Monday night I was playing a live $1-$3 session at the Horseshoe. I'm having a tough go at it and end up down to $46 from my orignal $200 buy in. I've already decided to go home should I go broke, rather than re-buying.

I button raise with a KQ of spades and get re-popped and another caller of the raise. I ship in with 33% of my chips in the pot already and beat AK and 1010 with a river flush. I go on to win a few more pots and end up stacked for about $300.

I have a player to my left who is a super nit. The only pot I've seen him play to the river in over an hour was with JJ. He limped them in, called a pre-flop raise, and then check-called all the way down on a 9 high board. When he tabled JJ I couldn't believe that he had a hand that big. This guy is obviously bad and won't be raising without a freaking monster hand.

I'm in the SB with 36 of hearts. 3 players limp, I complete the SB, and the supernit in the BB raises to $10. All 3 limpers call the small raise and I push $7 more out getting 6-1. When I call I assume this guy either has to have a big ace, or high pocket pair, more than likely QQ+.

Flop comes K 10 7 with 1 heart. I have completely bricked this flop. I check, and the nit bets $10 into the pot of $50. All 3 other players call, so I figure I can call getting 9-1 needing runner runner. A truly awful awful call.

Turn comes 4 of spades. We now have a rainbow board, and I failed to pick up a flush draw, but I did acquire a gut shot. I check to him and he bets $10 AGAIN into a pot that is now $100. All 3 players call and now I'm getting 15-1 with my gutshot. I toss the $10 out knowing the payday that might await me should I hit my hand.

BAM! 5 hits the river. Before I can even decide how much to bet, the supernit bets $15 into $150. Dealer looks to me, and I say "I guess I check" in a playful manner. The raiser laughs a bit and I know he has a big hand, more than likely AA, a set of Ks or AK. Action folds to the button who calls the $15. I'm guessing he either has 2nd pair or a weak king. I look to the raiser and smile at him as I grab $120, enough to put him all in. I move it out there and with very little hesitation he dedicates the rest of his chips to the pot. Button folds his inferior hand.

I show him my hand and he thinks I was bluffing with 6 high without seeing the straight. The dealer almost misses it as well so I have to point it out. I just shrug my shoulders and smile. Oops!

I'm such a donk. But hey, if he's going to play that bad I guess he deserves to be punished.

you buy in for 65bb and let your stack whittle down to 15bbs regularly?

Originally Posted by piv

you buy in for 65bb and let your stack whittle down to 15bbs regularly?

Max buy for the $1-$3 game is $200 unfortunately. There's a lot of us players who are petitioning for a change to a 100BB but in, but management feels that it would hurt the $2-$5 game which struggles to stay alive anyways.

And no, I don't typically sit with that small of an amount. I probably should have just picked up at 15BB since my heart wasn't really in the game at the moment anyways but nobodies perfect.