Session No. 17 Friday Evening (6/22)

4/8 Kill: +$140 TSP = 5 Hours BB/Hr: 3.5 BB/Hr
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3348 TSP = 90 Hrs 30 Min BB/Hr: 4.62BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$3269 TSP = 92 Hrs 30 Min $/Hr: $35.34/Hr


Started off on a heater...
Mid-way through I was getting crushed...
Final hour and a half brought me back...

Q7 suited won me a huge pot in a kill pot. Hooray for flush draws, kill pots, and the ability to hit my diamonds :)
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Okay update time before I go crash. I started off the night winning my first three or four pots. I don't remember the hands anymore, as my brain is completely fried, but I know I was up $100 within five minutes.

After that it was hell on Earth...or a poker table. Some donk in seat 9 continually sucked out on the entire table and he ran Santi-like (yet with terrible cards) for a loooooooooong time. When Tommy and I first showed up to the table he was our whipping boy, but he had a sudden change of luck and was owning the table with gems like T2 and Q7os.

Well fast forward a couple hours and I find myself down $90 after being up $100, and feeling like posting a blog the night before about "how I run soooo awesome" was probably not the greatest idea in the world. I decided to get up for an orbit and grab a bite to eat...

I came back fully charged and bought both of the blinds on my return. I ended up raking in a huge pot and found some confidence as I was now only down $40 or so. This takes me to the big hand of the night...

We're nine-handed I believe and it is a kill pot on my BB. I look down at Q7 of diamonds...Limped around to me, I complete, and the Kill button checked his option. I believe we're 5 handed or so..

The flop comes A:d:J:d:8:c:

It was a limped pot, so I wasn't expecting to face to much resistance if I led out with my second-nut flush draw. I bet, one fold, and then seat 4 raised. Seat 3 hadn't shown me too much impressive stuff so far, and a couple of his raises earlier in the night simply spelled out top=pair. But then, seat 6 re-raised. Uh oh...set or two pair? Maybe...but seat 6 was a bit of a Lagtard and had been playing somewhat suspect for the couple of orbits I had seen him play. Come to think of it, both were relatively new to the table at the time, but my reads on them were not very flattering.

After some deliberation and someone questioning whether seat 6 string-raised or not, I decided to cap it with my Q-high flush draw. I felt like folding was out of the question against these two and just calling would give away way too much information on my hand. I didn't put either of these guys on the K-HighFD or even a set, so I think I made the right play...but you be the judge. Both players call and seat 3 even lets out a big "ayaaah?? cap?"

The turn is a 7:d:

Did I mention I run goooooooot? I bet, and seat 3 deliberated for a long time and eventually asked, "You're still betting on that turn?" He showed Tommy (seat 2) AK and laid it down. Impressive...except a PF raise would have been more impressive. He was UTG+1 and was scared apparently.

Seat 6 looked about ready to raise, as he had a stack of yellow (20 chips) in each hand, but he eventually just called. Oh well...at least I know he doesn't have the K-High Flush...

The river was a blank. I fire another 16, and again seat 6 has a stack of 20 in each hand. I quickly thought about what I should do if he did in fact raise me. He was a donktard and the K-High flush is only a small part of his raising range here...

He ends up just calling and said "You better have the flush..."

I flipped the winning hand and he showed A7 for two pair (yikes!) Three-betting the flop with A7?! AK was ahead on the flop...but we both ran him down on the turn. Nice pot yeah?

After that I won a couple more hands I can't recall and ended up $140 and some change. I went from +$100 in five minutes to down $90 and back up again. I definitely respect variance a little more after today...I forgot what really running bad felt like, but these last few sessions have had some ice cold runs included in them.

Thanks for reading, sorry for the shitty post, but I'm exhausted. Oh yeah, probably heading out again tonight (Saturday)

Wish me luck