This weekend was a rough one on me. I think I saved a lot of money by making some very big folds, but it was rough. You can check out the numbers yourself (see the link on the right) but I got crushed this weekend.
Red Rock $2/$5 - I limp 65s, about 5 people in. Flop is K-8-5 with 2 of my suit. I bet out $20, guy raises me to $65. I think about it and call. Have some good backdoor outs too... could hit trips, could backdoor a straight. Thought about reraising but I figured I'd just call. Turn is the 10 of my suit. I check, he checks. I think that with this very low flush, I'm not going to get 2 streets of value. So I figure I can just check the turn and bet the river, maybe represent some kind of a king or less, whatever. River is a total blank, offsuit 2. I bet $75. He raises me to $225. I tank FOREVER. He looks pretty comfortable. Tried to look nervous and just sit there but after a long time he kinda started moving around more and got more comfortable looking. I didn't feel like he was bluffing and there just aren't any value hands I beat. So I fold. Afterwards he was asking me if I would have called for less. I think he definitely had the flush.
Wynn $2/$5. I raise 9-9 to $20 in middle/late position and the button calls. Flop is A-2-5 with 2 clubs. I bet $20, he calls. Turn is a 9 putting 2 hearts on board. I bet $80, he calls. River is the 3 of hearts. I bet $150. He insta-raises me all in for over $300 more. Again, I tank fold. :P I just figured that there is no way he would think I could fold anything because there was so much money in the pot. He didn't look nervous at all. And there are a ton of hands he could have gotten there with. Random flush draw with a 4, backdoor flush, who knows. Just didn't seem like a spot where the guy is bluffing me especially since I don't have much behind.
Same guy a few hands later, I raise with 8-8 to $30 on his button straddle. He calls. Flop K-K-Q and we both check. Turn is an 8. I bet $35, he calls. River third club, and it's a king. Counterfeited. :P I check and he bets $60. I tank for a while again. This time he's staring at me, totally different feel from the last hand. I also thought that if he flopped a queen, he would have likely bet it. I call, he has A-7 of diamonds. Floated the turn with nothing and bluffed the river.
Green Valley Ranch $2/$5 - They never run a $2/$5 game at GVR. We saw it on Bravo and were like, we have to play in that game. Drove there and immediately got into a new game. The game was crazy at first.
I played 2 hands with this spaz guy. First hand I raise J-10 offsuit on the button, he calls in the blind. Flop K-Q-J rainbow. He checks, I bet $30, he makes it $75. I think about it for a bit and call. Little worried that he could already have the straight and I'm in super bad shape but I figure it's worth a call. Turn is a king. Pretty terrible card. He bets out like $130. I fold. He throws up his hand - A-3 of diamonds. Nothing. I say "good for you".
Later that night I raise A-K to $20 and the same guy calls. Flop A-4-6 with the 4-6 of diamonds. I bet $30 and he calls. Turn is an offsuit 7. I bet $80. He puts me all in for $450 more.
SIGHHHHHHHH..... so this one was crazy. I start thinking about it and looking at this guy. First sign of strength I saw was he picked up his cards in a "I'm about to throw them in the muck" kind of way and immediately put them back on the table. I think that's typically a sign of strength for whatever reason, when someone picks up their cards and cocks back their wrist like they are going to fold. And I feel like he noticed that he did it out of a reflex and immediately thought "I shouldn't do that" and put it back. Overall he was really herky jerky and moving around a lot, it was hard to tell. I honestly think the guy was on drugs. Overall I didn't get a nervous vibe from him. So I'm thinking and he calls the clock on me. It literally has been less than a minute. I was so fucking pissed off. He's yelling about how I've had plenty of time and I'm like this is ridiculous, it was so insane. So I'm letting the clock tick down and he's like "he's going to fold". Feels like something you say to get someone to call. "I'm going to prove you wrong, I call!" Plus the bet size was SUPER big, and he already bluffed earlier and showed it so he has to know I want to make a big call against him. So I folded. He showed the 8 of diamonds. Maybe turned a straight, hard to say. May have been bluffing with a big draw. But I think it was a good fold.
Red Rock $2/$5 - I raise K-K in early position to $20 and get 5 callers. Flop 6-2-2 rainbow. I bet out $75. Young guy that is pretty good raises to $220. This one is the most questionable of the weekend but I folded. Only draws present were gutshots. Yeah, he could be raising me with some overpairs I beat. My only real moves (in my opinion though) were to raise all in for another $450 or so, or fold. If I call, what do I do? I guess I can check-call as well... I thought that he might not raise with some of the smaller pairs (77, 88, etc) but he might. Seemed like a big raise though. And if he had a bigger pair he might have just reraised me preflop. I'm torn on this one and I'm not saying it's a good fold, but I did fold. I also definitely think this guy could have a 2 in his range. He plays somewhat loose preflop but when the money goes in, I haven't seen him bluff a ton. Who knows.
On the bad side of things : Red Rock $2/$5. I raise J-10 offsuit on the button to $20 and get 1 caller. Flop A-10-8 with the 10-8 of diamonds. He checks, I bet $20, he calls. Turn is the jack of diamonds. He checks, I check. River is a 4th diamond. He checks. I bet $50, going for thin value. He raises me $125 more. I think that's weird - why would this guy try to check raise the river? I reraise to $375 trying to represent the ace. He insta-calls with A-3 of diamonds. Fuck.
So that was my weekend. Pretty retarded bluff but the rest of the weekend was OK I think. Made some huge folds. Maybe not all of them were good, hard to say. I have to go with what I think is the best play though and I know I'm going to fold some winners sometimes.
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