Day 3 played 2 hours made 135$ and it was getting late so I called it. I'm not compromising sleep for poker the best way to get good nights sleep is to have a strict sleep schedule going to bed and waking up at the same time every day.
Was running very badly under ev having to bluff most pots to win anything then started getting called and mucking. then losing in a few spots where I had 80% on turn and 96% on flop equities. so I was down 100 and new villain sits down and double straddles. I jam with A5off for 37bb's, double stradle calls and I hold on a 95943 runout.
Next hand I have q9 clubs I limp same guy raises to 25 I call on a kq10 flop bet 25 he calls, turn is 8 of spades making 3 spades on board. 3 people in hand we all check river is 9 of diamonds, he opens to 90% pot. I tank and probably would have called with two pair but luckily I think back to a video with Phil Hellmuth where he calls with two pair on a wet board with straights and flushes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1oA-CWJHl8 . Now I rivered my two pair and didn't flop it but it's fairly similar.
Anyways luckily for me I was able to ask my self what can I beat here on the answer was only a bluff. So I made a tough fold, only tought because I was starting to lose my mind over how bad I was running and desperately wanted to call. But I created a new internal dialouge in my mind for future river situations. Always ask yourself what can I beat here and if you are facing a massive river bet without any reads/information on your opponent it's generally a good idea to fold.
You avoid getting into the habit of hero calling and you can always wait for a better spot to look him up.
Now on to the final hand before I left.
I limp in UTG with k10 off everyone folds to Big Blind and we have been dueling for the last two hands.
He goes to 10BB's which is a very large Preflop raise
last hand he went 8.3
hand before he called 34BB's
So this person was clearly very agressive and I felt his range was fairly wide 2's-9's suited connectors, aj-ak, so I decided to pull the trigger and 4 bet 59BB's. I would be happy either with a fold or to get it in with approximately 45% equity.
the runout is K978q and I hold for a nice double up.
I would have loved to keep playing with some chips to work with but I called it a night and we will play more tomorrow.