Hosted a home game tonight, won a little over $200. There was lots of action. We switched rounds between PLO and NL with the blinds being $.25/$.50 for Omaha and $.50/$1 for Holdem. I feel like I played pretty well today but I did make some mistakes. So here goes:
Hand 1:
V1: (60) Strong LAG (sometimes tricky)
Hero: (80) Image (TAG)
I'm UTG + 2 and I'm feeling frisky with 10
8
. It's early in the night and some players haven't arrived yet so we're 6 handed, decided to up my aggression tonight because I played like a p*&sy the night before and was getting man handled by a lot of these same players. I put in a raise to $4 and get called by one villain directly behind me.
Flop: ($9.5) 7
9
10
I bet $5 and V1 calls.
Turn: ($19.50) Q
I bet $6( I know, looking back, this bet screams weakness and fear, I think $9-$12 would be better) anyhow, he just calls. Lucky for me, he didn't try to exploit this.
River: ($31.50) 5
I feel good about my hand, I check to induce a bluff because I put him on a draw from the get-go. Villain obliges and bets $16.50. I think about it for a bit and the only hand I'm kind of worried about is q-k or q-j but he's the type to probably raise the hand with q-j on the flop and if this is a value bet I think he would be smaller. I call and villain shows 6
4
for a missed flushed draw.
Hand 2:
V1: ($75) LAG but can change gears
V2: ($150) LAG but rarely changes gears and is hyper aggressive sometimes
Hero: ($300) (Image: TAG) but have been playing a little loose.
Q
Q
A
5
I'm UTG so I limp hoping to just flat a small raise and see a flop or re-raise depending on villain and players. (Probably my 1st mistake). It gets all the way around with like 8 callers and we see a flop with no raise:
Flop: ($4) K
Q
J
I lead out for the pot(probably my second mistake), it's folded around to V2 who raises the pot (now has $24), it's folded to V1 who raises another $30 (pot=$54)...... I know there is a chance V2 might re-raise but my dumb@ss calls anyway. My hand was just way too pretty for me to fold or think logically. Surprise!, V1 raises all in for the rest of his chips like $55. Another surprise, V2 ships it for like $133 . .......... I've lost track but I'm probably getting a little less than 2 to 1 (my third mistake probably). I know either both or just one of them has got broadway. I fall in love with my hand, 9 outs to the nuts and 6 outs to a full house that I feel very strong about holding up and not to mention another 3 outs after the turn for a full and maybe 2 tens to a chop. I can't fold. I call...
Turn : Blank
River: Blank
V2 shows nut straight and V1 lower flush Draw with 2 pair.
This was a ****ty hand but felt overall pretty good about how I played for the night... I will post another hand where I think I over-bet and missed out on value on 5th street. Tired now... will post tomorrow.