Played some 2/5 last night at Venetian. Had a few interesting hands.
Hand 1
Few people limp and I make it $20 with AQo. 3 callers and I'm in position. Flop is AJT rainbow. Checks to me, I bet 60. Guy to my right calls. Turn is a 3, no flush draw present. He checks. I figure I need to bet again because there are a lot of cards that might be scary. I bet $100, he calls. River is a 7. We both check, he has AT. Overall I'm fine with that hand.
Hand 2
I have JJ under the gun (always a good situation, not) and raise to $25. The button calls. He's a younger guy with headphones and appears to be pretty decent. Playing a lot of pots and is somewhat aggressive. We see the flop heads up and it's sick - AAJ. I'm out of position and bet $35. He calls.
I'm super stoked, but also a little afraid. I think he probably has an ace. Of course, any card that comes is scary because he might just have Axs and any card could make him a higher boat. The turn is an 8. I bet $100, he folds.
I'm happy with how I played this one too. I went for the max value line assuming he had an ace. Either he was floating me or it was an awesome fold, but I'm OK with it. Also I have to protect myself a bit, I'm giving out pretty good reverse implied odds for him to hit his kicker.
Hand 3
Under the gun I limp with 88. About 5 people see the flop, which is 663. The blind bets $15 and I call. We are now heads up. The turn is a 4 and he checks. I figure I probably have the best hand and a lot of river cards are scary, basically all of them are. Actually I can't think of any that aren't. Haha. So I bet $35 and he calls. River is a 2, so 45 gets there. He checks, I check, he has K6. No biggie.
Hand 4
I'm in the blind with Q5o and check. We see the flop 5 ways. Flop is K53 rainbow and it checks around. Turn is a queen. I bet 10, one guy calls, and now the next guy raises to 60.
I just fold. Fuck it. What can he have? Here's what I figure he could have:
- AK (unlikely with no raise pre and no flop bet)
- KQ
- Flopped a set of 5s or 3s
- Lower 2 pair (53)
- K5 I guess, gross but it still beats me
- 46? Seems unlikely because there was no flop bet
There's just nothing legitimate that I beat. So fuck it, I fold. I get it that 2 pair is super strong. But if that guy is this excited about the hand, I'm just letting it go. I think this was a great fold.
Hand 5
I have 2 red kings and raise to 20. 2 callers. Flop is J73 with 2 diamonds. First guy checks, I bet $30, next guy calls, first guy now check-raises to $90.
I'm thinking he could have a set, something like AJ, or a flush draw. I raise to $200 with the intention of folding to another raise, and he calls. We are now heads up. I have about $700 or so behind. Kind of an awkward amount, but my plan is to bet the turn big if a diamond doesn't hit.
Turn is a jack and he instantly bets 4 black chips. I fold. That's fine, I think I made a great raise on the flop and probably was ahead then. I seriously doubt this guy is getting 3 bet on the flop and now leads out $400 with just a flush draw. No fucking way.
Hand 6
I had been getting beaten down all night and was down about $400 at this point with $925 or so in front of me. I have been folding a lot. Had to fold to a reraise twice preflop, once with KQ where I opened to $20 and got raised to $60. Then another time where a guy raised to $20, I reraise to $60 with AK, and the next guy makes it $240 and I fold.
I get KK again and raise to $20. 2 people call, and the same guy from Hand 5 now raises to $80 from the blinds. Fuck yeah. Well, hopefully fuck yeah. Haha. Folds back to me and I put out $225 in green. He calls. Awesome. I feel like I'm most likely ahead right now because AA would probably raise. Although not raising could be a great move.
Flop is perfect, TT7. Not scary at all. He checks and I bet $200. He check-raises to $400, and I go all in. He snap calls. He flips up QQ. I say "I've got you for now" and turn up the KK. Turn ten, river ace, ship it mother fucker. I went from being down $400 to being up about $600.
This was a great session. I played well, folded a LOT when pressure was on me, stayed out of trouble, and capitalized when I had it. That's what poker is all about, right? I'm feeling so confident right now at the tables. Can't wait for the next session.
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