Not afraid of the Nuts!

So I put in two sessions over the weekend. Friday night, where the 20/40 game was really weak, and I ended up playing Helen heads up for like an hour and a half. I told Helen she could quit at any time. Twice I had her down to the felt, less than 5 big bets left, and twice she made a comeback. In fact she ended up taking 200 bucks off of me. That's typical heads up limit poker for ya.

On Saturday night, I got to the casino rather late and had to wait around for a bit before I got a seat around 11pm or so. For the first two hours I ran like a god. I didn't lose a showdown.

My first two hands, I mucked in my big blind and small blind preflop. My 3rd hand, Helen limped, Peter 2-bet, and Chi completed out of the small blind out of turn. I called time, Chi took back his call, I looked at my hand and 3-bet two nines. Chi and the big blind folded, Helen called, Peter called. Flop came 822. Checked to me I bet, Helen folded, Peter called. Turn was 7. Peter c/r me, and I 3-bet. River was a J. Peter checked, and I checked, hating the Jack, and knowing that he won't call with any hand that I am beating. He tables KTo, making a move on the turn. I collect my first pot of the night.

An orbit later, it's folded to me in the small blind. I don't chop, so I 2-bet pocket sevens. Chi calls in the big-blind. Flop comes 533 rainbow. I bet, Chi calls. Turn is a 7. I bet/3-bet/5-bet/7-bet. Chi finally just calls. I tell the dealer, no 5 please. River brings an ace, I bet and Chi calls. Chi had the pocket fives that I knew that he had to have. I was just calling an 8-bet. 8-bet is my limit with the top-full house with one card to come.