Session at Harrah's

Played at Harrah's last night, and after about 2 1/2 hours of play, I picked up right at about $145.00 in profit. The room was dead last night. It was kind of weird to see the poker room at Harrah's so empty. Maybe it is because of the main event is starting or just the WSOP in general. Played with a couple of locals...Blue, Buddy and Sid the "Rock".

I bought into the 1-2 nl game with $300.00 (Max). The game had just started, and I came around about 20 minutes later. Right off the bat I get in this hand from the BB. Guy UTG I have played with numerous times, and I know him as a somewhat good player. He wears a Poker Room shirt from Harrah's. I look down at Big Slick off. Poker shirt guy looks at one card and limps. Of course, ha also announces this to the table..."I only looked at one card and I will play". I don't want to get in a big hand this early. I want to get to look at everybody, and get at least a small read before I start raising...so I "knuckle" the table and we see the flop. Kc7s3d. I bet $20.00 ...shirt guy calls ...as does the button. Turn come the 2d. I bet $20, shirt guy raises and makes it $50 to go... button folds. I notice we have a drunk lunchbox across the table and he starts to comment on the hand before someone shuts him up. I have lots of "bells and whistles" going off in my head, but top pair -top kicker ain't bad...I liked my hand. River brings the Qd. With the flush out there, I check...and so does he...he tables pocket Aces..."AAHhhhhh YYeeeaaaa...so this is how this session is going to go".

For the next hour I donked off some more cheese in several hands where I chased an opened end straight. I have 7s6s and the flop comes 8c5h2s. The board bricked out on me. I started to get a little shotstacked when I got on a semi-rush. I double up with 9c10c when the board came 6s7c8h5h2s...and a medium stack called my all-in with 9-3o.

Next came the hand of the night. "Drunkbox" wins a couple of pots on lucky 2 outers and such, and has accumulated a big stack. Everybody was after him. It was so, funny to see the game "Tighten up like a 16 year old cheerleader" when he went smoke a cigarette, and then open back up once he got back. I pick up AhQc in middle position and raise it to $10. Get 3 callers including drunkbox on the button. Flop comes Qs9h5c. I make it $20 to go and everybody folds around to drunkbox who raises it to $50.00 ...I call turn brings the 8h. I bet $30 and he calls and whispers to his neighbor..."He ain't got shit...I am going to smoke his ass with A-K watch". River bricks out with a 2s, and I go in the tank thinking to myself whether he was on a "Trap"...I keep saying to myself..."Did he want me to hear that or not", "I think he really thought I could not hear him"...etc. I really think he did not mean for me to hear this...I bet $50.00. He starts to laugh and says, "You ain't got nothing huh ...brother"...."Can you beat A-K?". I just looked at him and I said, "You don't have A-K"...He gets mad and says ..."Oh yea...I call"...and he indeed turns over A-Ko.

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I hate jail, it's got the wrong kind of bars in it..." Micky Rourke's Character Henry in "Barfly"