So today, I'm back playing $2/$4 at the Palms Casino. Laurie likes to watch movies while I play.
After about 90 minutes of playing with only 5-6 people. I'm back to even and I'm at a full table. Here's what happened that ruined the rest of my game.
I'm dealt As-Js in middle position. The flop comes Ts-9c-Tc. There's a bet and I call and about 4 other players call too.
The turn comes Ks. OMG. I'm one card away from a Royal Flush. I comes to me and I check. There is a raise and then a reraise. It's going to cost me $8 (2 bets) to draw to the Qs. Normally this is a bad call because I'm not getting pot odds. But with the Palm high hand jackpot there is more money coming to me if I hit my hand.
At the Palm, the highest jackpot you can earn is the Spade Royal Flush. This pays off $1045. So I have a 1-in-52 chance of winning $1045, which is giving me 125-to-1 pots odds. So calling with $8 is the right call.
The river comes 5d. Damn, I missed my monster hand. I fold.
Now here's the worst part. The guy who one, flips over pocket 10s for a four of a kind. If I had his my royal flush, that guy would have lost and won the bad beat jackpot. The jackpot was at $6000. He would have won 50% for $3000. I, on the other hand, would have won 25% for about $1500. The rest of the table would have split the remaining $1500 for about $200 each.
If that one card, the Queen of Spades, hit the board, I would have walked away with $2500 and would have go on to our vacation styling.
Piece of advice, when you come this close to winning $2500 and can't pull it off. Stop playing poker. I lost an additional $30 because of steaming. Now I'm blogging and steaming and I have a conference tomorrow and I can't sleep.
This is the story I'll be telling over and over from now on.
Cheers.
Alan Ng
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