'Lil Bro's Guest Blog #1

Highwaytime's Results:
Aladdin $1-2 NL Holdem
2 hours
+ $100
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'lil bro's results:
Aladdin $3-6 Limit Holdem
2 Hours
+ $110

I actually busted (lost $80) early on - lost an $80 pot when 10's rivered a set against my kings, and lost about $50 on flush-over-flush. But I re-bought and immediately went on a rush (flopped trip 4's with 42s in the big blind, top-top with A9s, top pair with KJs), capped off by a $101 jackpot for quad 7's.

As usual for a low-limit game, there were several really bad players moving through the game. The one who was there the entire time, sitting two seats to my right, provided the greatest moment of comedy of the night. After calling down bet after bet in hand after hand, he spent a good half-minute staring at his hand on the river, before declaring "all-in" and pushing for about $50. Asian Dealer John calmly remarked, "Sir, this is a limit table."

After correcting his bet with some more help from ADJ, he revealed his nuts (broadway straight) and scooped the pot. He spent the next ten minutes defending himself from ridicule from his (reasonably competent) friend, eventually defending himself by saying, "I just thought people were making small bets because they didn't have much."

When I told highwaytime about this, we began a discussion of the various things you can do at a table to make people think you are a total newbie. Higwaytime decided the NL equivalent would be pulling out your wallet and saying "I raise you $1,000 more."

-'lil bro