History Making at the Venetian

The Hoodster pretty well covered what happened at Venetian last night (http://www.hoodster.com/?p=81) but we got a 4/8 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw cash game going. It was a first for the casino. The only time it has been played there is as part of a mixed game.

The only thing Andy left out was that I was pretty loud and obnoxious - shocker. I made an effort to show how raucously fun the game was and I'd like to think it worked since we added 2 outsiders to our game following the one who started the game with us. Then the beer helped me show how fun it was - I hope Adam's shoulders aren't sore.

It was a little beserk of course for all of us to play this against each other with a rake but it was the best fun I've had in a casino. I kept picturing the "Chesterfield South" scene in Rounders. I pressed every draw as you should - we had a lot of 3-betting pre-draw - and I hit a lot of them early on. I was up over 100 which net of all the tokes I was throwing was pretty good. Then I bricked off a few times late and the game broke and I finished down! How is THAT possible?!

Andy was the other player there who really knew the game but Adam and Adrian play it PL so it's just a matter of adjusting. I tangled with Andy once and I bricked off every time which was good because when I folded with a draw to go needing 2 against his pat hand he showed down the nuts - I was drawing 2 to an 8 the whole time, yikes! Adam was quiet early and I hit against his rougher pats a couple of times but then he went on a tear and was the big winner.

Goal for tonight - get a 1/2 KCL game going at the Venetian. I think there's a good chance we can get strangers to wonder in because it's no limit. That would be nice so we have someone to pay for the rake.