DONE WORKING FOR THE FDA!
Today was interesting. Played two hands in a row against a solid reg, first hand I raised preflop and had KJ on 22J, bet flop, check/called river. He had limped with KK. Next hand, I raise QQ, he 3 bets me IP, I flat. low cards on board, check/check flop, I bet turn, ace on the river, check/check. He has KK AGAIN. I think I played these hands correctly- definitely think I lost the minimum given the villain's capability of bluffing, but I will need to review.
I met another poker pro at my table! One thing I noticed is he stole unwanted pots a lot more- I need to get better at recognizing these spots. He folded an Ace (only showed one) to a single turn bet from me on AhKh3hJc board in a HU 3 bet pot after flop was checked through, I had air (87s or something). I didn't really understand this fold, but I guess not many other players at my cardroom are bluffing here and I'm an unknown. Dan, if you're reading, send me a PM!
Most interesting hand of the day:
several limpers, I raise from LP with 55. I usually overlimp here, but I've been taking a lot of pots down preflop recently. 1 caller from EP, old guy who sat down not long ago but seems nitty.
Flop Q
3
4
. He checks, I cbet $25 into $35, he calls.
Turn 5
, giving me a set and completing a diamond flush draw. He checks, I bet $60, he calls.
River T
. Pot is ~$200, he has $170 behind. I bet $100, he shoves for $70 more, I sigh-call. He shows K
T
. I was kicking myself for not checking behind here, but I'll need to review this hand later.
Just a few hands later, I get this one against him:
I raise JJ 5x from EP, a bunch of callers including same villain on the button.
Flop is K
T
5
, pot is $50. Checks to him, he bets $25. I call, which was basically lighting money on fire in retrospect, this old nit is never bluffing. But at the time I thought it was a weak steal after a bunch of people checked.
Turn is some blank I forget, I check, he bets $25 again into $100. I feel like this is a weak king or something, so I try to get him out with a checkraise to $125. He calls, pretty sure he has 2pair or better here.
But the river is a glorious J, giving me a set. Pot is $350 now, he has $340 behind and I have him covered. I bet $200, he says "you got me if you got AQ" and snaps, then mucks probably KT or K5 I'm guessing. Maybe TT or 55 even! Not sure if I should have gone for a shove on the river, don't know if he calls there. PROBABLY yes. Will review this later.
Anyway yea that river. Damn. That was a nice bailout. I felt like I played slightly subpar overall but still ended up +$564 in 6 hours. One example of how I win so much: I bet Ax on an AQJQA board 3-handed on the river, both villains called and mucked. Like, wat, seriously.
Running total: +$3436, 63 hours.