Day 3 Recap

What a run. In the last two days I’ve 20x’ed my chips without ever seeing TT, QQ, KK, or AA. I did have AK quite a few times today, though, and I connected with a few flops when it counted.

I stole more than my share of pots for a few hands, then made a questionable 4-bet shove with AKo. UTG+1 had raised to 2500, and I called with AKo next to his act. Then Brian Jensen re-raised to 8500, the raiser folded, and I shoved like 55K. He snap-called with KK, and then though I turned a flush draw, I couldn’t get there on the river. I probably should have just 3-bet the original raiser, and that would have had the added advantage of being able to get away if Brian cold 4-bet. Anyway, that didn’t help.

Not long after, I flatted a raise from a kind of active older Japanese guy with 99 on my BB. Flop was perfect: A92 with a flush draw. I check, he bets 4000, I raise to 14000, he calls. Turn A. I bet 30K, he puts me all in for like 75K total, I call and hold vs. his AQ.

I opened Qc8c UTG+1, and same guy called on his button. Flop Js9d4c. I bet 7K, he calls. Turn As, I bet 21K, he quickly calls. River 4s. He checked out of turn, and I was really tempted to fire at it, but this guy seemed loose and his quick turn call worried me. I checked and told him he was good. He indicated for me to show, so I did. He showed QT, and we chopped the pot. Guess I should have bluffed river, but what an awful turn call, especially since he wasn’t even going to represent the flush. Whatever, I was thrilled to get half back.

It was a while before I played another interesting hand. I pretty much ran my image into the ground. Vince Van Patten in particular was complaining about how I was fighting him for every pot. So I raised his BB with 75s, and he called. Flop came A52 with a flush draw. He checked, I bet 4400, he quickly raised to 20K, and I called. Turn 5, he checked, I bet 28K, he hemmed and hawed for a long time before folding. I showed him the 7c.

Image was still terrible a while later when I opened ATo UTG+1 to 5700 at 1000/2000/300. Kid who was kinda new to table and hadn’t done much (but had observed me being aggro) called. Flop AA9 with a flush draw. I bet 11K, he calls. Turn 4 makes a second flush draw possible. I check, he checks. River 9. I check again, expecting him to bluff counterfeited pairs and to value bet anything good enough to call a bet. He bets 15K, I raised to 60K, he tanks for a long time, calls, and mucks. I go to dinner with 300K.

After dinner, old Japanese guy had just gotten rivered and seemed tilted. Active guy raises to 3500 from early position, Asian guy shoves 35K, I call with AKo in my SB, first guy folds, I hold vs. A8.

Same active guy opens early position again, VVP calls, and I call 88 in SB. Flop T97 with a flush draw checks around. Turn offsuit 2, checks to VVP, he bets 20K, which is nearly pot. I call, other guy folds. River offsuit 9, I check, VVP quickly bets 35K. I think it’s very unlikely he slowplayed two pair or better on this flop and I can’t see him value betting a T here, so I called and won.

My next button I open to 4500 with K3o, Jensen calls in BB. Flop A42, we both check. Turn T, he bets 6000, I call. River blank, we both check, he announces J-high, I show and win.

Jensen raises early position, I flat AKo on my BB. Flop K62r, we check it through. Turn A, I’m thinking maybe I should have bet this but we checked it through again. River blank, I think about overbetting but settle on 15K, which is practically pot. He snaps and nods knowingly when I show the winner.

My next button I raise to 4500 with AKo on my button and Jensen calls. Flop AhTh5s. He checks and calls 7K. Turn Jh, he checks and calls 17K. River blank, we both check and again I show the winner.

Going into tomorrow with 503,300. Average is like 180K. Feeling good.