About That Shitty Week... (15/30 Win)

Yeah well it just got a whole lot better. So I woke up today/yesterday/Friday (whatever) to a couple text messages, one from my friend Tony and another from the Superdonk letting me know they were playing at Capitol already. It was around 4pm...I just woke up, and my allergies were killing me. Seriously, I felt like shit all day, in fact, I still feel like shit, but I told them I'd come by later once I had a car to drive (mine's in the shop obv). I found out later Tony had been playing all day and was leaving around 8pm and the SD was leaving around 6pm, but going back later. I told the SD I'd roll with him after he was done running errands to get food and maybe play.

So we came in around 11pm or so, grabbed a bite, and since the SD was first on the list for 9/18 and 15/30 had a seat open, I decided to jump in and play. I was still feeling a bit foggy, but I figured it wouldn't affect me too much (I was wrong, the one thing it did affect was my memory for the session, I can barely recall any hands). So a quick rundown of the table would be Seat #1 - The Santi obv #2 - Slick Asian guy with shades and a $1500 chip stack (LAG) #3 - For some of the night (hour or so) would be filled by a white dude (Taggy)in a cap who I'd clash with alot and then later on filled by Davin Anderson (Laggy; he was on the '04 ME telecast where Raymer won it...I think Raymer may have ko'd him) #4 - Older Asian guy that never stayed in his seat (LPP) #5 - Older white guy who was pretty LPP #6 - Wilson (regular I talked about, played kinda shitty today) #7 - Oaffie (sp?) white floor man tall guy, hickish, Tony says he plays good but I thought he was pretty bad (LPP) #8 - Older Asian guy who couldn't stay in his seat and #9 - Asian tatted up guy named Vince who actually played a bit tight-passive...15/30, maybe he was playing higher than normal, because I barely saw him raise and he almost never defended his BB or completed the SB (one more $5 chip)

Alright so that's the table run down, I guess I'll get into some hands. The first hand I won was AJos after a limper and I'm OTB. I raise, get called by the small blind (seat two), the BB (seat three) and seat five (limper) calls my raise. The flop looks good with an Ace in the window: AQ4 two spades. SB checks, BB bets, limper calls, I raise, SB folds, BB and limper call. The turn is a pretty good looking card, a six I believe. Check, check, bet, call, fold. The river is an Ace of hearts, BB checks, I bet, he calls. I show AJ and am good...I figured he must have had a weaker ace...I was pretty confident throughout the hand I was good.

After that I folded a lot and watched the table play, observed everyone, etc. No one was showing me much of anything, and I was pretty confident I could make some money if I ran good. I think I won a couple small pots and found myself close to $250, but then I took a tumble as I lost with Jacks to an ugly flop and then I lost a hand with KJ after seat seven flopped two pair with Q2os (defended his BB against my raise and then played it really passively). KQ2 flop, he donk bet into me and the field, I raised, he called. Turn was an ace, he check/called and then the river went check/check after a blank hit. *yawn* nh

So after those hands and a couple more bad flops I found myself down $150...that's a helluva swing lol. I wasn't too worried though...soon enough a BB special hand helped me out. It gets limped around in three spots, sb completes, and I check my 63 soooooted in diamonds to see a flop.

Flop: J52 with two spades and one diamond. Meh, I'm ready to check/fold my hand when it gets checked around...interesting. "Diamond" I said to myself...turn: four of diamonds. Nice. SB led out and I raised, called in two spots behind me (oh shit) and small blind only called. The river was a good blank card (ten of clubs) so it went check, bet, call, fold, fold (seat two liked to look me up alot) and I showed the nuts for a sweet BB special pot.

Some more time passed, and we got shorter and shorter-handed, eventually playing five and six handed throughout my final hour at the table. This last hour is where I made most of my money, I'd say $300-$350 of it. One of the first big hands was pocket threes. Seat two raised UTG, called by the button, and then I defended in the BB. Flop was QT3. Check, bet, fold, I raised, seat two called. Turn was a king...I bet out and prayed it was an action card. Call. Damn..oh well. River: Q. Fuck me, that probably killed my action. I bet...villain tanked and then called.

A few hands later I was dealt a couple red aces. One limper, I raise, seat two three-bets, folds around to hero who caps, villain called. If I was in position I'd probably just call a three-bet, but OOP I just keep firing. Flop was kinda raggy: 864...bet, call. Turn was a Queen, bet/call. River paired the six (thanks), bet/call. "Nice hand."

Couple orbits later I get back from the bathroom/vending machine and was greeted by the Laker fan now sitting in seat six at my table (Wilson had slid over to the five seat). Wow, the night somehow just got better. My first hand back I was dealt A8 of diamonds and defended against Wilson's MP raise. It's a bit of an odd pre-flop call by me, usually I'd fold or three-bet, but I kind of had a feel for how Wilson was playing, and I know he's not necessarily stronger than me, but I didn't want to bloat a pot HU against him by 3-betting either. I figured I'd call, see a flop, and then make a balanced amount of folds/moves for the times I was going to miss the flop completely. Luckily I caught a good piece of the board with a K73 flop with two diamonds. I check/raised the flop and then led the turn when I paired my eight. Wilson folded the turn rather quickly...very next hand I was dealt KQ of diamonds in the SB...

Now, I believe we were six or seven handed at this point...anyway, seat four raised, which kinda threw me off a bit. I had yet to see him play a hand...Laker fan called, I opted to just defend, and the BB came along for the ride as well. The flop came J-high with a diamond, checked around. Odd...I was likely peeling or raising the flop, based on who bet out I guess. Turn was a Queen, time to start betting I guess. I bet out and only seat four called. River was a blank, Bet, fold.

"What the heck, he just got back, he can't win two hands in a row...lucky smoke break?" asked the Laker fan. "Heh...lucky water break" I said as I pointed to the bottle of water and diet coke I had just got from the vending machine.

A couple more orbits passed, some blind steals, a couple c-bets, and then we got down to only five players. Meh...time to call it a night I decided. The SD had told me a few orbits before this that he was ready to bounce whenever, so I racked up and cashed out up a rack and some change (520).

After such a shitty week, it was nice to finally run good at something. Thanks for reading.