So the normal Monday night game was moved to Tuesday night because us drunks wanted to go out on St. Patty's Day, so here's a synopsis of the events from last night.
Started out with (going left to right) Ronnie, Andy, Mike, Richard, Stevo, me at our table - 24 to start after a few late arrivals come. Win a couple of pots early on then totally misplay the following hand:
10-20 level, get 7-7 - I like to raise this hand 1/2 the time, the other half of the time limp in...but generally play "no set, no bet" early on with these hands. Limped in on the button with this hand. 5 of us in pot. Flop 7-2-9 rainbow, checked around (wanted to see a bet here, but oh well) - 2 on the turn gives me a boat. I bet out 75 after it's checked around, and get 2 quick callers here. 9 on the river gives me that sickening feeling that I'm beat - so much for slow-playing a monster here...and when Mike and Dick (2 of tightest players on table) both bet out 150 after the river, I know my 7's over is no good.
I somehow only lose 300 chips with JJ after a preflop raise and 5 unders hit the board...Mike plays calling station holding KK to win the hand, but could have really put a dent in my chipstack if he played it right.
We get up to 25/50 level, and after taking the blinds one hand and then winning 2 decent pots in a row when both 7-2 and K-8 hits 2 pair on the flop, with about 2800 chips I get moved over to another table. PJ (point leader by 1) decides to put a $1 bounty on me so he can keep his chip lead, which I find pretty funny.
Adam (new guy), some fairly new guy, Donald and Scott are at this table now. Lose about 1/2 my stack trying position raises with garbage and getting reraised by the 2 new guys holding actual hands...gettin' frustrated here by this point.
Get my suckout of the year on a K-Q-4 board with K-J when I check-raise one of the guys all-in, and my beautiful read of him holding a Queen was just a bit off...A-K, eesh! Ace on the turn gives him 2 pair, but a miracle 10 hits my straight and knocks dude out (I would have been crippled if I lose this hand).
1st big move of the night, and one that earned me a lot of respect from Adam (agressive, yet smart player - good at reading people) for the rest of the night was jamming over the top of him on a board of 8-8-8 with A-2 after his initial bet of 1500...big post-flop bets were bluffs or semi-bluffs (at best), and I felt good about my A-2 being the best hand. Kinda funny when dude was staring at me to see if I was bluffing or not, and I told him to stop posturing and just fold, because "we all know you would have already called if you didn't have rags in your hand"...got a smile and a fold out after that comment. Later on, Adam tells me that this play (and one other post-flop play) really fukked up the reads he thought he had on me - and that he (as a first-time player) was not surprised that I won twice in the last 2 months - I took that as a major compliment.
We get to the final table, and I'm down to about 2600 in chips, with blinds at 300-600. Fold the first couple of hands, then take the blinds 2 hands in a row after I jam with A-10 and A-J. Blinds go to 400-800 when hit me, and nothing for the next orbit. Jam with K-5 in next orbit on my SB against Adam's Q-high, K hits on flop, and I double up to about 3900. Next hand I get KK on the button, and Sweeney (the Artist formerly known as Soulpatch Guy) calls me down with 6-6, Kings hold, and we're in business again.
PJ goes out in 6th when he decides to jam 8-8 over my SFPR holding 10-10, no help, and he gives me his $1 for knocking him out - good fun. Up to about 12K now. Scott, Harry and Adam soon go, and Sweeney and I get to heads-up...I'm down about 3-1 at this point.
Trade pots for a few hands, then double up when he runs K-Q into my 9-9. Lose 1/2 of my stack, then check-raise him with snow on a 3-spade board after the river get most of those chips back. Big hand of the tourney comes soon after, when I overbet the pot on a K-Q-7-6 board hold in Q-8, and Sweeney calls with J-10 - no straight made for him, and now I have a close to 2-1 chip lead. I think he misread my hand, thinking his draw was better than mine...at least with 2 overs.
Couple of hands later, Sweeney jams with A-K, I call with pocket 3's, no paint, no aces, and I get my 3rd win of the season. $50 gift cert to the bar means I have almost $80 to spend there - and now in first place by 5 points with 2 weeks to go. I want that season point lead for that bonus prize, baby!
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I was gonna post a long comment but my internet connection is so spotty it's not even funny.
I should have pushed on Ron and Andy and Mike more often I suppose. I should have remember that Richard likes to stack off with weak Aces.
The main problem with our starting table is that unless you play a LAGgy style of play (you saw some of the crap I was playing and winning/losing with), you can't possibly get a big stack of chips solely because you won't get involved in many good sized pots.
Then again, what do you expect when we're applauding Dick raising pre-flop with pocket jacks? I can't berate him or Mike too much, though - they're nice enough guys who don't anyone shit about anything, and it is mainly a social game, when you get down to it.
You need those callers of pre-flop raises to fold to continuation bets, as well - picking up blinds at 25/50 is alright, but certainly not gonna get your stack too big, either. Having Wine Drinker Ron or Donald at your table to abuse when you get a big hand never hurts, either...and judging from last couple of weeks, Fred might need to join that group.
Damn, where did that long comment come from?
I don't know, did one of them suck out on you last night?
Nah, I had the suckout special the other day, homie - I didn't get involved in a hand when I was at Donald's table, and I moved when WD Ron was knocked out.
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