That's eight wins on the bounce now! In fact the first hand we sat down, barely had my ass on the seat and my chips out the rack when I was given the
in the hijack. MP raised to £7 at 1/2, I called, the big blind made it £20, MP calls, so we call again. My goal was to call as many bets as I could in this hand. The flop was the drawtastic
. Checked to me where I bet and took it down. Was really hoping for the 3bettor to go nuts and checkshove so I could call and make my first live royal before I even sat down. That would have made for a great story! Almost getting there sort of counts though... Right...?
I know it's hard for me to moan about stuff, but I reckon I can still manage it, I lost loads of medium sized pots to horrible river cards. I bet/check/bet AA on Q 8 7 J 8 and villain had 85s, bet/bet/checkfold with 98 on A 9 8 6 T in a three way pot, and QQ < A9 on K Q J 5 T.
However, we won two big ones to keep us afloat!
The £4 straddle was on, two guys that limp/called every hand and folded loads of flops limped, so I initiated phase 1 and opened the
to £22. Folded to the straddle who made it £44, the limpers fold and obviously I call. Flop comes
and he checks. I bet £58 and he tanks and he calls. Basically he has kings and he's probably going to fold on loads of turn cards, but I didn't think the
was one of them. People don't like to fold when the board pairs due to the incorrect logic that "if I was good on the flop, I'm good on that turn." So I all but gave up until the river came the
. He checks again and I make it £113. He goes "the problem is you don't know what I have." I said "you have kings, right?" and the weirdest smerk washed over his face before he called. He could not beat a flush.
I played the next big one out of the big blind, towards the end of my session, against the nicest guy at the table which made me feel a little bad when there were all these fishcakes to my right but not to worry, eh? He opened to £8 utg, folded to me I call with
. Flop
check/check. He's kinda trappy with top pairs so I expect him to check back loads of flops. Maybe that makes the correct play to bet flop as he's still likely to call with big underpairs to the king and we don't make anything down the streets from those hands if we check. Anyway on the basis that if he does have a big hand he's definitely going to bet a brick such as the
when checked to, I check. He bets £22. I decide to make my hand look kind of bluffy here, even though this would ordinarily look like a massive hand I figure it looks weak for that reason and make it £63. He looks bemused and tanks a while and calls with around £180 back. The
nails the river and I pause a moment before jamming. I've seen him hero a few times tonight and by overbetting the river, I continue the strong-means-weak line. He calls it off and doesn't show but I was told he had AK. Could have just got it all-in on the flop but that doesn't allow me to make a shoddy breakdown of my line.
It's deepstack time in a few hours. Going to grind some episodes of poker after dark: the cash game, go for a nice swim and sauna and then fold until the £1/2 opens up.
Good luck to investors, will be updating the diary as stuff happens.
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