OK a bit of a poker-ey post...
I've been knocking on the door of a monster losing session for a while. Been getting in a lot of big holes, but I keep climbing out. Getting a reputation for it in fact - Comeback Alex.
On Thursday night, I went down a lot early, as is standard lately, with a set<set cooler and a few others. I then flop quads and man check calls, check calls, the leads river (that moment when he reaches for pink chips and you have quads ahhhh), and I win a nice pot and I'm almost level.
Maybe I am
that guy...
Then I get KK...
Raise, get 3bet, one caller, I 4bet to £950, both call.
Get a J53r flop. Caller checks, I decide to check, this guy just jams £5k into ~£3k. Folds to me, I think for a while, but vs this guy just can't fold. The river pairs the J and I think I'm done for now.
"Four Jacks" he proudly announces.
"It's good, nice hand".
"I want to see you cards. Show me your cards. Dealer, can I see that hand? Floor! I want to see that hand"
I'm just sat there dumbfounded, bit in shock about the hand and about what I'm hearing. I don't even care about him seeing my hand, I'm not embarrassed or wanting to hide the information or anything, I'm just like wtf?!
I pass him my cards and say "If it really means that much to you", and he looks at them and shows everyone.
I bite my tongue. A lot. A few years ago, I wouldn't have been able to resist...
Then the drunk guy at the table, who's sat with the minimum and annoying everyone, asks me "Who won that one?"
The guy is stacking his huge pile of chips, I'm sat there without a penny, in bits
"Who does it fkn look like won?"!!!
So there it was. My biggest ever losing session. And a pretty nasty hand / aftermath but I'm happy with how I dealt with it.
The next day I thought I'll take it easy and maybe not play big. I played 1/2, a really small 1/2 at that. And obviously I ran like god lol. AA vs KK on AKx, hit two gut shots, flopped a set vs KK etc etc. It's always nice, but I won under £1k when if this was last nights game, it would be £10k+! Always the way eh?
Anyway, friday nights are too good to just play 1/2, so I got stuck in again. And got stuck in, again.
£5k down it's looking bleak, the game is about to break. I'm kinda steaming at this point. This is a lot of money to lose in 2 days.
Then boom, flush over flush to break even for the session.
Comeback Alex has come back.