I should have asked myself this a long time ago. When I play online I go back and forth between all three, just kind of depends on my mood I guess. I enjoy tournament play but often find myself bored. I love the risk / bluff / skill factor that goes into no-limit and I guess I enjoy the safe factor of limit. Hench, depending on my mood is what I play. Is that OK?
Woke up 6am on Saturday and headed to Tunica. Reserved a great poker rate room at Sam's Town. Seriously, they have the best poker rate in town and you don't even have to rake up hours before you get the room. Their system is first come first serve. If you know you are going in advance, just call the poker room and ask if there are any left for that day. I have never not gotten one, $45 - can't beat that.
When I arrived at 10:30 am there was only one $1/$3 NL game going, full table with a few
people on the waiting list. At 11am they were holding a $100 freeze-out tournament with $2500 guarantee. Now, at 10:45 there were only 5 people registered. You do the math, it's a no brainier to play. I signed up and there were only 10 people (final table) who initially registered. Level 1 started and immediately discussion to end and chop the pot 10 ways was underway. Each person to get $250 and we all make a quick $150 profit and move on to the cash games. Well, it didn't work out that way. They have to keep registration open until the end of Level 1. Well by that time there was a total of 22 players. Everyone was still going to just chop when it got down to 10, I went out in 12th. I played horrible. I was the donkey.Down $100
New $1/$3 no-limit table is opening, I gab my $300 red chips and go sit down. Full table but everyone else only bought in for $200, which I found odd since this table didn't have a max buy-in. $300 seems typical and normal to me. 2nd hand in I get Q4 suited and raise to $6 with 4 callers. Q4 comes on the flop, I bet $15 and get two callers. Turn is a K, I bet $35, one player goes all in for his remaining chips and the other old man folds. I call, of course he shows pocket rockets and I win with my two pair. I play until around 3:30 and break to check in, grab some dinner, take a shower and get ready for the evening session.
Up $100 overall (made my $100 from tournament back plus another $100)
Evening session took place at Hollywood Casino. Sam's Town was full of old people and frankly I just wasn't in the mood. I was only and wanted some fun conversation and walking about heart attacks, strokes, and nursing homes isn't what I call fun.
Hollywood had two tables of $3/$6 limit and had three people on a list of $1/$2 no-limit. I sat down with $60 at the limit game and put my name on the list for no-limit. Told the poker manager if they get a full table I'll move over. I was not in the mood to play short-handed no-limit.
The limit game was wild and crazy. By this time most of the players were drunk and playing horrible... oh wait, I mean playing their A game. Guy two to my left had about $130 when I sat down. Hollywood apparently is his home as he knew all the dealers and wait staff. I wanted to punch the guy though because he keeps calling every female he came in contact "sweetie", "honey bun"... BLAH. Finally a male dealer comes to the table, all that crap stopped pretty quickly there after.
The guy raised 9 out of 10 times. He would raise, then fold before a show-down. He would call
raises and at show-down show crap cards. It was great. About 30 minutes into the game a mother and son take their seats. Son looks like a young Tommy Lee with the tattoo's, same hair cut, same attitude. He sat directly across the table from me. This was Tommy and mommy's first time playing poker. Everyone had to continue to tell them how to play, what they could bet, raise, re-raise, etc. Within 15 minutes, poor mommy was out of her initial buy in but being positive to learn the game, graciously bought back in. Another player female player joins the game and states she has never played live just online. I say "do you normally play 3/6 limit online", her reply, "have no idea what that means, sorry". Now, one can take this as HOT DAMN another donkey, or yeah right you don't know what that means. Turn out after about an hour, it was HOT DAMN ANOTHER DONKEY. She left after two buy-ins. After about 5 hours I decide to move over to the no-limit table.Up $430 (previous $100 + $330 from limit session)
Max buy-in at table is $200 so I do just that. NO excuses, I play a stupid hand when my two pair was beat by straight. I should have known my two pair wasn't good enough but dude did call a previous $50 bet to chase his straight, it came on the turn and he pushed all in and I called. River didn't give me my boat and I was gone after only about 45 minutes.
Up $230
It's about midnight so I decide to head back to Sam's Town. Only game open is $4/$8 limit. I buy in for $100 and take seat #3. 8 total players and everyone has more then $140 in front of them. This was good game. I haven't played $4/$8 in probably 2 plus years and when I did back then I shouldn't have been playing. With just a few dollars between them, there is a mass difference between 3/6 and 4/8 play. I loved the game. I was surprised at how large the pots could get as well as the level of play. I am finding myself to really enjoy the 4/8 game. No big drama related hands to speak off. I closed the session with a profit of $120.
Tunica profit report - hotel room, drinks, food a profit of $290 was made. Overall it was great day of poker. I came away from my trip with some realizations on my play and wanting to go back again soon. Damn I wish there was a room closer to Nashville.
PEACE!
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