Foxwoods Run

This afternoon I made an impromptu sprint to Foxwoods ~ about 250 miles and 4 hours or so round trip from Boston. All that for just 2.5 hours of 1/2 NL! A ridiculous ratio.

It was my first experience of time drop rather than a rake. I'm not sure how I feel about it overall, but I sure didn't appreciate the guys who sat there endlessly mulling over their choices. Raise or fold, baby!

For such a short session I both did well & got lucky. I flopped a set of 7s and managed to double up. I took down a modest pot preflop with pocket queens, and my JJ held up against a dopey Q9os all-in. I played pretty snug, only showed down my big hands, and was thereby able on my last hand (in late position) to bluff five limpers off their hands with a ten dollar raise.

Overall, I spent about $32 on time and tips. And about $25 extra bucks on gas. I left the table with $245 more than I sat down with. I am pleased.

Foxwoods' poker room is huge. I wasn't especially looking, but I think it's possible that I was the only woman playing within a three-table radius. Just amazing.

The good news for me from this little expedition is that I am getting much more comfortable at a cash table. I'm raising more, playing some speculative hands in position pre-flop, and not laying down to every whiff of aggression. I may one day be a decent cash player.