Started Playing on Casino.net

Results: 1.5 hours played; up $29

Since I did so well at Sporting Bet, I decided to open an account at Casino.net. It uses the same poker software as Sporting Bet and offers the same bonus: $30 after 100 raked hands and $70 after another 400 with a $100 initial deposit. I deposited $300 and plan to play at the $.50/$1 limit tables as long as they are nice to me. When I'm finished here, I think I'll reserve half of my bankroll when I move to the next casino to avoid down time.

My initial impressions of Casino.net are that it is tighter than Sporting Bet at these limits. The tables on Sporting Bet were consistently 60%+ in the pot pre-flop. On Casino.net, I only saw one above 50%. The 5-hand tables, but I need to work on my short-handed play before I commit any money to them. It was a little more difficult to get on a table here as well; I had to queue up on both tables that I played.

I ended up multi-tabling a $.50/$1 table and a $.25/$.50 table. I've only tried this a couple times before, and it can get nerve wracking when you have good hands on both windows. At one point I had pocket rockets on both tables! Even though the tables were tighter pre-flop, the post-flop play was similar to Sporting Bet. The other players give way too much value to A-anything, and they don't seem to care that there are 3 cards to a straight/flush on the board once they hit their pair. I guess that's why these low limit tables are so easy to win.

I had a little run at the higher limit table that I'd like to share. The first four times I went to showdown, I lost to the same player to my immediate right. He showed me no respect from that point on. Late in the session, I had AA big blind (the hand I mentioned earlier) and after capping the bets pre-flop, flopped the set. He and another player stayed with me until showdown and I bet through the whole way.

The next hand, I had KK in he small blind and flopped another set. He again stayed with me calling me down through all streets. The third hand I had AdKd on the button and re-raised his raise (he said "I don't think so."). I flopped four to a flush and then hit it on the turn. He bet and I raised through all three streets. I'm sure he's talking about his three "bad beats" and doesn't remember whipping up on me early in the session.

posted by Kent @ 4:19 PM