Day 33: Hitting almost everything

Picked up $195 in 1.5 hours Friday night at Delaware Park

Just seems like I'm hitting every card in the deck lately, playing really LAG.

Did get bluffed off TPTK on a wet board in a nice-sized pot. But it was early and sometimes you give players too much credit for made hands.

Won a nice pot when I raised with 47 in LP and got one caller. Flop was 864 and I bet $25 into a $30 pot. Got checkraised to $55. I thought about shipping it but just called. Turn was a 5 giving me the straight, but putting 3 hearts out there. Guy had literally just sat down. He pushed all-in for about $110 and I didn't think he would checkraise a heart draw on the flop so I called. He had QQ and the river blanked.

Later I had 78 OTB and wanted to raise but elected not to. Flop was beautiful 79T. Villain bets $5, I raise to $15, two callers. Turn is a 9 and villain leads for $50. I call; other player folds. River is a 3. He bets $100; I snap call (missed value by not raising here). He has A9x and I scoop the pot. No way I'm ever folding this flop. Woman who folded the turn claimed to have a higher flush draw.

Lost about $100 when I missed a flush draw with QJ on the flop, turned a gutshot to the nuts and missed both.

Would have played longer, but my friend needed me at her PaiGow table.

Hours: 212
Wins: +$4,561
Losses: -$2,984
March: +$849
Year to date: +$1,477

You have become a shark.. monster!

thanks. i think i'm just running really well right now, though.

gl, the more you play the better you get.

Day 34: Playing back and getting lucky

I played 8.5 hours and won $65 spread out over two sessions.

In the first session at Harrah's Chester, I dropped $334 in 2.3 hours. I made a couple of bad bluffs, got involved in some terrible hands (called a raise with a trouble hand against a NIT and paid off TP on the flop; turned TP into that with a gutshot and called again. folded the river when i knew he had AK). Disappointed with my play, I headed to Delaware Park where I proceeded to win $401 in six hours.

Had 99 in EP in one hand and raised to $11. Got a caller or two, then another person raised to $25. I called, knowing there would be at least one caller. Flop was pretty good - 866. Everyone checked and the person who bet $25 pre made it $55. I had about $180. I shoved, everyone folded. He says he had QQ. Whatever. I'm not sure I believe him.

Picked up some small pots including raising with 58 and hitting a 467 flop.

On to the controversial hand of the night:

Villain is a young Asian kid who has been at the table for about an hour or so and is raising seemingly EVERY hand to $16 preflop. He 3-bet the first hand he sat down to $80 and just seems to be on tilt and trying to get even.

Hero is on the BB and villain is UTG+2

Effective stacks: $280 ... Blinds $1/$2.

Villain raises to $16 and everyone folds around to hero who has 34o. I 3-bet to $45.

Flop is actually pretty good for me ... Q65 rainbow.

I bet $60. He calls.

Turn is an 8. I bet $100. He calls.

River is a 3. I go all-in. He calls.

Obviously, had I hit my OESD I'd have felt a lot better about the hand, but when the 3 hit, I thought I was good until he called. He had A7o, though, and I was saved by the river.

I'm getting flamed in LLSNL; sobeit. We can't play every hand perfectly, though I had a plan for the hand and followed it through. I'm OK with it. I learned from it. And isn't that what our goal is when we play a hand? To learn something (and win $$$).

Hours: 220
Wins: +$4,626
Losses: -$2,984
March: +$914
Year to date: +$1,542

Did he just muck when you called because he should've shown first.

When a hand like this happens, when you have the nuts, I'm just flipping my hand over. I'm not going to wait for them to show, then show.

yeah, this is one of my weird idiosyncrasies when i'm playing. i forget that i have the right to see his hand first because i called him. but i know i have the nuts, so i just want to rake the pot. plus, let's face it: sometimes players misread their hands. i had a guy ready to fold his hand a few months ago when he had a four flush against my top set ... he looked four or five times before he finally realized what he had.

if someone wants to muck, i am pretty much OK with that.

The villain you described doesn't seem like the type to fold to 3bets so why did you 3bet garbage in that spot?

it wasn't to get him to fold preflop. it was designed to pressure him into folding a medium strength hand later ... i knew he was calling the $45. i was wrong about my fold equity in this hand to 1,000,000 degrees. it was 0, when i thought it was much higher.

I would 3bet a wider value range and not bluff that guy.

yeah, that's pretty much what i learned from this.

Day 35: Ho-hum

Decided to play a rare post-work Tuesday night session because my friend got forced out of her job early and wanted to play.

Nothing really exciting happened; I won $206 in 4.5 hours.

Flopped a set of 10s; won a small pot. Flopped a set of 7s; won a smaller pot.

Biggest pot of the night was when I had AJ and made it $11. Two callers. Flop was J34 and I bet $25. Guy went all-in for about $110 or so. I snap called. He had been trying to shove his way to a doubleup or go home finish to his night. He claims he had 22 and thought I had AQ. Good read.

Hours: 225
Wins: +$4,834
Losses: -$2,984
March: +$1,120
Year to date: +$1,748

Good job bro, keep the heat going. Great to see you persevere through the variance

You are doing well! Hourly rate isnt so hot but its great of late after your beginning struggles. Profit is profit, its not like you are working full time poker for min wage =)