hit and run at Hollywood Park Casino

I was on the 405 freeway this evening and passed by the exit for Hollywood Park Casino. I thought I would stop in, buy into the $100-$300 no limit hold'em game and see what would happen.

I bought in for $200. That's all I wanted to risk. I decided to play a very tight game.

I joined the game after the button passed me, so I did not have to pay the $5 and $3 for the blinds. The first hand I played I got KQ offsuit. There were two other players plus myself who called the big blind. The flop came AK3 rainbow. Since no one raised pre flop I figured no one had an ace. One player bet $15 and I called. The turn was low card, the river was a low card and on the river the other player bet $15 again. I called and said "an ace is good" indicating that if he had an ace the pot was his. Well, he had pocket 7s so I won the pot. It was small but it was a win.

The very next hand, I was dealt KK -- pocket kings. Two players called the $5 big blind and the action came to me and I raised to $20. The two players who called the big blind each put in $15 more and we saw the flop. The flop came J52 rainbow. There was about $60 in the pot and I had a little more than $200 and I went all-in. I figured my KK was good and I was hoping no one was slow playing JJ or 55 or 22. The others folded.

I then sat at the table for another couple of hands until the big blind came around to me, and when it did I said "I'm out" and left with my modest profit.

About fifteen minutes and I won about $70. Out the door and back on the road home.

If I could do that five days a week...:D

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Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson

I was on the 405 freeway this evening and passed by the exit for Hollywood Park Casino. I thought I would stop in, buy into the $100-$300 no limit hold'em game and see what would happen.

I bought in for $200. That's all I wanted to risk. I decided to play a very tight game.

I joined the game after the button passed me, so I did not have to pay the $5 and $3 for the blinds. The first hand I played I got KQ offsuit. There were two other players plus myself who called the big blind. The flop came AK3 rainbow. Since no one raised pre flop I figured no one had an ace. One player bet $15 and I called. The turn was low card, the river was a low card and on the river the other player bet $15 again. I called and said "an ace is good" indicating that if he had an ace the pot was his. Well, he had pocket 7s so I won the pot. It was small but it was a win.

The very next hand, I was dealt KK -- pocket kings. Two players called the $5 big blind and the action came to me and I raised to $20. The two players who called the big blind each put in $15 more and we saw the flop. The flop came J52 rainbow. There was about $60 in the pot and I had a little more than $200 and I went all-in. I figured my KK was good and I was hoping no one was slow playing JJ or 55 or 22. The others folded.

I then sat at the table for another couple of hands until the big blind came around to me, and when it did I said "I'm out" and left with my modest profit.

About fifteen minutes and I won about $70. Out the door and back on the road home.

If I could do that five days a week...:D

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Alan was a hell'uv a poker player. Can anyone top this?

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Originally Posted by accountinquestion

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Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson

I was on the 405 freeway this evening and passed by the exit for Hollywood Park Casino. I thought I would stop in, buy into the $100-$300 no limit hold'em game and see what would happen.

I bought in for $200. That's all I wanted to risk. I decided to play a very tight game.

I joined the game after the button passed me, so I did not have to pay the $5 and $3 for the blinds. The first hand I played I got KQ offsuit. There were two other players plus myself who called the big blind. The flop came AK3 rainbow. Since no one raised pre flop I figured no one had an ace. One player bet $15 and I called. The turn was low card, the river was a low card and on the river the other player bet $15 again. I called and said "an ace is good" indicating that if he had an ace the pot was his. Well, he had pocket 7s so I won the pot. It was small but it was a win.

The very next hand, I was dealt KK -- pocket kings. Two players called the $5 big blind and the action came to me and I raised to $20. The two players who called the big blind each put in $15 more and we saw the flop. The flop came J52 rainbow. There was about $60 in the pot and I had a little more than $200 and I went all-in. I figured my KK was good and I was hoping no one was slow playing JJ or 55 or 22. The others folded.

I then sat at the table for another couple of hands until the big blind came around to me, and when it did I said "I'm out" and left with my modest profit.

About fifteen minutes and I won about $70. Out the door and back on the road home.

If I could do that five days a week...:D

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Alan was a hell'uv a poker player. Can anyone top this?

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Another one of several underrated threads started by Yo Alan. He must of had 100+ threads throughout 2010-2016 with no responses! I've revived a dozen or so myself for LOLS!

I love the idea of sitting in a poker game "to see what would happen".

Perfectly captures the degenerate mindset.

https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/pla...p?a=r&n=112923

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Originally Posted by accountinquestion

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Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson

I was on the 405 freeway this evening and passed by the exit for Hollywood Park Casino. I thought I would stop in, buy into the $100-$300 no limit hold'em game and see what would happen.

I bought in for $200. That's all I wanted to risk. I decided to play a very tight game.

I joined the game after the button passed me, so I did not have to pay the $5 and $3 for the blinds. The first hand I played I got KQ offsuit. There were two other players plus myself who called the big blind. The flop came AK3 rainbow. Since no one raised pre flop I figured no one had an ace. One player bet $15 and I called. The turn was low card, the river was a low card and on the river the other player bet $15 again. I called and said "an ace is good" indicating that if he had an ace the pot was his. Well, he had pocket 7s so I won the pot. It was small but it was a win.

The very next hand, I was dealt KK -- pocket kings. Two players called the $5 big blind and the action came to me and I raised to $20. The two players who called the big blind each put in $15 more and we saw the flop. The flop came J52 rainbow. There was about $60 in the pot and I had a little more than $200 and I went all-in. I figured my KK was good and I was hoping no one was slow playing JJ or 55 or 22. The others folded.

I then sat at the table for another couple of hands until the big blind came around to me, and when it did I said "I'm out" and left with my modest profit.

About fifteen minutes and I won about $70. Out the door and back on the road home.

If I could do that five days a week...:D

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Alan was a hell'uv a poker player. Can anyone top this?

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He never said he was a great poker player. He never said he was a good poker player. He didn't spend much time at all learning the game simply because he didn't like the idea he was taking money from other players and not from the house. He looked at poker as a cheap way to entertain himself, talk to people, have a good time.

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Originally Posted by jbjb

https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/pla...p?a=r&n=112923

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yeah wow great... we would play some daily tournaments. They were fun and entertaining. That's about it.

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Originally Posted by accountinquestion

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Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson

I was on the 405 freeway this evening and passed by the exit for Hollywood Park Casino. I thought I would stop in, buy into the $100-$300 no limit hold'em game and see what would happen.

I bought in for $200. That's all I wanted to risk. I decided to play a very tight game.

I joined the game after the button passed me, so I did not have to pay the $5 and $3 for the blinds. The first hand I played I got KQ offsuit. There were two other players plus myself who called the big blind. The flop came AK3 rainbow. Since no one raised pre flop I figured no one had an ace. One player bet $15 and I called. The turn was low card, the river was a low card and on the river the other player bet $15 again. I called and said "an ace is good" indicating that if he had an ace the pot was his. Well, he had pocket 7s so I won the pot. It was small but it was a win.

The very next hand, I was dealt KK -- pocket kings. Two players called the $5 big blind and the action came to me and I raised to $20. The two players who called the big blind each put in $15 more and we saw the flop. The flop came J52 rainbow. There was about $60 in the pot and I had a little more than $200 and I went all-in. I figured my KK was good and I was hoping no one was slow playing JJ or 55 or 22. The others folded.

I then sat at the table for another couple of hands until the big blind came around to me, and when it did I said "I'm out" and left with my modest profit.

About fifteen minutes and I won about $70. Out the door and back on the road home.

If I could do that five days a week...:D

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Alan was a hell'uv a poker player. Can anyone top this?

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He never said he was a great poker player. He never said he was a good poker player. He didn't spend much time at all learning the game simply because he didn't like the idea he was taking money from other players and not from the house. He looked at poker as a cheap way to entertain himself, talk to people, have a good time.

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I don't think Alan was taking money from anyone at any form of gambling.

Shoutout to Alan yo poker pro Mendelson. One of the All-time forum legends !

Arguing a point with Alan sometimes seemed like arguing with a tar baby; the more you worked at it the further down the rabbit hole you went.

Alan and I had some debates here years ago regarding whether or not the low stakes no limit games at Hollywood Park could be beaten long term, given the rake.

Though it seems like he played a 3/5 game in this post, which would more be considered the lower end of middle stakes. That game could definitely be beaten long term by a skilled player.

I will say that I've heard from people that these HP games are actually really good, and if you just play tight and wait for strong hands, you can reliably win if you don't get really unlucky.