the encore poker room is one of the best in Las Vegas it's my personal favorite
parking comes free as long as you're playing poker or if you have a red card
the games are great the floor is great and the dealers are great
what negatives do I have to say about the Encore well the food is expensive
it's good but it's expensive and that's about it it's also the closest walk from
the parking structure to the poker room which is why I'm here today my buddy he
got injured in basketball but he wants to play you wanted to know the closest
proximity poker room to parking and I said the Encore so here we are I'm on
the list for one three No Limit and the one to PLO game my buddy wants to play a
little two five so I might hop in that I might shortstack I might deep stack the
future is unknown all I know is I'm gonna keep a positive attitude and do my
best to win some money tonight let's get it arrived at the Encore seat available
at one three so I hop right in there I could buy in for a hundred but it's my
birthday I'm gonna splurge a little I'm buying for the maximum five hundred
yeah
I play five hands and then I get called for the two five-game my buddy's here to
play that so I hopped right in and he informs me that he's going to give me a
free roll that's right free roll I love free stuff 50/50 profit split whatever
happens on the session starting off with $500 let's make a profit
when $120 first hand after defending the big blind with King Jack flopping trips
and getting to streets of value and we're up to six hundred and twenty
my friend gets it all in on the turn with a set of fours and holds for a
$3,000 pot three
with blinds at two dollars five dollars under the gun opens to 20 under the gun
plus one calls the cutoff calls the small blind calls and we have king queen
and the big blind I really want amok get a good price but maybe I'm getting bad
reverse implied odds so we flick in the fifteen the flop comes King deuce deuce
I check under the gun checks under the gun plus one bets 50 the button calls
the small blindfolds and its back to me
what is under the gun plus one call with and was the button call with betting
into a five-way pot just one of them have ace king probably not just one of
them have a deuce also pretty unlikely unless it's specifically ace deuce feels
very weak but we put in the fold they go heads up to a turn in river and in the
end he has deuce three of hearts on the button so he takes that down and we make
a good discipline fold
with blinds at $2 $5 there's one guy that plays every single hand and he's
really really making the game enjoyable everyone's kind of gunning for him so
I'm gonna do my best to get his money my buddy's on my right and he limps under
the gun plus two I look down at pocket queens and five hundred and fifty
dollars all the regular to my left and the two weakest players are in the blind
so I limp figuring I'm gonna get I sewed there's gonna be some calls and I can
back raise Asian male age 21 to 35 raises on my left at $30 cut-off
calls both blinds call and my buddy calls so perfect spot to over limb back
raise make it 175 to go Asian male and my left things for a while and shoves
all in for 800 action folds back to me and I got to stick with the plan we put
in the call the board runs out nine nine five four
deuce definitely think he has Ace King here until he turns over pocket aces and
we get stacked My buddy gives me the green light to reload we're still under
the same plan now in for 1200 let's come back strong and make a profit for both
of us with blinds at $2 $5 there's a $10 straddle under the gun we're currently
seven handed under the gun plus one makes it 25 the cut off calls 25 I'm on
the button with four hundred and thirty five dollars and pocket jacks so putting
the three bets are 125 the small blind flat calls oh the straddler folds under
the gun plus one calls and the cut off folds for three ways to a flop I have
three hundred and ten dollars behind even if a low flop comes I'm afraid one
or both of them has small mid pairs flop comes nine eight three two hearts at the
Jack of Hearts action checks to us and I think we only have one move here I'm
all-in three hundred and ten dollars small blind goes in the tank and folds
and out of the gun plus one folds we take it down
I end the night with just under $700 in for 1200 for a net loss of $500
unfortunately my friend loses 500 since he gave me the full free roll and we
lost zero for a break-even night we did not profit really appreciate the
opportunity an excellent free birthday what I'll never forget for my 35th if
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