初试Live Casino Poker里程.

呵呵，记得我第一次也是打现场也是紧张的不行。我在澳门打的10/20，换完筹码刚刚入座的时侯，轮到我大忙， ...
EP_Bob 发表于 2010-4-14 12:54

    多么便宜的买到了一个鱼的形象啊

下一次我也要试试这样

非常形象和生动，mitbbs在国内无法访问，希望您能贴完：）

除了开头序，其他一句没看懂。。。

见笑了， 我是casino newbie..but since someone has interest. I will post the rest ..

(9)  Busting My friend—Freckled man.
    Time flied by fast and it had just passed 9pm.  Not long ago, my wife
and her sister came by to see how we were doing and Beta left with them. I
was left alone there for the battles.  I went card dead for a while. I
picked up Ah9h at Small blind. A few people limped in. I hate being sb. So I
just simply called.

Flop 7h3d3h.

I got 2 over card and a nut flush draw. Even though the board was paired I
can't complain too much. I led the action 10$. Big blind freckled man called
so as Aikon.  Everyone else folded.

Turn was Qc.

I missed my draws. I checked. So did Freckled man, Aikon was being Aikon
again.  He bet 20$ with no hesitation.

River Kh.

I got my flush.  The board was paired with a limped pot preflop. I very
carefully put in 35$ and was ready to fold if anyone come over the top
all in.  Luckly, just 2 calls. I showed my flush and they mucked their hand.
"You guys had a 3?"  They both shaked their head. I collected my pot yet
again.  

My friend freckled man had not been doing well so far. He had re-bought a few times.  In one of the earlier hand he went all in with 同胞 A after flop with board 8 6 3.  He showed 8 3 immediately. 同胞 A didn't turn over the cards until all card were dealt. Turn and river were blank and 同胞 A had 8 6.  Freckled man was not very happy with the slow roll. He re-bought while telling me how 同胞 A acted like beat throughout after he showed his hand.  I couldn't disagree with him.  

Freckled might not be a great player in poker, but he certainly made it interesting for me.  In one of the earlier hands, I had top pair Q and decent kicker, but on river there was flush made. I checked to him. He asked me "How much can I bet to make you fold?"  "All in." I joked.  "Ok. I am all in!"   I looked at him for a second and mucked my hand immediately. To be a good friend of mine, he showed his K high flush.  "Nice hand." I told him. Then he suddenly said to me in regrets: "I should have asked you how much can I bet to make you call." I just laughed.   

             Freckled man continued his struggle.  His stack dwindled with the time passing by.  Then another hand came and I had A Qs at button. I raised it to 10$ with a few limpers ahead.  "ALL IN!"  Freckled man to my left immediately pushed all the chips in the middle. Dealer took all his chips to the middle and declared "25$ on top."  Everyone folded.  This was an easy call for me. Unless he had pocket As, I had odds.  I highly doubt that he had that; probably just a middle pair.  I thought for a while and called.  To add some suspense, neither of us turned over the cards until all the cards were shown.  Boards were all small cards under 10.  I didn't feel good and thought his middle pair held up.  He turned over KQ. I busted my dear friend freckled man. He didn't re-buy again and left quietly.  A few minutes later, the waitress brought a drink he ordered earlier but only faced an empty seat.

(10) Aggressive white man.

    I counted my chip after I took out freckled man. I was holding around 450$
chips.  Another guy joined the table sitting to my left and brought 60$ with
him. 同胞B with a blue shirt also joined and sat to his left.
  
            The games continued on the table while I went card dead for a
while. Another hand came and I was at button.  MP old Asian man raised to 8$
and CO reraised to 20$.  Everyone folded. Asian man called.

FLOP:  AJ10

Asian man checked, CO betted 35$. Then I got distracted for some reasons
that I do not remember and didn't catch the rest of the action. This was proven
to be a very costly mistake for me down the road.  All I noticed was the end
results with J on turn and 5 on river.  Old Asian man had pocket 10s and CO
had pocket Ks.  CO took a huge beat and had very little chips left.  I
asked CO. "Did he raise you?" "what?" "Did he raise you on any street?" "No.
" He did not have a good attitude and I couldn't blame him after a big loss.
But I couldn't get any information from him.   I thought the flopped A could have saved him some money but it obviously didn't help him. He left after a while.

Another guy joined and sat beside me.  He proved to be a very aggressive man
later. So I will call him aggressive white man. He started action
immediately and took a few small pots. One of the hands caught my attention.
He pushed all in into a very small pot at river with minimum action on
earlier streets.  The board was 2 6 8 10 9 and I do not remember the correct
order.  When the other guy folded he flipped over 107o.  I thought he had
at least J high straight and he certainly surprised me.  To push so hard on
the river with this hand, maybe I should have called him aggressive donk?  
Very soon, my observation was proven correct.  

One more hand was dealt, aggressive white man raised EP 15$. Everyone folded
to 同胞A who thought for a while and re-raised to 30$. Aggressive white man
called.

Flop 2 4 8 rainbow with 2 diamond.
   
    Aggressive white man checked and同胞A put in 40$, a very healthy bet.  "
I am all in!" White man checked and raised all in.  同胞A stood up and
thought for a while and called. There were at least another 50$ on top for
the reraise. Neither of them turned over their cards.  Turn was a blank and
river was a diamond J.  I heard the guy beside me mumbled "EVEN better." Oh
so he liked the J of diamond. Then he flipped over pocket Js.  同胞A showed
pocket Ks. No surprise there.  He got sucked out by a 2 outer on river. 同胞
A did not say much after the beat, but he lost most of his winning with that
hand. Aggressive man was very happy and collecting his chips. I curiously
asked him: "what do you mean by EVEN better?"  Seriously, shouldn't it be "
Oh my god, miracle!"? But I did not say the latter part.  "Oh. I thought he
had pocket 6s and I was winning all along." How amazing holdem is!  You
could collect a huge pot for being completely clueless.

(11)  Pocket Ks.
   
    I was sitting pretty with more than 400$ chips in front of me but was
card dead for a while. Suddenly, my luck changed. I was dealt pocket Ks at
button. LP old Asian man who had been fairly tight raised it up to 12$.  I
looked down and started to count my chips and try to decide how much to
raise here. For some reason, the annoying dealer told me that I have to say
"Raise" first if I wanted to raise. Did I miss a tip to him on the earlier
hand?  I did say "raise" but I was not happy with the comments.  What a
beautiful hand but a terrible start. "35$!" Asian man quickly called.  Hmm
he has got something

FLOP J23 with a flush draw.

Old Asian man checked. I had to bet here with that board.  "40$."  "Raise;
to 80$." Oops, I certainly didn't like that.  Pocket Js? Qs? Or AJ? Or slow
played pocket As? I was guessing only these possibilities, but most
likely Js.  How did he play that hand with set of 10s out of position? Damn,
I missed the action on that hand. That was terrible. What do I do here?

The old Asian man had been pretty quiet so far.  He busted KK with his set
of 10s. The only other hand I remembered was that he raised 5$ and
aggressive white man rearise to 15$ at button.

FLOP A57,

He checked and white man checked.
Turn 10

    He bet 20$. White man called.

River 5

    He bet 30. White man called.  He turned over A2o while white man showed
pocket Qs.  I thought white man had pocket Ks, but this was close enough.
White man was not very good. I felt he played this hand with 2 cards facing
up. But this old Asian guy obviously read the hand very well also. He got 2
street values out of a marginal A2 hand.  Not a bad player.

    How did I get involved with this opponent? I had a very strong feeling
that he was holding pocket Js. The raise was only 40$.  I didn't think I
could fold this, but I just called. I should probably have asked a count and
re-raise all in right there. But I was lack of experience and didn't even
ask for how much he still had left.  I realized that right away, and asked him after I
called.  He didn't say.  Turn was a blank.  "40$."  He put in another 40$.
I looked at his stack. He only had 28$ left.  So it was 68$ to go to the end.
I sat there counting my chips and thought for a long time. "pocket Js" I
talked to myself. But with the price, I couldn't fold this. I figured I
should put in 68$ right here. A terrible spot to be in, an almost guaranteed loss
but had to call here because I was committed. Now I knew how much he had
left. I felt that I was committed after my flop bet. Or maybe flop was the
only place I could lay it down after the not so small mini-raise. Time was
ticking. I knew I would go all in but I wanted to make it dramatic. So I
called time on myself and put in 68$ shortly after. The dealer jumped out again and said
that was a call. Oops I didn't say raise.  What an annoying dealer!  River
was another 2. It changed nothing. He put in the rest of the 28$ and I
called.  He turned over pocket Js and I mucked my Ks without showing.

        What a terrible sequence of events. Then suddenly the old Asian guys
started arguing with the dealer for something.  I couldn't understand what
was going on. Then I realized that he was complaining that I had my 2 cards
inside the lines at flop and I should have mucked my hand.  I was not happy
about that. I told him "would you like to assume that my hand was mucked at flop
and return my 100$?" He stopped arguing.  

After the big hit I was back down to 250$ chips. I could only tell myself
even Dolye Brunson got busted with his pocket As on HSP season 2 by set of 7
. I was no better than him. Every poker player fell to a set once a while
. Why should I be any different. With the totally stack size he had and the
re-raise I put in pre-flop. I couldn't go anywhere after flop.

(12)  Call it a night?
    My excitement of winning started to fade away with the dwindling of my
stack size. I was down 183$ on that one hand. My winning became merely 100$.
I checked the time, almost 11pm. I stood up and wanted to give a call to my
wife, but only found that my cell phone ran out of battery. I bumped into
同胞A on my way back.  We chatted for a little while. I told him that I had
pocket Ks on that hand. As victims of set of Js while holding pocket Ks for
both of us, 感觉同病相怜。 He thought even if I called flop raise. I should
have laid down on turn. "你看他那么tight." As an afterthought, maybe he was
right. I felt like calling it a night so I asked 同胞A whether he could lend
me his cell phone to call my wife. He was very generous and let me use his
I-phone.

       I talked to my wife and she was about to go to sleep. I asked her
whether I should go back to hotel right away. She said yes and didn't want
me to lose back the 100$. Sigh, she obviously had no confidence in me.  I
didn't feel like walking from Caesars to Sheraton this late in AC. So I
wanted to ask Beta to come and pick me up. She told me to just call a cab.
Why should I leave now if I were to call a cab?  But she insisted. 我含糊的
答应了。I went back to the poker room and checked with the floor man whether
I would have problem getting a cab later. He said no problem. After I was
reassured, I went back to my seat returned the phone to同胞A and started my
second half of the journey.

    I left the seats right before the blinds hit me. When I got back, the
blind had not come around back to me. Live poker is slow!  Dealer told me to
post big and small blinds if I were to start right away. I looked around
realizing I was at EP. I wasn't going to pay 3$ to have a chance to play at
UTG. So I said I would wait. The dealer made fun of me "it is Saturday night
. Spend the money!" I laughed. Little did he know that I "treat poker like a
business" and I don't waste my blinds on position like UTG.

(13)  Revenge.
    The small break after the big loss helped me. I wasn't about to go on
tilt. The truth was that comparing with the hundreds of pot I have lost online
by bad beat and suck-outs, this was really nothing. The biggest improvement
I had recently was to reduce my rate of tilting. However, that did not mean
I didn't want to take my revenge on the old Asian guy. I wanted my chips
back!

    It came much faster than I expected. Next hand, I was at button dealt
3c5c, with a few limpers. I limped as well.
FLOP 4c6cQs
     
    Old Asian man led 10$. From my observation he definitely hit something
on the flop. I wasn't ready to play passively with my monster draws.  "raise
to 30$" without any hesitation. Everyone folded and Asian man thought for a
while and laid it down.  He probably had a weak Q. But I was impressed that
he could let this go so easily. I could well be steaming. He probably
thought that anyway, but he let that hand go. Small victory but I can't
complain while collecting the chips.

            A few hands later, I was at MP and dealt pocket 6s. I limped as
well as a few others and the Asian man.

FLOP 7s6s5c.

    I hit my set. Asian man led again 8$. Board was very dangerous but I
had to raise here. "Raise it 20$." Everyone folded and he called. I was wary
but I still felt pretty good about my hand.

Turn 2h.
   
    Not a bad card at all. This couldn't have helped him unless he has made
straight already on flop. He checked and I betted "25$."  This bet could probably be a
little larger. But I was a little worried about him slow playing me flopped
straight and I didn't want to lose him either for a pay out. He called.

river 10c.

         What a b-e-a-u-tiful river!  No draw was complete. He checked again. I
started to count my chips. I wanted to put in 40$ but then I thought why
lose him if he had a draw and a middle pair like pocket 8s. So I took out 2
chips and put in 30$. He called fairly quickly. I immediately felt that I lost some values
there. I showed my set and he mucked his hand.  I didn't think I played this
hand very well. The turn bet should be a lot larger especially if he was on
a draw. If he had two pair type of hand then I should even bet harder on
both streets to get more values. But it was a nice pot and I got some of my
momentum back.

(14)  Initial Battles with 同胞 A.
    My chips climbed back way above 300$ again. I was getting my confidence
back.  Then I got tangled with同胞 A for a fairly big pot.  So far, we had
managed to stay out of each other's way. Early on, we had a few hands
against each other with small pots.

Hand 1:
I had 9d7d on sb and a few limpers including 同胞 A from EP.
Flop AdQd8c.
I had a flush draw and a back door straight draw. I was not going to wait
for action and led 10$. 同胞 B who was UTG called and同胞 A immediately
raised to 35$. I knew同胞 A got at least top pair of A or even 2 pair
because this hand was not long after he claimed that he should have raised
his 2 pair on the flop. I could call here for the implied odds. But I looked
at同胞 B. He was short stacked with around 60$ left.  I guess it would be
either fold or push all in for him.  He was utg and he could have something
big. If he came over the top then同胞 A could easily go all in with his 2
pair. Did I want to go all in with just a flush draw?  Obviously not! I laid
this hand down gracefully.  To my surprise, 同胞 B laid it down as well and
said he only had a pair.

Hand 2:

I was at bb dealt with 83o. A few limpers and I checked my option.

Flop Q88.

I hit my trips. I led 8$ without hesitation. The aggressive white man called
.  I didn't think he had anything.

Turn was a 5. Being out of position, I checked and hoping aggressive white
man would bet. He checked again.

River was a Q.

I don't want to lose my value so I bet 10$. All of sudden 同胞 A raised to
35$. All along同胞 A was in the pot and I didn't realize. It was a careless
mistake of mine. I did not notice this until he put in the raise.  
Aggressive white man quickly folded.  I tanked and thought for a long time.
同胞 A was fairly tight. He called on flop and checked turn. He had to have
hit something.  It couldn't be an 8 or he would probably bet turn when I
slowed down. Then it only left a Q where he called flop and checked turn
wary of the 8 someone might have. After some pondering, I laid this hand
down again.  It was clear to me that he either had a Q or it was a bluff
from a busted draw. 2 paired board on board, I highly suspect that he would
bluff at it this big with a busted straight draw, because I would most
likely call with an 8. I thought I saved myself 25$.