Luckbox 14

Sometimes, and I do mean sometimes, you have to get lucky. Today is a day where I got real lucky, twice.  So the guy I talked about a while ago - the huge guy who doesn't stop talking - was sitting at my table.  I'll call him 007.  I wanted to snap him off.  I find AK in early position and raise.  He calls.  The flop comes 743.  I bet out $30.  He talks about it for a while and says that if he is going to call, he should just move in.  So he does.  He has $75 or so total.  I have to call the additional $45.  I do.  The turn is the 2 and the river the 5.  I runner runner the wheel.  He shows the A3. Donk.

The very next hand I am UTG with the AJd.  I limp.  007 makes it "5 straight."  By the way, I hate when people say shit like "straight" and "all day".  It's so not cool.  It's the same reason I don't wear my FullTilt hat.  Anyway, I call the extra 3 bucks.  The flop comes AJ7.  I check and huge guy bets $5.  I raise to $30.  He calls.  The turn is a blank.  I put the rest of his chips in.  It's about $60 more.  He calls.  The river is the A.  He shows JJ.  OOPPS.  So...I'm a donkey who gets lucky.

One of my last hands I have the KsKh.  I raise to $11.  Linda raises to $25.  I move her in and she show the KdKc.  Brutal.  Just annoying.  So I got lucky and unlucky.  A pretty standard day.  Not many hands.  Still a plus day.

Tuesday the 13th

So lucky 13 it is.  I guess I didn't realize how to play in this 1/2 game for a while.  Now that I have it pretty much figured out, I am dominating.  

I got to work a couple hours early today.  I sat down at a 5 handed table at 6:45 am.  

This tightwad was to my left.  He had about $900.  The second hand I get, I see Ah 2h.  I limp and so does tightwad.  The flop comes down 7c 2d 5s.  The pot has $8 and he bets $15.  He was overbetting all day.  At this point, I did not know how he was playing.  So I make the call. I know he's aggressive, trying to take down pots. The turn comes the Ad.  Gin. This time he bets $50.  I say "$150."  He calls and I have $39 left. The river is a 4. He checks and I move in the rest and he calls, showing 7s 5c. Sucky for him. Two hands and I've doubled up.  

The rest of day, I was card dead.  I hit a set of 7's.  Decent pot.  I didn't have much more.  I had AA once.  It was slow after that. Left with a little more than my initial double up.

I'm a Donkey 12

I am a donkey and today marks my 12th winning session in a row.  

I flopped two pair against the same guy twice.  The first time I had KQ and smooth called the flop. The second time I had QJ and raised the flop.  He was thrown off.  

I was up about 240.  I think when I get to this area for the day, I start to play to protect the earnings.  This can make me play bad poker - this is why I called myself a donkey today.  

I am in late position and find the 8h 8d.  Crazy Joe is in early position and made it $10.  I call and so does the BB.  The flop comes down 10 8 4.  Rainbow.  BB checks.  Joe checks very loudly.  I check, too.  The turn is a J.  The BB bets out $10.  Joe now makes it $50.  I tank and when I say I tank, I mean I really tank.  This is donkeyness.  What do I do?  Do I call and not know where I'm at?  Do I raise and put the rest of his chips in?  He had about $120 left after the raise of  $50.  Or do I fold?  Well, I am a huge donk.  I fold.   :0?!

So I go on mini tilt.  I try to bluff this tourist with the Ah on an all hearts board.  He flopped a flush and I never go there. 

I also lost with KK when the BB hit an A with his AK.  Luckily my time had come and I had to leave.  If not, I may have donked the rest off.  I still left with $120 extra.  

Yoleven

Make it 11.  !!!!

The first hand I get I find 44 in middle position.  I posted $2.  I flop a set and take someone for only $35 or so.  About 10 minutes later I find 44 again and flop another set.  Sick start. 

A few hours later, I raise in early position with JJ.  I get 5 callers!?  While everyone is calling, I'm getting mad.  I'm talking out loud about how everyone should call because I only raise once an hour.  It was stupid.  The flop came 10 high.  I bet $30 and get a call from the cheater who tried to take money off the table.  The turn is a J.  I bet again, this time $55.  He folds, showing 8s 9c.  HA. So stupid.  I show the set so everyone knows not to fuck with me.

I find AA in early position and make it $15.  I get two callers, one from the cheater.  The flop is Q high.  He bets out $20 and I make it $60.  The turn brings another Q.  Brutal.  Especially because he immediately moves in for his last $114.  I tank.  I really try to get some info from him about the strength of his hand.  This is a skill I have yet to master.  The cheater looks too relaxed, smiling, laughing, hitting the table, so I lay it down.  

Another hand involved JJ.  I had JJ and called a raise from the guy to my immediate right.  He was in for at least 1k.  He kept rebuying and donking it right back.  So, he raises to $7.  I call and so do a couple others.  The flop comes 3s kh 3c.  He fires out $15.  I make the call and everyone else folds.  The turn and river are both rags.  Turn is a 4. River is a 6.  On the turn, he bets out $20.  I call it again.  On the river he bets out $50.  I tank.  I know this guy is a lunatic but he could easily have KQ.  So easily.  So I tank and eventually make the call.  He shows 55. Everyone says good call, including him.  

A good 5 day week.  I continue the streak into next week.  We'll see how long it can go.   

TEN

Well I guess I really am on a roll.  For the first half of the this streak, I was admittedly running very well.  I had lots of big hands and got lots of action with them.  The second half has been a bit different.  I have not been running well and I would almost say I have been running bad.  For some reason, though, it hasn't ended the streak.  

Today was up and down.  This lunatic good player was to my right and that was huge right there. I insta-called his $100 on the river and he said something like "I'm just going to give you this hundred."  HA.  I knew he was going to try to bluff the river no matter what.  I had AA but still.  He called me all the way and then made a big bet on the river....like I thought he would.

That was early on.  I was up $175 early.  Then things got dicey.  I started losing pots.  I had A10 lose against AJ.  Annoying.  I made a huge raise on a board of Jc 6c 4h.  I had Ac 10c.  The turn and river were the Kd Kc.  He had a set.  Annoying again.  

Later I was down to about $120 (after having $370...yikes).  I start to get a couple hands.  I win with AA.  Later I have Ad 2d in late position and limp.  The total fish on my left limps too.  A few other do too.  The flop comes 3c 4s 5h.  Gin.  I check and the fish bets $5.  One call in the blind and then I make it $30.  Fish calls and blind folds.  Turn is black 7.  I bet out $35.  Fish calls again.  River is a black 8.  I bet out $55 this time.  The fish eventually moves in for $119.  It's $64 to me and I call.  He shows down Ah 3s.  I was in shock.  Thanks, fish.

Another hand involves me having AA.  The board is all rags with 2 spades.  I bet and he moves in.  I call.  Turn is an A.  He shows down 10 10 saying, "your Jacks are good."  Wrong-o.  

So the day ended up a good one.  Ok, off to a Yelp event.

9??

I guess this has to be 9 in a row.  But it doesn't feel like it.  Today was a long day of garbage.  My AA lost to K5.  I had AJ and turned two pair but lost to a set.  I held my losses to a minimum which is good.  Actually I didn't leave down at all.  I left with more than I came with...barely.  

Ah, so I could not do anything.  This table had about 10 chops today.  It was unreal.  No one was playing anything and that made it real tough to get any chips. 

My first hand of the day was K7.  I had 7's full and the lady had only Ace high.  I almost had to lay it down after she bet $50 on the river.  Whoa.  

I'm tired and today was lame.  Tomorrow, though.  That's where it's at.

8

Today marks the 8th winning session in a row.  I'll take it.  I remember when it was at 3 and I was hoping to get it to 4 because that would be a record.  5 sessions later, I'm at 8 and still going.  

Eh, nothing crazy today.  I was not dealt AA or a set in 6.5 hours.  I played KK very strangely from the BB.  It worked out and afterword the guy had no idea where I was in the hand.  That is a good thing.  

I had As 10s on the button.  A raise to $10.  I call and 2 others do, too.  Flop comes down with 2 spades.  I check/call $15.  Turn brings the nuts.  Check Check.  River a 10.  Bet $35.  I raise to $80.  Instant fold.  How could I have extracted more chips?  I'm not sure I could have. 

I had 9c 3c in the BB.  Flop comes 9s As 9h.  I check and so do 4 others.  Jayma moves in for $60.  I call.  Everyone folds.  She shows Ac 8c.  HA.  So bad.  Turn was a 3, too.  ;)

Last hand was against Jayma a few hours before.  I had 3d 2d on the BB.  She limped from the button when we were ready to chop.  Flop comes 328.  I check and she bets $5.  I raise to $25. Turn brings a 3rd heart and I check..  She moves in for $98.  I mean that is absurd.  I thought for a long while.  At this point I was only up $50 or so.  I don't know.  So I eventually muck and she shows the 9d 9s.  She outplayed me in that hand.  No doubt.  

Another good day.  8 in a row.  

THIS is the Sweet Up and Down

Today was up and down and then up and up.  I flopped a set of 3's and had short stack move in and hit a set of 9's on the turn.  That was 40 or so lost.  I also had a few hands against this crazy guy.  I had J9 and lost to J6.  Not fun.  Then I had some hands and fought back.  With 6 people in a pot, I won with 10 10.  It was around $100.  I had some other hands that got me back my original $200 plus some more.  Left up $128.  Tomorrow is another day.  7 in a row.

An Off Day

Not in the sense that it was a bad day playing poker.  I just took the day off for my B-day.  

Still Friends?

So they are supposed to juice this tourney with an extra $500.  We all bought in thinking that's how it was going down.  When it got down to it, Demir, the floor guy, said they didn't get approval blah blah blah.  I didn't cash anyway.  So that was $65 down before I even sat at the 1/2 table.  Annoying.  

I finally get to the 1/2 game immediately after busting in the tourney.  Nice to have an open seat right away.  So Jim is sitting in seat 9.  I am in seat 6.  The old black guy with gray/white hair is sitting to my right in seat 5.  He looks at his cards and sometimes I could see.  Anyway.

Seat 5 raises and I call in the cutoff with the two red J's.  Jim also calls.  The flop comes down.  Jc 2h 9d.  Jim bets $10.  Seat 5 raises to $20 and I call.  Jim now makes it $75.  5 mucks and I eventually move in for about $200.  He asks if I have a set of 9's.  He calls after a minute and shows Js 2s.  Brutal for him.  Turn and river are obviously blanks.  Nice pot there.  Recovers for the tourney $65.  

I'm about ready to leave when I find KK on the button.  Jim is UTG and has made it $16.  There is a call from the Mexican guy and from seat 5.  I make it $45.  Jim calls.  The flop comes down Ad 3s Ac.  Eeek.  Jim checks.  I check.  The turn is a 9h.  Jim puts a bet of $60.  I call.  River is a blank and we check it down.  I show the KK and he shows JJ.  Tough one there. 

I also had a hand against the Mexican.  I have AKo.  Flop comes 5h Ks 8d.  I bet and he calls.  Turn is the 8s.  Check Check.  River is the A.  I bet out $40 and he moves in for $160.  Ahh.  I tank for a minute and get heckled by this dude who was not even in the hand.  I finally fold and the Mexican guy shows the 8c.  Nice to know.  Good day today.  After the tourney loss I was still up $271.

A little of tilt all night long

I guess you could say I was tilting today.  I guess you could also say I never took a bad beat.  So why was I on tilt?  The drag of poker.  The swings.  Sitting in the SB and watching 7 people limp and looking down at 92.  It's frustrating having to muck there.  

So today I was up 72 and nothing really happened.  Kobe, whose real name is Mike, gave me $40 when I had KK in the SB.  He called in position and the flop was 10 high.  I bet it and he immediately mucked.  I had a nice hand with Qh Jh.  Turned a flush and straight draw and had top pair.  River gave me the straight and I made a good value bet when the river flushed.  Got paid there.  Other than that, not much

This huge guy hit and ran someone for $500.  I can't stand that crap.  And all day his big mouth was rambling on and on about Bush and how he's the worst president of all time.  Blah Blah Blah.  I wish I could have snapped him.

Solid Day

I got to work at my usual time today but there was a problem.  There were too many people there.  So I waited for about an hour and half before I got a 'play-over'.  A play-over is when someone takes a meal ticket and leaves for an hour.  So I played over Saul's spot.

After being there for 10 minutes, I find 10s 10c on the button.  The man to my left is apparently good and definitely aggressive.  So after some limping from everyone, he raises.  Two callers.  One lady and myself.  The flop comes down Ad 10h 2s.  The SB bets out $15.  Lady makes the call and so do I.  The turn is the 2c.  Ahh.  This time the SB bets out $30.  The lady thinks for a minute and lays it down.  I then make the call.  River is a blank.  SB bets out $55.  I move in for my last $120.  He makes the call and I table my hand.  He shows the Ah Jc.  HA.  So that was quick. 

Shortly after that hand, I moved to a new table.  I had AK and took out two people with just the high card.  I had to dodge a 10, 7, Q, or 8.  That was fun.  I flopped another set of tens on this table and won a nice pot.  Mr. Smooth was chasing some stuff when I had KK in the SB.  I made it $100 on the turn when the 4s hit a board of 10d 8d 5c.  He had to muck.  

It was a good day.  +525

Straight Flushin'

In the BB I find the Jc 5s.  There are about 5 people in the pot and the flop comes 6s 3s 4s.  :0.  There is one bet and 2 callers.  The turn is the 7s.  A bet and I call and the short stack moves in.  The river is another 6.  I almost lead out but then I see Saul holding one of his green $25 chips.  I figure he is about to through in a bet.  I check and he tosses the green chip and says '15'.  I think for a second and make it $45.  He insta-calls.  I show the hand and he says something along the lines of "I thought you were messing around with me".  I never mess around but I'm glad he thinks that I do sometimes.

Not much else going on.  Won some smaller pots with some hands.  Flopped 2 sets.  2's and 7's.  That is always nice.  A normal day.  +172.

Biggest Donk Ever 2.0

So my previous biggest donk ever belonged to a very deserving donk, one who gave me $550 with a pair of 9's.  That is a massive donk by anyone's standards.  Today might take the title, though.

This donk had done some dumb shit with 62 and k7 and the like.  So he raises to $20 and the guy next to him, a solid regular, makes the call.  Everyone folds around and in the SB I find KK.  The reraise is to $70.  The donk puts the additional $50 and the solid player folds.  The flop comes 10 5 2.  I bet $100 and he makes the call.  The turn is another 10.  Before the 10 came out I moved in the rest of my stack, $106.  When the 10 came, I thought there was a decent chance I was beat.  So he calls the $106 and the river is an 9.  He tables Ad Qc.  Unreal.  

Is there a bigger donk around?  Please find them for me.

The solid player who mucked preflop had 99.  EEk.

Eh

Not much happened.  Made a good value bet and got paid with A 10 when i rivered a boat.  That one was cool.  I flopped top set of AA and bet out!!??  Fold Fold.  Another hand with Kobe when I was in the SB with JJ.  I floped top set of JJ and bet out and got nothing??!!  Come on now.  +224

A bad day

This guy who kept limp calling everything, for surely wanting to just get his money in, decided to straddle.  I find 10s 10d in the small blind and smooth call the straddle.  The straddler makes it $40 and I make it $100.  He moves in for about $50 more.  He shows KK.  Unreal.

Jim, the guy who can't talk and doesn't play many hands called one of my raises preflop.  I hold the AsAd.  Flop comes 942.  I bet again and he calls.  Turn comes the 3.  I bet again and he moves in.  I eventually call, probably behind.  He shows the 5c 6c.  I should be able to make this lay down.  

Finally, I have a K10 and hit a K on a board of K53.  Betting and calling the turn comes the 2.  More betting more calling.  River the 7.  I check he bets and I call and he says straight but shows 56.  My hand already in the muck.  Thanks, dealer Matt.

I smell like fish

I'm on the button with AQd.  One raise in late position and I make the call.  The BB also calls.  Flops comes Ah4s5s.  Raiser bets out 30 and I don't believe it.  I call.  BB calls.  Turn comes 2s.  Raiser now checks and I move in for 94.  BB thinks and eventually calls.  Now the raiser has to go into the tank and decide what to do.  Finally he mucks the AcKd.  BB shows 3c5c for the wheel.  River is the 7c.  Blah.  How bad am I?

LuckBox

I'm sitting with my usual $200 and find a nice little QsJs in MP.  I limp for $2 and get to the flop 3 handed.  The flop comes 5s Jd Jh.  A beauty.  I check and the man next to act bets $10.  Everyone folds and I call.  The turn is the Qc!!  How nice.  I check again and he bets $20.  I contemplate the call and reluctantly make it.  The river is the 9h.  I bet right out this time $40.  While I am still making my bet, he shoves all in and I immediately call.  He shows the 9d 9s.  Pretty brutal river for him I must say but I'll take it.  +176

Biggest Donk Ever?

I sat with the biggest donk I have ever seen.  Good thing, too.  He was to my immediate left the whole day.  Let's run down what he did and how he donated.  

This guy was raising everything and because he was on my left, I didn't raise much.  So I limp with AKd and he raises and there is one caller preflop, the young guy to my right.  The flop comes 9d Ac 10d.  I check and the donk bets. Here is where it gets beautiful.  The guy to my right moves in thinking I checked with nada.  So he moves in and then I move in.  We each have around $161.  The donk now thinks for exactly 2 seconds and makes the call.!!  He immediately tables QhJh.  The turn and river are both diamonds and I take down the $550 pot.  Ahh, that's nice.

After this hand I sit for a while while this donk calls off $500 in a 3-way pot with a gutshot and hits, breaks 10 10 with A2 for $700.  Calls all ins with 93 and 62 and Q7.  It's unreal.  So this game is a 1/2 no-limit $200 max buyin.  At this point he is sitting with around $2200.  Seriously.  

I have a game plan and that is to continue playing very slowly letting him build pots.  This plan works to perfection.

I find Jh Jd and limp.  The donk is like clockwork and raises to $16 (in a 1/2 game!).  I make the call and hit the beauty, the Js.  The flop is 9d Js 6d.  I check the flop and he bets out $35.  I push in 20 red chips, making it $100.  He easily and without hesitation follows me into the pot.  The turn is the Qc.  It's a possible scare card but nothing too crazy to be concerned about with this guy capable of having 56o in this spot.  I bet out $100 again.  He calls again.  The river is a meaningless 4s.  I bet $100 AGAIN.  Now he goes into the tank, thinks for a minute, mumbles something about the 9, and then shoves it all in.  I have about $230 left and make the immediate call.  He confidently tables what he thinks could be the winner...7s 9c... a pair of 9s.  I show the set and take down $1100.  The plan works to perfection. 

Shortly after this hand the young guy who lost to me in the AdKd pot takes the donk for another $600 when he flops a set of 2s.  And shortly after that the donk was broke and left the table.  All in a days work.  +920