My Irving Trip

Irving Casino is located near Gowanda, New York and has about 8 poker tables, 2 or 3 of which actually have live games running. I decided to make a trip up on Saturday morning which was probably a bad idea in the first place as I did not get much sleep the night before. I went with a few friends and we decided to play in the $25+2 tournament that included $5 re-buys, add-ons, and a dealer bonus. This tournament was completely NUTS and you only started with 500 chips. Re-buys were taking place every single second of the first two blind levels, but still it was an all-in or fold type of tournament. After putting about $55 to $60 into that tournament I decided enough was enough and I headed to the cash table.

I only bought in for $75 which was probably my first mistake as $100 was the max. I played very tight at first just hoping to double up so I could play more hands then. After 1 hour or so I pick up JS 10C under the gun and I limped for $2. They man to my left made it $10 and 4 other called behind him. At this point I am almost priced in to call so I did just that (knowing I was clearly behind at this point). I hit the miracle flop of JC 10D 3S. I was not about to slow play this so I led out for $20 and the man to my left put me all-in (I had about $40 behind me). It folds back to me and I immediately call knowing I have the best hand. As I suspected he had QS QC and I felt pretty good with the way I had played the hand. The dealer flips the turn card and bang QD on the turn, making my hand DEAD to the river. There is nothing I can due in that situation except fold pre-flop, but I felt like it was time and I only had to put $12 into a $40 to $50 pot.

I proceeded to re-buy for another $75 once again. This round I was playing more aggressive, but it seemed things were just not going my way. I would pick up AK, raise to $12, get one caller, have an all under card flop, I would lead out, and get re-raised every time. After awhile of this I tried making a stand with K9 on the button and made it $8. The BB re-raised to $16 and I just called. The flop came K96 (prefect). The BB leads for $20 and I obviously put in my last $44 and make the call. He had AK so once again I was feeling quite alright in this situation. The dealer flips the turn card over and it was a Q. So now I am yelling "NO Ace, No Queen" and the river brings the good ole Q.

Basically I am not mad with my play just frustrated that more things did not go my way which seems to be the general feeling by most players. To play at the Best Online Casino try out BodogCasino.com