I was thinking about throwing the game tonight. I’ve been killing these guys. They’ve noticed. It’s a neighborhood game, it’s bad form to be winning as much as this. I am a competitive person though. I didn’t think I could. So I told myself to play much more aggressive than usual and if I get busted so be it.
On the first hand I blew 300 on pocket 8s that I had to fold. The next hand I blew another 200. Two hands in and I’ve lost 20% of my stack. Then things went horribly wrong. By which I mean, everything went right.
Usually I bluff to steal blinds. If someone raises the blinds I don’t go over the top with a bluff. I figure if they raised they are likely to call my bluff and catch me with my pants down. Tonight I went over the top a bunch of times. Worked like a charm.
The best thing was having good cards. I had plenty of playable hands, plenty of them developed, and I got plenty of action when I wanted it.
With A-10, flop is A-x-x. I check and call his bet. Turn is another A. I check, he bets, I put him all in. He had pocket 10s, I double up.
With 5 people left the blinds are at 150-300. Player A puts in 1000. Player B calls. I look down at A-A. I raise to 2500, both of the call. The flop is 8-6-3 unsuited. I go all in. One folds and the other is knocked out.
With 4 people left I have K-K. I limp in, I’m raised and I call. Flop is K-9-5. I check, he bets big, I call. Turn is nothing. I check, he raises, I push all in. He had Q-Q and he is pissed when I knock him out.
By headsup play I had a 3-1 chip advantage. Out of 15-odd hands I had A-K twice, 4-4 once, and took him out with Q-Q.
I will say I played very well in getting people to give me action, I really do believe that no one at this level can read whether I am bluffing or not. Somewhere between that, good cards, and aggression it turned out to be a fairly easy win. Let’s face it, I am incapable of throwing a game. I just can’t.
Tonight: $110
Running Total: $538
What I’m impressed with is the fact that Muttrox has stuck with these poker updates. It’s one thing to write hand-by-hand replays when you are winning big. But at the start, Muttrox was losing big time, and I think you were down over $100 cumulative at one time. If that were me, I would have stopped with the poker updates sometime before then. It’s like dieting — it’s all fun to count calories and track workouts and track your weekly weight when it’s going down — but when it starts going up, I usually say “ah, screw it” and stop weighing myself. But at least you’re no fair weather fan — you were detailed even when losing week after week.
hee, hee. i knew that would get a rise out of you.
that stalemate was better than any win i ever had. i’ve actually used it in motivational speeches a couple times with my team…no joke
You never threw a chess match in your life and you know it.
I will take to my grave the game that I was whupping you horribly and you used my complacency to get a stalemate out of it when instead of checking you I was toying with you.
I’ve thrown games before – only a couple times after a hot run. A few friends no longer play because they suck and never win. I play to hang out with friends, and drink a few beers rather than with a small amount of money. You need to throw a couple games here and there Muttrox or you’ll slowly lose players.
Heck, I think I threw a couple chess matches against you some years back….