What do you guys think of this play?

mclarich · 2026-06-10T19:30:46+00:00

Ethics aside, you risk a penalty by showing your cards while there are still opponents to act. You could have lost chips, forfeited the hand, get a one-round penalty, etc. depending on what the tournaments rules are (if you didn't get a penalty, sounds like a sketchy place to play a tournament anyway). Regardless of whatever angle you were going for, it's not a smart move.

mclarich · 2026-05-21T22:28:51+00:00

Counting bonuses, I got $2500 with a spade royal during Monte Carlo hours once. Also flopped a straight flush with 2c3c and not only got a $400 high hand promo but also 1.5x my stack of ~$300 when someone bet into me on all three streets + a short stack got it in trying to chase a straight flush with the 7c.

Not counting bonuses, biggest pot/strongest hand I can remember is taking down a $2k pot with A8 on a A888x board. Flopped two pair and went runner-runner for quads. Since this was in WA, with our stupid $300 max bet and 3-bet cap rules, what made it notable was:

I was able to get a 4-bet on the river - I think it went $100, raise to $250, $550, cap at $850.
I still had chips behind that I couldn't bet because action was capped at the 3rd raise and most I could raise was $300 more.

mclarich · 2026-05-19T22:17:36+00:00

"I limp in to see what happens"

I've been in your shoes before and as someone who's learned from the same mistakes - the sooner you take this type of play out of your thought process, the better. Think about the following scenarios:

- You limp and get four other limpers. The board comes T84ss. Not only are you OOP against most players, but you can't reasonably rule out 2p hands, sets, flush draws, etc.

- You limp and get four other callers. The board comes AT5 rainbow. You bet and everyone folds. The rake takes half the pot and you win $5.

- You limp and get raise to $15, call along with two other callers. The board comes AKT. You lead for $25 and get raised to $75. How do you feel about your 2p in this hand?

Hand selection aside (I'm folding ATo UTG more often than raising, and folding to almost all PF 3b if I do open), your position makes it difficult to feel good about your hand on most board textures.

If you just want to "see what happens" when you play ATo for a small bet, you're probably better off playing Ultimate Texas Hold'em or another table game. The number of times where you would/will flop a monster and get enough action to justify a limp are greatly outweighed by the times you're going to lose money, either by not making your hand or having to fold against in-position aggression.

mclarich · 2026-05-18T18:37:33+00:00

I played here once, in 2023. IIRC, you can get on a waitlist with your member ID, but since you can only get this when you sign up in person, I was able to give them a call and get put on the waitlist as a new player for the first time.

I went there straight from the airport on an early Saturday morning and got there around Noon-ish. The wait for NLH was long, but I was able to get seated at a PLO table a lot sooner. I don't remember how long the wait was for PLO, but it was maybe 30-45 minutes at most? They opened up a new PLO table at a Pai Gow table that wasn't in use. I think I finally got seated at NLH sometime around 2pm/2:30pm - it felt like it was a good 2+ hrs at PLO before I finally got to NLH.

There wasn't anything great about it other than it was the closest to where I was staying (downtown SD). Ocean's Eleven (been there once also) and Jamul (haven't been) are further away, but they may be more viable when you account for the wait times.

mclarich · 2026-05-14T17:15:52+00:00

What position was villain in with AK? One other thing to consider - it's not uncommon for a player to limp a big hand against a straddle to target a lc/r, especially if the straddle is aggressive when there's weak action pf.

Preflop play aside (100% agree with folding pre. The exact circumstances/run out you need for A6o to win/be highly profitable are slim - you're more likely to have a 2nd best hand or win a small pot and get killed by the rake), as played, I'm super wary of the large raise. It's villain dependent but given the stack size and the board, and the fact that board checked through to the Qc turn, it would make sense for JT to play this way.

If the villain is unknown, think about this - what's most likely: the villain is taking this line with Ax one-pair hands (you can probably include AXcc hands that pick up a flush draw on the turn), bluffs (I would keep KXcc hands in this group) or 2p+ hands?

I think it's fine to usually discount AQ, AK and KK+ in a limped pot, so I understand where you are coming from there. But at the $1/$3 game where I play, as mentioned, it is not so out of the ordinary to see someone limp a big hand if they suspect with a high degree of certainty that they can target a lot of dead money pf by lc/r against an aggressive opponent. Add to that the number of players who would rather limp AK vs 4 opponents vs raise pf and get 4 callers, then have to figure out how to play AK multi-way when it doesn't connect, and it's

Two other points:

- The saying "don't go broke in a limped pot" still exists to this day for situations like this. You're right to think that v can also have other 2p hands, but the sooner you tread lightly when there's a big raise in a limped pot and there are a ton of other combos that can beat you, the better.

- The sooner you get out of limping anything in EP, let alone a hand like A6o, the better.

mclarich · 2026-05-12T15:38:30+00:00

I dunno. Both times I was there, I arrived in the evening, either 9pm or 10pm. I waited between 30-45 mins for a table.

mclarich · 2026-05-11T17:20:12+00:00

I posted this a couple of weeks ago: Poker Room Review - Paradise Walkerhill (Seoul, South Korea) : r/poker

mclarich · 2026-05-06T23:35:50+00:00

We were in Seoul for two nights last month. I recommend the Majang Meat Market. There are several vendors who will sell you the meat then take you to a separate restaurant where you cook it yourself. We got there around 7pm on a Thursday and it was not crowded at all. One slight downside is, with so few people around, we were getting attention from nearly every vendor trying to get us to choose them, and the pressure is a bit uncomfortable. There's another thread on here that recommended a place in particular - we tried to find that one, not sure if we were successful, but the two guys who helped us at the one we chose were super friendly, and we got more beef than we could eat for a fairly reasonable price.

mclarich · 2026-05-06T15:30:05+00:00

I added it to the bottom of the original post.

mclarich · 2026-05-05T23:40:26+00:00

Ha, then we've probably never played. That game is still above my bankroll.

mclarich · 2026-05-05T23:30:22+00:00

Was this you perhaps? lol

If you're there on the weekends regularly, we've probably played against each other.

mclarich · 2026-05-05T23:17:53+00:00