Well my poker experience has been minimal do to the sillyness of coolers so far. When we first arrive in Biloxi it was about 8:00 pm and I wanted to play a little bit of 1 2 NL at the IP Casino so I sat down with 140 just to see how I would do. The table played extremely tight passive poker and in about an hour and a half I got up to 260. There was just one semiloose guy and a young guy to my left that thought I was bluffing almost every time I played a hand and made 80 bucks just off him alone. When I won another decent pot and a guy I eventually got mixed up with (I'll call him Mr. Cool, because he was one of those players that thought he was better than everyone else but was the worst at the table.) he seemed interested in calling but mucked and the non believing young guy whispered "I think you were good". Well 2 hands later Mr. Cool is UTG and bets $10 with 2 callers in front of me I am on the button and call with Qs 10s and sb and bb fold. Pot is 43 bucks and flop comes Ah Kd Jh!!! whee flopped broadway. Mr. Cool bets 10 again..I'm thinking he has AA, AK, KK AJ or JJ here or even AQ, QQ bc I raise to 35 and he calls. the other 2 fold.
Pot is $120 and Turn comes 8c Mr. Cool bets $10 again...fucking idiot...and I Bet $100 with $115 left of my stack and he instantly calls. Of course the River pairs the board with the J and he shoves all in with a dumb comment like "I cant let you buy it..." I said dude, nice suck-out and called the all-in that barely had me covered and he shows AJ and says yea I sucked out...
Awesome, that's enough for me for one night.
Well I go swimming and relax until the tournament Today at 4pm for the Half NL and Half PLO and was having a good time. I felt really confident and was ready to play some more cards. Of course I was not aware that My shit luck was going to continue to streak down the street and follow me to Beau Rivage. The structure really wasn't horrible for its price. 30 min blind levels and blinds raising a decent time frame. it started Omaha and every blind revolution it would switch. I was surprised that it wasn't based off blinds but this is how I had my league games setup so I was comfortable with the structure. I limped maybe 2 hands the first PLO round. Mucked all NL holdem then a hand where I was 75% favorite until River slapped me in my face and took over half my stack crushed me on 3rd revolution.
I am dealt JJAhQh and raise it up to 275 to open. get 2 callers. Sb and early position. Flop falls 9d 8h 5h and Sb bets 1/3 pot early pos call and I call with nut flush draw and inside nut straight draw with over pair. Turn 10d giving me the nut straight and SB bet again about 1/3 pot. early pos folds and I announce Pot which is 3475. She thinks for a little while then calls. River.......10 again of course. She looks at her chips and I could read this woman like an open book. She bets 3k of her remaining 5k I have about 4850 left and fold showing her my nut straight and laugh. She shows 10h 10s 9h 6c. I had her crushed the whole way until the river of course.
I kept folding and get blinded down to 2750 when look down at JJ and blinds are 50 100. early pos raise to 550 (?) I shove and then someone shoves behing me......AWESOME lol just didnt stop. early pos folds and guy behind me showed AA. I miss the flop which was 10 high and I would have got it in anyway. Miss the turn which was a blank, I ask the dealer to keep me alive and the river magically appears the Jd giving me the 2 outer. This bumped me back up to 5600.
final hand lost a little bit of chips and my stack is sitting at 4700. I look at AsJsKd8h and raise to 375 with blinds at 75 150. SB is the only caller and there is 900 in the pot. Flop comes AJ6 rainbow and Sb checks to me, I bet 800 and he bets pot. I have 2600ish left so just stick it in and he shows JJ7c3c of course.....
I miss my outs and finish 70 out of 86.
I will play cash game tonight to determine if I even want to attempt the $130 Rebuy tournament tomorrow at noon. But as of what I have seen so far, it hasn't looked too promising. My play has been good, just not the luckiest man in Biloxi to say the least.
Please treat me well poker gods.
Matt Stroud
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