San Jose Casino's

So I finally made my way out to both of the San Jose casinos. I started out my night by going to Bay 101 to play some Omaha Hi/Low. However, the game was not going and I elected to play a 3-6 Limit game over a 2-5 blind NL Holdem game. I ended up getting up $130 fast when my pocket 10's flopped a full house with 8 players! I lost a couple of small pots after and cashed out up $110.

I then decide that I still want to play Omaha and decided to drive 10 minutes to the other side of town and play at Garden City Casino. When I get there I find that the Omaha game recently broke up. I decide to play 3-6 Holdem again and ended up winning $70 and called it a night.

Full Tilt Beginning Balance - $54.60



$.02/$.05 NL Holdem Cash Game - $2.50 buy-in 9 players


I played my J-10 in the big blind too strong against one player who had AJ with a board of J74 and lost more than half of my stack on that hand. I bought in another $2 and lost all when my AQ flopped a Queen but ran into pocket kings.



$.02/$.05 PL Omaha Hi/Low Cash Game - $2.50 buy-in 6 players



I get in with AK34 and flop two pairs. I bet all the way and have to let it go when one player bets the river with a possible flush. I lose more than half of my stack on that hand. I end up getting up 17 cents from splitting a bunch of pots and then the game breaks. I get into another game and lose the whole buy-in on the third hand when my nut low and trips hand runs into bigger trips and no low hits the river.

$2.25 NL Holdem SNG - 9 players

I again lose another NL tourney and finish 5th place and out of the money. Maybe I should give up NL for now?

$2.25 Omaha Hi/Low PL SNG - 9 players

I cruise to the final 4 players and then go card dead. I have only about 800 chips with a 100-200 blinds and somehow double up a couple of times and end up finishing 1st place and a $9 prize!

$2.15 Horse FL - Heads up

I am getting beat almost every hand and really get beat in Razz as everything goes wrong. I hang on for a few more rounds but end up losing.

$2.15 Horse FL - Heads up

I offer a rematch and the guy accepts. This time he does not go on a rush and I dominate him from the very beginning. I end up closing the deal and winning the tourney and a $4 prize. I offer him a rematch and he declines.

$.02/$.05 PL Omaha Hi/Low cash game - $2.50 buy in

I started out a bit slow losing a few hands but eventually caught a little fire and ended up cashing out $5.57 when the blinds reached me.

$.02/$.05 NL Holdem cash game - $2.50 buy-in

I played position very well and took down a bunch of small pots and got ahead early. However, I lost a decent pot with pocket Kings and played A-10 spades bad and ended up cashing out $2.77 with only a $.27 profit.

$.02/$.05 PL Omaha Hi/Low cash game - $2.50 Buy0in

I get back in this game and double up my money on the first round. Since my BR has increased, the double up was not quite more than 10% of my BR so I continued to play. I end up making a bad call a bit later and decide to cash out at $3.27 for a $.77 profit.

$2.25 NL Holdem SNG - 9 players

I am stubborn and determined to make my NL Holdem tourney profitable. This was a very tight tourney and lasted very long. I was able to take advantage of the tight game and steal a lot of small pots. I end up getting crushed with an open ended straight and flush draw against the chip leader with only 3 players left. The loss leaves me with only $800 in chips in the late stage of the game. I double up and still continue to steal blinds and end up busting out another player. I could not take over 1st and finish in 2nd with a $5.40 prize.

Full Tilt Ending Balance - $59.17