honestly I wasn't planning on doing anything after the game but after walking back to the room my wife assumed I was headed back out to play some more and I'm like, sounds good to me. at this rate no reason not to.
so I hoofed it over to the closest game going on, which was at MGM Grand, my least favorite poker room in Vegas and where I've had the worst fortune. challenge accepted.
bought in for $300 and sat down in a game with one Asian guy with a fortress of chips, and probably nobody else with more than $400. it was an interesting game, very social, a lot of limping, a lot of calling, frequent straddles, a few super aggros who jammed regularly.
1) Very first hand 88sh in BB. limped to me, I raised, several callers.
flop TT6ssc. I bet $21, only one caller, player with three times as many chips as anyone else.
turn is 9s, check check.
river is Qs. I bet $35, he raises to $105. I call, he has AsJh for the rivered nut flush.
this was my first bad hand of the week and reminiscent of previous punts at MGMG.
2) EP raises to 5, me in MP with AT I raise to 10, LP raises to $25, only I call.
T98, xx.
I bet $35 on river, he says "I gotta see if you hit the straight," lose to QQ.
another awful punt, if I spent 15 seconds thinking pre or post flop it was clear this guy had a huge pocket pair.
it's been one orbit and I'm down like $250. I add another $100.
the Asian guy leaves and suddenly in this uncapped game there is no one over $400.
with A5 I am able to double up on AJ756.
3) double straddle 5 and 10. I am CO with K8o. I raise to $20, only the second straddle calls, a new player who is very aggressive in a Florida Panthers (hockey) jersey.
flop is 832. don't remember action.
turn 3, I bet $35, he jams, I make call and show immediately. he is not flatting that preflop action with an overpair and there are flush draws out there.
river is another 8 for full house and he mucks.
I now have the appearance of an extremely reckless maniac. but I also appear like someone deadly to try to bluff against.
4) same player, I have A8o, I raise to $10 and there are a bunch of callers. flop comes 842, guy bets $50. I'm eyeing his stack, there are like 3 other players and I want to isolate for all his chips, he has $170 behind, I raise to $120, he shoves, I instant call and table my hand. don't remember the runout but he didn't show and I felted him for the second time in about three hands and he's gone. the guy next to me says that was a ballsy move, I thought it was very simple.
I don't think I won another hand for an hour, pretty card-dead, made some "where am I at" bets into a young masked Asian woman who predictably jammed and I quickly folded. later with KQ I flopped trip queens and took most of her chips.
pretty tired, I cashed out for 913, making it a +$513 3-hour session without ever hitting a straight or flush. I think I am up to $1300 through 6 hours of 1/2. I have 8 straight winning poker sessions since New Year weekend.