You gotta like that action, especially in a 4-8 game. Thanks to an unusually big bad-beat jackpot this week at Muckleshoot Casino -- The Muck -- that's exactly what some lucky bastard did.
The jackpot's been growing for weeks, and since it rolled past $100,000 a couple of weeks ago action in the room has been crazy. Last weekend, with the jackpot at about $130k, all 18 tables were going and still we waited an hour for a seat. You just knew it was about to pop. And with so many people playing for the jackpot (translation: loose), pots have been big and juicy.
Unfortunately, real life prevented Michelle and me from making the drive from West Seattle to Auburn all week, and when we got there last night we knew the jackpot had been cracked even before we walked into the room. Some energy had gone out of the place. Sure enough, although we arrived at prime time -- 8 o'clock on a Friday night -- there were several open tables and no board. Michelle walked right into a game; I was in action within 10 minutes.
Turns out they hit the jackpot on Monday, during the day shift, in a 4-8 game. I didn't get all the details, but apparently it went off at $143,000 and change, so the big end was nearly $72,000, the small end about $36,000 and table shares of more than five. Beats working.
I had a decent session last night, playing 4-8 with my friend David and a few familiar faces around the table along with a steady stream of two or three fish. Withstood a couple of hours of cold papers, then rallied to finish up a rack before calling it a night at about 1:30.
As an experiment I may regret, I'm going to post my chip count here for the life of this blog. So far:
1 session, 4-8. Net win: $109.
Hands in The Muck ... and other Puget Sound cardrooms
