Showed No Mercy at No Limit Hold’em Shootout

Reed — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:26:39 +0000

Played the Morning NL Hold’em shootout this morning at the casino after much debate with the wife. We hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before and had to drag each other out of bed to take the kid to school which just so happens to be just passed the casino. A coincidence I assure you. A convenient one true but sometimes a slight hindrance when other things are getting put off because hell the breakfast there is decent and pretty cheap and might as well go play some poker and make some money while were at it.

As you may have already guessed I decide to play the tournament, while not so much me as the blackjack machine my wife was playing. We do as the machines tell us. She had a set amount to spend and if she was doing well when it was time for the shootout to start then I would play, if not, it’s back home to get something done ( or nap , which ever).

I was playing well, got a hold of some chips and started to push the local heavy table. most of them are push overs and even when they do get a big hand they priced me in or slow played it till I caught up and busted them out. When it got down to three handed I had the chip lead and the lone woman at the table took her stand with no pair when I put her all in with trips on the flop. Yes I raised with Jack three off suit and hit trip threes on the flop, I was running good and I figured they were just going to fold.

Heads up! Most of the time the locals like to chop the pot at this time and either get into a Hold’em game or go about their day. Not today my friend i was here to play and wasn’t about to show any mercy (Slayer is now playing in the back ground). I have played alot with Mr. D. and know his game well. He thinks of himself as tricky but most of the time I see right through him. I pulled off several bluffs and got away clean when he had big hands and in the end I was victorious. I got all the cash and a entry into the end of the month freeroll.

Feeling good.

Single Table Shootout 10/14/09

Reed — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:14:26 +0000

Well seem to be doing pretty well at the single table shootouts at the casino this week. Chopped this one with another regular, plus I got an entry for the end of the month free roll ( card room promotion tournament that you must win your way in to play for a $1,000 prize poll). Got hit early on with pocket K, K’s back to back and won them both. This gave me some chips to be able to start pushing the table around. Every time the chip leader (the guy I ended up splitting with) didn’t raise there I was ready to take up the slack and punish the short stacks. Together we cleared the table in less then 30 minutes, not a bad pay rate.

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Showed No Mercy at No Limit Hold’em Shootout

Single Table Shootout 10/14/09