Poker Night

I decided earlier this week to take Friday off and have myself two 3-day weekends in a row! So since I didn't have to show up to work Friday I decided to head down to the Indian Casino Thursday night!

Well this time I wasn't going to play the 3-6 limit game and went to the No Limit 2-5 game. I was a bit nervous this time around though but quickly got rid of my shaking hands when in the first half hour I was up about 30 dollars. The seat to my right bought in at the same time I did and with the same amount, $200, which is the maximum buy in.

He was broke and bought in again at the hour mark for another $200. The person opposite the table from me went broke three times before I was moved from the table to balance both No Limit tables with players.

I had decided to leave at 11P.M. so to set a limit on my playing time, Up, Down, or Even. That gave me about three and a half hours of playing time. Within the first hour and a half I yo-yo'd my stack from about 230-145 dollars but could not sustain any kind of streak. I had some aggressive players who seemed pretty tight however a couple of hands I won really surprised me. Such as the pocket 6's I played and won with Q's on the board and my 6's. There wasn't much betting on that hand so it really wasn't a big pot at all but I was still surprised when I took down the pot.

I was at 212 dollars when I was moved to the other table with about 45 minutes left in my playing time. I was in early position when I was dealt A5 suited, which is a hand I just don't play but I wanted to break the ice on the new table and it was a 5 dollar call so it was cheap. I flopped 3,9 of my suit so I had four to the flush and about a 20% chance of making my hand. A caller at the end of the table bet out with a 15 dollar bet and I raised to 30, he called. The Turn brought another diamond to make my flush, he checked to me and I bet another 30 to take down the pot after his fold.

This brought the attention of a older gent two seats to my right who didn't take kindly to a new guy to the game being this aggressive. Which didn't seem very aggressive to me since I had a A5 suited in my hand and normally fold hands like this. Well a few hands later and I might say a couple of wins later I get a A10 suited on the button. I have position now on a mediocre hand.

My stack is sitting about 275 now and I feel a little gamble in me. With my A10 suited it comes around to me with 5 callers and I raise to 10 bucks to stay in. I flop two of my suit so now I have the nut flush draw. The gent two seats to my right gets checked to and bets out 25, I raise to 50 everyone else folds to him who calls my raise.

The Turn is junk and the gent checks to me and I immediately put out a stack of 50 and he stares at me. He shakes his head and folds giving me a much bigger stack now! I heard him telling the gentleman sitting to his left that he thought I was on a flush draw, which I was. But I wasn't going to make it cheap for him to play his pair or at most two pair against my draw. I felt he would fold with the right amount of pressure and I again had about a 18% chance of making my hand so I had a ton of outs and position on him. This wouldn't have happened on the limit table as I would have been called down and possibly beaten on the River.

I was well over 300 now and was working on a nice profit with about 10 minutes left in my playing time. The next hand I have a pocket pair but there is little action and I take down a small pot. I have 361 dollars now, a 161 dollar profit from three hours ago. I thank the gentlemen at the table and take my leave.

A good night of poker!