Listen to the dealer!!!

Everyone has a poker moment that he will remember forever. My first Kodak moment was my first winning at casino Niagara with a KJo against a QQ. I cashed out $1,200 that night.

Another moment was on Poker Extravaganza week. I was getting very bad hands, I think I got faces cards less than a dozen times in 3 hours. Then one hand came A6s, I was in the small blind, everyone limped in so I decided to bluff (I was getting really bored and I need to change my table image quick.). The blinds were 1-2. The pot had $19, so I raised it to $7; big blind folded, one guy reraised to $15, three other guys called so it was to me. So my pot odds were ~ 11-1, I thought that even if the odds where there, that I was beaten by a big pocket since there was a reraise and 3 calls, so I was going to fold when Gary – the dealer – said “Come on, you gotta play that hand look at the odds.”

I was surprised that a dealer would say that, I thought they were not allowed to give advice in the table. So I said to myself what the heck, just for Gary, so I called…. Guess what the flop came….

6 6 6

I flopped quads! I couldn’t believe it, I admit I got lucky but if I did not play that hand I would be on a tilt right then. So now the question was hiow do I get the most money out of them?
Since I was first to act, I called $5, my explanation was that if I checked and then called or raised they would know I have a hand but by calling with a small bet like that they would think I want to steal. So someone raised to $10 and everyone called, of course I called; the pot was up to $134. the turn came a brick, I bet $10, one guy calls, and everyone else folds, my mistake L - the pot became $154, the river came a J and when I checked the guy it looked like he liked that river so i knew he had a jack. He had $80 left but I was afraid if I go all-in he wouldn’t call so I just bet $45 assuming he would go all in since he would be pot committed. To my surprise he just calls – as I expected he had a full house 6s full of jacks. I made $244 in that hand which is not a lot compared to other hands but I liked the fact that I got lucky thanks to the dealer…hahaha
p.s. I tipped him $10.