Yesterday I took another road trip to Bethlehem to the Sands. I got there about 6pm and was shocked to find every table in use and a waiting list on all games. I whish I had taken a picture of the board. The wait list on 3-6 limit wat 9 players. The wait list on 1-2 NL was 79!. They were telling people 1.5 hour wait for 1-2 NL! needless to say, I opted for the 3-6 and in 20 minutes I got a seat. I had crazy Manhatten guy on my right (the perfect place for him) and solid Tamaqua guy on my left. Both were a bit chatty. Manhatten was playing any two cards (aka ATC poker) and even raising sometimes with hands like 5-7o. It was fun to play with him because he almost always deliberatly showed me his cards. I don't get upset at limit tables because I except people chase the river with any possible draw and any part of the flop.
What also suprised me was how quickly the time passed. The first time I checked my phone it was 10:30pm, 4.5 hours had passed and I was down about 10 bucks. It took me another hour to loose 50 more and I finished the night down $58. By 11:30 there were maybe 3 empty seats at our table and 2 more people absent. I knew it was late and I got that feeling the table might soon break so I grabbed what few chips I had left and headed for the cashier cage.
Interesting observation at the cashier cage. The person in front of me was being helped by the cashier. I thought it was taking a long time for him to fininsh up, so I peaked around him to see what was going on. On the table was two trays of green and some loose chips of smaller demoninations. Each stack is 20 chips and there are 5 stacks to a tray, so that's 100 chips per tray at $25 per chip. The guy was cashing in more that $5000 in chips! That's bigger than my entire bank roll. I felt like I was wasting my time playing 3-6 LHE and 1-2 NLHE.
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