Session No.2 Monday Night (4/23) Part I

3/6: TP = -$32 TSP: 30 Mins
4/8 Kill (1): TP = +$310 TSP: 1 Hr 20 Mins
4/8 Kill (2): TP = -$90 TSP: 1 Hour

Overall 4/8K 4/23: TP = +$220 TSP: 2 Hrs 20 Mins BB/HR: 11.8BB/HR
Overall 4/23: TP = +178 TSP: 3 Hours $/HR: $59/HR
Overall 4/8K since 4/14: TP = +130 TSP: 6 Hrs 50 Mins BB/HR: 2.38/HR
Overall since 4/14: TP = +$98 TSP: 7 Hours 30 min $/HR: $11.73/HR

So on a whim I decided to go to Cache tonight (Monday) and attempt to have a small-ish session. I get there around 8:40pm or so and am first up on the 4/8K waiting list. I sit at 3/6 for a couple orbits and immediately regret it. The players were slow and retarded...I played two orbits and found myself down $32. Finally they opened a new 4/8K game and I got away from that table as quickly as possible.

JJ < QQ
AK < KQ

The 4/8K game was brand new, so I decided to re-load and bring 200 chips to the table. I sit at seat one and notice most everyone is buying in for 1 rack. I know a couple of the other players at the table, regulars I suppose, they both suck. Calling station donks. They're in seats 6 (Diane) and 9 (Chuck). An aggressive couple was in seats 7 and 8, as they played fast and loose and seemed like a bit of a team. Seat 2 (Random Asian dude) turned out to be a complete donk, but it took me a few orbits to find that out. Seat 3 was solid (David) and had a great run of cards slightly less awesome than my own. Seat 5 (Cesar) was an aggro older gentleman who played a little loose and aggro pf and post-flop, but seemed to know what he was doing. Seat 4 was a Lagtard and pretty aggro before and after the flop.

So I folded a lot the first orbit or so, watching the aggressive asian couple own the table. The chick went broke pretty quick because of their antics, but he had built a nice chip stack by the time my big hand came around. I get AQs (diamonds) on the button in a Kill-pot. Here's the HH from Cardplayer:

http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47600

Monster pot! Seriously, the turn call is a tad loose for my liking, but I think it's a break-even or slightly +EV decision overall. After being pissed off for the majority of my session, I was now grinning ear to ear and enjoying the stacking of my $220+ pot...

Moving along, I find some more folds, limp/miss with a couple SCs in LP, and finally get a big hand. This time it's AQ...suited...diamonds. I think this hand likes me :) Here's the HH from Cardplayer:

http://forums.cardplayer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47620

So...known aggro guy (Seat 4) has been betting out with his TP-medium kickers like they're gold. I've also seen him cap with A9os PF and then 3-Bet the flop when he flopped an Ace. I have the nut flush draw, a gut-shot straight draw, and an overcard, so I go nuts and cap the flop, bringing another player along with us. I actually considered the Villain might have two pair, but then he checked the turn when the Ace came out. This gives me TP, the nut-flush draw, straight draw (though it may have completed someone else's straight. I still bet, both players called, and now I was worried. Do I have the best hand at this moment? I wasn't so sure anymore. Maybe they realized I had been playing rather patiently so far so they feared that maybe I had flopped a set and their two pair was no good? All this flashed through my mind when a brick hit the river. I decided to check/call any bets and it ends up getting checked through. My AQ holds up and I rake in another good pot.

After this I go unconscious. I pick up a couple more pots and my stack is monsterous. I'll finish the second part of this big run later...