Played High Stakes No Limit at Pechanga
May 15th, 2006
Written By: Adam Sussman
This is just a quick post. I just got back from spending a long weekend at the Pechanga Casino Resort located between Los Angeles and San Diego. Pechanga is a new four star hotel and casino built over an Indian Reservation in a one time sleepy vineyard town called Temecula.
This weekend I stepped up my game a bit. I finally built up the courage to sit down at a high stakes No Limit Hold’em game. For those of you who don’t play poker or usually just play the limit tables let me tell yea, sitting down at a No Limit high stakes table can really makes your heart pound.
As usual I sat down wearing my sun glasses but this time playing against some of the best players I’d ever come across. Poker is such as hard core game, there were a few times I had been holding pocket A’s, K’s and Q’s but to my demise the flops always seemed to hint to the possibility of a flush draw or straight.
There were a few hands I had to go All In on and did really well. Although I am sure my opponents were able to catch on to the fact I kept on having nervous leg seizers whenever the pot got extraordinarily high.
On this trip I had better luck playing Black Jack. I was lucky enough to find a few tables where I could play head to head against the dealers. I enjoy going Head On because the pace of the game is much faster and I don’t have to see other players making horrid mistakes like standing on 14 when the dealer is showing a face card.
We finished off the weekend celebrating mothers day with a Champaign brunch at Thornton Winery. All in all, it was a great trip. I am sure the casino will be sending me and my wife an invitation to come back soon.
Here are some pictures of us at the casino
