action to hero.

Background: Villain in bb had been LAG all night, stealing many small and medium pots with aggression, and has commented on hero being tight. In a previous hand, hero flatted a raise in sb with AA (I got a case of fancy play syndrome and wanted to entice villain to raise pre) and got 2 streets of value from villain’s KJo on a K high flop. Villain covers hero.

Back to the hand in question, Hero blocks AA and KK and thinks his tight image plus villain’s penchant for LAG/steal plays are very favorable conditions. Hero shoves all-in for $800.

Villain tank/folds KK(!) and asks to see a flop. There’s an A in the window and he says “There’s only one hand you’d do that with - there’s your set” And mutters to himself the rest of the night about it.
 
I'm shoving AKo all day in that spot. Host must trust his players a lot to run those stakes with Monte Carlos.
 
SendThatStack said:
I'm shoving AKo all day in that spot. Host must trust his players a lot to run those stakes with Monte Carlos.
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Agreed on both. It seems many of these players have both been playing a long time locally and in the same circles. I’m still the new guy in most games and I’ve lived here and been playing for ~5 years.

I know there’s also some 1/2/5 PLO and a 5/10 NLH that I assume would also use widely available chips - I have not played in either of those games. I also know the 2/5 host and another host concealed carry, for what that’s worth.

There is one known and widely discussed cheating scandal, but it involves a host setting decks to favor a few players who were rental tenants, not importing chips. Essentially the tenants would sit in the game and get dealt a cooler to siphon money from other players to host via his tenants.
 
dmoney said:
Out for $1202.

Most interesting hand:

Down to 4 handed we agreed to auto straddle 2/5/10. Hero playing straightforward ABC, which is perceived as very tight in this game - hero’s image is TAG.

Button opens to $25, hero in sb $800 effective raises to $75 with AKo, bb 4 bets to $200, and the button folds. Action to hero.

Background: Villain in bb had been LAG all night, stealing many small and medium pots with aggression, and has commented on hero being tight. In a previous hand, hero flatted a raise in sb with AA (I got a case of fancy play syndrome and wanted to entice villain to raise pre) and got 2 streets of value from villain’s KJo on a K high flop. Villain covers hero.

Back to the hand in question, Hero blocks AA and KK and thinks his tight image plus villain’s penchant for LAG/steal plays are very favorable conditions. Hero shoves all-in for $800.

Villain tank/folds KK(!) and asks to see a flop. There’s an A in the window and he says “There’s only one hand you’d do that with - there’s your set” And mutters to himself the rest of the night about it.
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Interesting spot. For what it’s worth, I think all of what you noted about villains perception of you being tight should make you more likely to fold here than shove. You don’t want to make a habit of having villains make hero folds like this (insane fold by him at 80bbs effective in a cash game btw). When you know he knows you’re tight and he *still* 4bets to 25% of the effective stack… that’s an extremely strong range because you could see him likely just calling there with hands like TT/JJ/AK and maybe even QQ. So turning your AK into an image based bluff is pretty next level. Glad it worked, but yeah think you are often against a range there that wouldn’t fold.
 
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Senzrock said:
Interesting spot. For what it’s worth, I think all of what you noted about villains perception of you being right should make you more likely to fold here than shove. You don’t want to make a habit of having villains make hero folds like this (insane fold by him at 80bbs effective in a cash game btw). When you know he knows you’re tight and he *still* 4bets to 25% of the effective stack… that’s an extremely strong range because you could see him likely just calling there with hands like TT/JJ/AK and maybe even QQ. So turning your AK into an image based bluff is pretty next level. Glad it worked, but yeah think you are often against a range there that wouldn’t fold.
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Excellent assessment I had not considered. Thanks for sharing this.

My assumption is/was that villain was not getting into the sort of leveling you mention "I know that he knows that I know that he knows ..." Mostly that he perceived me as overly tight and only capable of shoving AA, and thus should fold. I don't think he was considering the impact of his own play on mine, and adjusting accordingly.
 
dmoney said:
Excellent assessment I had not considered. Thanks for sharing this.

My assumption is/was that villain was not getting into the sort of leveling you mention "I know that he knows that I know that he knows ..." Mostly that he perceived me as overly tight and only capable of shoving AA, and thus should fold. I don't think he was considering the impact of his own play on mine, and adjusting accordingly.
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This is an important reminder for the rest of us *never* to fold KK pre unless it’s for infinite bbs in a tournament situation against someone who doesn’t VPIP at all.

I agree with you that he wasn’t getting into a leveling thing with you, I think in his mind he very much was 4betting you for value and then obviously rethought things after you shoved. If he had thought about it, and realizes the he might fold KK to your shove, then his 4bet is even worse (trying to find out where he’s at for $200 and still making the wrong decision lol).

We also have to keep in mind that this is a very rare spot since it’s blind vs blind and AK goes up in value in that spot where your shove (as @SendThatStack points out) should always be for value and not as a bluff. If bb is folding everything but AA here, then your actual bluffing range can (should) be much wider (A5s for example), but we don’t want to be in a spot where we are “bluffing” with one of the best hands we ever show up with here. Might seem like semantics but just always good to keep in mind.
 

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