I really miss playing poker in the Tri-Cities. For one thing, it has omaha cash games available 3 days a week. Also, with multiple casinos there are always tournaments or hold em cash games going. And, more importantly, I have a lot of poker friends there as well as other friends. So, Friday morning I packed up and headed over to Pasco. Arriving fairly early in the afternoon was able to visit my friend Bob, drop my stuff off at Ron's and get to Joker's in time for the omaha game at 6:00. Bob was able to join me there and was seated to my immediate left. Good times. Bob is an excellent omaha player and showed lots of patience early unlike me who was in virtually every pot, and losing most of them. Later Bob caught on fire and cashed out up over $200. I eventually got hot, but too late as many players had left and short handed omaha is not easy to make money. Stuck $117 after 5 hours of play when the table broke down.
The next day was back to back tournaments with my buddy Dewey at 8:00 and 10:00. Managed to break even on the first one by bubbling in 4th, but no cash in the second one.
Final tournament, the $60 buy-in Sunday 10:00. Most notable hands, raised in early position with AQ, lots of limp/callers. Ace high flop I bet out, am raised all-in by a shorter stack with AK. Now short (2400 with blinds @ 300/600) it gets raised to 4000 by the biggest stack at the table. Dewey, sitting on my right calls all-in for 3800. I have 6/6 and figure to give my bounty to Dewey or hope to see AQ and AK. To my surprise, after my call, the 2nd biggest stack also shoves. The original raiser calls him and still has chips. We turn over in order, 9/9, 10/10, 6/6, and KJ. Three pots are formed and the board runs with small cards and a 6 on the river. I win the main pot, Dewey the first side, and the big stack the 3rd pot. But, this takes about 10 minutes as the dealer combines two pots and gives to me, then the floor has to recreate all of the action. Glad I am not the dealer as no way do I remember who had how much to start. Ironically, the 9/9 wins the bounty as he is the only one covering the other big stack. Now in decent shape with 10,500, I move to the outer table and end up losing a coin flip AK vs. 8/8. I was just lucky to get that far.
All in all a good trip, visiting some friends, playing some poker. Life is good.
The next day was back to back tournaments with my buddy Dewey at 8:00 and 10:00. Managed to break even on the first one by bubbling in 4th, but no cash in the second one.
Final tournament, the $60 buy-in Sunday 10:00. Most notable hands, raised in early position with AQ, lots of limp/callers. Ace high flop I bet out, am raised all-in by a shorter stack with AK. Now short (2400 with blinds @ 300/600) it gets raised to 4000 by the biggest stack at the table. Dewey, sitting on my right calls all-in for 3800. I have 6/6 and figure to give my bounty to Dewey or hope to see AQ and AK. To my surprise, after my call, the 2nd biggest stack also shoves. The original raiser calls him and still has chips. We turn over in order, 9/9, 10/10, 6/6, and KJ. Three pots are formed and the board runs with small cards and a 6 on the river. I win the main pot, Dewey the first side, and the big stack the 3rd pot. But, this takes about 10 minutes as the dealer combines two pots and gives to me, then the floor has to recreate all of the action. Glad I am not the dealer as no way do I remember who had how much to start. Ironically, the 9/9 wins the bounty as he is the only one covering the other big stack. Now in decent shape with 10,500, I move to the outer table and end up losing a coin flip AK vs. 8/8. I was just lucky to get that far.
All in all a good trip, visiting some friends, playing some poker. Life is good.
1 comment:
Yeah that was a crazy hand when you hit your 6 on the river. Darn you! Just kidding.
We miss you too, but as you say it's my turn to visit you. I'm hoping to do that sometime this summer, but being cash poor most of the time it may be difficult. Perhaps I shall take down a Pendleton tournament and then I will have no excuse!
It was good to see you. Beat up on those players over there!
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