The Bigger Game

If I am going to do this then I had better get started.  I drove down to Crazy Moose Casino in Pasco, WA and walked in to play my first $2-$20 Spread Limit game.  The word I have is that the people here are very clickish and will eat and spew the new players out.  They are very aggressive and they tend to work together to get your money.

 

That would just about keep anyone off of the table and I just have to try this out and see this for myself.  There are no other games going on right now at this time of day, 10AM, and I figure just go ahead and jump into the shark tank.

 

I sat down in seat number one and put my $150 in front of me and figured this will be a good learning experience.  Saying to myself I need to play tight and see what the table is like. Right off the bat I notice everyone is nice and enjoying themselves and talking.  It doesn't seem like people wanting to eat your chips up but just wanting to have fun.  The cards start going around the table and the SB and the BB being paid and people are not raising and only putting in a call of the BB to see a flop.  I can do this, sort of like the smaller games where people like to play from the flop and then start building the pot if they have something.

 

This seemed to be the norm and I don't mind playing this way if that is what the table wants to do.  I of course am very selective when I play a hand and not just put the $2 in to see a flop.  About ten minutes go by and a woman walks in and wants to sit in the number two seat next to me.  At this point it makes a full table of nine players.  I notice right off she seems to be aggressive and wants to push the bets and raises.  Now the game really gets going.  One person starting to raise the bets and trying to take the pots.

 

My one hand with her was where I got 66 and I called the BB and wanted to see the flop.  Two seat raised it up and I decided I really wanted to see this flop so I called.  On the flop came a 6 and it had two clubs.  Usually in this spot I will raise to get the person to fold if they wanted to go for the flush draw.  In this case she raised.  I called.  The turn was a blank and I bet she raised and I called.  The River came with a club and I checked she bet the rest of her chips $18 and I called knowing that a flush possibility was there and my gut saying she did not have it.  I turned over my cards to show the set and she turned over JJ.  My chip stack just grew by about $100 and I was happy not to see the flush.  The player got mad and walked away from the table.

 

I played for almost two hours before I left for the day.  It was nice to have a good day on the very first time playing there at $2-$20.  I will definitely be back this next week and will start playing this game and try to build up my bankroll.  I know they are not all going to be like that but at least I started out good.

 

Of course I always keep records of my hours and where I am at in hourly rate. 

 

12 hours with a $24 rate.  This will more than likely go down the more hours I put in with the variance.  Just fun to watch.

 

Have a fun day......