FRUSTRATED AT RIVERS, BUT LUCKY

 I went up to Rivers Casino again for a day of poker.

The poker table was the sort I like.  Most players waited for the flop before betting, so my low bankroll was not such a handicap.  However, it was a tough tables with most of the players better than I am.

I played very tight for quite a while, and so when I did bet, my opponents were cautious.  

They also found that they could scare me off when I was weak by what for them was a fairly regular bet.

So, basically, I lost.

I left $107 ahead because I caught quad tens for a high hand award of $300.

Perhaps I should try to go on Saturdays or Sundays when there are less every day regulars and a few fish.  Then the high hand would be $600.  However, my tens had a better chance of staying alive.  I caught the high hand with 23 minutes of the half hour left.  The one before me, and the one after me was taken by straight flushes.  It was a stressful 23 minutes.

The video poker was rather dry, except for quad 8's which I hit 4 times.  Now, hand those been Aces, I'd have come home rich.  The 8's kept me playing.  

I was playing quarters; the guy next to me was on the same game but playing $2 so each spin for him was $10.  He hit four 3's with a low kicker.  $8,000 before taxes.  Just after he hit, I was dealt 4 3's but no kicker.  Nice, however.  It is a lesson in randomness that I could chance the fourth 3 holding trips time after time and never connect only to have the quad dealt to me.

So, I went home ahead, but a bit disconcerted.