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All Out

August 22, 2006 2:02 AM

o, my aunt and I went to the Morongo Casino today. She went and played her slots, and I once again tried my hand at live poker.

I generally believe that, when you gamble, you should set aside a certain amount of money, consider it lost, and then see if you can keep any of it. I failed at keeping any of my money today. But that's ok, really. This was the first time I played in a casino in almost a year, and the first time I had played no limit as opposed to limit. I had a great time, and I think I played decently well.

I suffered some pretty shitty beats, too. For example, in one hand, I had pocket aces. I should have just folded - I don't know if I've ever won at a casino with pocket aces. In any event, I had pocket aces. The flop came 8 10 8, suits irrelevant. I bet pretty high. I had one caller. Fourth street was a queen. I bet heavily again, and the other guy went all-in. I called. He flipped his cards over and showed Q10, giving him two pair. I was pretty much golden at this point - my pocket aces and the 8s on the board gave me a better two pair. Moreover, he only had four cards in the deck that could beat me. A queen or a ten would give him a full house. If any other card came up, I would win. Of course, the river was a queen. Oh man, did that one suck.

I also lost a shit load of money of a royal flush draw. I was pretty confident that I'd get either the diamond or the 10 (or maybe the 10 of diamonds) that I needed. But it didn't come up. And it sucked.

On another hand, I got a straight flush. Unfortunately, I only had one other guy in and he only made some small bets. I think I won about $7 on the straight flush.

On the bright side, though, I know for a fact that I wasn't the worst player at the table. I know this because I saw someone do the stupidest thing I've ever seen someone do in poker. Ok, this old guy and this younger guy were the only people in this hand. The flop was something like 9xx, the last two cards being irrelevant. The old guy raises $20. The younger guy re-raises $36. The old guy, thinking that the younger guy had gone all-in when he hadn't, said "call" and then flipped his cards, showing pocket 10s. Everyone told him that the other guy hadn't, in fact, gone all-in. The old guy flipped his cards back over, and the dealer said that it was too bad for him, the hand had to go on. The younger guy told everyone that the young guy was behind and checked in the dark before fourth street. Fourth street was irrelevant, and the old guy checked. The river was a four, and the young guy went all-in. Everyone at the table snickered. Clearly, the young guy had made a hand that he knew was better than the older guy's pocket 10s. This was obvious. Painfully so. Why else would the young guy go all in? A bluff would be completely stupid in a situation like that. No, he clearly had something better. So we all sat there, expecting the old guy to fold. But, no. Knowing that the young guy knew the old guy's hand, the old guy called the young guy's all in. And, guess what. The young guy turned over two pair. Man, the old guy was one stupid old guy.

No In-n-Out today, though. That was shitty.


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