Another win, and 2/5 is imminent

Red Rock 1/2 NL - Sunday, April 14th

Got up to the Rock around 7 PM or so for some Saturday night action.  Table looked like your standard Red Rock table - bunch of nits sitting around, not talking, hating life.

Hand 1 : Very first hand I'm dealt.  I'm in the cutoff.  Guy directly to my right opens for $11.  I look down at two black queens.  I put out $30.  Guy starts going off, this is your first hand, blah blah blah.  He calls.  Flop is 10 high, he checks, I bet $40, he folds.

Hand 2 : I am in middle position with a full stack ($300) and A-J.  I raise to $8, get called by a younger guy with headphones.  He has me covered.

Flop is A-T-6, 2 spades.  I bet out $12.  He calls.  Turn 6.  I bet $25, he calls.  River 9.  My kicker plays, but my hand is pretty weak.  I decide to put out a blocking bet and fold if he raises.  I bet $33.  He calls.  He has A-K.  :P  Typical super passive play.

Hand 3 : My wife is sitting to my right and she opens to $10.  I look down at two black aces.  I just call.  We are playing with different bankrolls, so it's not like there is no benefit to playing against her.  But at the same time, I know she's not going to give me a ton of action if I reraise, and I don't really want to bust her or anything either.  So I take a non-standard line and just call.

It folds around to the blind.  Older guy.  He raises to $46 total.  Hell yeah.  :-)  Dealer pulls in the $10s. She folds.  I "think about it" and put out a stack, making it $110 total.  He calls.  I only have $140 left.  Flop comes out queen high and he checks.  I hollywood again for a bit and bet the entire $140.  He calls and I win.  He then is like, you must know each other because I didn't put you on AA and you would normally reraise.  Yeah, pretty much.  I don't feel bad though because I'm definitely not hiding the fact that we know each other.

Hand 4 : I raise to 10 with AhQc.  Get 2 callers, including the guy who just called me down with A-K earlier.

Flop comes A-K-x, all clubs.  I have the nut club draw.  I bet out $20 and the A-K guy from before calls.  Turn is another king.  Not the best card for me because I think a king is definitely something he could have called the flop with.  I bet out $35, he calls.  River, the 8 of hearts.  I miss the club draw.  I end up doing basically what I did in the A-K hand with him earlier.  I put out a smallish bet and plan on folding to a raise.  I bet $45.  He calls.  He had A-10 with the 10 of clubs, so I win a decent pot.

The night went well for me and I ended up winning $290.  My bankroll at this point is over $3000 and I'm ready to take a shot at 2/5.  I'm writing this on April 15th (Monday), and I might go take a shot at the 2/5 game tonight.  I'm going to go to Red Rock and scope it out.  If there are a bunch of young guys in the game I probably won't play.  If it's the group of terrible old guys in there, I will take a shot.