Back at the Tables.....well, sort of!!

I played live for the first time in about 4 or 5 weeks!! Man, it was ugly. I was going to go over to a larger buy in tourney, but since I haven’t been playing much lately my brankroll has taken a little hit (mostly from the wife). My funds forced me to play in a smaller buy in tourney.

Holy crap!! It was nasty. I sat at the table and really only had one player that had some skill. I was loving it, that is until I saw a few hands play out. I was at a table of 8 players. I am not kidding…4 of them were the biggest CALL STATIONS I have ever been at the table with!! I saw a girl call down all three barrels of a bet with bottom pair (a pair of 6’s) on a board of 6s 10s Jc Ks 9d. And no, it wasn’t a good call of course the guy hit his flush. The girl had no clue what was going on. Now don’t get me wrong. Call stations can be awesome!! But you have to hit a hand first, then call stations rule. You get paid big!

I did see one guy try to run a bluff on a super call station. It was really pretty funny. I can’t blame the guy for firing out on the flop. If the C.S. didn’t have anything a fold was immanent, but the bluffer had no such luck. He got a call on the flop. Then he proceeds to bet more on the turn….another call followed. He tried it again on the river…..and guess what?….yup….another call. The bluffer had King high, and the C.S. had a pair of jacks…with an 8 kicker!! The bluffer just gave away 70% of his stack, and now the super C.S. was the chip leader!!LOL. Hint hint- don’t try to bluff a call station!!

I didn’t really get much going on. The blinds were moving fast, and the chip stacks weren’t the largest (although I have played in much worse). I ended up pushing in with Ah10h from the button. The small blind, who is one of the tightest players ever, wakes up with A K, and I’m out.

It was fine. I was just glad to get back out to the tables again. It literally had been close to 5 weeks since I had last played live. I made a couple of good plays against the non-call stations. I raked a few pots, but nothing big. It was just nice to get back on the felt.