Trip Report to Agua Caliente Poker Room (kinda long)
Wacky
some poker at night at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage.
Agua Caliente has smallish/medium size poker room, about 12 tables if I
recall correctly. I only played on Friday and Saturday night. Both days
they were spreading the following games, 3/6 with a half-kill, 4/8, 8/16/,
20/40 all with a full-kill. I saw an interest list for Omaha, but I don't
think they ever got a game started. Bad beat jackpot was around 9k, and
you needed aces full of anything or better beaten by a four-of-kind or
better. Both players must play both hole-cards. Nobody hit the jackpot
when I was there.
Friday night, I got to the casino around 9:30ish, and put my name on all
the games. Got called for a 3-6 game after about 15 minutes. No real
memorable hands, except a J-9s, I played on the button. Flopped a flush
draw, raised the pot on the flop, checked the turn, and hit my flush on
the river. Finished the table up 2 bucks when I got called for 4-8. At
the 4-8 table never got any interesting hands and was up I think 10 bucks
when I finally got called for 8-16.
Most of the low-limit tables were your predicatable low-limit players.
Call you on the way down, and never fold. I tend to wimp out on the river
when playing these types of games. If I only have top-pair and haven't
improved I usually try to check-it down or just check-call, as I don't
know if someone picked up a miracle two pair.
8-16 is where I made the bulk of my money. I bought in for $200 and
cashed out for $1070. I played until about 2:45 in the morning, for the
last hour or so at a short-handed table (5 players). I got more
aggressive as the table shortened up and made some good money with hands I
normally wouldn't play at a full-handed table. Couple of memorable hands.
UTG raised, I looked down saw pocket-aces and made it 3 bets. Button and
small-blind cold-called. Flop came 2,2,10. Check to me, I bet, calls all
around. Turn was a 7, I bet again, button folds, other two call. River
is another 2. Check to me, I bet, small-blind folds, UTG calls. I flip
over aces, he flips over pocket jacks. Not sure what the button or the
small-blind had to cold-call 3 preflop.
Won one hand with presto. Raised on the button with pocket 5's.
2-callers, flop came 8-Q-2. Checked to me, I bet, 1-caller. Turn was
another 8. I wimped out and checked behind. River a 5. Again check to
me, I bet, got called, and showed my full-house.
While I was playing 8/16 met a really nice guy named Jim. Don't know if
he reads RGP, but if you do, I really enjoyed playing and talking with you
Jim.
On Saturday night I got to the casino at around 8:15 or so. I really
wanted to play 20/40, and finally got to play. Not a bad table, probably
could have made more, if I had more time to play. Wife said I had to be
back at 11:00. I cashed in for $500 and cashed out for $900. No real
memorable hands, as I wasn't really catching any good cards. I think the
best hand I saw was ace-queen suited, which I won, after turning an ace
and check-raising the button.
So in all, I had a good time there. The players were friendly, saw a
couple of good players, but most were average at best. Would go back
there if I'm in the area.
<Disclaimer: I didn't write anything down while I was there, so I'm
recreating the events as best I remember. It's possible and very likely I
screwed up some details of hands, but the general gist is there.>
Thanks for reading.
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