Week 13
I tried something new. I tried Tweeting the hands I was involved in. We started off minus 2 players. So that left 5. No New Kid and no Tilty. The very first hand, I limp with 66 and flop a set. I bet out, but get no callers. I hoped this wasn't an omen for things to come. I lose a few chips with a C-bet, but other than that, I'm folding most hands. 66 again. This time I raise 2.5x and get 3 callers (5 handed). Flop is 754. I C-bet again, this time no callers. I'm about even. A while later, I get into a hand with Host. I'm in the BB with 34. I check and the flop comes out 446. Host bets 5 and I call. Turn is a Jack. Host checks and I return the favor by betting 5. I want to keep him on the hook. The river is a 7. Host checks again. I'm a little worried he's slow playing (he likes to trap), but feel I'm probably best here, and decide to value bet 10. He reluctantly calls than mucks when I show.
Here's where I started to realize that I have a problem with the SB. Stevie is to my immediate left, so I'm SB to his BB. I ended up giving him sooo many chips that week. I played way too many SBs. I need to learn to let the hands go. Folds to me in the SB with 96. I limp. Stevie checks. Flop comes 9 high. I bet 4 (blinds are 2/4) and he calls. The turn is a low card. I check and so does he. The river is an over, and I check. Stevie bets 10. I think he might be trying to steal here, since I showed weakness. I call... he has 99. Yikes.
I won more chips with my 3rd Pocket Sixes. This time I bluffed an Ace on the turn to push Drunky off his 2nd pair. I ended up showing my bluff, which I regretted after. I tend not to show my hands anymore. After that, I didn't get much, I played the SB a bit too much and when the blinds got to 3/6, I had my original 60 chips.
I was the short stack and in danger of going out first. I had decided to stop playing my SB. It folds to me and I wake up with KK. I push into Stevie and he calls. I'm lucky enough that he has QQ. I double up and cripple him. I think he might go out first. Drunky manages this feat though, and while I don't have much of a stack, I am the second largest.
Blinds were were still 3/6. I limped with Jh9h. Stevie pushes for a total of 23. I have to call, and he shows A8. I don't catch and Stevie doubles up. A few hands later, the blinds are up to 4/8. I limp UTG with AToff. Host pushes for 30 more. Knowing Host as I do, I can't really think of any hand I am beating here. He's not one to put in all his chips without a hand. At BEST, it's a race. I think, but finally call. He shows JJ. The flop comes 235. The turn ends the drama with a 4. An additional 4 adds insult to injury. Host is frustrated, mostly since he didn't want to even have the game that night.
Stevie was still low and went out shortly after. I'm heads up. I turned up the aggression and managed to take the chiplead, and kept up the pressure. I made big flop call with 93 on a flop of 823. My opponent pushed and I called. He had 2 overs, but didn't hit. And I take down another one.
Once the math was corrected, I was 11 points ahead of 2nd place.
Week 14
Two no-shows again. It's really annoying that the games are so short handed, but not much we can do about that. The first hand was a big boat over boat hand and Drunky was giving all his chips to Stevie.
I lost 1/2 my stack in the BB with 73 when the flop was 77x. Host had a better 7. Later I lost more with top pair but a weak kicker. Also to Host. I managed to stay a live, but never got past the starting stack. I did double up to even with AJ. Flopped trips and turned Quads. Got all the chips on the river.
Managed to get 3 handed with almost no chips vs Host and Stevie. Tripped up (to 33) with JT when I rivered a T. But was still way behind. Got it in with A5 against Stevie's 33. I lose the race. A few hands later, Stevie flopped a straight and got Host to call all-in with top pair.
Because we started with only 5, the game lasted an hour. The three of us sat around for an hour and a half talking poker. That is my idea of a great time. I don't have to win, but to play poker, than talk about it with knowledgeable people; that a good time.
-My name is Unimpressed, and I'm an donkaholic.
