Session No. 87 Capitol Friday Night (2/15)

4/8-Kill: +$50 TT: 4 Hrs

The night started out really well to be honest. I lost my first hand after capping pre-flop and betting the whole way, but after that I flopped a couple sets in some big pots and had top pair hold a couple times. I moved over to the kill table up about a rack. I recognized a couple faces, one was this guy named Jeff (seat 6). He plays pretty decent most of the time, mainly a TAG, but he'll show up with some goofy hands occasionally.

Anyway, I sit down (seat 5) and fold my first couple of hands, then see KK in the BB. Jeff open-limps, limped in a couple more spots, button raises, SB calls, I 3-bet, Jeff folds, the other two limpers call, Button caps, all call...

Flop: K82 rainbow

Insanely dry board, I hope the guy has AK or AA. SB checks, I bet, limpers fold, Button calls, SB raises (huh?), I call, Button calls. SB only has about $20 left in front of him at this point, so I know he's just trying to go all-in. I figure by just calling, I'm sucking in the button for one more call and maybe he can hit enough on the turn to have to call two bets.

Turn: 7 and puts a possible diamond flush draw out.

SB bets, I raise, button folds, SB re-raises four more bucks all-in and shows a set of twos. Yikes, too bad he didn't have more money...the river bricks out and I win a decent sized pot.

After that I won a couple more hands, smallish pots really, then went card dead for at least an hour or so. I was hovering around +$220 for a good part of the night. After that were a couple hands where I missed some decent draws and found myself about +$160 when this hand happens.

It gets limped in one spot, folded to the button (seat 1) who raises. I was in the SB (I had moved to seat 2 after the first couple of orbits because I hate sitting in the middle of the table) and look down at A:h:K:d:. Button had been pretty aggro OTB all night, so this was an easy three-bet. BB looked like he was ready to three-bet too, so he caps, limper folds, Button and I call...

Flop: A:d:J:h:4:d:

Pretty decent flop for me, as I have TPTK with the backdoor nut-flush draw. I bet, BB raises, SB calls, I 3-bet, BB calls, Button caps, we both call. Button's cold-call then cap might have set off some alarms if he didn't have only 12 chips left at this point.

Turn: 9:d:

Blech, flush gets there, but I don't want it getting checked around so I bet, BB raises, Button calls all-in and I just call. BB had been showing me his cards most of the night when I was out of the hand, so I was almost positive he had the flush. His pre-flop game definitely sucked, but he wouldn't raise w/o a flush on this turn after I jammed up the flop.

River: 5:d:

Wow I run good. I bet out just in case BB decides to check behind on the river, and to my delight, the BB raises. Wow, he's really overplaying his Q-high flush...I 3-bet, and he re-raises me again. I do a double take on the board making sure that it's not paired...it wasn't...I'm getting my 5-bet (unlimited raising on the river HU) ready and say "come on man, I got it." "No, I got it." I stop and look at the board yet again. At this point I can't really remember much, it's like a blackout really, but I do remember saying a ton of expletives. Something like, "holy shit are you kidding me? Fucking seriously..." I only call and the BB shows the 32 of diamonds! What...the...fuck?!

You guys can ask the Superdonk if you want, he was sitting in seat 9. Him and Jeff couldn't believe wtf they just saw and said "hey man, I didn't see that either..."

Seriously, who the fuck sees the straight-flush out there after the BB caps it pre-flop? It's not like I had been going crazy all night either. I was easily the most solid player at the table, so if I'm 3-betting from the SB, it's probably a good idea to get the fuck out of the way. Wow so yeah, live poker is rigged. Oh, and just in case anyone asks, yes, there are auto shufflers built into the tables, and the dealer simply takes the deck out w/o cutting it, places it on the little protector, and starts dealing the hand. If it was a rigged cold deck, they can have my money, because they're ridiculously awesome at what they do. Unfortunately, I guess the real perpetrator is dumb luck and blatant stupidity...or the little gnomes inside the table shuffling the cards. WTF did I ever do to those little fuckers?