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Poker in Kansas City……

I attended a sales meeting in Kansas City on Tuesday and Wednesday that was held at the Argosy.  I have played at Harrah’s in KC but this was my first experience at the Argosy.  I arrived and checked into the room at about 3 p.m.   The room was nice with flat screen HD television and good internet connection.  After checking my e-mail, I was off to the poker room.

Walking through the casino I found the corner area called a poker room.  It really wasn’t a room.  It was partitioned off by a low wall and some pillars so the slot machine noise was ever present though I must admit once the cards started flying I didn’t really notice the noise.  The room had seven tables with three games going.  The games appeared to be all limit as the chip stacks were all white.  The chips were very dirty.  In fact, when I was playing I noticed some of the chips were so sticky that you couldn’t even shuffle them.
 
I inquired to which games they had going and the floor manager told me they had two 4-8 limit hold ‘em games with kill buttons and one 4-8 limit Omaha Hi/Low.  I enquired about a 1-2 No Limit list but they didn’t even have a list going.

I chose the 4-8 limit w/kill game and as soon as I sat down one of the players was complaining about a bad beat he just received from the guy in seat nine.  The guy who was complaining told me that the seat nine player was so rich that he would call every hand down to a showdown and that he had rivered several players in the last couple of hands.  I also noticed that about five players had very deep chip stacks.

Immediately after the cards started to fly I could tell that the game was fairly loose and I committed to playing quality hands and exploiting the loose play.  In short order I was up over eighty dollars.  This included some of the chips from the guy in seat nine that never folded.  I played for about an hour and a half and was doing well until the guy in seat nine sucked out a straight on the river and beat my two pair.  I raised the entire way but he kept calling.  I ended the session only $55 up before I had to go meet my coworkers for dinner.  All in all it was a fun session and the kill button definitely made it interesting when it was in effect.

Later that night, I returned to the poker room and found two 4-8 limit games again and one 1-2-5 no limit game.  I sat down and found that the play at this table was very loose.  I saw the guy in seat eight raise $30 on the button and as everyone folded he showed 7-2 off suit.  The standard opening bet was between $25 and $35 and $100-$300 pots were common.  After several newcomers started to question the 1-2-5 game, we then all agreed to just make it a 2-5 NL game.

I didn’t get involved in many hands as it was very obvious that my $100 buy in would be in the pot in any single hand.  I limped in a couple of times with no help from the flop.  Then I hit an A Q suited and raised $25.  Two called and the flop came A-J –Rag.  I bet another $25 and one player folded and the other  called.  River was another rag.  I bet $25 which basically made me pot committed and the other guy put me all in for another $15.  The flop came with a Q giving me two pair.  The other player flipped over A J and was quite derogatory in his remarks to me.  What can I say,  I thought I had the best hand until he put me all in and was basically pot committed.
From there I went up and down between $250 and $175 until the last hand where I had pocket 8s. There were three players in the pot but I don’t remember the exact betting.  The flop came 4-5-J and I made a continuation bet.  The next player folded and the last player smooth called.  The turn came an 8 making a set which I checked.  The other player also checked.  Then the river came a 5 making the boat.  I bet $40 and the other player raised.  I then pushed all in and he called.  He flipped over 4s full of 5s vs. my 8s full of 5s.  I raked the $485 pot.  The other player was busted out but got up and came over and shook my hand and said nice hand.  I appreciate that he lost with much more grace than the previous player I had beaten on the river.

At that point, I picked up my chips and cashed out.  It was a great one day excursion before a sales meeting.  The Argosy was not a terrible place and the poker room appeared pretty fishy based more on observation of many other hands other than the ones above.  After all, usually I am the fish.  My first choice in Kansas City would be Harrah’s but for a change I might check out the Argosy again.