Unlimited holdem

Rolled into Oceans-11 last night and no 20/40 limit game happening. So I decide instead to play the 5/5 no-limit. I put in the longest no-limit session I have every played in my life last night. In all I ended up winning $600 in about 7 hours.

I got a lot more comfortable playing it the longer the session went on. I had one player who seemed to own me repeatedly, and I kept running into his pocket aces. He totally misplayed a hand, however, that ended up saving him a ton of money. I open QsQd UTG to 35. He calls in UTG+2 with pocket sixes. Everyone else clears out. I have about 1200 behind and he has me covered.

Flop comes Qx6d5d. I bet 55, he just flats. Turn is the Td, and we both check. River is another diamond, and we both check again. I don't really understand his flop play, he is supposed to raise to protect against the flush and straight draws not flat there. Then I would have ended up re-raising, and we might get it all in on the flop. As it is, he misplayed his hand and ended up losing the minimum. That sucked. Oh, and I finally won with pocket aces in this game, in which I successfully got it all-in preflop. Too bad my opponent only had like 400 total to start the hand with.