Tunica trip report

Well I am finally back from my four day trip to Tunica. Me and a buddy of mine stayed at the Gold Strike casino in Tunica for 3 full days of poker. Of all the poker rooms in Tunica, the Gold Strike is my favorite. They really treat the poker players great, and you feel like it is more of a community than in other places. Plus the room has a good layout and it is away from the rest of the casino. There are plenty of TVs to watch, and the food is pretty good as well. Throw in a solid poker room rate of $25 during the week and $35 during Friday/Saturday plus some food comps and you are sure to have a good time.

So I played some of the cash games on Thursday and did pretty well for myself. I was up about $650 playing 1/2 NL when the tourney was going to start. The tourney was a $100+$25 buyin with $1000 added to the prize pool, and we had 68 entrants. They run it on Mondays and Thursdays. You start with 4000 in chips and 20 minute levels with the first level being 25/25. That is a great structure for a live casino, easily the best in Tunica. I finished 3rd in the tourney which netted me nearly $700 plus a $100 tourney voucher that I sold later in the weekend. The tourney lasted almost six hours!!!! After that it was time to eat something before I went to bed with my $1200 profit.

Friday I was back and played for 17 hours (I told you that I love this poker room). Unfortunately things did not go my way. First I get allin preflop with KK vs AK vs QQ. The pot is about $800. A queen on the flop and then quads on the turn did me in. An hour or so later I pick up 99 and call a $12 raise from the small blind. The flop comes 932 with two spades. I check and the raiser bets $40. I make it $140 to go, hoping to take it down right there. He reraises me allin and I call knowing he has a flush draw. Of course he flips over the AsKs and then the 5s comes on the turn. There is no help on the river and I am down another buyin of $300. To make a long story short, I go to bed up $500 for the trip.

Saturday is a new day for me, and I make a nice comeback. My first big hand comes when I call with 56o for $10 from the button after there is 5 limpers. The flop comes As4c7h. The raiser makes it $20 to call and three of us do just that. The next card is a most beautiful 3h. The raiser bets $40 and one guy raises to $100. I call and the raiser then goes allin for another $275. The guy who made it $100 folds and I call telling him that I am ahead but I am sure he has a good draw. I show him the nuts and he flips over his Ah4h for two pair and the nut flush draw. A beautiful Qs comes out and I am home free.

Another huge hand happens much later that night when I raise with KQs and I get two callers, one of them being my buddy who plays somewhat tight. The flop comes AAK and I check, the middle guy checks, and my buddy makes it $20 to go. I fold and the other guy calls. The next card is a 3 and the guy bets $50 to my buddy who calls. The river is a 2 and the guy bets $50 again and my buddy goes allin for $225. The guy goes into the tank for a long time before calling my buddy with A6. I thought for sure my buddy won this huge pot, but he flips over A4 for the losing hand. It was his last hand of the night.

My last hand for the weekend was a great one. I call a $12 raise with KcQc. There is one other caller as well. The flop comes 10cJc2s. The original bettor bets $30 and we both calls. The next card is a 3d and the guys bets $50 and again we both call. The river is a beautiful 9h. The bettor bets out $50 more and I go allin for another $175. He thinks a long time on this one and says that he believes that I missed my flush draw. I finally tell him that he is right that I missed my flush draw. He then says that he is going to call with his top two pair then. I casually flip over my two cards and tell him that lucky for me that I had a straight flush draw and that I rivered the nuts. He goes nuts as I call for some chip trays and end the weekend with that hand.

So overall for the weekend I was up $1403 including all expenses. I then get home to play with the kids and after they go to bed I pick up another $500 playing on Full Tilt to bring the bankroll up to 25.6k overall.

Best of luck to anyone that actually reads this whole post. I will be back again tomorrow.