Road Trip

On Sunday, I made my first Road Trip since moving to Reno. There is a WSOP Circut Event happening down at Harvey's Lake Tahoe, which is about an hour south of Reno.

There was an Omaha-8 tourney, but I didn't play in it. The buy-in ($345) was a little high for my bankroll. Also, the structure said it was a two day event, and I have to work on Monday. They had 110 players, and first place was just over $9k.

The Poker Room is not normally that busy, but it was hopping when I got there. They had numerous $2/$3 NL games, a few $3/$6 Limit games, and two $3/$5 games. There was a Seniors tournament at 4pm, so the cash games thinned out when that started.

As for me, I played $2/$3 for about five hours. I had some good hands, and some bad. There was a few suckouts, and a some minor donk-offs by me. In the end, I was left up $208. Here is the most noteworthy hand.

I'm in the BB, and check my option with JTd. Five players see a Flop of Tc 9d 5d. I lead out for $11 with Top Pair and Flush Draw. Three players call.
Turn [Tc 9d 5d] Qs. I'm not happy with an overcard, but that does add the Open-Ender to my draws. I bet $40, hoping to take down the pot right now. Only the Button calls. He's a 70's gentleman who has trouble seeing the Board, and he just moved over to the #5 Seat, which is right across from the Dealer.
River [Tc 9d 5d Qs] 9s. Well, I missed everything. I decide to bet $60. (This bet might have been a mistake, but that's not relevant for this post.) The old man called, and I turned over my hand. The old man looks over the Board, and asks the Dealer what I have. The Dealer shows and tells him, and the old man just keeps looking over the Board. After what seemed like a full minute, he finally turned his hand over. 92c for Trip 9. Nice Slowroll, Sir.

On a side note, I had to drive through Carson City, the state capital, to get to Tahoe. On the way down around 11:30-12:00, I stopped at two casinos in Carson City to check them out. I had no intention of playing anything; this was just a quick recon. The first one had a Poker Room with two tables. There was two gentleman sitting at one of the tables waiting for some more players for a $3/$6 game. The other casino's Poker Room had three tables. They were all in use for what looked like a tournament. Sadly, those were two of the best options for Poker in Carson City.