Casino visit number 3 hit home the true realities of live poker.

I arrived at the casino at around 9.30pm and sat down straight away.

I left just after midnight £8 down having not seen a single hand all night.

(That is a small lie. I actually saw one flop. I get dealt 45 hearts on the cut off and limp. The flop is AJT, one guy bets, someone else calls, I fold.)

I’m happy with this result. I think a lot of players would have started playing weak hands just to get some action. I figure the cards will come next week, so I should just keep hold of my money and wait until then.

I got chatting to the guy sat two-to-my left. He was quite obviously a regular. He knew the names of the staff and most of the players. He was quite opinionated about most of the other player’s betting patterns. He regularly discussed the whole hand out loud. Comments like “You raised preflop, bet £4 on the flop and then checked the turn with J9 right?”

He seemed to know his poker, so we discussed a few hands between us and started guessing what cards the other players had.

Apart from that, not a lot to report. Had a good chat to one of the card room staff on the way out. It sound’s like the casino has plans to increase the size of the card room and build a specific section for cash games which sounds good.

As for the night in general, as I said, I was happy with the outcome, even if I didn’t get to play any poker.