The Present:
After that hand I got up, walked over to the rail and just tried to take in the moment. In every other thing in life that I’ve managed to be successful in, I’ve never stopped and taken a moment to cherish the present. I decided that I wasn’t going to let this present moment pass. As I stood and stared out into the other 30 tables full of aspiring Poker players; the grinders, the recreationals, and the future pros alike I felt like I was on top of the world. If I’m never able to feel this feeling again, I’ll be glad I got to stop and live in that moment.
The heater continued on Friday, making it 12 winning sessions in a row, and another two big ones this weekend, another 500bbs between 2/5 & 5/T.
Literally didn’t get to play any hands that went past the flop for about 3 hours and broke even until we got a table switch to an amazing game. We were able to get AA in pre for 630 and hold, then we had some interesting hands:
Our first interesting hand comes when villain opens to 40 from MP. We call in the CO with 9
9
and see a flop of 8
2
6
v jams his final 195 and we sigh call. Lose this time to JJ - I think against this v we can def fold but he’s capable of doing this with A high as well shortstcaked.
The next interesting hand comes when we play a hand against a spot at the table when he opens UTG to 15. There’s another caller, we call OTB with A
4
and the blinds come along. The flop is a sweet A
4
3
. It checks to us and and we wager 30. Only original raiser calls and we go to an 8
turn. He checks to us again and this time we go 75. He calls once again and we see a 9
river. He checks to us a final time and we go for value once again, this time 125. He quickly calls again and says “you better have a set”. Unfortunately A4 is no good to A9.
Were able to get things rolling again when we open K
J
from MP to 30. another whale (good table switch as I mentioned) calls OTB, V from last hand calls in the SB and the BB comes along as well. We go to a flop of J
8
4
. It checks to us and we cbet 65. Only the BTN calls and we see a 8
turn. We check and he wagers 150. Knowing this villain we are still ahead a lot of the time and we call. The river is the K
and we check it over to him. He bets 375 and we have an easy call. We call and take it down.
5/T hands.
We play our first interesting hand when we open A
K
to 35 from UTG+2. One reg calls, and then an older gentleman who is capable of 3betting light makes it 165 from the SB. It gets around to us and we have an easy 4bet for value against this V. the SB is 1400 to start, and we cover. We make it 385 to go. The reg in the middle folds and the SB calls.
We go to a flop of K
T
7
V checks to us and we check back. I don’t see a ton of merit to betting here in a 4bet pot. I’m either W/A or W/B. The turn is the 8
and v leads out for half of his remaining stack, 510. We jam the rest of it in there and he sigh calls. The river runs out a blank and he states ‘A high’ and we’re good.
In the biggest pot of the night, one of the same whales who was in our 2/5 game moved up with us to the 5/T. He’s playing slightly tighter now as the stakes have increased. He opens the CO to 35 and it folds to us in the BB with A
5
. We see a lovely flop of A
A
2
. We check to him and he bets 55. We decide to call. The turn is the best card in the deck, the 5
we check again planning the c/r and it works out as planned. Villain wagers 125 and we size on the bigger end, making it 475. V tanks for a good amount of time, and makes it 1200 with 700 behind. We jam the rest of it in there and have him drawing dead to scoop a 4K pot.
After that hand I got up, walked over to the rail and just tried to take in the moment. In every other thing in life that I’ve managed to be successful in, I’ve never stopped and taken a moment to cherish the present. I decided that I wasn’t going to let this present moment pass. As I stood and stared out into the other 30 tables full of aspiring Poker players; the grinders, the recreationals, and the future pros alike I felt like I was on top of the world. If I’m never able to feel this feeling again, I’ll be glad I got to stop and live in that moment.
2/5
5/T
Morning:
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