I started this post, but somehow it got lost... which sucks, I had much to say.
I'll have to do it more briefly now...
15 minutes in, AK suited late position. Finally! Seat 3 raises, I three bet, everyone else folds, he calls. 5,000 in the pot. Flop comes A Q 6... top pair, top kicker. Oh the glory. So I bet 5,000... he calls. 15,000 in the pot. Turn was a J and I bet 10,000... he calls. 35,000 in the pot. River was a 10, I hit the nut straight, he insta-shoved, and I knew we were chopping. Yep, he had KQ, was behind the whole time, and the river gave him a chop... I won 350, my half of blinds and antes.
I hate this game.
I mean, i really hate this game.
Shortly thereafter I had 2s on the button and called a small raise from seat 8, which priced in the big blind. Flop came 8 10 3 and they both checked to me. I thought about betting, but checked it. Got a 2 on the turn, but it was also a third heart. Seat 8 bet, I called, so did big blind. Ace in the river, they checked to me, I bet 2,000, big blind dropped, seat 8 agonized and called... And I won a pot with a set of twos. A real pot. Not blinds and antes. Not a chop. A real pot. Didn't do a ton for my stack, I'm still under 40k, but mentally, wining a pot was much needed relief.
More winning! Not really, but I changed someone else's chip...
I had 8s in a middle position and raised to 750, but seat 7 three bet me to 2,800. 2,800?! Fold.
I got to see a free flop from the big blind with 10 6 off, which was nice, but the flop missed me J 8 3. I folded to a small bet and watched the turn and river as sixes... I know Greg, I know.
We lost seat 3 to seat 2 about an hour twenty into the level. Then seat 7 a short while later... Hey, at least I'm not the first to go.
So I get K J off on the button and call a small raise with two other players... we head to the flop four handed with about 3,000 in the pot. Flop comes 6 9 10 and seat 7 bets 5,000. 5,000?! King of the overbet seat 7? Anyway, I wasn't chasing for 5,000 and folded. But I should have - turn was a Q, would have given me a straight, and gave seat 7 a set of queens. That's the hand he put seat six out on too. That was a big one Greg... that was a big one. And yes, the straight would have held up... but do you chase a gut shot with two overs for 5,000 on a 3,000 pot? I guess I should have...
Sigh... losing, had to break an orange one. And then folded pocket twos under the gun... after they were so good to me earlier! Of course, I never play twos and it's probably for a reason... would have missed J J Q flop that got bet hard.
I keep limping to free flops in the big blind, which I'm not going to complain about... this time I got to play 8 9 suited. Flop came A 4 5 with only one of my diamonds and four players checked. Turn was 10 of diamonds, giving me four to a flush (closest I've been to a flush all day), so I bet it good and got 3 folds. I may have only won blinds and antes, but at least it was winning.
Heading to dinner with 36,375 and coming back with a M Ratio about 35... and still fuming about that AK, literally the only good starting hand I've had in over 4 hours.
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