Oh Really?

52 bucks. That was my profit after playing for two hours and ten minutes last night. In the 8/16 mind you. Apparently the 20/40 game broke like 20 minutes or so before I arrived. They had two 8/16 games going, and I knew that I would only be able to play for a little while before the second game broke, so I went ahead and started to play.

Lost a little bit and the game got progressively shorter. Eventually I had to buy another rack, before I started to win a little bit. I played one hand kind of bad, but got lucky. Playing I think 6 or 7 handed or so, UTG+1 or so raises, gets two cold callers, I 3-bet the J9 suited on the button, everyone calls including both blinds, so 6-handed and we see a flop of J 5 2, 1 diamond. I had diamonds. Checked to me, I bet, BB c/r, everyone else clears out, I 3-bet, BB 4-bets, and I call. Turn is a J. BB checks?!? I bet, BB c/r, I call. River is a 9, BB bets, I raise, he calls and mucks AJ disgustingly. Ooops, guess I got lucky. His turn play seems rather bad however, he should have just bet. Why go for the check/raise there? Most of the time I am just going to check back most of my range. Whatever. Reanalyzing the hand, maybe I should check the turn there too, even after I make trip jacks.

Later the game continues to get short, and eventually they move another player and it's just me and a local sports radio personality playing heads up. It was his idea, not mine, honest. In any case, I was still a little stuck at this point, maybe down $100 or so. We played heads up for the next 15 minutes or so, and I never lost a showdown. I folded my button twice, and folded pocket 5's on the turn on 89Jx board on the turn after he limped the button, I raised in the big blind, I bet the flop, he called, and then I check/folded the turn. I won with K9o unimproved against his ThX, one heart on a 3 heart board, that I raised preflop out of position, bet the flop and turn, and then check/snap-called the river. Also won with A6o, against Q6o on the KTJxx board. By this time, he had wised up and smartly checked the river behind. Other than that I simply had the best hand every time, or he simply folded. He doesn't really know how to play heads up, and evidenced by him limping the button every hand, and never raising preflop.

He eventually got a seat in the main game, and I racked up, took my small profit and went home. I told the Steve the floor man, that he asked me to play heads up, not vice-versa, and he said, oh really? He knows that I like to play short-handed and he knew that I was a huge favorite against the player in question. I didn't expect him to play me to be honest.

My birthday is coming up this week. Will be taking Thursday and Friday off of work, and with Monday being a holiday, will have a five day weekend. Looking forward to it.