Finally a live game...

Last night I finally played in a live game. It had been about 2 months since my last live game. That is going to be a problem when I start hitting the casino. I'll hopefully get a few more in before the 18th. So how was my night? I broke even but only after a little help and alcohol from Shannon. I was down a few bucks when we called it and he gave me my buy-in and I told him I would pay for him next game.

Some hands:

Against Tim: I have 66 and I make it 2 to go. He is shortstacked and moves in and it is now another, I believe, 4 for me to call. I told him I was thinking it would be a coin flip and that he would have something like AQ or AJ. I made the call and he had AJ. I was happy with the call and I flopped a set. It was nice

Another against Tim: He is sitting to the left of me all night and I have 10 10 UTG. I once again make it 2 to go and he moves in. I thought about it for a second and said "Call" before I convinced myself to fold. I was glad but I would have to have the best hand hold up again in a coin flip. He showed AcKc. I knew I had the best hand but it was close. He didn't catch and I won the pot, again.

A hand against Scott: I had a 98s and the flop came 9 high. He bets, I call. Next card is a 6, I think. He bets, I call. Last card comes an 8. Needless to say, he rivered a nice straight against my two pair and I was a little pissed about that. I CANNOT forget about two pair with a straight draw on the board. It's simply bad news.

Other notes...The biggest hand I had was JJ. I bluffed Tim, Scott, and Shannon. The table was 4 handed all night. I need to work on my heads-up play. It is still not great. I think raising on the button everytime is a good strategy. This is used my Howard Lederer and Erik Seidel (one or the other). I thought I did well short-handed. I might have been TOO loose though.