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Message: [QUOTE="roundcat, post: 1228360, member: 7011"] There's a Clearwater Casino in Suquamish -- but this one has a big sign that says "Snoqualmie Casino" and is in Snoqualmie so it's a different place. OK, so it went well! I got there at 7:30 and dropped my husband off for his concert, then headed to the poker room. The nice gal at the counter told me I had a choice of 4/8 limit or 2/5 no limit, and I chose the 2/5 no limit. They were just starting a new table so I got to sit down and see what everyone was buying in with. Three guys bought in for $300, myself and two others bought in for $200, and another couple of people bought in for $100. I was on the right of two of the $300 buyins so I moved to their left because it appeared they knew what they were doing. Game started off relatively passively, some limping, some standard raises preflop, not a lot of action postflop and pots often taken down by a single bet. I laid down QQ in a questionable spot with T77 on the board, but my opponent had raised $20 preflop in early position and then bet $40 on the flop, and I was just getting major "big hand" vibes from him. I'm sure he either had JJ, KK, AA, or possibly TT, three of which would have been beating me, and I would have had to commit lots of chips to find out. It was early on and I decided to wait. Highlight of the night: winning a nearly $500 pot with A high! This was after the complexion of the game had changed. A guy joined and someone mentioned that he was an action player, and oh, was he ever -- raising almost every pot with anything. He raised to $35 and got three or four callers, including myself with AKs. The flop came Txx with two of my suit, and after it was checked around to me I shoved all in for about $150. Action guy folded, and I got one caller (at which point I was thinking I was likely majorly screwed). No spade on the turn or river and I was ready to muck, saying "I missed," but the other guy was hesitating too so I flipped my cards up. It turned out he had called me with only a lower flush draw. I was SHOCKED to win the pot :eek: and of course thrilled. :) Another guy mucked a ten so that big bet was the only way I could have won that pot. Not much of note happened after that, except the action guy lost several buyins and left the table in a huff. The guy who doubled me up with the bad draw kept losing his chips and plunking down $100 after $100 on the table and shoving it all in until he finally rebought for $300 and started winning some pots, including the last pot against Action Guy. I liked the casino and the poker room. It's in a nice location with easy access from I-90. Chairs were fairly comfy. It's a bit crowded in there but not unnavigable, and it's glassed in so it's quiet and non-smoky, unlike the rest of the casino. They gave me a free hat for being a newbie, and the staff was friendly and competent. There were monte carlo jackpots and $500 high hand jackpots every two hours (Tues/Wed/Thurs only), which a guy at my table won with quad kings. Most of the players there were regulars and knew each other. At the end of the night I cashed out $287 ahead, a nice little payday thanks to that one giant, unexpected pot. I also learned that it's common there to chop the blinds, which I hadn't encountered before. They explained to me that you either chop all the time or none of the time, regardless of your cards. I found it a little odd but went with the program. [/QUOTE]

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