DOB - Day 7
Level: .10/.25
Minute: 60
Won: $29.20
BB/Hr.: 58.40
BB/100: (102.46)
VP$IP: 26.32
This session was pretty quiet for the first 45 minutes. In that time I didn’t play a pot worth more than 4 or 5 bucks. Then, in a matter of about 5 minutes, I won two pots that doubled me up.
The first hand I had J/9 and the board came 9 high. We got all the money in against a guy who only had about $3.00. Turns out he had 10/10. I turned a third 9 to bust him.
Then I picked up pocket 8s in late position. It’s folded around to me so I raise to .75. I get called by a player behind me and then the player in the small blind raises another $2.00. I call and the player behind me calls. The flop comes 9 high with a beautiful 8 and no flush draw. The SB bets out and I smooth call hoping to get the guy behind me to come along for the ride. He folds, though. On the turn the SB checks and I bet out a little over $13.00 and get called. The river is a King and I put in my last $6.00 and the SB folds. I’m thinking now that it may have been better to raise on the flop. If he had a pair of 10s or Jacks in that spot, he’s likely to have come over the top for all my money giving me the full double-up. Plus, if either player had 10/J (which is certainly possible), I would have been in real trouble on the turn.
Uh, what happened later when you had Aces, and left the table with no money?
Ahh, the hand with aces. Earlier in my session, I raised with pocket Kings and the same player who I flopped a set against called with 8/2 sooooted from the big blind. The flop was pretty good for him, too. NOT. A/Q/X with 1 spade. I bet, he calls. The turn was a spade, he checks, I bet, he calls. The river was a spade. He bets out the size of the pot. Thanks to the ace being out there, I was already not in love with my pocket kings, so I folded.
Later, in the almost the exact same scenario, I had A/A in late position. I raise and get called by the same player. The flop comes 10 high with 2 spades. The guy check-raises me from the BB. Since there are two spades out there, and given the fact that this player seemed to be most interested in playing pots against me, he could have been check-raising with about any possible hand. I put him on a hand like A/10 or perhaps 2 spades or perhaps just playing back against me because it was me. Who knows. So, I push all in. Unfortunately he had flopped a set of 6s. I picked up a flush draw on the turn, but missed on the river.
Given the players previous play against me, I’m fine with how I played it. If you can’t handle taking a beat like that in poker, you may as well close your online accounts and stop visiting poker rooms.
Well played sir, well played.