Vegas trip report - Tuesday

Tuesday, I played 1/2 NL at MGM for about 5 hours in the afternoon. I ended the day up $118, so still down $153 for the trip.

I didn't get very many good cards, but I did manage to stack the same guy twice. I really only made one bad play.

I bought in for $200, and early on, I lost about $100 just calling small raises with pocket pairs and hands like JQ suited and not hitting any flops. So I topped up for another $100.

Here are the 3 key hands where I won sizeable pots:

- I was dealt AdQd - and I raise it to $12. I get two callers. Flop comes TcJhKc - flopped the nut straight. First person checks, 2nd guy checks, I bet $20. First player raises to $60, 2nd guy folds, I go all-in. He calls with Qc Jc - open ended royal flush draw. He didn't catch, and I took a sizeable pot.

- I'm dealt KK. Pretty agressive player raises to $12, dealer calls $12, I'm on the SB and I decided to just flat call and hope no Ace flops. Flop comes KhTh3c. Pre-flop raiser bets $30, 2nd guy folds, I raise it another $30 and he calls. Turn 10d. He checks, I bet $60 and he calls.
River is the 4h, putting a potential flush out there. He checks, I bet $75 and he folds.

- I'm dealt 99, the player from the first hand raises to $10, I call as does one other player. Flop 9c6s4h. Pre-flop raiser bets $20, I flat call. Turn Qh. He bets $40, I raise it to $80, he goes all-in for another $50 and I call. He shows AA and doesn't catch either of his two outs on the river and I take it down.


The one hand where I lost about $80 went like this:

I'm on the SB with AcKd. Someone in middle position raises to $5. Dealer calls, and I just decided to call. BB also calls. Flop came Kc6c6h. I bet out $15, BB calls, the other two fold. Turn was a 4c. I checked, BB bets out $25, and I called since I had the Ac. River was a blank, I checked and he bet another $25, and I called hoping to see something like KJ or KT. But he had an offsuit 96.

The mistake I made was in not raising pre-flop to get the junk hands out... In that whole session, I actually only raised preflop twice (AdQd mentionned above, and AA which everyone folded to). I've been gun-shy about raising AK in cash games, but I will do it from now on.

Still a pretty good session considering the few hands I played - only that one mistake to remember.