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Originally Posted by TJ Eckleburg12
Several players drinking, now we’ve agreed to mandatory $10 straddle UTG.
This could go very well or very badly…. But thankfully I didn’t bring much more to be able to hurt myself.
It went very well
Folded for a bit, had a 2.5k stack to my right doing a lot of limping the straddle and calling 40-50 dollar raises with anything he’d limped with.
That guy limps, I make it $40 with Ts9s, and flop the joint, 8-7-6 rainbow. I bet, and he checkraises. I remember the hand I played from the deepstack event, when I checkraised as a semi bluff and my opponent flatted with the flopped nut straight, and let me catch up on the turn to chop. I was not gonna make the same mistake, so I 3bet the checkraise, even in position. He immediately rips, and I almost beat him into the pot. Turn A, river deuce, and he says he had a set. My turn to be on the other end of the board not pairing.
A little later, a new player bought in for the max, $1200, and I raised pre to $50 over two limps to the straddle in the SB with AcJc. Flop 9c 7d 4c, so I bet 70, call. Turn Td…. And since I had the lead, I figured why not keep betting. I go 130, and he raises to 275. Hmmmm, well… thanks for being terrible at sizing. River is the beautiful 2c, so I count to 23 seconds in my head before announcing all in. He calls, and gets the bad news.
Sitting on about 3200 would prove to be my high water mark, as a couple players racked up and left. The game became 5-handed and more aggro, and I was feeling a bit too fatigued to play in a splashy game with a lot of money, and everyone being super deep.
I open the button to 30 with As9s, call, call, and the guy I stacked in the previous description makes it 180 out of the straddle. Whatever, I fold. Very next hand, I pick up JJ and open to 30 again. Call, call, same guy makes it 180 again. This is growing tiresome, so I 4bet to 450…. And he IMMEDIATELY shoves, for 2400ish.
Ok whatever, fk this I’m done. I don’t believe you here, but if I’m putting two and a half dimes in pre with JJ, it’s not ahead. I muck face up and go grab a rack, saying that’s my last donation for this game. He shows the kings as I’m putting my chips away.
Finish the session +1520, so +520 on the day. My focus is I’m pleased I made a good quit after getting stacked the first time on a fairly standard cooler, instead of tilt-ily reaching for more bills in a rock garden game. I made a good quit after the second session too, as my reasons for being at that table were no longer there. Would have been better to make that quit BEFORE 4bet/folding JJ for almost 5 bills, but I’m glad I eventually came to my senses. And ultimately made the correct decision.
Last edited by TJ Eckleburg12; 06-06-2023 at 05:36 AM.