The best 1/3 session of my entire life
So prior to today, I was on one of the worst 1/3 NL downswings of my poker career. I had 6 losing sessions in a row and had dropped more than $1900 during that time. I was starting to get frustrated. The game was so soft and so passive, yet I was consistently losing. I'd dropped half the profits that I made for DLuo during this time, which was very disappointing for me. But I was determined to put in more and more volume. I knew that the downswing wouldn't last forever. All I had to do was continue playing well and putting in more volume, and there would be a light at the end of the tunnel.
And that light came today: I played a 7.5 hour session today and made $2100 profit. In just a single session, I had won more than I'd lost during the entire 6 session losing streak prior to this. This is the most profit I've ever made in a single 1/3 NL session, and it came just at the right time.
It started with building an image: there was a period early on where I literally raised 10 hands in a row preflop. I was making a joke to the rest of the table about how I can raise every single hand and still win. I actually had decent hands to raise with on every occasion: ATo, KJs, KQo, ATs, AKo, T7s, etc. But they didn't know that, and they were starting to get annoyed at me.
I won a bunch of medium sized pots when I hit some hands and people who were normally nitty started to pay me off 1-2 streets with middling pairs. I also got lucky and won a $400 pot when I squeezed to $65 preflop with 76dd and an old guy cold 4bet jams $195, so I sigh call it off and manage to river the straight against his QQ. So I built up an $800 stack and then this hand happened:
$800 effective
2 limpers
Loose reg (covers everyone) raises $20 CO
Hero 3bets $70 SB with AKs
Reg calls $70
Flop ($135) is A92r
Hero bets $50
Reg calls $50
Turn ($235) is A92A
Hero bets $175
Reg calls $175
We have $500 behind after this bet, so we're looking for a low card on the river so we can stack AJ/AQ.
River ($585) is A92AQ
Not the river card I wanted to see. I decided to bet a non-committing amount, with the intention of folding to a river raise. This way I can still get some thin value off weaker Ax hands whilst also getting away when I run into a boat.
Hero bets $225
Reg tank calls $225
So after this hand, we're sitting on a 1.3k stack, and everything continues to go uphill from here. 2 drunk guys sit down on the table and start playing ridiculously loose. One of them starts a hand with $80 and 3bet jams T6o pre. He quickly builds up a $750 stack by running hot. Then this hand happens:
$750 effective
1 limper
Hero raises $18 UTG+1 with AKo
Drunk guy 3bets $40 CO
Hero 4bets $125
Drunk guy instantly 5bet jams $750
Drunk guy then starts talking a lot, saying stuff like "I've got you beat, I promise you I've got you beat, I'll show if you fold. I'll show. You got Jacks? I've got you beat mate."
I sigh fold AKo face up and he then tables QQ
Oh well, probably a flip I didn't want to take anyway, even if I knew his cards.
Later, I get into a pot with the other drunk guy where he 5bet jams $450 preflop, I snap call with QQ and I win the flip against his AKo. The heater continues and I get dealt AK and JJ+ a lot over the next few hours. Win a few decent sized pots there. I also win a nice $700 pot with QT vs KJ on a KJxx9 runout.
Eventually, I'm looking down at a 2.7k stack from an initial $350 buyin. Towards the end though, I lose a few pots and I ultimately cash out $2450. An incredibly hot session overall. Really motivates me to grind more in the future.
When we zoom out and look at the entirety of the stake I've done for DLuo:
Total Profit: $4094
Time Played: 76 hours
Sessions Won: 7/14 (50%)
Biggest Win: $2100
Biggest Loss: $807