Work has been crazy so it's been over a year since I have been able to play live at a casino. I had a weekend to myself in LA so went to Hustler Casino to check it out. I bought into the 2/3 game for $300 and had to reload once but have run it back up since then and am sitting on about $750.
* V1 is on the button and is a younger Armenian reg. Pretty quiet but seems to be observant and OK, but not amazing. He doesn't limp and raises at a decent frequency (IE high frequency for these stakes) and I've seen him bluff catch light (successfully and unsuccessfully) a few times in the session. He bought in short and dusted it off but then bought back in for $300 and is now sitting on about $550, the second biggest stack at the table behind me.
* V2 is a middle aged white guy who has had a few beers and is definitely a LAG donkey. He has bought in for $100-$150 about 5 times. He's been a calling station pre-flop but is aggressive post-flop, raising in position frequently and donk betting often when out of position. Seems like he's there to gamble and have a good time. Earlier he was responsible for me needing to reload when I 3B his raise on the button with JJ. Flop came all low cards, rainbow and he went all in for his remaining ~$50. I called and he had Ad5d, totally missing the board, but he spiked the ace on the turn. I got it back from him later in a hand where he had called my raise with 7h9h and he made 2 pair but the board had paired so my top pair w/ AKs ended up winning. So yeah, he's been the donator to the table. He's sitting on a nub stack of $63 in the BB.
Since pre-flop is pretty straightforward, I will just get to the flop decision.
Hero UTG ($750) with
raises to the table standard of $15
V1 on the BU ($550) calls
V2 in the SB ($63) calls
Pot is ~$45 after rake.
Flop is
(!!)
V2 leads for $5. Hero?
I promise this is not a bad beat or self-congratulatory post in disguise - there is some strategy to talk about!
* V1 is on the button and is a younger Armenian reg. Pretty quiet but seems to be observant and OK, but not amazing. He doesn't limp and raises at a decent frequency (IE high frequency for these stakes) and I've seen him bluff catch light (successfully and unsuccessfully) a few times in the session. He bought in short and dusted it off but then bought back in for $300 and is now sitting on about $550, the second biggest stack at the table behind me.
* V2 is a middle aged white guy who has had a few beers and is definitely a LAG donkey. He has bought in for $100-$150 about 5 times. He's been a calling station pre-flop but is aggressive post-flop, raising in position frequently and donk betting often when out of position. Seems like he's there to gamble and have a good time. Earlier he was responsible for me needing to reload when I 3B his raise on the button with JJ. Flop came all low cards, rainbow and he went all in for his remaining ~$50. I called and he had Ad5d, totally missing the board, but he spiked the ace on the turn. I got it back from him later in a hand where he had called my raise with 7h9h and he made 2 pair but the board had paired so my top pair w/ AKs ended up winning. So yeah, he's been the donator to the table. He's sitting on a nub stack of $63 in the BB.
Since pre-flop is pretty straightforward, I will just get to the flop decision.
Hero UTG ($750) with
raises to the table standard of $15V1 on the BU ($550) calls
V2 in the SB ($63) calls
Pot is ~$45 after rake.
Flop is
(!!)V2 leads for $5. Hero?
I promise this is not a bad beat or self-congratulatory post in disguise - there is some strategy to talk about!
