[JamesUS527]

Went yesterday to the TAJ in AC and played some 3-6 holdem (1-3 blinds). There was an interesting occurence during the game and I'd like to hear any opinions about it. Also had one pretty interesting hand which I will relate afterward if any one cares to read about it.

First the event: I had folded a poor hand and so was not involved, but watched intently. There were 4 people in the hand to the end with a good bit of betting raising and re-raising. The pot was good size in the end. After the river, there is some betting around and it finally comes to the button who is last to act but does not call the bet by putting chips out. She simply shows her cards which reveal a straight. The other players either show their cards or muck and the dealer announces that button has the winning hand and pushes the chips to her. In my mind, her not having put chips into the pot makes her hand dead since she did not call the bet. If I had been in the hand, I would have called the floor to request a ruling in that vein, but since I wasn't involved I didn't want to get involved as it is rarely appreciated. Any thoughts?

Interesting hand: I was in middle position and dealt a pair of 9s and raised at my turn. A couple of limpers come in including the small blind. The flop comes 9 8 2 rainbow. (I hear the small blind say to himself “I got some of that). The small blind bets, I raise, the others get out and the blind calls. The turn comes 8. It is just the small blind and me now. He bets I raise he re-raises I re raise and he re-raises I re-raise. Because there are only the two of us, there is no cap on the raises so we go back forth about15 times. Finally, I’m thinking maybe the guy (pretty young fellow) has pocket 8s and slow played the flop because of the 9 on the board…I don’t know…but maybe, just maybe he has quads, so I call after a lot of back and forth. The river comes 10. I think there might have been 3 suited on the board, don’t exactly remember now. He bets (he is just about out of chips anyway) and I call. He turns over 8 10, giving him 8s full which loses to my 9s full. He was a gentleman and congratulated me on the hand (unlike so many other players I have seen at the TAJ). There was a mountain of chips in the pot…funny as hell. I thought the calibre of play on the table was very average and could have been taken advantage of by good players.