Hand of the Day #23

$2/$5 - Hollywood Casino - 7/27/09

Here's a Hand of the Day that happened back over the summer when I wasn't blogging.

I went down to the Hollywood Casino near Cincinnati for a couple of days to check out their new poker room. On my second day, I was playing some $1/$3 in the late afternoon. I wasn't really winning or losing. I went to the bathroom. On the way back, I put $100 into a slot machine. About ten minutes later, I cashed out for $550. I walked back to the poker room, put my name on the $2/$5 list, and went back to my $1/$3 game.

About 30 minutes later, they called my name. I went to buy some more chips, and sat down at the only $2/$5 table. I had played about two orbits, and haven't won a pot yet. I really haven't' had any cards, and I've got about $460 in my stack. The table has been rather tight & passive, with only one player who seemed interested in raising preflop.

I'm in the Hyjack with J7d. There were a couple of limpers. Normally, I wouldn't play this hand, but with this table seeming tight, I should limp in with a wider range of hands. The Button is the Action guy, and raises to $25. He just moved over to this seat, and this is the first hand that he raised from this seat. The BB, UTG+1 and a Mid player calls. I really don't want to play a big pot with this hand, but I am get pot odds, so I call. Besides, what's the worst that could happen?

Five players see a Flop of Ad 6d 2d. Oh, that's why some people play J7d, so they can flop a flush. The BB checks. UTG+1 bets $150. She's an older black lady who seems to be a tight passive player. I think she's been here since the day before, because I remember seeing her wearing the same thing yesterday. The Mid players folds.

Now it's my turn. It seems to me that she overbet the Flop, which I think means that she isn't thrilled with the Flop. She could have a small flush, and wants to scare everyone else away. She also could have something like Ax Kd, or 66 for a set. Part of me just wants to call, but I can't. There are still players to act, including the preflop raiser. With the A on the Flop, there are only two cards that I'm worried about. If I just call, and the fourth diamond appears on the board, then my hand is in bad shape.

So I did the only thing that I could do; All-In for about $435. The Button thinks for a moment, and goes All-In for more. The BB gets that "Are you serious?" look on his face, thinks for a bit, and shoves All-In. UTG+1 calls.

Here are the hands (Flop: Ad 6d 2d)
UTG+1 - K9d
Button - QTd
BB - 6s6c

Well, there was only two cards that I was worried about, and they are both in the pot. The BB hits his boat on the River and scoops the Main pot for about $2000. UTG+1 get the small side pot of around $300. I just shake my head, and leave the table.

The worst thing about this hand is if I was in a different position both preflop and on the Flop, then I might not have gone broke. If I wasn't in the Hyjack, I wouldn't have played a garbage hand like J7d. If the anyone but the Button raised preflop, and I wasn't the last one to act, then I wouldn't have called the raise. If I was first to bet on the Flop, I would have  seen all the carnage of the All-Ins, and maybe gotten away from it. If I was to act after others went All-In, then I might not have shoved All-In.

At least I was on a freeroll. All I really lost was the $100 that I put in the slot machine.