Sometimes work just sucks. I had to cut my holiday vacation short and I flew back from Minnesota to San Diego on Sunday so I could work this week. Apparently somebody in marketing decided that our feature set in our planned product wasn't good enough and we needed to deliver the full solution in the first go round.
So, I needed to come back to help test and verify that part which hasn't been tested yet. Now, the stinking lead DV engineer is a contractor and can't work overtime, so we are stuck trying to get everything done with a skeleton crew and a guy who is here from 10 to 6 only!
In any case, I think I won the biggest pot ever with just unimproved pocket aces last night. 4-bets, 5 way action preflop. 4-bets 3-way action on the flop. 2-bets 3-way action on the turn. 1-bet 3-ways on the river. Total pot size 25 big bets. I was in the small blind with pocket aces, big blind had pocket kings, and the button had pocket jacks.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
4 for 4
Got back from Minnesota yesterday. Got to play at Canterbury Park on Saturday night. I went 4 for 4.
I got there, put my name on the list for 8/16, 15/30, and 30/60. 30/60 wasn't running, so 15/30 was the biggest game they had running with two tables and a must move running.
I walked around for a bit, had a beer, and then decided to play 4/8 while waiting for a seat. I post my BB see a free flop and fold. SB, I complete with QTs, flop a straight draw and an over card on a J8x board, and fold the river when I miss. They call me for 8/16 while I am playing this hand, and I ask what the rule is. The dealer tells me I can play my button and then one more hand and then I have to move. Ok, kind of sucks, seems like I should be able to play the entire orbit since I paid my blinds, but whatever.
Next hand I muck my button and the blinds chop. Last hand I open with pocket 4's, the SB 3-bets, and I call. I flop a set, on a A high board, he bets, I raise, and then he calls down, and I win.
Then I go to 8/16, and wait to post my big blind. UTG limps, folds over to the small blind who raises, I 3-bet 66 in the big blind, UTG calls, SB calls. Then they call me for 15/30, sheesh. Flop comes A62. SB bets, I raise, limper folds, and SB calls me down, and I fill up in the river and he flashes me ATo. I play my SB and button and muck both of them, and then leave for 15/30.
First hand at 15/30, I post the big blind and pick up 22. I call a MP raise and flop a set AGAIN. However, I lose this hand to flush. So in the matter of about 10 hands I flopped three sets! Pretty unlikely. I play 15/30 for a while and get up about $150 or so, when they start a 30/60 game.
First hand I play at 30/60 is pocket aces, in which I turn a set, and fill up on the river. Most of the night I stay pretty much even, not getting up more than a couple of stacks or getting down more than a couple of stacks. Then in the last 45 minutes I go on a big rush and win the following hands:
74s, I flopped a pair and a straight draw. I turned 2-pair, got a check/raise in, and then got to bet/3-bet the river when I filled up.
KK, I raised in EP, next up 3-bet me, everyone else cleared out, I called. Flop came ten high rainbow, and I check/raised. Turn was a blank, I bet/3-bet. River paired the board, I bet and he mucked. I courtesy show.
AKs, 5-bet capped preflop 3-ways. I flop a monster draw on a 245 two diamond board. I bet, next up raised, cold-call, I call. Turn was 7d. I check, bet, fold, I raise, call. River was 3d. I bet, crying-call by black kings who was drawing dead on the turn.
ATs, 2-bet 3-ways preflop, with me being the aggressor. Flop comes J85, 1 spade. I bet, button calls, limper calls. Turn is a 9 spades. Limper bets, I call, button raises, limper calls. River is a 4 spades. Limper checks, I check, button bets, limper calls, I raise, button angrily calls, limper folds. Button has a horribly played top-set of jacks. This is the same player that I beat with the 74s and the AKs, who is now on massive tilt.
T9o, I 3-bet a tight EP raiser who likes to fold on the flop when he misses on the button, tilter calls from the SB. Flop comes KTx. Tilter bets all 3 streets and I call him down. He opens 55, and I drag another pot.
Good times, and I win 2 racks.
I got there, put my name on the list for 8/16, 15/30, and 30/60. 30/60 wasn't running, so 15/30 was the biggest game they had running with two tables and a must move running.
I walked around for a bit, had a beer, and then decided to play 4/8 while waiting for a seat. I post my BB see a free flop and fold. SB, I complete with QTs, flop a straight draw and an over card on a J8x board, and fold the river when I miss. They call me for 8/16 while I am playing this hand, and I ask what the rule is. The dealer tells me I can play my button and then one more hand and then I have to move. Ok, kind of sucks, seems like I should be able to play the entire orbit since I paid my blinds, but whatever.
Next hand I muck my button and the blinds chop. Last hand I open with pocket 4's, the SB 3-bets, and I call. I flop a set, on a A high board, he bets, I raise, and then he calls down, and I win.
Then I go to 8/16, and wait to post my big blind. UTG limps, folds over to the small blind who raises, I 3-bet 66 in the big blind, UTG calls, SB calls. Then they call me for 15/30, sheesh. Flop comes A62. SB bets, I raise, limper folds, and SB calls me down, and I fill up in the river and he flashes me ATo. I play my SB and button and muck both of them, and then leave for 15/30.
First hand at 15/30, I post the big blind and pick up 22. I call a MP raise and flop a set AGAIN. However, I lose this hand to flush. So in the matter of about 10 hands I flopped three sets! Pretty unlikely. I play 15/30 for a while and get up about $150 or so, when they start a 30/60 game.
First hand I play at 30/60 is pocket aces, in which I turn a set, and fill up on the river. Most of the night I stay pretty much even, not getting up more than a couple of stacks or getting down more than a couple of stacks. Then in the last 45 minutes I go on a big rush and win the following hands:
74s, I flopped a pair and a straight draw. I turned 2-pair, got a check/raise in, and then got to bet/3-bet the river when I filled up.
KK, I raised in EP, next up 3-bet me, everyone else cleared out, I called. Flop came ten high rainbow, and I check/raised. Turn was a blank, I bet/3-bet. River paired the board, I bet and he mucked. I courtesy show.
AKs, 5-bet capped preflop 3-ways. I flop a monster draw on a 245 two diamond board. I bet, next up raised, cold-call, I call. Turn was 7d. I check, bet, fold, I raise, call. River was 3d. I bet, crying-call by black kings who was drawing dead on the turn.
ATs, 2-bet 3-ways preflop, with me being the aggressor. Flop comes J85, 1 spade. I bet, button calls, limper calls. Turn is a 9 spades. Limper bets, I call, button raises, limper calls. River is a 4 spades. Limper checks, I check, button bets, limper calls, I raise, button angrily calls, limper folds. Button has a horribly played top-set of jacks. This is the same player that I beat with the 74s and the AKs, who is now on massive tilt.
T9o, I 3-bet a tight EP raiser who likes to fold on the flop when he misses on the button, tilter calls from the SB. Flop comes KTx. Tilter bets all 3 streets and I call him down. He opens 55, and I drag another pot.
Good times, and I win 2 racks.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Crazy Eights!
I played the following hands in succession in a 5-handed game.
Folded to the small blind who opens. I call in the BB with AQo. Flop comes Q8x. Two clubs. I have the ace of clubs. SB bets, I raise. SB calls. Turn is an 8. SB check raises me, and I call. River is a an ace, SB bets, I call. SB has 98o.
Next hand, button open raises, I 3-bet pocket aces from the SB. BB calls two cold. Button calls. Flop comes 986 rainbow. I bet, BB calls, Button raises, I 3-bet, BB calls, button calls. Turn is a King. I bet, BB calls, Button calls. River is an 8. I bet, BB folds, Button raises, and I cry-call. Button has Q8o.
I fold my button the next hand.
Then in the final coup de grâce I open pockets nines in the cutoff, SB and BB call. Flop comes 885 two diamonds. We get it all in on the flop, and he has, yep you guessed it 98o. Don't worry the board went running diamonds, and he had the nine diamonds, while I had the nine of hearts and the nice of clubs.
Joy.
Folded to the small blind who opens. I call in the BB with AQo. Flop comes Q8x. Two clubs. I have the ace of clubs. SB bets, I raise. SB calls. Turn is an 8. SB check raises me, and I call. River is a an ace, SB bets, I call. SB has 98o.
Next hand, button open raises, I 3-bet pocket aces from the SB. BB calls two cold. Button calls. Flop comes 986 rainbow. I bet, BB calls, Button raises, I 3-bet, BB calls, button calls. Turn is a King. I bet, BB calls, Button calls. River is an 8. I bet, BB folds, Button raises, and I cry-call. Button has Q8o.
I fold my button the next hand.
Then in the final coup de grâce I open pockets nines in the cutoff, SB and BB call. Flop comes 885 two diamonds. We get it all in on the flop, and he has, yep you guessed it 98o. Don't worry the board went running diamonds, and he had the nine diamonds, while I had the nine of hearts and the nice of clubs.
Joy.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Weekend Update
Good weekend, I suppose. I played Friday night and the casino was hopping. I roll in a little after 9:30pm or so, and there is a full 20, 40, and 100. I get an immediate seat in the 20. Played two interesting hands in this game. One hand I flopped a straight with Qc9c. I limped on the button after 3 or 4 other limpers, 5 or 6 way action to a flop of J8T 2 spades. BB bets, everyone folds to me, I raise, he calls. Turn is a low spade. He checks I bet, he raises, and I fold. This player was new to me, and I thought he was donking a spade draw on the flop, or some kind of combo draw like J9 or T9. When he checks the turn, my plan is to bet/fold both streets. Once he raised, I mucked and he showed Q9o. Not sure if I made a mistake on this hand or not.
Later against the same player, he raised in EP, and it was folded around to me in the SB, and I 3-bet pocket aces. BB folded, he 4-bet, and I just called. Flop comes K3x. I checked, he checked. Turn comes a Q, I bet, he raises. Here is my mistake in the hand, as I resolve to call down, even though the only hand I am reasonably beating here is AK, which is pretty unlikely at this point, considering the flop play. River pairs the 3, I check/call and he shows pocket queens for the turned set. I guess here's one I should have bet/folded on the turn.
I ended up winning a hundred bucks in one hour, before getting a seat in the 100/200 game. I played an absolutely ridiculous hand against the resident fish in the game. He limps in EP, everyone folds to Mike Landucci in the cutoff and he raises, then I 3-bet Qh Jh on the button. Blinds clear out, EP calls, and so does Mike. I flop the nuts when the flop comes K9T, 2 diamonds. Everyone checks to me, I bet, EP raises, Mike folds, I 3-bet, fish 4-bets, I 5-bet, fish 6-bets, and now I am afraid of possibly being free-rolled so I just call. Turn is a black J. EP bets, I raise, he just calls. River is a 2d, and he donks of death right into me. I cry-call, and he shows Ad9d. Nice, what an absolutely horrible turn bet by him. Like I am ever going to fold on the turn after going 6 bets on the flop. So this hand kind of deflated me, but I ended up turning it around, and booking a $8500 win in 6.5 hours.
Yesterday, my wife gave me the day off and I rolled into Oceans-11 around 3pm or so. I get a seat in the 40/80 game and don't really do much. Eventually the game gets short, and then I played Helen heads up for a while. I win a ton of bets off of Helen heads up, a little over 3 racks in something like an hour and a half. The floor was letting us play for free, when they suddenly filled the game, with Chuck the casino manager playing just to make it 5-handed, so that the other two players would play. WTF? I had Helen right where I wanted her, and was about to soul-crush her, when the game went from HUHU to 5-handed just like that. Then LAGtastic Doc Jose shows up and the game dynamics change dramatically. I ended up quitting a loser after 9 hours of play. I could have played longer, but I decided to just pack it in, since it was a little after midnight, and I was pretty tired.
Later against the same player, he raised in EP, and it was folded around to me in the SB, and I 3-bet pocket aces. BB folded, he 4-bet, and I just called. Flop comes K3x. I checked, he checked. Turn comes a Q, I bet, he raises. Here is my mistake in the hand, as I resolve to call down, even though the only hand I am reasonably beating here is AK, which is pretty unlikely at this point, considering the flop play. River pairs the 3, I check/call and he shows pocket queens for the turned set. I guess here's one I should have bet/folded on the turn.
I ended up winning a hundred bucks in one hour, before getting a seat in the 100/200 game. I played an absolutely ridiculous hand against the resident fish in the game. He limps in EP, everyone folds to Mike Landucci in the cutoff and he raises, then I 3-bet Qh Jh on the button. Blinds clear out, EP calls, and so does Mike. I flop the nuts when the flop comes K9T, 2 diamonds. Everyone checks to me, I bet, EP raises, Mike folds, I 3-bet, fish 4-bets, I 5-bet, fish 6-bets, and now I am afraid of possibly being free-rolled so I just call. Turn is a black J. EP bets, I raise, he just calls. River is a 2d, and he donks of death right into me. I cry-call, and he shows Ad9d. Nice, what an absolutely horrible turn bet by him. Like I am ever going to fold on the turn after going 6 bets on the flop. So this hand kind of deflated me, but I ended up turning it around, and booking a $8500 win in 6.5 hours.
Yesterday, my wife gave me the day off and I rolled into Oceans-11 around 3pm or so. I get a seat in the 40/80 game and don't really do much. Eventually the game gets short, and then I played Helen heads up for a while. I win a ton of bets off of Helen heads up, a little over 3 racks in something like an hour and a half. The floor was letting us play for free, when they suddenly filled the game, with Chuck the casino manager playing just to make it 5-handed, so that the other two players would play. WTF? I had Helen right where I wanted her, and was about to soul-crush her, when the game went from HUHU to 5-handed just like that. Then LAGtastic Doc Jose shows up and the game dynamics change dramatically. I ended up quitting a loser after 9 hours of play. I could have played longer, but I decided to just pack it in, since it was a little after midnight, and I was pretty tired.
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