Naked_Cowboy 0 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 I've played in shreveport and even in the indian casino Winstar in oklahoma and both of their poker rooms, staff, etc. were FAR superior to this harrahs. Being in an uncomfortable or annoying environment is definitely -EV. The circuit director organizing JC's super satellite seemed a little ... annoyed at what they had to work with. Harrah's didn't even have enough dealer buttons for even half of the tournament and cash tables. Resulted in a lot of betting out of turn in my cash games because the "buttons" we were passing around were ordinary "Out" or "seat change" buttons. Link to post Share on other sites
gilbertology 0 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 now that's ghetto! Link to post Share on other sites
CobaltBlue 662 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 I was going to make a new thread for a trip report, but I suppose it'd be appropriate to place it here. Sorry it's incredibly long.My dad, brother, and I arrived on Wednesday evening. I registered for Thursday's tournament, and then we headed for sushi near Bourbon Street. My brother didn't turn 21 until midnight, so I went to the casino ahead of them to play some cash games. I signed up for several games, but 2-5 NL opened up before any of the others. The table was a mixed bag: several TAGs on my right, several loose donkeys on my left...with the others mediocre. Having folded a lot more frequently than anyone else, I'd cultivated a tight image. Adding to this image were some gut-wrenching laydowns that I had to make. I'll likely be posting about them in the strat section soon.Towards the end of my session, a talkative young guy sat down at the table and proceeded to try to take over as table captain. I heard him mention that he went by ZeeJustin online. Partially resenting this "intrusion", I attempted to quietly remark to my neighbor that this new guy got caught cheating online. When I looked back over, I noticed that ZJ was angrily glaring at me. Despite my attempts to apologize, he ignored me for the next 20-30 minutes. I don't like having people dislike me, and I hated that I'd already made an "enemy" this early in my live poker career. As I was leaving, I leaned over and said, "Hey, I'm sorry for talking behind your back. That wasn't cool. I apologize." He finally acknowledged me and essentially said, "It's cool," and we shook hands.The next morning, we met up with JC, and my brother and I started our first live tournaments of any signficance. I thought I'd noticed John Bonetti in the cash games the previous night, but I figured I might've been mistaken. When I took my seat at my table, I was in seat 1 to the left of the dealer, and this guy that I'd seen the night before was in seat 9. Once I heard him talk, I realized that he was JB. I think several of us at the table recognized him, but none of acknowledged him initially. Personally, I didn't feel like volunteering the knowledge that I knew who he was. (In other poker celeb sightings, we noticed Van Alstyne roaming around.)Around 6 hands into the tournament, with blinds at 25-25 and starting stacks of 1500, the guy finally arrives in seat 10 just in time to post his small blind. Despite the fact that he won that pot, he proceeds to complain up a storm about how he was an alternate and how he shouldn't have been blinded off. The floor gets called over and he sits out a few hands while he goes to talk to them. Well, another round or so goes by, and there was some sort of blow-up when Seat 10 touched one of JB's cards (I think he was pushing it closer to JB). JB touched the guy's hand as if to say, "Don't touch my cards." The guy blew up with, "Don't touch me!" So this escalated and there was lots of shouting and JB loudly inquiring, "Do you know who I am?" At this point, despite JB's slight arrogance and posturing, everyone at the table is sick of Seat 10.Well, I look down at my cards UTG and find KK. I haven't played a pot for the first two orbits, so I don't figure I'll get much action, but I raise to 100. I got 4 callers and felt sick when the door card was an ace. Fortunately, there was a king to go with it. I hit the jackpot. I knocked two players out on that hand. The very next hand, I picked up QQ in the BB. It folded to Seat 10 in the BB who raised to 225. I re-raised to 675. He called. Flop came Kxx. He pushed in his last 700 or so, and I called. He flipped over AQo and complained about my "terrible call with the king on the board". We were glad to be rid of him, and I chatted with JB some...talking to him about the '99 USPC where Daniel owned him heads-up. The table broke not too long after that. I might've been the early chip leader in the tournament.Not much eventful happened at my next table. I mostly treaded water and picked on some weak-tighties directly to my left and right. With around 30 tables left, my brother amazingly got assigned to my table. He did surprisingly well nursing a short-stack that was around the size of the starting stack. We played for quite a while at that table, but I couldn't get any momentum. Finally, just as I was getting into a groove, we got moved again.I sat down at my new table, looked down at AKo UTG+1 and raised to 1,400 with blinds 200/400, antes 50 and my stack of ~5,800. Well, 1,400 was conveniently the amount that CO had. He was the only one that called. He flipped over a J2o and took the pot when he flopped a jack. Also conveniently, the table was broken right after the blinds had gone through me...so there went a third of my stack...and my M of 4 forced me to wait for a hand to push at my new table. I figured open-pushing A9o in the CO was a good spot. Unfortunately, the BB woke up with AK and I busted. Both my brother and I finished with around 100 left. The bubble was 45.Despite not making the money, I felt good about my reads, my play, and the experience that I gained. After the late night before and the draining tournament, we got some dinner and crashed early.I woke up around 23 hours ago (6am), got some breakfast, and read some HOH as prep for the Friday tournament.I managed to build my stack a little bit in the early rounds, but after a crippling, I got myself back into that M of 4 range and had to find a hand to push. I'd folded around 20 hands in a row, so I finally pushed in on the button for 900 with blinds 75/150 with QJs. BB made the call with A2s, and I got knocked out.Afterwards, I ran into Naked_Cowboy and ate lunch with him after we put our names on the waiting lists at the poker room. I signed up for 1-2 NL, 4-8 Half HE/Half Omaha, and 20-40 LHE (the next smallest to 3/6). Despite being at the top of the 20-40 LHE list for hours, I ended up sitting down at a 1/2 NLHE table and picked up KK in EP. I raised and got a couple callers. Just like my magical tournament flop, it was once again AKx, and I almost doubled up off of a decent sized ace. Funnily enough, my brother once again got seated at the same table as me...this time directly to my left. There was also a guy at the table that I'd met randomly about a year and a half ago at a wedding.We'd played for a while when my 20/40 seat opened up, so I switched tables. I wasn't quite prepared for what I'd encounter at this table. It started off with a near fist-fight between two players arguing over repayment of a loan. The floor got called over and had to kick one of the guys out. We were slightly short-handed at that point since several players were sitting out. Then, I look down on the second orbit and notice that I had JJ and it's folded to me. I raise. BB re-raises. I cap. BB calls. Flop A87. I bet. BB calls. Turn 6. I bet. BB calls. River 5. I check. BB bets. I call. BB flips over 99 and says, "I got lucky." Bad start. Fortunately, I got paid off pretty decently soon after with AQ when I flopped an ace. EvilNG came over and said hello at some point.Then, the table started turning insane as some new players joined. A solid TAG, nice guy came back from his break on my left. He posts on 2+2 and we had a lot of fun talking strategy. Quickly, it became clear that we were the only opponents at this full table with VPIP% below 75%. Most of them were plastered and were friends with each other. It was pretty common for the pot to get capped four ways pre-flop. Capping on the flop and turn was fairly typical too. My guess was that the average pot-size going into the flop was $200. I lost a rather big pot with AK when I hit the flop and one of the maniacs turned a gut-shot. After that, I went card dead for around two hours...which is painful as hell. Seriously, I went two hours without winning a hand. Oh, and three of them started putting in straddles whenever they got the chance.They also resented the hell out of me and the 2+2 guy...since we were playing so tight. They got on this kick where three or four of them would repeatedly and loudly go, "Wooooop! Woooop!" when we'd enter the pot...to signify 'sonar' that they should "Dive! Dive!" to get out of the pot since we had to have aces. What amounted to outright mocking got kind of annoying. They'd quip, "You've got to give action to get action." Funnily enough, they couldn't follow their own advice, and most of them still came in against us and would even raise. Oh, they also had this little habit of winning a big pot and then shouting "Redbirds!" (the $5 chips are red) and tossing one to each of the players that they "liked". Needless to say, they didn't toss many our way.I'd dropped back to a little down on the night, but I knew that if I could win one decent pot, I'd be back up. One of the maniacs had raised in EP, gotten three cold callers and I called in the SB w/ A7s. Flop A86. I bet. Maniac raises. Two cold calls. I call. Turn 7. I check. Maniac bets, two calls, I check-raise, maniac 3-bets, two calls, and I call. River 7. I check, maniac bets, two folds, I check-raise, and maniac reluctantly calls with the T9o. I think that's roughly 24 BB and brought me back to positive at the table.After that, I was pretty worn out, got some dinners, posted this, and I'm about to fall asleep. Anyway, the MTT buy-ins represented my losses on the trip, and I had a positive experience overall. I actually think NO has some charm to it. Granted, I think it's a stupid location for a city and I didn't visit the bad areas, but I liked a lot of the architecture and feel that I saw. Sorry this was so long and probably boring. Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Reed 0 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Thanks guys. Good luck and keep us informed. Link to post Share on other sites
Jordan 1 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 lol @ wooop wooop- Jordan Link to post Share on other sites
gobears 0 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Thanks for the trip reports - fun to read Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 I've played in shreveport and even in the indian casino Winstar in oklahoma and both of their poker rooms, staff, etc. were FAR superior to this harrahs. Being in an uncomfortable or annoying environment is definitely -EV. The circuit director organizing JC's super satellite seemed a little ... annoyed at what they had to work with. Harrah's didn't even have enough dealer buttons for even half of the tournament and cash tables. Resulted in a lot of betting out of turn in my cash games because the "buttons" we were passing around were ordinary "Out" or "seat change" buttons.have they never heard of wal-mart? Link to post Share on other sites
Waffles2003 1 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 i want some redbirds.... Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 i want some redbirds....are you talking about the same kind of redbirds? Link to post Share on other sites
GWCGWC 83 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 REDBIRD!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
chowds4 0 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 i just wanted to add that i have been in new orleans for the past few days as well...i live about 60 miles west, in batonrouge, so i kinda knew what to expect...the atmospher inside of harrah's has been kind of rushed, crowded, and all together shitty..i did however, have the oportunity to meet ,and talk to j.c.(partypsux) for quite a while..cool guy, sucks how his trip has gone so far..one final table, and he'll feel better though..i also had a chance to briefly meet another fcp poster and his brother..(cobaltblue..i think). they were playing on the 1-2 table next ot mine...the softness of the 1-2, and 2-5 games are the only real positive results for me so far(i busted out of event #2 in 2 hours) i played 1-2 wed., and friday so far, after starting with $200 on both days, i left the table with $440, and $685 each night respectively....i think cobalt blue and i shared the two 1-2 table chip lead for the majority of friday afternoon... we both had somewhere btw. 5 and 7 hundred dollars...one other positive note...2 guys that regularly play in the same home-cash game as i do, placed in the top 4 of event #1...one of my little brother's good friends, bruce finished 4th taking home around $18,000, and the other guy i know, dave, split 1st and 2nd palce money with another player...he took home around $60k...anyway, good luck to everyone that is playing the rest of the tournaments..i'll be playing in the mon. $500, and possibly the tuesday tourny as well.. Link to post Share on other sites
Naked_Cowboy 0 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 JC = Juan = PartyPSuxRight now he's doing very well in the $1k. He has an above average stack with less than 100 left. 38 i think pay with first prize at around $130k. Link to post Share on other sites
CobaltBlue 662 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 who is JB?John Bonetti.i think cobalt blue and i shared the two 1-2 table chip lead for the majority of friday afternoon... we both had somewhere btw. 5 and 7 hundred dollars...I don't play 1-2 very often anymore, but I've always enjoyed the game. The funny part was that I'd noted going in that I'd be pretty tempted to nutbar, but I didn't even really have to...just was catching some nice cards. Caught three profitable sets in a few hours on that table. Wish I'd had the same sort of run at my 20-40 LHE table. Link to post Share on other sites
CobaltBlue 662 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 JC just got into the money (36 left) in the 1k event. He's got ~28k in chips with an average stack of ~22k. Blinds are 500/1000 w/ 100 ante. Link to post Share on other sites
CobaltBlue 662 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 30 left Link to post Share on other sites
nell789 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 30 leftDamn you PPSux! You have FCP railing you even when you're playing live somewhere!I mean, I just won an MTT on Absolute, but you don't see anybody talking about me!^^| || || |(Filthy brag post)Keep the updates coming Cobalt Link to post Share on other sites
CodyHartman 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 take it down in the name of FCP. Link to post Share on other sites
acesfull333 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Very cool!!!Take it down for FCP!!!Oh, I guess you can have 'some' of the glory too! Link to post Share on other sites
XX44466XX 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 FCP Represent! Go JC!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Love4hockey 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Remember the little people when you strike it big. Sign autographs lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Naked_Cowboy 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Blinds 1 and 2k with a 200 ante. JC = around 27 or 28k still. He's gotten 2 walks in the last 2 hours, and both he had AK / AQ. 25 or 26 players remain. They just redrew for new seats as they broke a new money bubble. Next updates from cobalt when something new happens. Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Blinds 1 and 2k with a 200 ante. JC = around 27 or 28k still. He's gotten 2 walks in the last 2 hours, and both he had AK / AQ. 25 or 26 players remain. They just redrew for new seats as they broke a new money bubble. Next updates from cobalt when something new happens.he's smart, he'll make it.LIVE WIN MAN! Link to post Share on other sites
SweetDaddyFreak 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 I'm railing a poster at a live event in which i dont know anything about...i need to get laid Link to post Share on other sites
Love4hockey 0 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Blinds 1 and 2k with a 200 ante. JC = around 27 or 28k still. He's gotten 2 walks in the last 2 hours, and both he had AK / AQ. 25 or 26 players remain. They just redrew for new seats as they broke a new money bubble. Next updates from cobalt when something new happens.What does it mean that he has gotten 2 walks? Link to post Share on other sites
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