Rollercoaster:
The day started off as most have in the recent downswing. Quite terribly. With no 5/T running yet, we hop in the 2/5 and get going.
In our first interesting hand we see two limps, and then a raise to 30 from the HJ. One caller in between and we look down at Q
Q
in the SB, and make it 130. It folds to the original raiser who jams for 430 total, player in between folds and we call. Board runs out K high and we lose to AK.
Next orbit, there’s a straddle on and we see T
T
in the SB. Two limps to us and we make it 75 to go. Both of the limpers call and we go to a flop of J
8
6
. The flop checks through and we see a 2
on the turn. We check, then a badreg makes it 150. The player in between folds and we call. The river is the Q
and it goes check/check. We lose to Q9cc.
For our final blow in the 2/5 streets, we look down at K
T
OTB and make it 25 to go over one limper, a splashy rec. only he calls and we see a flop of K
9
T
. He checks and we fire 30. He calls and we see a 4
on the turn. He checks and this time we fire 105. He makes it 240 to go with another 180 or so behind. We stick it in and are drawing slim against QJ.
After dropping a cool 200bb in 3.5 hours the 5/T opens up and the action is awesome. For a lot of the night it was actually a 5/T/20 which was a ton of fun.
First up, we pick up A
K
in the CO and make it 45 to go over a limper. The BTN and the limper both call, and we go to a flop of K
6
4
. T checks to us and we fire 65. Both players call and we see a Q
on the turn. Limper checks to us again and this time we fire 135. Once again, both players call and we see a 7
on the river. It checks to us again, and we go for thin value, 225. Once again, both villains call, and we were drawing quite slim against 66 and 64.
With things finally set to turn around, we look down at A
Q
in the BB, and make the call when a reg we have tons of history with makes it 35 from the HJ. We go heads up to a gin flop. K
J
T
. We check, and he wagers 50. From our history together, his weakness is calling too wide too often. We pop it to 165 and he calls. The turn is brick #1. The 6
. We lead for 260, and he calls. The river is the 3
and we go big; 885. He things for a short while and tosses in the call. We scoop.
Next up, we pick up J
J
in MP and see a raise to 35 from UTG+2. We pop it from directly to his left to 130. Everyone folds and he calls. The flop comes K
K
6
. He checks to us and I decide to check it back. The turn is the 9
and he checks again. This time we bet 105, and he calls. The river is the 2
and he checks a third time. We decide to go for some value, 225. He thinks for a minute and makes the call, but rolls over QQ.
In our final hand we get our last chance at blood. There’s an open from the CO to 35 and we defend the good old A
Q
. The flop comes Q
7
6
and he check/call 50. The turn is the 2
and we check/call 215. The river is the A
and we check/call 420. Our hand is good.
So was able to make up for the miserable performance at the 2/5 level: in for 3583, out for 5105 at 5/T.
gl all.
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