putting this in the brag category since I played this super agro and it actually worked...which is very different for me
After my realization that I was playing scared and needed to change
, I decided to go test out my newfound confidence at my normal place.
$1/$2 NL, new game, about 10 hands in. I have played a couple of small pots.
V1 In the BB with ~$150 behind, just won some pots, seemed semi-competent.
V2 is UTG with ~$100 behind, keeps raising to $5 pf every pot he plays (LOL), has played more than V1.
Hero in CO with ~$170 behind. I have already decided to pick a decent semi-bluffing hand to manipulate my table image with these guys who have never seen me before.
Hero looks down at 5
6
and immediately decides that this is the hand. I am gonna raise pf with this unless people are going crazy in front of me.
V2 leads out with his standard raise to $5. 2 callers to me, I raise to $15. V1 and V2 both call, rest fold.
Flop is 4
2
7
I still can't really put either guy on a hand, but I'm quite sure they are middle pairs or overcards. But I'm playing the part of LAG girl, so here we go. V1 checks, V2 bets $20, I RAISE to $50, V1 and V2 both call! Now I'm more sure of my reads, both have pocket pairs, who knows what, it doesn't matter so much with the line I'm taking. I was now done betting unless lightning struck, and......
Turn is the miracle 8
(angels sing out in chorus, rainbows bloom in the sky...)
V1 bets $25 (rofl, live poker), V2 calls, I shove, they both call (I have them covered). By now I'm sure they've put me on aces or kings.
River is J
V1 shows a set of 4s, V2 a set of Jacks, and I flip over my straight and the table goes nuts.
Gawd, I got lucky, but the table was "afraid" of me the rest of the session, and I mercilessly stole blinds and limps and finished up 2 buy-ins.