It was probably an omen for the session that followed.
Most notable moments for me:
I was down 5+ BIs after about hour 8. I took a break and walked outside for a bit. I've really learned a lot from Bart Hanson's Cash Plays podcast and one idea from him kept going in my head - if I was down from poor play - leave it for another day. But if I was stuck and still thought I was playing well and the opportunities were good - stay. I felt solid and, so I stayed.
I got even again and then into the positive by hour 12. I was enjoying the table (even through the earthquake!) including re-meeting a solid player/nice guy who I'd played with during my last long session at Morongo before Christmas.
I made two mistakes which eventually lead me to end the session and head home stuck again (down 2+ BIs <$720>) :
I ran into an angle-shooter. I recognized him as an aggressive, 'you all know nothing!' player from other sessions - too cool for the room. I didn't recognize that the dealer at the time was not in control of the table. I ended up heads up in a pot with him. What he and I agreed with in the last betting: I bet $20, he raised to $60, I made it $160. I won the pot. The rest was disputed for at least 15 minutes.
Several of the other players and I know: He slammed the table and said call. I showed the nut flush, he grumbled and mucked. The dealer started to push the pot my way. Before I had the chance, another player said - 'he needs to put in the $100'. Dealer says 'oh!' and reaches to him. He then says he put some chips in when he slammed the table, doesn't know how much but he doesn't owe $100. It degenerates into lots of people shouting and the dealer has no idea what the action was and keeps hesitating to call the floor until one of the players shouts 'we've asked you 10 times! Call the f'ing floor!' Meanwhile, the table looks like this: in front of me over the line are two stacks of 30 and a 100 stack (exactly as I pushed them out). In front of villain over the line are 4 stacks of 15, exactly as he'd laid out his bet. The mess of chips from the action before the last betting round in front of the dealer, over the burn cards. No sign of the odd chips he said he put in. The floor is mystified because all the dealer can say is she thinks he still owes the $100 but she's not sure. Villain keeps arguing he doesn't owe the full amount. Players mention the camera - I ask and the floor says the cameras wouldn't be able to see that action. !?! A couple of players say to the villain, why don't you compromise and put in $60 - villain jumps at the chance. Floor asks me to accept compromise. I say fine, stack my chips and take a break.
Just outside the poker room I run into MS, the guy from my table I'd played a lot with before who wasn't in his seat when this happened. I tell him about it and his advice is: We're the two biggest stacks at the table, he's got over $1300 and I've got about $1700 while all of the other players have $100 to $400 (mostly new at the table - $300 BI max) so there's not a lot in it for us anyway. He says he was going to change tables anyway and that it's not the best idea to stay at that table and target that villain from tilt etc.
I've never had this happen before - there are loads of river calls where the loser puts in the call chips after seeing they've lost. I guess my lesson learned is if I see the dealer is not on top of the game and the villain is questionable, make sure they actually push the call chips in before showing my cards. It's just never done in this room that I've seen.
Crazy bit is, after I changed tables, an hour or two later I had the same dealer who did the same thing to a different player - didn't know the pot wasn't right when she started to push it to the winner, but when told the call chips weren't in there and she turned to the loser he just paid up. I'll definitely be mindful when she's dealing at my table!
The other thing I learned was that errors come out in my game when I'm playing too long that are more subtle than what I was expecting. I lost a giant pot by not adjusting to the player I was against- I lose my focus on each individual at the table. So I've got another game check for myself when I take a breather away from my table: if I can run through the seats in my head and tell myself how I've observed each is playing then fine - if they're a blurry lump then it's time to go home.
Session stats:
Duration: 23:07
BI: $1650
CashOut: $930
<-$720>
Overall:
P/L: +$5005
$/hour: $29.97
hours: 167
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