Sports Betting, LA, and Vegas
At the end of my last post, I said that I had to figure out whether I was going to make a sports bet. I ended up making this bet, which was basically a freeroll $1100 bet on the Steelers/Dolphins game last Thursday, which paid out at 11:10 (so I would win $1000 if my bet won). I had a pick'em on Pittsburgh, and I gave my brother some money to put down the same bet (he would get 40% of the winnings). The Steelers won, and I pocketed $1600 from the win. I was watching the game with my brother and my 2p2 friend. Altogether, we had $3000 on the line and it made an otherwise mundane event really interesting.
The game was on Thursday night, and I went up to LA on friday for a freind's wedding. My wife was sick so she didn't go, and most of the people I knew were actually in the wedding. I was bored while everyone was at the rehearsal dinner, so I decided to clear the $1100 (100% on first deposit) bonus at the casino where I won the Steelers bet. Clearing this bonus required that I play $22,000 worth of casino games. Somebody out there figured out that you could play $22,000 worth of keno in such a way that your expected loss would only be about $580 (I verified this calculation also). So I sat there all day and played Keno, resulting in a loss of about $400. Clearing the $1100 bonus, this made me another $700. Sweet.
So I made $2300 on random gambling ventures last week, which was fun. I also went to Las Vegas after the wedding to visit my parents for a few days. I didn't play a whole lot of poker, but I did play some. On Monday I played a $1/$2 NL game online for about an hour and won $50 or so. On Tuesday I went to some casino and played in the morning tournament. It was a $37 buyin, and I got knocked out pretty early when I got my 2400 preflop at the 200/400/25 level with 33 vs. AQo vs. AJs, where the AJs ended with a full house to knock out both of us. My brother ended up getting 5th when only 4 places paid. I don't really know much abouut how he was playing or how he went out -- I was busy playing in a cash game after I got knocked out of the tourney.
The only game running when I got knocked out was a $2/$4 limit holdem game. I jumped in and won about $50 before a $1/$2 NL game got started. This game (well, both actually) was *soft*. My dad was playing with me. And despite the fact that he plays pretty poorly, he probably had an advantage on the players in this game. Let's go over some fun hands.
UTG limps for $2, I fold the CO, dad limps the button, SB folds, BB makes it $7, UTG calls, my dad makes it $12 (min-raise), all call. Flop comes J44, BB checks, CO checks, dad bets $15. BB folds, UTG calls. Turn comes J, putting 2 pair on board. UTG leads for $50, dad makes it $100 (another min-raise), UTG calls. River comes an A, UTG checks, dad moves in for about $120, UTG calls with KJ and loses to dad's AJ.
dad limps UTG, UTG+1 (who I beleive to be tilting due to losing a few pots in a row) makes it $22 with about $75 behind, 3 callers, I make it $120 from the BB with 99, UTG+1 calls, all others fold. Nobody gets help, he has 77, I win a bunch.
I make it $8 UTG with 9s9c. I get 5 or 6 callers including both blinds. Flop comes 568 two spades, SB bets $15, BB folds, I make it $45, all fold, SB says "I'll see one more" and calls. Turn comes 2h, SB checks, I make it $65, he think for a while and shows the 2d. I really can't imagine what hands he could have had other than 23 or 27. Pretty strange of him to show the 2d -- it really weirded me out.
A bunch of people limp, I limp the button with 46o, both blinds complete(dad is SB). Flop comes 577 rainbow, all check to me, I bet $10. My dad makes a big production of calling, so it's pretty clear that he has the 7, 2 other callers. Turn comes an offsuit 6, dad checks, next guy makes it $25, some old lady calls, I fold, dad makes it $50, the guy looks agonized and finally folds what he later claims was a straight (I beleive him), lady calls $25 more. River comes a Q, dad bets $50 into a pot of about $200, lady (who has about $100 left) calls with A7, dad shows Q7o for the rivered boat. I've said this once before, but I really think that I'm the only one who shouldn't be kicked in the groin for how badly they played this pot.
I ended up ahead by about $220, and so did my brother and dad. I think I'm going to start playing $1/$2 NL when I go to the live casino games.
I also played a few hundred hands of $1/$2 this morning and won about $400. Let me start by sayinng that I started playing on the pokerroom network again when I played in Vegas because I decided that I wanted 42% rakeback again. The games also appear to be MUCH weaker than the $1/$2 games on Stars. Let's look at some hands.
PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed)
UTG+1 ($265.05)
MP1 ($103.00)
MP2 ($197.80)
MP3 (UltraDonkey) ($233.80)
CO ($138.20)
Button (Solid Player) ($185.20)
SB ($145.00)
Hero ($252.60)
UTG ($378.20)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, 8d.
4 folds, MP3 (UltraDonkey) calls $2, 1 fold, Button (Solid Player) calls $2, 1 fold, Hero checks.
Flop: ($9) 7s, Qc, 2h (3 players)
Hero bets $5, UltraDonkey raises to $10, Solid Player calls $10, Hero calls $5.
Turn: ($39) 8c (3 players)
Hero checks, UltraDonkey bets $14, Solid Player calls $14, Hero raises to $54, UltraDonkey calls $40, Solid Player raises to $94, Hero calls $40, UltraDonkey calls $40.
River: ($321) 4c (3 players)
Hero checks, UltraDonkey bets $127.8 (All-In), Solid Player calls $79.20 (All-In), Hero folds.
Final Pot: $528
Results below:
UltraDonkey has Ah Qh (one pair, queens).
Solid Player has 2c 2d (three of a kind, twos).
Outcome: Solid Player wins $479.40. UltraDonkey wins $48.60.
I folded the river getting about 4:1 with top two pair. I wasn't really worried about the random straight/flush possibilities, but when the solid guy insta-called the donkey on the river, I was pretty sure I was beat by a flopped set. I was fairly sure of this on the turn too, so I really should have folded there instead and saved myself $40.
Now, two fun ones. These were two consecutive hands, each where I had a flush draw, overcards and a gutshot and hit the gutshot in both. Note the guy slowplaying the set in the 2nd hand -- god I love these games.
PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed)
UTG ($265.00)
UTG+1 ($120.40)
MP1 ($149.50)
MP2 ($79.50)
MP3 ($113.00)
CO ($297.50)
Button ($195.00)
Hero ($201.40)
BB ($80.50)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Th, Jh.
UTG calls $2, 3 folds, MP3 raises to $6, 2 folds, Hero calls $5, BB calls $4, UTG calls $4.
Flop: ($24) 4s, 9h, 7h (4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $10, UTG folds, MP3 raises to $30, Hero raises to $110, BB calls $64.50 (All-In), MP3 folds.
Turn: ($238.50) 2c (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($238.50) 8d (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $238.50
Results below:
BB doesn't show. (has Ah8h)
Hero has Th Jh (straight, jack high).
Outcome: Hero wins $238.50.
PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed)
MP3 ($200.00)
CO ($62.30)
Button ($117.40)
SB ($147.50)
BB ($81.70)
UTG ($82.20)
UTG+1 ($195.00)
Hero ($320.90)
MP2 ($149.00)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Kh, Ah.
UTG calls $2, UTG+1 calls $2, Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, MP3 calls $6, 4 folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds.
Flop: ($23) 2h, Th, Jc (2 players)
Hero bets $20, MP3 calls $20.
Turn: ($63) 6c (2 players)
Hero bets $30, MP3 raises to $75, Hero calls $45.
River: ($213) Qd (2 players)
Hero bets $217.9 (All-In), MP3 calls $97 (All-In).
Final Pot: $527.90
Results below:
Hero has Kh Ah (straight, ace high).
MP3 has Tc Ts (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins $527.90.
I also have the home game tonight and I will hopefully be going to the casino either Friday or Saturday to get some live action. Ok, let's end this with a bankroll update. Thank you, Steelers!
Total BR - $10081.24 (Online) + $728 (Live) = $10,809.24
The game was on Thursday night, and I went up to LA on friday for a freind's wedding. My wife was sick so she didn't go, and most of the people I knew were actually in the wedding. I was bored while everyone was at the rehearsal dinner, so I decided to clear the $1100 (100% on first deposit) bonus at the casino where I won the Steelers bet. Clearing this bonus required that I play $22,000 worth of casino games. Somebody out there figured out that you could play $22,000 worth of keno in such a way that your expected loss would only be about $580 (I verified this calculation also). So I sat there all day and played Keno, resulting in a loss of about $400. Clearing the $1100 bonus, this made me another $700. Sweet.
So I made $2300 on random gambling ventures last week, which was fun. I also went to Las Vegas after the wedding to visit my parents for a few days. I didn't play a whole lot of poker, but I did play some. On Monday I played a $1/$2 NL game online for about an hour and won $50 or so. On Tuesday I went to some casino and played in the morning tournament. It was a $37 buyin, and I got knocked out pretty early when I got my 2400 preflop at the 200/400/25 level with 33 vs. AQo vs. AJs, where the AJs ended with a full house to knock out both of us. My brother ended up getting 5th when only 4 places paid. I don't really know much abouut how he was playing or how he went out -- I was busy playing in a cash game after I got knocked out of the tourney.
The only game running when I got knocked out was a $2/$4 limit holdem game. I jumped in and won about $50 before a $1/$2 NL game got started. This game (well, both actually) was *soft*. My dad was playing with me. And despite the fact that he plays pretty poorly, he probably had an advantage on the players in this game. Let's go over some fun hands.
UTG limps for $2, I fold the CO, dad limps the button, SB folds, BB makes it $7, UTG calls, my dad makes it $12 (min-raise), all call. Flop comes J44, BB checks, CO checks, dad bets $15. BB folds, UTG calls. Turn comes J, putting 2 pair on board. UTG leads for $50, dad makes it $100 (another min-raise), UTG calls. River comes an A, UTG checks, dad moves in for about $120, UTG calls with KJ and loses to dad's AJ.
dad limps UTG, UTG+1 (who I beleive to be tilting due to losing a few pots in a row) makes it $22 with about $75 behind, 3 callers, I make it $120 from the BB with 99, UTG+1 calls, all others fold. Nobody gets help, he has 77, I win a bunch.
I make it $8 UTG with 9s9c. I get 5 or 6 callers including both blinds. Flop comes 568 two spades, SB bets $15, BB folds, I make it $45, all fold, SB says "I'll see one more" and calls. Turn comes 2h, SB checks, I make it $65, he think for a while and shows the 2d. I really can't imagine what hands he could have had other than 23 or 27. Pretty strange of him to show the 2d -- it really weirded me out.
A bunch of people limp, I limp the button with 46o, both blinds complete(dad is SB). Flop comes 577 rainbow, all check to me, I bet $10. My dad makes a big production of calling, so it's pretty clear that he has the 7, 2 other callers. Turn comes an offsuit 6, dad checks, next guy makes it $25, some old lady calls, I fold, dad makes it $50, the guy looks agonized and finally folds what he later claims was a straight (I beleive him), lady calls $25 more. River comes a Q, dad bets $50 into a pot of about $200, lady (who has about $100 left) calls with A7, dad shows Q7o for the rivered boat. I've said this once before, but I really think that I'm the only one who shouldn't be kicked in the groin for how badly they played this pot.
I ended up ahead by about $220, and so did my brother and dad. I think I'm going to start playing $1/$2 NL when I go to the live casino games.
I also played a few hundred hands of $1/$2 this morning and won about $400. Let me start by sayinng that I started playing on the pokerroom network again when I played in Vegas because I decided that I wanted 42% rakeback again. The games also appear to be MUCH weaker than the $1/$2 games on Stars. Let's look at some hands.
PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed)
UTG+1 ($265.05)
MP1 ($103.00)
MP2 ($197.80)
MP3 (UltraDonkey) ($233.80)
CO ($138.20)
Button (Solid Player) ($185.20)
SB ($145.00)
Hero ($252.60)
UTG ($378.20)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, 8d.
4 folds, MP3 (UltraDonkey) calls $2, 1 fold, Button (Solid Player) calls $2, 1 fold, Hero checks.
Flop: ($9) 7s, Qc, 2h (3 players)
Hero bets $5, UltraDonkey raises to $10, Solid Player calls $10, Hero calls $5.
Turn: ($39) 8c (3 players)
Hero checks, UltraDonkey bets $14, Solid Player calls $14, Hero raises to $54, UltraDonkey calls $40, Solid Player raises to $94, Hero calls $40, UltraDonkey calls $40.
River: ($321) 4c (3 players)
Hero checks, UltraDonkey bets $127.8 (All-In), Solid Player calls $79.20 (All-In), Hero folds.
Final Pot: $528
Results below:
UltraDonkey has Ah Qh (one pair, queens).
Solid Player has 2c 2d (three of a kind, twos).
Outcome: Solid Player wins $479.40. UltraDonkey wins $48.60.
I folded the river getting about 4:1 with top two pair. I wasn't really worried about the random straight/flush possibilities, but when the solid guy insta-called the donkey on the river, I was pretty sure I was beat by a flopped set. I was fairly sure of this on the turn too, so I really should have folded there instead and saved myself $40.
Now, two fun ones. These were two consecutive hands, each where I had a flush draw, overcards and a gutshot and hit the gutshot in both. Note the guy slowplaying the set in the 2nd hand -- god I love these games.
PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed)
UTG ($265.00)
UTG+1 ($120.40)
MP1 ($149.50)
MP2 ($79.50)
MP3 ($113.00)
CO ($297.50)
Button ($195.00)
Hero ($201.40)
BB ($80.50)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Th, Jh.
UTG calls $2, 3 folds, MP3 raises to $6, 2 folds, Hero calls $5, BB calls $4, UTG calls $4.
Flop: ($24) 4s, 9h, 7h (4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $10, UTG folds, MP3 raises to $30, Hero raises to $110, BB calls $64.50 (All-In), MP3 folds.
Turn: ($238.50) 2c (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($238.50) 8d (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $238.50
Results below:
BB doesn't show. (has Ah8h)
Hero has Th Jh (straight, jack high).
Outcome: Hero wins $238.50.
PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed)
MP3 ($200.00)
CO ($62.30)
Button ($117.40)
SB ($147.50)
BB ($81.70)
UTG ($82.20)
UTG+1 ($195.00)
Hero ($320.90)
MP2 ($149.00)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Kh, Ah.
UTG calls $2, UTG+1 calls $2, Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, MP3 calls $6, 4 folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds.
Flop: ($23) 2h, Th, Jc (2 players)
Hero bets $20, MP3 calls $20.
Turn: ($63) 6c (2 players)
Hero bets $30, MP3 raises to $75, Hero calls $45.
River: ($213) Qd (2 players)
Hero bets $217.9 (All-In), MP3 calls $97 (All-In).
Final Pot: $527.90
Results below:
Hero has Kh Ah (straight, ace high).
MP3 has Tc Ts (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins $527.90.
I also have the home game tonight and I will hopefully be going to the casino either Friday or Saturday to get some live action. Ok, let's end this with a bankroll update. Thank you, Steelers!
Total BR - $10081.24 (Online) + $728 (Live) = $10,809.24
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