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easytiger
Joined: 27 Oct 2005
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Location: On the Craig Ranch trolley, bitch!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: Poker on the cruise |
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Just got back in town today from our weeklong cruise to the Western Carribean. We were on the Carnival Conquest. We had both our kids with us, so I didn't get to the casino much at all. I stopped in here and there, and I found three different opportunities to play 2hour sessions on the PokerPro table.
For those that don't know, it's completely automated. You put your money on a credit-card setup specifically for the game. It's played on a table just like other 10-player hold-em tables. However, there is a large LCD screen in the middle of the table, as well as individual screens at each seat for the player.
The game on this cruise was always $1/2NL. Min buyin was $50, max was $300. All of your betting is done on your touch screen. You touch your cards to "reveal" them, so you actually cover them up like you would in "live" play. All of the community action is done on the LCD screen in the middle. I couldn't play that all the time, but I thought it worked pretty well.
The play on this cruise was the absolute worst poker I've ever seen. I'm not saying it was ONE of the worst......it was THE worst. Here's how my three sessions turned out:
Monday (+$190):
2 hour session
$200 buyin
$390 cashout
Tuesday (-$150):
2 hour session
$300 buyin
$150 cashout
Saturday (+$1250):
2 hour session
$250 buyin
$1500 cashout
I don't play cash that much, so I've never had a session at $1/2nl where I've ever been sitting on more then, say, $700. Sitting there with $1500, while the next closest stack had $450 (which is extremely respectable), felt very good. Unfortunately, for me, I had to get up and leave as we had somewhere to be on the ship. It's probably a blessing in disguise, as I would have probably found a way to lose some of that back.
Obviously, to do this well, I hit some hands.....but, more importantly, people just did extremely stupid things. And, once I had built up my stack, people gave me even less respect. I was in a lot of pots, and people would always seem to pay me off. There was one orbit where I believe I won 4 hands with pots of $50-100.
The biggest hand of that session for me was when I was holding A :heart: 5 :heart:
I limped in, and then "Tina" (next to me) raised it up to $15. I had played with her at each of my sessions, and I had actually busted her twice on Monday. I had every intention of folding to her raise. However, two other slapdicks called her bet. These guys LOVED to push money around, as did Tina. I was already having a very nice session, up over $700. I figured...what the hell. With these players, this pot could get huge. Maybe I'll flop a miracle.
Wish for miracle.....GRANTED.
Flop:
Q :heart: K :heart: 7 :heart:
I check.
Tina bets $50.
The next guy thinks for awhile, and then moves all-in for $150.
The third guy acts immediately, and pushed all-in for $180.
My turn. Tina only has $100 left. I'm certain she's getting it in there as well. I move all in for around $725.
Tina calls for her remaining $100 or so.
Tina, Q/Q
First Guy, K/J
2nd Guy, J :heart: 8 :heart:
Turn and river were blanks, and I drag the pot. And, then have to listen to Tina in my ear questioning how I could even make that pre-flop call. Easy....I WAS SOOOOOOTED! |
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Nekosohana
Joined: 19 Dec 2005
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Location: Plano, Tx
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Jesus, up 1500?
Damn, you probably paid for the cruise tickets in that one session. |
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TommyTwoToes
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| nice job |
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thejim
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| You're my new hero, Shawn. Very nice job. |
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turd ferguson
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
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Location: Motor City - and soon to be in a bread line
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| Was Tina hot? |
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Zero
Joined: 15 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:51 am Post subject: |
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turd ferguson wrote: Was Tina hot?
+1 Thats what I was thinking? Nice cans?
Best part...you didn't have to tip the dealer. |
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easytiger
Joined: 27 Oct 2005
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Location: On the Craig Ranch trolley, bitch!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, Tina was not hot.
I didn't pay attention to the rake, but others mentioned it was higher then normal. |
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Ray
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:05 am Post subject: |
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Did you get Scurvy?
so you were back yesterday and didn't invite people over for football? Thanks. |
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chopz33
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| congrats |
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on tilt
Joined: 07 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:02 am Post subject: |
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easytiger wrote: I didn't pay attention to the rake, but others mentioned it was higher then normal.
irrelevant when your netting $215/hr.
nice job. |
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BigSlick
Joined: 26 May 2004
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Location: With 10 other long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: |
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| So did you poker in your room as well? |
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BigKev
Joined: 25 May 2004
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Location: Contrary to popular belief, I never wrote a poker book
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:35 am Post subject: |
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did you play dressed like this the whole time?
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