Windsor Trip Report Feb. 21-22
On Family Day, SeektheGrail and I headed down to Windsor for a little gambooling. ReefAquarium was supposed to meet us there but we never saw him. The rooms were comped and everyone at check-in was using the same coupons we had. The rooms were very nice and good sized and we were in the original tower. This was best for us anyways because the original tower has the pool and is reasonably close to the poker room.
Anyways we get there around noon and SeektheGrail jumps on a new table while I take my time and wander around a bit. The 10 am tourney was fair sized and as people busted out, new cash tables were opening so I got on another new table shortly after.
The poker room is very nice and completely separate from the rest of the casino, with a dedicated cage. About 12 tables. There are daily tournaments at 10 am and 8 pm weekdays for $60 and on weekends they are $115. SeektheGrail played two tourneys, and chopped 3 ways in the 2nd one for about $300ish. I stuck to cash only and put in 11 hours on Mon and another 5 the next day.
The dealers were average to good. Didn't really see any bad dealers but in general they were pretty loose with good dealing techniques and a bit too chatty and slow. One dealer made change from the bad beat jackpot pile and didn't replace it from his tray, putting his tray out $5, which the next dealer immediately noticed. Another dealer pushed me the pot incorrectly, another almost flopped before action was complete, another almost forgot the exposed burn card and tried to burn a second time. Generally it was a lack of attention to the game which was creating these mistakes.
Anyways on to the action. In the early action I didn't really get anything going and eventually added on a second $200 buyin. I then built my stack back up to $350 or so and then lost a $800ish pot allin when my Kings full of Aces was beat by Aces full of Twos (ie my KK preflop raise was called by A2o). But such is life.
So I rebought again and eventually added the last $50 in my wallet as I lost some more fun hands where my AJ lost to 64o (same guy as A2o) and also my A8 lost a fair sized pot when some horrible player overcalled 3 handed with J10 for a $25 bet on a flop of 863 and the board ran out JJ.
Here is a key hand. You can tell me WWYD and what your read is and later I reveal the rest of the hand. New player to the table, posts UTG and then for her 2nd hand in an unraised pot we see a flop of A107. I forget how many limpers there were, lets say 5 handed just for fun. The new player is a platinum card holder and a clear reg as she knew several people at the table and she was also welcomed by name by the dealer, other than that I knew nothing about her, only 2 hands in. The flop is checked around and I am last to act with 44 and check. Turn is the 4, complete rainbow. Very solid player in the sb overbets the pot for $15 (a routine move for her), BB flats and everyone folds to me and I raise to $40 (essentially a pot sized bet). sb flats and now bb suddenly raises another $75, leaving $85ish behind. My stack covers her and sb covers me. WWYD and WDTH.
Anyways fast forward towards the end of my session and I'm down to my last $65 in chips and refuse to put anymore into the table (I'm in for $650). SeektheGrail busts out of the tourney and comes over to watch me double up with AA. Next hand I announce I'm playing the rush and call 5 handed for $12 with 78., Flop is 965. Bingo! I forget the betting but anyways the board also collects a 4 and on the river I end up allin 3 ways with the nut straight, which scoops against two weaker straights so boom back up to almost $400. I win a few more minor pots and cash out down about $250 after 11 hours. So erase the $800 pot I lost and it wasn't too bad.
In general, as I have noticed on previous trips to Windsor, the tables are loaded with action seeking Greeks who like to play with lots of cash on the table. $5-$15 UTG dark bets were common and I saw a $100ish pot completely played dark btwn two players. It wasn't a total flipament - it actually included post flop dark betting.
Then we headed to the craps table but no luck and we both lost about $200 ea. $5 min with 5x odds and a $5 flat bet on 5 or 9 is allowed 6x odds. Slightly better than Brantford.
Next day SeekTheGrail chops the 10 am tourney 3 ways, as I said earlier and I grind out a $200ish win at the cash tables over 5 hours. So with my craps losses, I end up down exactly down $250.
A few other notes. Rake is 10% max $5 and a $1 BBJ drop. Windsor uses the annoying moving button rule (no dead blinds and the button must always be in front of a live player) so if the small blind busts and quits or sits out then there are two BBs and the sb is posted on the button and this continues for 3 hands until the blinds are back to normal. Straddles are dead, but frequently used, as noted earlier. You can not buy the button.
The lunch buffet was $17.99, decent but not exceptional - although the desserts were phenomenal. By far the best desserts I have seen at any buffet ever. On weekends after 9pm you can have just dessert and coffee for $9.99 and would recommend.
A worthwhile trip and we would both do it again sometime.
Anyways we get there around noon and SeektheGrail jumps on a new table while I take my time and wander around a bit. The 10 am tourney was fair sized and as people busted out, new cash tables were opening so I got on another new table shortly after.
The poker room is very nice and completely separate from the rest of the casino, with a dedicated cage. About 12 tables. There are daily tournaments at 10 am and 8 pm weekdays for $60 and on weekends they are $115. SeektheGrail played two tourneys, and chopped 3 ways in the 2nd one for about $300ish. I stuck to cash only and put in 11 hours on Mon and another 5 the next day.
The dealers were average to good. Didn't really see any bad dealers but in general they were pretty loose with good dealing techniques and a bit too chatty and slow. One dealer made change from the bad beat jackpot pile and didn't replace it from his tray, putting his tray out $5, which the next dealer immediately noticed. Another dealer pushed me the pot incorrectly, another almost flopped before action was complete, another almost forgot the exposed burn card and tried to burn a second time. Generally it was a lack of attention to the game which was creating these mistakes.
Anyways on to the action. In the early action I didn't really get anything going and eventually added on a second $200 buyin. I then built my stack back up to $350 or so and then lost a $800ish pot allin when my Kings full of Aces was beat by Aces full of Twos (ie my KK preflop raise was called by A2o). But such is life.
So I rebought again and eventually added the last $50 in my wallet as I lost some more fun hands where my AJ lost to 64o (same guy as A2o) and also my A8 lost a fair sized pot when some horrible player overcalled 3 handed with J10 for a $25 bet on a flop of 863 and the board ran out JJ.
Here is a key hand. You can tell me WWYD and what your read is and later I reveal the rest of the hand. New player to the table, posts UTG and then for her 2nd hand in an unraised pot we see a flop of A107. I forget how many limpers there were, lets say 5 handed just for fun. The new player is a platinum card holder and a clear reg as she knew several people at the table and she was also welcomed by name by the dealer, other than that I knew nothing about her, only 2 hands in. The flop is checked around and I am last to act with 44 and check. Turn is the 4, complete rainbow. Very solid player in the sb overbets the pot for $15 (a routine move for her), BB flats and everyone folds to me and I raise to $40 (essentially a pot sized bet). sb flats and now bb suddenly raises another $75, leaving $85ish behind. My stack covers her and sb covers me. WWYD and WDTH.
Anyways fast forward towards the end of my session and I'm down to my last $65 in chips and refuse to put anymore into the table (I'm in for $650). SeektheGrail busts out of the tourney and comes over to watch me double up with AA. Next hand I announce I'm playing the rush and call 5 handed for $12 with 78., Flop is 965. Bingo! I forget the betting but anyways the board also collects a 4 and on the river I end up allin 3 ways with the nut straight, which scoops against two weaker straights so boom back up to almost $400. I win a few more minor pots and cash out down about $250 after 11 hours. So erase the $800 pot I lost and it wasn't too bad.
In general, as I have noticed on previous trips to Windsor, the tables are loaded with action seeking Greeks who like to play with lots of cash on the table. $5-$15 UTG dark bets were common and I saw a $100ish pot completely played dark btwn two players. It wasn't a total flipament - it actually included post flop dark betting.
Then we headed to the craps table but no luck and we both lost about $200 ea. $5 min with 5x odds and a $5 flat bet on 5 or 9 is allowed 6x odds. Slightly better than Brantford.
Next day SeekTheGrail chops the 10 am tourney 3 ways, as I said earlier and I grind out a $200ish win at the cash tables over 5 hours. So with my craps losses, I end up down exactly down $250.
A few other notes. Rake is 10% max $5 and a $1 BBJ drop. Windsor uses the annoying moving button rule (no dead blinds and the button must always be in front of a live player) so if the small blind busts and quits or sits out then there are two BBs and the sb is posted on the button and this continues for 3 hands until the blinds are back to normal. Straddles are dead, but frequently used, as noted earlier. You can not buy the button.
The lunch buffet was $17.99, decent but not exceptional - although the desserts were phenomenal. By far the best desserts I have seen at any buffet ever. On weekends after 9pm you can have just dessert and coffee for $9.99 and would recommend.
A worthwhile trip and we would both do it again sometime.
Comments
And I might just have to check this out should I go down to Detroit in April
As for the hand if question: Looks like the SB has Ax. Barring an superhuman read on the BB (which I know you are capable of) I ship my stack here. If she's slowplaying 77 or 10 then vnh.
Yeah, you were giving her to much credit. Meh, that's poker.
Probably just giving them too much credit to be thinking players. TPTK/Any two pair can be played like the nuts to alot of 1/2 players when most "thinking" players would only take those lines with a polarized range.
lets just say you did it right going for a walk, and not steaming it all away on a bad fold! the most important or mistake people make these days (and old days) is sitting and steaming it off thinking its going to get better or change, more often than not you will gamble more or play worse, as for gambling thats fine in its own way, taking the walk is great, my option when i lose something rough online i just shut it all down and walk the dog!!!! the dog ends up the winner lol, she doesnt know whats going on, she just knows its time to walk!
+1
So the comp came from your Windsor play and not your Vegas play.
fmp