Foxwood's, Cash Tables, and Off Week Poker...

Hi everybody! I've a few things to talk about today, so let's get right to it.

Yesterday was the long awaited trip to Foxwood's for Bill and I. Again, thanks very much to Moe for giving us the ride to and from Foxwood's. If it weren't for Moe , this trip would have probably been just a dream. We ended up picking up Ryan before heading to casino. We ended up getting there at 9am and we immediately got our Wampum cards. I'll tell you, all the commercials on TV about Foxwood's doesn't do it any justice. You've got to see it up close to realize how huge that place really is. You really need a couple of days to see the whole place. Anyways, after getting our Wampum cards, we headed to the poker room to register for the 10 am tournament. The buy-in was $100, $80 for the tournament and $20 for the casino and table fees. Once we were registered, we had about an hour to kill. I was so anxious to play I ended up sitting at $1 - $2 no limit cash table for about 30 minutes. I sat down and the first hand I got was pocket 3's. I limped, hoping to see a cheap flop and three other players limped in as well. The flop came Qs - 3h - Jd. The first two players checked. The third player to my right bet $20. He had to have the top pair. I decided to slow roll him and merely call his bet. The other players folded. The turn was the Jc, and he checked it to me. I knew he didn't have a J in his hand otherwise he would've made a bet. Even if he had the J, I would've raised him because the J on the turn gave me a full house, 3's full J's. I bet $25, hoping to take the pot. Most players say don't bet in that spot but my thought was this, if he had hit a queen or had a pocket pair, I ran the risk of him filling up on the river. After a minute of thinking, he folded. I showed him my hand and man was he pissed. He said he'd playing for 6 hours at the same table and hasn't seen many decent hands. I just sat down and the first hand I get is a full house. I showed my hand for a couple of reasons. The first being that this was my first hand at that table and I wanted them to know I didn't play garbage. Secondly, in the case I wanted to run a bluff, they would see that I was a tight player. I got another set about five hands later against the same player and took another chunk of his stack. I got up a few hands later and cashed out about $35 ahead.

Then it was time for the tournament. I was pretty unsuccessful in the tournament. I didn't make it past the second round of the blinds. I tried to make moves early, but I kept missing my flop. I finally saw pocket 9's and went all in only to run up against pocket queens. That was it for me in the tournament. I hit the cash tables for a couple hours after that. I ended up walking out of Foxwood's about $36 ahead. Not bad considering I spent $100 on the tournament.

Tonight is Off Week Poker and I am gonna be there. I'll post my results later tonight or tomorrow depending on how I feel. Later!

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