Morongo Part II: The Afternoon

After eating lunch, I got seated at one of the three $1-3 NL tables. There were a big stacks of 200++ seated. I bought in for the max of $100, and I was able to quickly get a read on the table. I think they all knew I was the best player, because everytime I lost a showdown they all demanded to see my cards I would try to muck, but never asked to see anyone elses. This session is highlighted by bad beats and a huge dealer screwup.

Key hand #1: My second hand i get dealt AJo and make a small raise to $10 in the cutoff. The BB calls me as well as a early postion limper. KQT rainbow, BAM flopped the nuts. Checked to me and I bet $15, BB calls. Turn a blank, I bet 20$ and he calls. River J(sucks, I thought wed split here but then he checked) I bet $30 and he calls and mucks. Im up to about $190 at this point.

Key hand#2: About a round later I pick up KK. The crazy Persian(this guy was super bad) limps, I raise to $15 in late position and hes the only caller. 246 flop, he checks I bet $20. He calls. Turn T, he checks I bet $30 he calls. River 9 he bets 50$ I just call and he flips up 35o. Wow nice hand,sir. Gave the table a nice laugh though.

Some funny persian guy moments: A late position guy min raises to 6, tight ass player makes it 26, and th Persian guy in BB goes all in. The 26 raise guy calls for $150 more with his AA. Persian guy hits two pairto take the pot. Nice hand sir.

Key hand #3: Persian guy is UTG and raises to 6$ about 6 hands after I lostto him with my KK. I make it $26 to go, leaving myself about 50$. He calls my raise. Flop comes 985, he checks. I bet $30. I make this bet for a few reasons. First, if I am beat there no way I am folding, so im thinking about getting max value while not giving draws. A $50 dollar bet might beat off some hands I can beat, so a lower $30 bet can get more action. Also, I only left myself $20 so I am pot committed and wont need to even contemplate making a laydown if reraised. Also, saving myself chips may look to this idiot like I am weak. He reraises me all in, I call before he even closes his lips and flip my aces up. He shows A9o and misses his two outer. Nice hand, sir. This guy calls $26 preflop with A9o vs a guy hes seen show two hands, the nut straight and KK.

Keyhand #4: At this point ive got about $150. Its raised to $10 in mid position, two people call so I call in the BB with 5d4d. Flop comes Kd6s3d. This gives me and opened ended draw + flush draw, or 15 outs. I check, the raiser bets $20, other two fold. I raise him all. I actually though he only had about $40 lef,t but he had his stacks split up on a left and right side. Doh, he really had 81$ left and called. He flipped up AcAh. I had 15 outs and was 56.26% favorite. Turn is the 5s, so I now have 20 outs and am a 45% underdog. River is Qs and my outs all miss, he takes down the 200+ pot.

After that I lost the rest of my stack on something I forget. I rebought for $100.

Key hand #5: At this point ive got a healthy stack of about $150. I had won a small pot with QQ and some other things I forget. I was limping a few mediocre hands knowing there were huge implied odds at this table. I also had a good read on everyone.
Anyways, I get J6o in the BB and see a free flop. 578 rainbow and this asian guy fires out $10. I saw him fire at these type of flops with top pair and even a kicker as bad as a two. So I was 90% sure he just had an 8 here. There was one caller, this lady that always liked to seea turn it seemed, so I called with my open ended straight draw and overcard. Turn was a J. I check even though I think my top pair is good, and he bets out $20. Lady folds I call. River 9, bam giving me my straight. A 5-9 straight. I check because I had seen this guy fire at the river whenever he was checked too. He goes all in for his last $60 and I call immediately and flip over my J6 right in front of me. Now everytime a shortstack goes all in they tell the bigger stack just to say call or fold, and then if the short stack wins they match up the remaining stack to get the right amount of chips. This guy flips up his two pair and sighs and says damnit two pair, bad river. Im looking at him and say ya well I had you on turn too. This whole exchange takes 4 seconds. I look back and she has taken both are hands and mixed then in the muck. The pushes him the chips from the pot and says “60” to me. Im like “WHAT?! I had a straight, I won that pot.” In horrible English she starts saying “Two pair wins, no straight out.” “What? 578J9 were out, I had a straight with my J6.” At this point I realized she saw my jack, and only thought I had one pair, thus losing to two pair. My neighbor says there was a straight possible, and the guy in a Boston hat across table says ya there was, I had a 6 and thought about how I woulda split it. She then pauses, and says “oh yes straight, but you didn’t call.” At this point im outraged, the guy whos taking the pot(old asian guy who thinks hes good but SUCKS) is sitting silent. Shouting, I say “I said call and flipped my cards up, why would I flip up a straight and fold.” “No you don’t call, post your small blind.” “no I wont post anything, we need to resolve this YOU screwed up.” “Post your small blind, or you miss it.” “what, no get the..” “Post your small blind.” At this point she tosses the missed blind thing my way and the lady across the way says to the dealer “what are you doing.” I stand up and start screaming at her in the top of the lungs telling her I refuse to let her huge screwup slide for a $200 pot. “I wont lose $200 because youre an idiot!” At this point there a crowd of about 20 people surrounding the table. This finally get the poker room manager over. This guy barely speaks English too. I get the people at my table to back me up on dealers error, and he says they’ll go to the tapes. The asian guy is a regular bc they know his name, what the hell gay. Manager comes back 5 minutes later and says the cameras show I had a straight, but because I only verbally called they cant prove I called and thus lose the pot because they cant do anything for me now. Im like “WHAT THE FUCK, you run a joke of a poker room.” I tell the asian guy hes weak for stealing the pot and he says “don’t blame me.” Guy to my right says “Why wouldn’t he?” Asian guy realizes table thinks hes an asshole so he leaves for like 15 minutes. Dealer keeps saying “I didn’t hear him say call” and lady at other side of table says “yes we’ve heard your fake story 100 times, just deal the cards and don’t talk.” What pisses me off most is the way the dealer changes her story once she realizes there Was a straight out, trying to cover her own ass. So I didn’t end up paying the final $60 bet, but missed out on the 160$ that woulda been in the $220 pot had I called. I start playing when the Big blind reaches me again.

Key hand #6: My neighbor tells me to let it go so I don’t steam. Anyways, im on the button like 30 minutes later with $152 and KK. The asian guy who got the pot from the dealers error is in the BB. I had been needling him and majorly fucking with him. One hand I had Q7 on a QT7 flop, he bet 10 and I went all in for like 150$ more. He folded and I showed my 7. I also kept telling him hes got no class. So I raise it to $12 on the button with my KK. He calls as well as the lady who yelled at dealer for me. JT9 flop rainbow. Not a great flop but with KK I doubt one of them had KQ. They both check to me and I fire out $20. They both calls and turn is the 6h. Two hearts out now. They check again and I fire $60 trying to make any draws pay. The 6 couldn’t hurt me, because if someone had a 78 they already had the straight. The asian ASSHOLE calls me, and the lady folds. Ive got $60 left at this point, and theres a pot of about $210. river is a 7. Asian ASSHOLE bets his last $40 and I go into the tank. I thought he may have AJo or QQ. QQ was an option because he had smooth called with high pairs earlier. I didn’t think he has JJ, TT, or 99 because I sensed great weakness by him, and he was taking time to think about whether to call on all the streets. I finally call and flip my KK. He flips up 77. im like WOW, wow to call your stack off with an UNDERPAIR. I stand up, grab my last 20 $1 chips, and say “you rock man.” I tell my friends lets get the hell out of here and cash out my last chips. That same asshole that took the errored pot from me also sucked out horribly on my KK with his 77.

Overall, I got the best cards of my life for a casino Trip. AA, KKx3, QQx3. I had that freak dealer error from the asian bitch that tried to cover her ass at my expense, and some bad beats. My pocket kings went 1/3, which isn’t great but oh well, I played them ok in my opinion. The people there were horrible as expected. The place was nice and and the chips were clean, but the dealers SUCKED for the most part. Oh well, at least I got to scream at the top of my lungs at a dealer for almost a minute, calling her an idiot and a huge screw up, haha. Hopefully next time goes better. Im going to try to make a complaint to Morongo and get a free room.