Mon Feb 14
I played a small game on Valentine's day (5 people) with Marty, Bonnie, Jimmy, and Jimmy's friend Stephanie. I think Marty is going to post about this night so I'll keep it short. Basically it went from poker to straight up gambling, which was a lot of fun, but left me -$40 for the night.
Wed Feb 16
BT and Beck were back from tour so WNP was back on last night. 11 people showed up so we split into two games, there was a limit game in the kitchen, I stayed at the NL table with Fagone, Erin, Jimmy, Yves, and Tomy. Blinds were .50/$1 again. I stick to my guns that big-slick is a shit hand for more than a single raise pre-flop. If you don't flop to it, get rid of it. Last night I lost with it as overcards to the board (against a pair) and I won once with a pair of Ks.
I bought in for $20 and bought $10 more when I was down to about $10. After that I managed to keep my stack around even or up a few dollars for a while. Then I won an amazing pot:
Jimmy was first to act, he bet $3, Yves raised making it $6 total, I was in the big blind holding A,Qo. I thought Yves was trying to take the pot so I raised it another $10 making it $16 total. Jimmy folded, Yves went all in for another $30. A,Q is obviously a good hand, but if anybody else had tried to push me in for another $30 I would have seriously considered folding (they could have any pocket pair, A,K, AA, KK, anything) but I've played a lot with Yves and I had a feeling he was trying to make a move at the pot, so I called him (if I lost it would leave me with about $10 in chips). He turns over 10,3 suited! I was scard shitless he would catch a pair and I wouldn't catch anything...but I caught my A and took down the pot. I'm still not sure I made the 'correct' call...but I knew there was a good chance I wasn't up against a pocket pair or even A,K. I made the correct guess that I was up against someone trying to scare me out of the pot. That was probably the scariest and most exciting hand I've ever played...all that betting was pre-flop and I ended up raking in about $100 pot.
Two hands later I was dealt A,Qo again! Jimmy and BT were in the hand, I was in the BB and I called a single $2 raise to see the flop. The flop came down, K, J, 9 rainbow. Checked to BT who made a $4 bet and after thinking for a minute I folded, Jimmy called. The turn was an A and the river was a 3 I think. BT and Jimmy showed Ks. Oh well.
I walked away +$74 for the night which was nice since I've had a couple of big loss nights recently.
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That was a scary hand. I heard the cries of confusion when I laid down my 10 3 suited clubs. What can I say? It was a gamble. I don't even remember the face values except that there were two clubs that came up and I lost. Was there a 10? I thought you had A K, though. I don't know if I want to play with friends anymore. It's too stressful. Better to play in the casinos with strangers.
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