$6 Rake

My fight too Chicago was rocky and a red eye.  The turbulence was insane, so I almost didn't go play poker today, but all my friends have real jobs, so it was poker or skateboard.

Let's start by pointing out, there was a $6 rake plus a $1 jackpot drop.  I tipped less once I found out the dealers split their tips with the pit dealers.

Benefits of casinos like this as opposed to a Vegas casino:
Pros:
People work all day, then come play poker.  So they are tired.
Always a game, since there is no real competition.
Less regular grinders.
Dealers were all pretty solid and excited to have jobs.
Play 2 hours, earn a free buffet.

Cons:
$6 rake.
No late night restaurants.
People have to stop drinking at 2am.

September 5th
Casino: Horseshoe
Time: Grave
Game: 1/2 NL
Hours: 4 hours
Profit/Loss: $462 ($90 from promotional money)
Notes: The game was good.  Great mix of players.  $50-$200 Buy In.

Hands: Nothing to interesting.  Here are a couple.

This was a straddle to $5 preflop.  I thought it was a close fold on the river.  I just couldn't think of a hand he value bets.  $20 is too small to be a bluff.  I figured any KsXs I beat.



This was my last hand of the night.  I think I should have bet $95 on the river to make it look more like a bluff.  Or instead bet $50 to guarantee a call.  There weren't a lot of river bets over $50-$60 unless it was 2 $100-$150 stacks and they were getting all in on the flop or turn.  People were missing a lot of value bets on the river, so I think $95 looks bluffy.  And I think $50 looks like "Oh I might have QQ, so I don't want to just check to you and let you bluff me off my hand."



There was some promotional drawing too.  They drew 2 table numbers.  Ours was drawn, so then we high card for $300.  If someone gets the As, the rest of the table all get $100.  I got $100 and tipped $10.

Despite the rake, I'll probably go play tomorrow too.