Just got back from a session at the Bellagio. Nath got into town earlier in the evening, so he, Matt and I went to the Bellagio to meet yellowsub and a few of his friends to talk about stakes for WSOP events. We had dinner at Noodles, which is one of my favorite places to eat, and split up from there.
2/5 at the Bellagio was soft as usual, but I was very card-dead and ran into a few unfortunate situations. This caused me to start playing poorly, and I instantly recognized that the main reason for this was because everyone else was so bad. I was essentially letting my guard down, so I remedied this by moving to 5/10.
5/10 was also soft (as usual), but I could actually get a few basic plays to work, and this kept me alert and focused. Interesting hands: UTG straddles for $20, I call UTG+1 with JTs, another caller, tight player makes it $100 to go, angry dude next to him calls, folds around to me and I call, guy between us calls too. 4 to the flop for $100 each (I started the hand with ~$2100).
Flop: Qs3s2x
Checks to the tight player who puts in $450 (leaving himself with ~$385), angry guy INSTAcalls (he has me covered), I decided to fold (since I might not be drawing to the winning flush, I'm out of position and will have to call the guy's $385 on the turn hit or miss, and calling basically turns my hand face-up), guy between us folds too. As soon as that guy folds, the tight player announces he is allin blind; the dealer counts out his $385 in chips before dealing the turn card, and the angry guy gives his usual scowling face for awhile before FOLDING HIS HAND WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE TURN CARD. WTF??!@! Needless to say, I couldn't believe what I just saw; what the hell was this guy thinking?!
An orbit or two later, the angry guy won a few big pots in a row without going to a single showdown and had me covered again. I started this hand with ~$2k. Angry guy limps UTG, MP limps, I make it $60 on the button with KK, only the angry guy calls.
Flop: Qd2d2x
He checks to me, I put in $90, and he quickly calls.
Turn: Jo
He quickly checks to me again, I think for a sec before putting in $200, he instacalls.
River: 6d
He practically checked to me before even seeing the river, then showed his cards to the player sitting next to him. At this point, I'm positive he doesn't have a flush and am trying to figure out how much he's willing to call on the river. In retrospect, I should have bet about $500-$600 for value, but instead I only put in $250. He called quickly and flipped over two red aces to win the pot.
Honestly, I think I lose that pot maybe once in a hundred times, and I'm pretty upset that I didn't bet more on every street -- especially the river. Fortunately, this guy had no idea how to play poker because he could have taken at least another $1k from me, if not my whole stack. It always sucks ending your session on hands like these, but at least I netted a few hundo on the session.
Forgot to mention that I played some 5/10 online before we headed to town. That didn't go so well -- every play I tried to make failed, every bluff was called, every legitimate hand was outdrawn or ran into a bigger one. Sucks to drop ~3k in under 500 hands, including this gem. Totally fucking ridiculous...I hate sessions like these. Hope to run better tomorrow.
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