Quick CW Trip Report

Went to Ceasars Windsor on Saturday for a some comped Larry the Cable Guy tickets, and to play a few hours of poker.

Got there about 1:30pm. Had an email offer that was good for "$10 cashback" I figured it was probably free slot play or something weak like that. But when i put my players card into the kiosk, it spit out two crisp $5 bills. Cool !!

Headed upstairs to the poker room and was seated quickly at a $1/2 table.
(no other games running).

First hand, in the big blind, I'm dealt QQ. Its no secret that aside from Aces, my favourite pairs are QQ, 44, and 33. For some crazy reason, I make more sets and quads with these 3 pairs than all other pairs combined. Anyways, 2 middle position players limp in for $2. It was folded around to the small blind who raises to $11. I peel two green $25 chips from the top of my stack and say "Fifty-five". The table goes into an uproar. "You're at the wrong table buddy !" LOL. I say "This isnt $5/10 ?". The two MP players insta-fold and the small blind tanks. He stares at me for a good 30 seconds then shoves his stack in. I seem to find myself in these spots early quite a bit. If he has AA or KK so be it. I call $120 more. He turns over JJ. I turn over my cards showing him the bad news and he immediately says to the dealer "Gimme a Jack, I just need ONE jack" Not much to ask for since at best, theres only 2 of them left in the deck. Dealer spreads a flop of 2, 3, 5. In a smart ass tone I say to the guy "why dont you ask the dealer for a runner-runner chop too ?". I dont think he heard me or understood because he just kept chanting "Give me a jack, give me a jack, dealer, all I need in one jack". Turn and river brought a 6, 7. I win. +$130 or so first hand.

Didnt really get involved in any hands for the next 40-45 minutes or so. Almost time to get up for the LtCG show at 3pm. Get dealt KJ suited in early position so I pop it to $10. Semi-competant (or so I thought) woman in MP calls, so does the button. Flop is KJ8 no suits. I lead out for $20, woman shoves for $39. I call. She quickly turns over her hand and says "I have nothing". AQ off for a gutshot. Turn is a 3, she hits her 4-outer Ten on the river.

I leave for Larry the Cable Guy at 3pm with +$65 more than I started with.

LtCG show was pretty funny. Git'er done. About a one hour show. I'd give it an 8.5 / 10

I had put my name on the interest list for Pot Limit Omaha when I left the poker room. The game got running while I was away and there was an open seat when I got back.

Caesars PLO is played with $1/2 blinds and a $200 capped buy-in. This is way too small, it needs to be $500 or more. I sat down during the fourth orbit of the table. Several players had already busted, rebought then left. There was about $4500 on the table (9plyrs x $200 = $1800 to start a few orbits ago)
I'm at a bit of a disadvantage since there's only 2-3 of us with min stacks.

I played pretty tight with the short stack. Played one hand from the small blind with AAQJ (one suit). Late position potted to $10. I called. Flop came ragged, two hearts. I checked. BB potted, LP repotted, I fold, they got it all in. LP turns over bottom 2 pair. Big blind rolls over the other two Aces, nut flush draw, & back door nut straight draw. LP's 2 pr held and BB went broke.

Only other hand I played was As7sAh2h from early position. Even a nit like me cant fold AA double suited. LP guy who pots it every hand, potted it so I called, we're heads up.

Flop is Ad 9c4c giving me top set. He pots it to $50. My stack is $150. I decide to call $50 hoping for a brick on the turn. Turn is the 2s. Total brick. LP had bet $100 in the dark and I call. He tables Kh Qd 7c3c for a 7high flush draw. No pair. No straight draw. I just need to dodge 7 clubs from the deck. I'm an 82.5% favourite. River is 5 of clubs. Good Game, nicely played sir.

Left the casino and went to AppleBees on Walker Rd. for some supper. First time I've been to one. It was pretty decent, food arrived quickly and was steaming hot. The double crispy shrimps were plump and tastey and the AYCE Riblets for $10 was great deal. Headed home up the 401 very satisfied.

Another Casino Windsor Trip Report

Last night at Caesars Windsor I stumbled upon
one of the softest, weakest group of poker players
I've ever encountered anywhere. They werent
'new', bad players who didnt know how to play
the game (ie: not knowing about posting blinds
or that they can check or bet), these were just
plain awful players. Calling raises all the way
to the river with a small pocket pair, giving off
the most painfully obvious tells and trying to
bluff, etc.

Soft players are a bonus, but one of the main
reasons for me to play there was to earn
comps on my Harrah's card. I'm heading to
Vegas again in November and want to eat at
the RIO buffet for free. Harrahs also keeps
offering me free tickets to shows like
Englebert Humperdink and Regis Philbin.
I'm hoping someone who's less than
70 years old will perform at Caesars Windsor
one of these days and they'll give me
some free tix for that ... lol

But now there's a big reason not to go back to
Windsor to take advantageof the comps and
those juicey cash games. It's because of this
poker rooms totally abhorrent treatment of
rules and etiquette.

Until now, I'd never been at a casino where
talking about hands while play was still
going on was condoned. It was really bad.
Players not even in the hand, calling out
potential straights and flushes, talking about
what hands they think players have.
This went on for about a half hour (during
2 different dealers) before I said something.
Dealer didnt seem concerned at all, but the
new dealer coming in who was standing behind
him (shaking her head) took better control of
the table and kept the table talk to a
minimum, although not eliminating it.

You may remember a previous blog post about
a visit to this casino where I witnessed a guy
lose his entire $300 stack, (+ a $700 pot)
because of the Caesars poker room rule that
if you expose your hand with action pending,
your hand is ruled dead and sent to the muck.
This rule is not posted anywhere.
Well, it happened to me.
(I had a slightly better outcome)

I'm playing a short stack, $150 or so.
I'm in late position (cutoff) with QT.

EP raises to $6. This seems like a weak raise
for this player. He has a tendancy to call raises
preflop, but fold postflop unless he hits
atleast top pair.

Its folded around to me, I make it $16.

Button and BigBlind both call.
(they're both loose $2/5 players, so I wasnt
surprised to have them follow with any2cards).


Pot is $60.

Flop is J 9 4 rainbow.

BB bets $25 (he likes to lead out,
out of position for some reason,
he likes to be "aggressive" I guess?).

EP raiser folds.

I shove for $110.
(A good argument could be made that I
played this hand poorly, but I was trying to
outplay these $2/5 donks on this hand to
set something up for later)

Button is still in hand but has his cards hidden.

Big Blind says "All-In" and rolls over QT.
I hesitate and turn over my cards.
Dealer burns a card and is about to run
the last two cards from the deck so we can
chop it up, and the button says
"Wait, I havent called your all-in yet".

Fuckin great, I know where this is going.

Dealer calls floor, who is the guy who killed
dude's hand the last time i was at this casino,
so not looking good. He comes over and says
"I think I know what will happen and you're
not going to be happy". He goes and gets the
shift supervisor to confirm. I state to the table
that if my hand is ruled dead, they should
cover their ears.

Guy to my left says "Your hand is probably dead,
but it totally depends which supervisor is on duty".
Soup arrives and he reviews what happened.
Suprisingly, he rules that my hand is not dead
and explains that the BB who acted out of turn,
his hand will be ruled dead. I acted based on his
mistake, so my action is void. I'm thinking in the
back of my head, BB said "ALL-IN" (for about $600).
So all Button has to do is Call, and he automatically
wins BB's stack, minus the $110 that goes into
my main pot. (Which he could still win if he has
a better hand than me).

Button player, finally breaks his silence and says
"I'm just going to muck, you 2 can play it out".
Floor says if everyone's aggreable, BB and I
can chop it up. Not wanting to be a dick,
I dont bring up the fact that the BB's hand is
ruled dead and I should scoop the entire pot.
I'm happy to chop it rather than be broke by
a stupid interpretation of a house rule.

Dealer runs out the turn and river. K , Q.

Button has a total FIT and starts ranting,
he folded A T and would have made broadway.

What a clusterfuck.

I understand and agree with the intent of their
"No exposing your cards with action pending"
rule. It has some merit, but it is more trouble
than its worth. The easiest, and probably smartest
thing for me, is to just head the other direction
to Niagara and avoid Caesars Windsor.