Trip report
Well, I decided that I need to post my trip report from Tunica, Miss. I was trying to go to Las Vegas but there was a shortage in seats on Delta, and I only fly Delta since Im a former employee and also since its based in Atlanta =) anyway, no seats = tunica for me!
I was unsure if I wanted to drive 6 hours for 2 days or if I wanted to fly and rent a car in Memphis, then drive 20 mins to Tunica. I checked the rental car places and found what I thought was a good deal until they informed me of the 150 dollar hold on my card until the car was returned. So I decided to drive and save the upfront money.
I left around 5ish pm Friday night, and arrived in Tunica about 1030 central time. My first stop was The Grand, which was the first casino with a poker room on the road anyway. I signed up for 4/8 limit and had to wait about 15 mins for a seat, not bad. I tried to buy in with $300 but the cage said $200 was the normal for 4/8. I sat down in the 8s and picked up KK first hand.Won a nice pot, guess the people thought I would be bluffing my first hand haha. So the second hand I got 98 clubs, and flopped 2 pair, turned a full..and stacked some chips..then I folded about 200 straight hands and decided to move to 2/5 nl when I saw a guy call a set of Aces down to the river with J6 off suite with 1 club and catch his 4 flush on the river.
2/5 nl was uneventful for me, and very frustrating. I usually play pretty tight and aggressive with my big hands. I folded about 15 hands when I first sat down, JJ came..I raised to 15. Three callers to the flop of 10 high, so I bet the pot. Everyone folded haha. That was the beginning of the end for my night of 2/5. I then flopped top set with 99, the board was 693 . I bet the pot again, 1 caller this time the turn was a 10. My opponent goes all in..I thought about it for 10 mins it seemed, finally calling hoping he has a set of 10s, but nope..he shows down 78o for a straight. The river was no help for me and I lost the pot. The last hand I played for the night I flopped a open ended straight flush draw, turned the flush, and river paired the board. I bet, my opponent raised, I called.he had A 3 o for a full house. I was down to about 85 dollars out of 225, so it wasnt as bad as it could have been, but it wasnt pretty!
(more to come)
I was unsure if I wanted to drive 6 hours for 2 days or if I wanted to fly and rent a car in Memphis, then drive 20 mins to Tunica. I checked the rental car places and found what I thought was a good deal until they informed me of the 150 dollar hold on my card until the car was returned. So I decided to drive and save the upfront money.
I left around 5ish pm Friday night, and arrived in Tunica about 1030 central time. My first stop was The Grand, which was the first casino with a poker room on the road anyway. I signed up for 4/8 limit and had to wait about 15 mins for a seat, not bad. I tried to buy in with $300 but the cage said $200 was the normal for 4/8. I sat down in the 8s and picked up KK first hand.Won a nice pot, guess the people thought I would be bluffing my first hand haha. So the second hand I got 98 clubs, and flopped 2 pair, turned a full..and stacked some chips..then I folded about 200 straight hands and decided to move to 2/5 nl when I saw a guy call a set of Aces down to the river with J6 off suite with 1 club and catch his 4 flush on the river.
2/5 nl was uneventful for me, and very frustrating. I usually play pretty tight and aggressive with my big hands. I folded about 15 hands when I first sat down, JJ came..I raised to 15. Three callers to the flop of 10 high, so I bet the pot. Everyone folded haha. That was the beginning of the end for my night of 2/5. I then flopped top set with 99, the board was 693 . I bet the pot again, 1 caller this time the turn was a 10. My opponent goes all in..I thought about it for 10 mins it seemed, finally calling hoping he has a set of 10s, but nope..he shows down 78o for a straight. The river was no help for me and I lost the pot. The last hand I played for the night I flopped a open ended straight flush draw, turned the flush, and river paired the board. I bet, my opponent raised, I called.he had A 3 o for a full house. I was down to about 85 dollars out of 225, so it wasnt as bad as it could have been, but it wasnt pretty!
(more to come)
posted by Just another Poker Blog at 8:16 AM
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