Last week's Live Poker Recap....
Booked another winning week. Went 3/4 in my sessions for 6.5 BI's. Friday's session was really frustrating as I kept getting coolered. I'd get it all back only to get coolered again. I was either even or down a BI throughout the session. Finally, after running KK into AA, I decided to get up and take a loss. I was pretty exhausted from a marathon session week...
Tuesday 5/5 NL
The week actually started off mild. On Tuesday, Eskal decided to come to my reg game at my buddy's club. I actually went a little late because I didn't want to play on the main table with Eskal and was hoping to jump on to the second table. I have a piece of the Tuesday game so I tend to be a bit more strategic and business minded when it comes to my playing in the game. Obv, the longer the game runs, the more money in my pocket. I like to call it live rakeback. Anyway, I jumped on the second table when it got 8 handed. There were some big stacks at the table as this table seemed pretty nutty. I bought in for 200 BB's and was rewarded for it immediately when I got in AA vs KK right away and had 400+ BB's in front of me in the first rotation. All of a sudden players started busting each other and before you knew it, the second table broke. So, I ended up grabbing some food at the bar around the corner and talking with some acquaintances. I did jump back into the main game later on and ended up giving away close to a BI in this hand...
I probably have the most hand history against this particular player. The hand was straddled to 10 and because it was a very active game, I decided flat in EP hoping to disguise my hand. My best case scenario is that a usual iso raise comes from the back and I get to play HU with one of the fish at the table with a very disguised hand. Worse case scenario happens however when I get in a multi-way pot with the BB and the straddler. Flop also comes connected and draw heavy. When seat 2 bets out pot here, I give him credit for a pair (with or without SD), slight over pair, or a flush draw. I decide to flat the flop as I feel I'm far ahead of his range and would be folding out a ton of worse hands with a raise. When the 7 comes on the turn, he immediately bets out close to pot again. The way and how quickly he bet the turn made me think that he was extremely weak and so I flat again for the same reasons. Looking back however, I think I should have raised as the board is getting unfriendly fast and I don't want him to run into some funny straight with a pair or a flush draw. The K comes on the River and he thinks for a few moments and bets again and at that point, although there is a slight possibility that he had me crushed on the flop, I felt most likely that he either turned his hand into a bluff or ran into a pair with a K high flush draw. 2 pair instead... Ugh...
Recovered some of that loss back and ended Tuesday up 1.5 BI's.
Wednesday 5/5 NLHE & 5/5 PLO
I started late on Wednesday. Goodfella and I went to Queen Margheritta Pizza for Eskal's birthday dinner. The place is basically an upscale pizza joint in a hipster neighborhood. I actually like the set up of the place a lot as they have their bar downstairs while the dinning room is at the top. I ran bad with the menu and ended up ordering what is probably the only bad pizza on the menu. I'd def go back though.Thursday 5/5 NLHE
SO... I get really annoyed at this point. I buy back in for 200 BB's and declare that none of the remaining 7 players are cashing out unless they get up and leave. They take the challenge and we play till 9am and I practically bust each one of them, putting me up on the session. Death Match! Friday 2/5 NLHE 2
