Trip Report
by TIGER123
here are some notes and anecdotes from some recent atlantic city trips!
||||| warning!!! although this post has one or two table stories, |||||
||||| it contains *no* poker advice. |||||
enjoy! :)
tiger
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1 the demise of the "duck"
several weeks ago, i posted some reviews of restaurants in atlantic city.
speaking for myself and mitch "bfb" firestone (as well as mason malmuth,
the little old lady who lives in the apartment next door to mine, richard
nixon, millard fillmore and king tut), i'm saddened to bring you the bad
news that "the peking duck house" on atlantic avenue, near the tropicana,
closed on the very day that i posted. coincidence? .... not!!!
i heard one story about tax problems, and i heard another story about
health code problems, and i'm not going to worry about it, either way.
however, do not fear! there are more chinese restaurants in town!
"jade beach" is the chinese restaurant in the tropicana, right on the
boardwalk. the food is excellent, although the prices are not cheap.
"oriental delight" is on atlantic avenue at martin luther king boulevard.
rgp'er alan "aida" richter (for whom i do not speak) gives this place a
rating of five chopsticks! :)
2 a tournament tale
not too long ago, i tried a monday 7-card stud ($30+10 buy-in) tourney at
resorts. as usual, the tournament sold out (80 players), and i must tell
you about one hand. we all started with t200, and limits started at 5/10
and went up every 20 minutes. i was playing well, and we were down to
about 20 players, with limits of 75/150. i was about 6th or 7th place.
i was in second position with a king up and a queen, jack (two suited) in
the hole. i saw that four or five players behind me were going to fold,
so i raised. an old man in last position (with an ace showing) called,
and the bring-in folded. on fourth street, i get a queen, to make a split
pair. the ace checked and i bet. he called. on fifth street, i paired
my door king and bet. he hemmed and hawed, and called. on sixth street,
he bought an ace to pair his door card.....and checked. so did i. he
checked blind on the river, and i showed down my two pair. "no; i already
had a pair of sevens!"
ok, class. let's count the mistakes on this hand. (a)he didn't re-raise
or fold on 3rd street. (b)he didn't bet, check-raise, or fold on 4th
street.
(c)he called on 5th street. (d)he didn't bet on 6th street. (e)and he
didn't bet on the river. in fact, one player asked him why he didn't bet
on 6th, and he replied, "gee! i thought he [referring to me] had three
kings!" :::::duh:::::
i was then short-stacked, and we got down to two tables and the break.
after the break, i only have one-and-a-half big bets. i put up a few
antes, and found myself with a five of hearts up and the ace-king of
hearts
in the hole. the bring-in is on my immediate left, and there's no callers
until the man to my right, who raised with a ten. i re-raised all-in,
'cuz
i'm just not going to find a better hand with which to take a stand. i
get
called; i don't improve; and the ten (who had another in the hole) made a
straight on the river.
oh yeah. the old man managed to make it to the final table, and cashed a
seventh place ticket. :::::duh:::::
3 rolled up is relative
(a) two weeks ago, i was playing with richie (of richie and joanie). he
tells me that the week before, he was rolled up three times in 30 minutes.
i reply by saying that i was approaching 85 hours since i was rolled. of
course, ten minutes later, i was rolled up with aces. there's a bring-in,
and a raise from a nine. i smooth call, and richie calls with a queen.
naturally, i pair my door ace on 4th. a player not in the hand said,
"you're gonna check, right?" and i said, "sure! i check!" nothing much
happens on fifth street, and i check again. richie has the queen of
spades,
the three of hearts, and the nine of spades, and he bets. the nine calls
and i raise. two calls. i bet on sixth and only richie calls. i bet the
river blind, and he squeezes......shows me the jack-ten of spades in the
hole and mucks. lol! i shout "86 hours!" and show my four ones.
(b) last week, i was rolled three times, with fives, eights, and sevens.
each time, i raised (or re-raised) on 3rd street, built monster pots each
time, and lost every single one... :::::sigh:::::
4 the return of a.d.b.
saturday night, i was playing my usual 5/10 stud at the tropicana. i walk
through the no-smoking room on my way to the bathroom, and a floorman
asked
me if i wanted the open seat at a 5/10 no-smoking table. he gave me a
wink
as he asked me, and so i took a look at the table; seven players each have
at least $700 in chips. i watch one hand. by fifth street, it's already a
big pot and someone has paired his door seven. he checks. the next hand
bets, and the next hand raises. four callers. there's three players who
call on the river, and the pot is won by the 5th street raiser, who had
a pair of nines.
"lock that seat up for me! i'll be right back!"
every single pot has at least $150....*no-one* has a clue. however, for
the next 40 minutes, i can't get as much as a pair of deuces. i play one
hand of three spades, and have to throw it away when all seven players
(but not me!) get a spade on 4th street.
they were all buddies who were just having a good time. if i had
anything,
i would have made *much* money. but it was not to be. at 1 am, they all
picked up and went to bed. ::::sigh::::
i walk back into the smoking room. uh oh. eric holtman calls out to me,
and i see as motley a collection of alt.drunken.bastards that can be.
there's holtman, mcgarvey, karlinski, smith, beavis, and bill turner. and
they're playing 1-5 hi-low split. i sit down. "cocktails!!!" an hour
later,
i'm as drunk as any of 'em, and if i could remember any single hand that
any one of us played, i'd tell you about it. but i was drunk! and i even
made about $30 during the session! lol!
5 atlarge possibilities?
i had the pleasure of having dinnner with will espin last saturday, and we
talked about many many different things. one of them was the possibility
that we might hold our next "atlarge" get-together at the tropicana.
as you will recall, new jersey casino control commission rules prohibit
"closed" tournaments; hence, a couple local players participated in the
7-stud tournamet which we held at resorts (we were able to sell out the
no-limit hold 'em tournament). will has come up with a *great* idea for
tournaments for our next atlarge: registration for any tournaments we
might hold will, of course, be open to the public. *however*,
registration for the tournament **must** be done by e-mail.... };)
wtg will!
tiger
