Part 1 can be found here.
A bit after the AA hand I won, the DM
("Designated Maniac") actually folded a hand preflop, and l limped in
with 10-9 from the cutoff. Four of us
saw the flop of 10-6-6. I bet $5 and had
two callers. The turn was a Queen and it
was checked around. The river was 9. One of the players in front of me bet
$6. I made it $15 and it folded back to
the guy who bet $6. He thought for
awhile and then folded. But before he
did, he showed one of his cards—a 6! He
folded the winning hand for a measly $9?
Admittedly it wasn't a big pot, but still. I had no idea my value bet was a bluff. And how could he wait until the river to bet?
By this time the DM had calmed down a
bit. He was playing more like a LAG, not
a maniac. And then a woman came to the
table. She was youngish (mid-30's?), somewhat attractive and looked vaguely
familiar. I think I've probably played
with her before. Maybe at PH. I couldn't really place her though. She was extremely quiet—didn't say a word—and
all business like. She was also pretty aggressive. When she raised, she raised bigger than
anyone at the table with the exception of the DM.
I limped in UTG with pocket 4's. She
made it $16 and it folded back to me.
Even the DM folded. I had about $260 and the lady had about $160. So I probably should have folded. But there was another limper between us and I
was hoping he'd call. But after I
called, the limper folded and we were heads up. I caught my set on a very dry
board--rainbow, no straights. I was sure
she'd c-bet so I checked. She bet $22. And then, I decided to just call. It was such a dry board and I didn't want to
scare her off. The turn was a King. I
dunno, I just was sure she'd bet again, she had been so aggro up to this
point. I was going to check-raise.
When I checked, she had her coffee up
to her lips and just slowly slipped it.
Well? I got the feeling she
didn't know it was on her. She didn't
say or do anything. It was almost like
she was asleep with her eyes open.
Finally the dealer asked, "Did you say all-in?" That was weird, I hadn't heard a word out of
her. She said no, she hadn't said
anything. Finally she was just about to
take another sip of her coffee when she softly said, "Check." Damn.
The river was an innocuous looking 9.
This time I led out for $50. She
surprised me by saying "all-in."
I was only two happy to snap-call.
There was no straight and no flush possible. Only a bigger set could beat me. So of course she turned over a rivered set of
9's.
Well that sucked. Not so much because I didn't bet her off her
hand—you don't want folds when you flop a set.
It's just that I wasn't aggressive enough in getting the money in. But as it turned out, if I had check-raised
the flop, I'd likely take down a small pot right there, which beats losing a
huge chunk of your stack.
That took me down to about $100 or
so. Not long after, she lost most of
"my" chips to the DM on my right.
That too pissed me off. Although
I had to admit there was a better chance to get them back from the DM than from
her. And I couldn't really blame her. They had gotten into a preflop raising war
and ended up all in. Her Ace-Jack lost
to his Ace-Queen. Nothing had hit either
of them, they both had Ace-high and his kicker played. And he was one of the few players against
whom you'd be willing to get it all in preflop with Ace-Jack.
Anyway, I limped in with Ace-9 of
hearts after DM folded. The lady made it
$16 and another player called so I called.
My notes are a little unclear, so I may have this wrong. I know I flopped the flush draw, I believe I
called $30 from the lady and we were heads up.
The turn was a blank and she shoved.
Our stacks were similar but I think she had me covered. And I felt when I called the $30 on the flop
I was committed (I should have just shoved then). So I called. That worked out, as I caught my flush on the river to beat her
two pair.
That brought me back to over
$200. And then the maniac left the
game. By the way, it turns out he not
only lives in L.A. but actually lives only about 20-miles from me. I limped/called $12 with Ace-10 of spades. The raiser was a guy who had been there
awhile but hadn't been much of a factor.
Three of us saw a flop of Queen-Jack-x, with both face-cards being
spades. What a draw! The preflop raiser bet $30, the other player
folded and I called. I guess I should
have raised there, huh? I should bet my
draws more often, especially monster ones like that. Anyway, a medium spade hit the turn giving me
the nuts. I didn't want to wait for a check-raise
this time so I led out for $40. Although
I did consider checking because I was sure that PH had a high-hand bonus for a
Royal so I didn't want him to fold, I wanted to see if the King of spades would
come on the river. No worries though, he
called.
The river was a brick and I bet
$60. Much to my delight, he shoved! Sweet.
I snapped and he announced he had a flush—9-8 of spades. It was a nice big pot I had over $450 in front of me at that
point, and I took a pic of my stack. But
I didn't get a chance to tweet out the pic before I put a dent in it.
I raised to $10 with Ace-King off, and
four or five players called. The flop
was King-9-8 rainbow. i bet $30 and one player called--a brand-new player to
the game. This was maybe his second or
third hand since he had gotten to the table so I didn't have a clue about
him. The turn was a blank and I
checked. Too nitty? I was going for pot-control. He bet $40.
I called. The river was another
9. I checked and he bet $100. Having no read on this guy at all, I decided
that was too much to risk with just top pair/top kicker so I folded. I'll never know if it was a good fold.
I left not long after that. I cashed out $375 for a $175 profit. And I finally tweeted out the pic I had taken
earlier with the following caption: "As I once said, poker is fun when
you've got the nuts & they raise your river bet (dropped $80 of this after
the pic but still nice session)."
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