Sydney is in the middle of a massive heatwave. Today temperatures were forecasted to approach 40 degrees and considering how hot our house can get and our lack of air conditioning, its standard for me to make plans to get out of the house on such days. I've been wanting an excuse to go back to the casino since winning $800 on New Years Day, and today was the perfect opportunity.
I made my pilgrimage and crossed the bridge at Darling Harbour. I saw the rear end of the oversized rubber ducky in the harbour as part of the Sydney Festival. I also noted that the weather was not as hot as was predicted.
I arrived at the casino relatively early for my 5-hour sting. There was a large waiting time for a table, so fortunately they opened up a new table. This is usually great as everyone starts off with the same chip maximum on the table.The table was very elderly and I think I was the youngest person on the table. we shuffled up and dealt and the game began.
The start of the game was very slow for me. I just could not catch a hand or a spot and did not win a hand for the first 2 hours. When I finally won a hand, it was a small one and I had to wait another half hour before winning a decent pot. In all this time my stach kept eroding and I kept having to top up my stack. It was a tough day at the office!
Around the 3 hour mark I started to get a run of hands. Managed to win a $120 pot when I picked up AA and called an All-in against AK. My AA held up. Went through quite a decent patch of winning hands until I managed AA again, this time I managed to get it all in against another AA, only his black AA managed to 4-flush me and I lost a massive pot and undid alot of my good work.
The rest of the game was further erosion and I was well out of luck. When I chanced playing a creative hand and rivered a straight, my opponent had the same hand and we had to halve the pot. I ended up calling a day down $380. I probably needed the loss as my previous win was giving me an unjustified confidence and the loss has dropped me back down to earth.
As I left the casino, I noticed how much the crowd had changed. The older people had all gone home and there were many younger people there, many of teh women were wearing glittery shiny clothes and heels making me feel underdressed (it is after all a Saturday Night!). I made my way back through Chinatown, had dinner, checked out the progress on the Frank Gehry building and went home. All in all, I had a good time, a good run and enjoyed myself. I may not have come home a winner, but at least it felt like I added value to the day.
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