Finally

I finally booked a win last night, 1820 in 7.5 hours in the 40/80 game at Oceans-11. There was a super tilting player, who normally plays pretty solid, but is a super lag too. I made two correct call downs with very marginal holdings. I 2-bet AQo, and I was 3-bet preflop, and it was heads up after that. I check/called 2 streets, and the river went check/check and my hand was good, with just ace high. The next time a little while later, when the game got short handed, I 2-bet KTo, and was 3-bet by the same player, and again it was heads up. Flop went check/check, and I check/called the turn, and the river went check/check. Neither one of us had a pair, and I ended up chopping the pot, as we both had the same hand KTo.

There was one final pot played the last hand before the game broke, that was huge. Two people made a flush, and the tilting player made a straight. The flop was Jd9s7d, and some bets went in. Turn was the Kd, and all hell broke loose, 4-bets from two of the players, and almost 3-bets from the tilting player. River was a blank, and then the first player bet, the other player raised, and the first player, an excellent limit holdem player, folded his Qd8d face up. Winner had Ad3d for the nuts, and the other all-in player had QcTd for the turned straight. Both players were drawing dead on the turn.

I may have misplayed a hand too, where I may have lost 2 or 3 bets I could have made. Temporarily 3-handed because a bunch of people were walking. Button raises, who is an excellent tight aggressive player, although sometimes too aggressive post flop. I 3-bet pocket 7's from the small blind, big blind clears out, and the button just calls. Flop comes J7x. I bet, button calls. Turn is a 7. I bet, button raises, I 3-bet, button 4-bets, and I just call. River is K. I bet, button calls. I'm pretty sure that I should have 5-bet, even though it turns my hand face up. I was pretty sure that the button had AA, KK, or JJ. So I thought that the river card was a good chance to get a b/3b in. On the other hand, with me just calling the 4-bet on the turn, I may have also been able to get a check/raise in on the river. In any case the button just called with his AA. So in retrospect, I think I lost at least 1 bet on the turn by not 5-betting. I don't think I'll get 6-bet by him here like ever. Having not 5-bet, I probably should have gone for the c/r, since I think the button is aggressive enough to make the very thin value bet of AA here on the river, but I'm not totally sure.