Road Trip II

I've got a few days off work, so that means Road Trip. I'll be visiting poker rooms in Northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan.

My first stop was at the Horseshoe Hammond Casino just outside of Chicago. It is considered as the best Poker Room between the Venetian and the Borgata. When I left the room at dinner time, they had a bunch of 1/2 NL & 3/6 Limit tables, 5 2/5 NL, 2 5/10 NL, 2 20/40 Limit, a 2/5 PLO, and interest lists for 10/25 NL, 40/80 Limit, and 5/10 PLO.

But when I got there at 11am, they only had 4 1/2NL  with a long waiting list. During the wait, I play a little Video Poker. I got a $10 Free Play coupon in the mail. I played for about 10 minutes, When I hit the $20 mark, I cashed out.

I finally got a seat just before Noon. As expected at Noon on a Wednesday, the table was tight, passive with not much money on it. There was only one player that was there the whole time that was even close to an action player, plus another that sat down for a hour before I left at 4:30 down $103. My timing was just not there. When I had a hand, nobody paid me. When I was making a move, or had a marginal hand, somebody had something better. At least I got a free dinner at the Buffet.

Since the Horseshoe doesn't have a hotel, I moved on the my next stop, the Majestic Star in Gary, IN. After I check into my room, I went to the poker room. It has about 15 tables, but there was only 2 1/2NL and 2 3/6Limit going at 6pm. I finally got a seat at 6:30. Since I already signed up for the 7pm tourney, I only bought in for $100. I ended up playing less than an orbit. I flopped a set, and another player turned a straight.

Instead of rebuying for 20 minutes, I went ventured into the Pit, and played a little 3-Card Poker. It was a good choice as I won $125. That will probably hopefully be the only table game I play on this trip.

The 7pm tourney was a $50 buy-in, 3k chips. There was a $5 dealer option for 600 chips. The good thing about the tourney was the 30 minutes levels. I'm not sure about the structure because I was out in Level 2. Some LAG-tard hit a River card on me.

So I got back on the 1/2NL list, and finally got a seat at 8pm. This table was definitely better than the Horseshoe table. There was one loose action player, and I had a good position on him. Unfortunately, the results were the same. I left the poker room at 12a down $87.

Overall, I was happy with my play today, but the "luck factor" just wasn't there. There were only two pots that I won over $50 of profit all day.