atlantic city

anyone going to be up in atlantic city this weekend??

I will probably be up at Borgata, and maybe the Trop, if the same players from last weekend are up there Very Happy

Where do you guys prefer to play when in AC?

Going Friday for the day to see Final Table of U.S. Poker Championship. Be home Friday Night or early Sat Morning.

I've only played at Taj and Bally's. Never been to Borg or Trop. Bally's has a small room with maybe 20 tables but on weekends they spread a NL game $100 min $300 max buy in. Blinds were only $1/3. I crushed the game last time I was there. Of course the cards helped.

Trip report from AC 10/9/04

Got up really early, met up with a buddy to do the 4 hour drive up to AC.

Arrived at the borgata and immediately found a great 10/20 limit table which I crushed for +$650 over the next four hours. Decided to take a break and grab some grub, so I got on the dinner list* (very important...take a break, take winnings off the table, come back and get sat ahead of the wait with a standard buy in). This works well, except when you come back and have a 4 hour cold spell and lose all the profit and then some.

I request a table change to another 10/20, preferrably with some fish on it, and recover slightly, only to be on a roller coaster ride the rest of the night till about 4 am. end up being up 250. Take a cab over to ballys where I crush the game.....1/3 NL, 300 max....extremely loose, and I get to smoke at the table. the only downside was the cocktail waitresses are on strike and it took 1.5 hours to get a bottle of water.

After this, I head over to tropicana, where I decide I'm just going to stay awake....who needs sleep anyway. I hit the 7.50/15.00 game, also known as the pink game because it only uses pink $2.50 chips. Its running 5-6 handed and ridiculously loose.....needless to say I lose my ass to the tune of 350. The last hand I play, I get aces.....raised to me, i reraise, she caps.

Flop comes J high.

She bets, I raise, she reraises, I call.

Turn, junk

she bets, i raise, she reraises, i reraise, she reraises.........I suddenly figure it out. F'cking Jacks. Always get me in trouble, whether I'm holding them or against them. I go into check call mode, and see her flopped set of jacks at showdown. Ouch.

No more pink game for the Chef!

After this brutal beat, I play in some 1/2 NL for most of the rest of the day, and I recover somewhat, mainly thanks to this hand:

Ballys 1/3 NL 300 max--

Me button with KTo, limp in
flop comes 10 7 3 rainbow

One guy bets 20, I raise to 60, he calls.

Turn 10

checked to me, I bet 150 (intentional overbet, as I had seen this guy bullying the table for the last few hours with his overbets) he pushes all in for another 125. I call. He says "you have a boat", I say No, he says " you have a 10", I'm like of course I have a 10, what do you think I've got, and he says "you might be good then", thats good news as I was just praying he didn't turn over A10. He asks the dealer for a little river miracle which doesn't come, I show my hand and scoop the pot. Nice!

I end up +600 for the weekend which isn't too bad considering how damn tired I was. Slept the entire ride home. Now I'm suffering for my lack of sleep, but hey, I love the action.

Heading back up next weekend. Anyone going to be up there?

-Chef

p.s.-- favorite quote of the weekend "....yeah, but they were suited....." to which at least 2 schmucks at the table will be nodding along with when seeing J2 take down a monster.

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