Another great outing. I’m starting to feel good about my game again. Once again my name strikes fear into their hearts.
Early on I caught a nut flush on the river, took most of one guys chips. The very next hand I caught the nut flush on the flop, took down another huge pot. Both hands I checked on every card (which no one ever expects from me). A few hands later I caught A-A and took down a medium-pot (not large because the flop had a straight draw on it – I put in a ludicrously large bet to scare them off). I was in good shape.
Am I proud of that? No. Anyone can get lucky cards. I’m proud of (1) Sticking to my plan and bullying from the big stack. It’s really fun when it’s working. Three people in pre-flop, I raise big. With 7-2. And they all fold. (2) Calling all-ins correctly. I was more willing to call them. I caught three people bluffing or with weak hands and knocked them out. For once I didn’t sit back and wait for players to eliminate each other. I actively eliminated them myself.
Entering heads up play, I was up about 17K to 3K with the blinds at 400-800. I had A-J, pushed him all in, and he caught a flush on the river. Arrgh! A couple hands later I had J-7, the flop was J-x-x. This time I wanted to get all his money in the pot. I checked, he bet, I called. Turn was the same thing. River was the same thing. With nothing higher than a jack on the board, I put him all in (there was ~10K in the pot and he only had another 1K anyhow). He had a pair of 10s, but the river card was a 10. My slowplaying cost me the hand. But I don’t think I misplayed it. My goal is to knock him out and I played it correctly to do that.
The blinds went up to 500-1000 and we were essentially tied. I vowed to get super-aggressive. I did. I raised almost every hand. I was soon up to 15K again. With K-8 suited I raised the blind to 3000. He went all-in. Of course I called, his J-9 didn’t get lucky. Ah, winning is fun.
Tonight: $92
Running Total: $208