Yesterday's £2/5 game was a good laugh and was captained by Sr Lintanon who sat with £4k and played every pot. I had direct position on him and then Pat, Simon and Ian and I was oop to Kurt, PJ, Keys and Sean. So me and Pete had the best seat draw, and basically any pot Linton didn't open or iso (which wasn't many) I opened, making PJ play even less hands that usual
I played two pots similar in size to the aforementioned quads hand vs Ian, which played out as follows.
PJ opens utg to £15, Sean 3bets utg+1 £45. Me and Sean are £2.5k deep and PJ is £1k deep. PJ's 4betting range here is ridic tight, probably just KK and AA, so I can cold call quite a bit in position here with huge implied odds vs Sean and also potential to make his life hell on some board textures. I found the
and cold called on the button, PJ flicked it in with two Jacks (confirmed lagtard).
, check, Sean bets £85, I call, PJ folds (good fold imo). I don't really expect Sean to fold to a raise here and I don't want to raise/fold a hand with such strong equity - 5 outs to the best hand, 10 to a flush draw, I turn gutshots with any 3,4,7 or 8 too and 9 clubs to bluff. Plan A) was to turn a 5 because that's the easiest way to win a big pot.
Unfortunately I'm not that blessed and had to do it the hard way.
Sean checks. Ideal card for be to start applying the pressure - £205. He calls.... Planning to bet £525 on loads of rivers. But I'd rather do it on a river such as the.......
(wiiiii). Check, I bet £525 and Sean beats me into the pot.
Last time Sean won a big pot off me he went out the next day and bought a new pair of jeans and always tells me how I paid for them. So today I'm going to buy something and do the same. Any ideas?!
Unfortunately it wasn't the last battle Sean and I had.
Last few hands of the night (sigh at my resolution to stop locking up at the end of sessions!)
I'm winning about £1.5k at this time from a peak of just under £2k. Sean raises, a few callers, I flick it in from the blinds/straddle with
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(suits unimportant) check, Sean cbet £50, Ian raise to £200 playing £900 total. Sean's range is pretty strong in this spot, definitely stronger than Ian's who has Kx at best here the way things were going for him. Sean's cbetting range on this board is probably KJ+. I raise to £450 (mistake sizing - £350-£400 would be better), Sean unfortunately then moves allin (I think about £1500 but I didn't really look too much, it's an easy fold here), Ian sticks the rest in with KJ and I fold and Sean scoops with 55. Pretty annoyingly cold way to lose £450 right at the end of the night - and I could've saved myself £50-£100 with a more thought out raise size, Ians range is inelastic between £350 and £450 so I might as well save myself £100 the times Sean does move in and I fold. It may sound like a nitty fold btw, but Sean's never not got a set here.
Finished up £1.1k, good nights work. PJ lost £560, Sean won £1.6k, Pete was down £3k at one point, finished winning about £1k-£2k not sure.
Highlight of the night was this moment: PJ gets a lot of banter about having an absolutely incredible 39year-old scorcher Mum. He takes it pretty well (in before "so does she"), Ian had latched onto it last night and was on about being set-up with her and everything. He drops it for an hour or so and then out of nowhere, in one of those sombre moments of a cash game, when everyone's quiet after a big hand or something - BOOM
"Come on PJ let's have a look at your Mum"
Like a crunching punch in the gut, Ian was back and had the whole table (except PJ) in stitches. Brilliant.
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