Jun 20 2008
A Road Trip to Foxwoods with RakeFeeder
Welcome to the Donkey Show.
Wednesday was the Last day of school for the Kiddies here in Worcester Ma. So I decided to Celebrate By Heading Down To Foxwoods with Rake Feeder. I Had the Kids all taken care of and My wife got home at 5:15 Rake Feeder pulled up at 5:30 and we were off. We arrived at Foxwoods at 6:50 after stopping for gas and Promptly registered for the 7pm tourney which had 5K starting stack, 20 min levels and 103 Runners.
I basically played 3 hands in the first 80 min and had my stack at 5500 which is Pretty short coming back but no big hands to chip up. The table was pretty boring with only 1 real Donkey in the 7 seat which was good for me since I had the 9 seat.
Now I only call him a Donkey because of 1 hand. blinds we like 50/100 and he limps from MP and then the 8 seat goes All in and Is called by the 3 seat well it folds back to the 7 and he thinks for about 10 seconds and Calls with??? A5s??? Now as the hand played out it ended up being a 3 way chop but calling 2 all ins with A5s Preflop is just retarded in my Humble Opinion. After the 3rd level was almost over the 10 seat which had been empty was filled with the 2nd Place winner from the 1pm tourney.
So I start the 5th level with 5500 but it is now 200/400 with a 50 ante so I am Short, I blind down to 4500 and Donkey in the 7 limps with 2 others and I Raise All in with ATs. Folds back to the Donkey and He calls with 55, I had been hoping to pick up the Blinds and Antes but Didn’t mind the Race cause a Double up would give me a stack that I could work with and Other than said Donkey the Others weren’t going to call. But it wasn’t meant to be since I Didn’t catch and was out.
8:30p.m So Off to Play 1/2nl I buy in for 200 and get seated at a decent table in the 8’s and play for 20 minutes of so in I move to the 5’s where I would stay till 5:30am. RakeFeeder moved over from Playing Omaha8 after his Must Move table Broke into the 8’s.
No real Interesting hands till this one I am curious If Anyone would Play it different?
So I get AJs Utg and call a raise to 12 with about 6 others and see a Flop that is All low and 2 spades. I check and the 7 seat checks the BB Raises to $40 and I call Then the 7 seat Reraises to $200, What the Fuck? so it folds back to the 4’s and he tanks for like 5 minutes all the time he is talking he says he has a set and doesn’t know if he can fold, So after talking himself into it he Pushes Allin for like 135 more. Now the Action is on me. I Really didn’t need any more time to think and Folded since all I have is the Nut flush draw No pair and I know 1 of my oponents has a set and I figured the other had a straight or set and Don’t really want to stack off with just a draw. It is a Set against a flopped straight with 64. I would have hit my Flush on the River but still think Its the Right Move.
So Basically for the next 7 hours just played ABC poker.
I did have one fun hand where I got the Hammer in MP and Raised to 20 after 4 limpers and got called in 2 spots. Now I was like ohh fuck but then the flop came K77, Ding. so I lead for 20 and get 1 caller the guy in the 6 who is solid but likes to play. We had been talking so the turn comes and I bet 20 again and he flats. Then the river comes and I bet 10 and I Tell him to fold. So of course he calls and I show My Suited Hammer and Shout it out HAMMER.
But that would be the Highlight of my night since Every Time I raised with or Limped I couldn’t hit a Flop to save my life. I Basically watched all the action from the sidelines and ended up +12 dollars after my tourney buyin. Whoa I know what your all saying when am I going to Turn Pro? Yeah Yeah fuck that shit. Why Anyone would want to spend 40+ hours a week in a Casino with some of the Most Miserable Fucking People in the world along with probably coming into contact with who knows how many Contagious Diseases that are Floating around from Poker chip to poker chip.
Photo stolen from Trustme I am Blond.
I wonder sometimes while playing why some people are there. Are they there cause they are Gamblers or Action Junkies or are they just killing time waiting for their Spouse so they Don’t mind calling of their stack 20-40 bucks at a time with no real Concept of how to play? We had more than a few of these people and they would buy in short then bust and rebuy short over and over.
So I was Disapointed to not make more than $12 bucks but happy that A. I was walking out up and B: that I played Decent and didn’t make any Big Mistakes.
Now I will have to work on that Hourly Rate cause I should just go get a job at Mcdonalds atleast I would get free French Fries and not have to put up with The Mouth Breeders who haven’t showered in like 5 days.
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