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SuperBased
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Made an account here just to clear my head, get some advice and try to figure out what I was missing... My first time at a cash table in the casino left me perplexed.
So I'm still fairly new to poker but my game has vastly inproved in the last few months, thanks to practice at low stakes online, and plenty of tips from sites like this. I'm used to playing very low stake cash games online and I've been doing quite well. I have also played a few recent live turbo charity poker tournaments (coming 2nd of 89 in the most recent), and I regularly clean up playing small home games with friends and co workers.
I decided to take some of my winnings from my most recent tourney and try my hand at a table at my local casino. 1$/3$ stakes. I wish I had more time to observe... But I got dealt QQ in CO on my eighth hand. Almost everyone at the table had limped up untill the guy two positions before me who raised to $12. I reraised to $25... FOUR people called including SB, UTG, the original raiser and the guy between us.... I'm a bit confused. I wanted to scare the limpers out because I had seen people limping with stuff like T7s or K8o. Flop came 44T. Im thinking only TT to be worries about... Maybe pocket 4s? Unlikely.
Original raiser shoves, one fold, action to me and I really think he's tryna steal the pot (in hindsight maybe I should have put him on a higher pair or Tens. But The adrenaline and pressure of being live at a casino first time may have clouded my judgement.) I reraised all in to force anyone else out. SB calls us. UTG folds.
SB shows 43o, the other guy shows 43s....
They end up splitting the pot. I'm left wondering how on earth these guys are calling 8x the BB with 43?!! Is this casino poker? Did I get stuck at a table of bingo playing fish with huge bankrolls?
I know I coulda played my hand better... But I dunno. I had to leave after that eighth hand or I woulda been playing on tilt for the rest of the night. Kinda bummed my night was cut short... What should I have done different?
So I'm still fairly new to poker but my game has vastly inproved in the last few months, thanks to practice at low stakes online, and plenty of tips from sites like this. I'm used to playing very low stake cash games online and I've been doing quite well. I have also played a few recent live turbo charity poker tournaments (coming 2nd of 89 in the most recent), and I regularly clean up playing small home games with friends and co workers.
I decided to take some of my winnings from my most recent tourney and try my hand at a table at my local casino. 1$/3$ stakes. I wish I had more time to observe... But I got dealt QQ in CO on my eighth hand. Almost everyone at the table had limped up untill the guy two positions before me who raised to $12. I reraised to $25... FOUR people called including SB, UTG, the original raiser and the guy between us.... I'm a bit confused. I wanted to scare the limpers out because I had seen people limping with stuff like T7s or K8o. Flop came 44T. Im thinking only TT to be worries about... Maybe pocket 4s? Unlikely.
Original raiser shoves, one fold, action to me and I really think he's tryna steal the pot (in hindsight maybe I should have put him on a higher pair or Tens. But The adrenaline and pressure of being live at a casino first time may have clouded my judgement.) I reraised all in to force anyone else out. SB calls us. UTG folds.
SB shows 43o, the other guy shows 43s....
They end up splitting the pot. I'm left wondering how on earth these guys are calling 8x the BB with 43?!! Is this casino poker? Did I get stuck at a table of bingo playing fish with huge bankrolls?
I know I coulda played my hand better... But I dunno. I had to leave after that eighth hand or I woulda been playing on tilt for the rest of the night. Kinda bummed my night was cut short... What should I have done different?