Not really sure how to title this one. I had pretty much a perfect night of poker today. It was great all around. I want this blog to stay really poker-centric, but I can say that I really had a great time just hanging out with people at the poker table today. My friends from work were there and we had a great time hanging out and joking around. I just 100% had a blast. It could not have been more enjoyable of a night of poker.
One thing that really makes poker enjoyable is.... winning. And win I did. I fucking destroyed. Absolutely crushed. And I did it myyyyyyyyyyyy waaaaayyyyyyy......
I got to the MGM Grand right after work, at around 6 or 6:30. I decided to go to MGM because my friends said they might show up too. So I figured, what the hell. I've also done really well at MGM in the past, and they do tend to have pretty good games. I have had some of my biggest nights ever at the MGM.
I sat down at my first table and didn't start off all that well. I got bluffed right away by some douchey looking guy... I didn't chop, and raised my small blind to 6 with QT. He called. Flop didn't bring anything, I bet like 6, he called. Turn gave me a gutshot (A-K-?-?), I bet 12, he raised to 36, I folded, he showed Q-4. Fine. Didn't really bother me that much but I was hoping to get him back at some point. Just some young kid with a decent amount of money in front of him (like $400, max buy was $300), iPad, headphones, etc.
I sort of just sat around and didn't get much going on. Hovered around $240, down from $300. Eventually I played a hand with J-T, not sure if it was suited or not, but I think I raised on the button. I'm thinking about how to tell this hand and honestly I can't really remember how it went down. The ending though is on the river I make a straight with my J-T. I had flopped top pair (maybe with a gutshot?) and hit the gutshot on the river. So it checks to me, I bet 25, the young kid check-raises to like 75, I call, he basically had nothing. After that hand I was up $50.
Next table was pretty insane. I sat down and was directly to the left of the button. Dealer asks me if I want to wait. I say, "the smart thing would be to wait, but I'm in!" and I threw down my $3 to buy the button. I don't really remember what happened in that hand, I think I might have won though. VERY next hand I'm on the button with 9-9.
A guy in early-ish position raises to 12. I call. Flop is A-A-5. He checks, I check. Turn, 9. Boooooooooo *breathe* oooooooooom. He bets out 20.
At this point, I have a freaking monster. I figured this guy probably had one of a few things. One, he has an ace. Two, he has a pocker pair or something and decides to bet. If it's the latter, I'm not getting much either way. So I decided to raise. I made it $50 total. Super small raise, really easy to call. He ends up calling.
River is another low card, like a 6 or something. Now the guy bets out $30 again. That was fantastic, because I felt I could pretty much 100% put him on an ace at that point. I only had to fear some of the weak aces, and I felt like he probably wasn't going to raise preflop with A-5 or A-whatever. Could be wrong but it just seemed much more likely that I had the best hand. So I made it $200 total.
Pretty big bet. Not that I thought it all through at the time, but there was 24 + 100 + 30 in the pot when I raised. So 154, plus my 30 call is 184, and I raised it 170 more. Almost exactly a pot-sized raise. He hemmed and hawed forever and eventually ended up calling. I think he showed either A-Q or A-K. That put me way up.
A pot I'm a little more proud of came with J-8? J-9? I can't remember the exact hand. I believe I called a raise preflop in position when a bunch of others were in the pot. On the flop, I flopped a gutshot with at least 1 overcard. A guy bet out something and I decided to call. I actually thought it through and decided the pot odds were reasonable. Turn was a 6, giving me an open ended straight draw. I had to call a decent bet on the turn, like 30 or maybe a little more. But I added up the bets again and decided it was worth it. The river was an ace. He checked to me.
I thought about it for a while. I definitely thought the ace didn't help him and scared him a bit. However, I thought, this is a 1/2 game. This guy could pretty easily call with an overpair (ignoring the ace) if I bluff. And I already have put a decent amount into this pot, I didn't really want to bluff off a big stack here. I kept thinking about it and thought that I'd make a bet that really felt like a reasonable value bet size. I bet out $75. I'm also trying to think that I have the hand I'm trying to represent, so hopefully my body language supports my story. Anyway, he folded. I thought it made sense somewhat because I could have had the flush draw and hit my ace.
The rest of the night was fun. I played a ton of hands, played crazy, won some pots, and kept chipping up. Ended up winning $600. That is a huge win for me. My biggest win to date since I started playing again. And it brings me WAY back, after some pretty big losses I've had lately. So I'm just really psyched about it.
So tired. It's 3:15 AM. Need to sleep, then more poker tomorrow!
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