Lucky Chances Tonight (Tuesday)
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What time? Easy to get on a table?
Does Krishna mean 10X the BB for raises? ($20?)
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I might see you guys there - have some tourney money burning a hole in my pocket.
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Ugh. I mostly followed your advice but got stacked with my
against a 
. Ugh. Again.
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I mostly followed your advice, Krishna, and cashed out just under $400 with a $200 buy-in. Fun!
The last hand was the key and quite odd. I limped in with
. Two big cards (Ace? Jack) hit the flop as well as 2 clubs. Some guy bets out $12. I re-raise to $112. Everyone folds to the original bettor who thinks a while. I tell him, "Get off your flush draw now." I was trying to represent a strong ace. I didn't believe he had a flush draw - I actually put him on a weak ace.
He finally called.
Turn is a blank. He checks to me, so I know for sure he's weak, but I'm not sure what to do since I only have a flush draw. Adrian and Rebecca were at the table, maybe they remember, but I think the turn was checked.
River comes another Jack but it's the
! I push hoping to get him off of his weak ace and he calls. I figure I am likely behind at this point with 3 clubs and a pair on the board. I expect him to turn over AJ.I ask him, "What do you have, a boat?"
He flips over
! Wow, I sure wasn't expecting that. Thank goodness it was a tiny flush.I flip over my
, drag the pot and leave.-
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I was an idiot. He showed weakness, I wanted to take it down right then, HOWEVER, there really wasn't enough money in the pot to justify my aggressive dumbass move. What - $30 at the most?
Got stupid lucky on that hand. But I liked my play the rest of the evening a whole lot, however, after playing for 3 hours I was only up $6, so maybe my impatience was getting the better of me.
But, yeah, stupid is as stupid does. That was stupid does in neon lights.
Sigh.
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p.s. played a couple hours of 3-100 spread at Garden City today. Bought in with $100, cashed out with $325. Was a loose table and I got no respect so I limped with AK and pairs and any suited connectors if family pot (and I re-raised max with any AA, KK, QQ, JJ if lots of callers of prior bets). I flopped a boat on one hand that was almost family and pumped up to $12 preflop. I had pocket 9's, board was TT9, so my push of $100 max bet, first to act, was considered an aggressive steal and one guy didn't believe me and called. That was sweet.
Another family pot I limp with AK. Flop comes A 3 T. I bet minimum $3, all 7 players just call. Turn comes another Ace, I check it this time and everyone gets a free card (one smart guy just mucked his hand). River comes another 3, I check, one guy bets out $20, I re-raise to $120 (max I can raise). Folds back to him. He thinks and thinks. He opens his hand. He has a 3. I cover my face. He thinks some more.
He calls.
Yee haw. I scoop and leave.
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I just recently started having positive ROI at the cash game on a fairly consistent basis. So, I don't know what to say except that hitting a dry spell happens. Remember Rebecca's story? She took a break after her aces got cracked, what 8 out of 16 times or some such sick percentage?
My check raises get too much respect while my initial raises (if not HUGE) get very little respect. Knowing that, I try to manage pots until I have a monster and then go for the kill. If I don't have a monster and someone is betting hard, I can lay down the best hand. I did today. Ace on the flop, I figure the guy betting aggressively doesn't have me outkicked, but he might, so I smooth call his first bet and fold to his $100 bet on the turn.
He gleefully flips over A2. I told him I had him beat. He said he knew I did. I lost about $22 on that hand. I took him for $150 later on.
Patience, my pretty....
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