Change tables or go home...
In my previous posts you've seen me put some thought into the hands and the descriptions, but it isn't always like that. Sometimes I get home and can't be bothered with things like adverbs, adjectives and even complete sentences, but instead just copy my notes over from my phone. This is one of those times.
Want to try a strategy to protect my winnings: change tables or go home when I get to 150-200% of my original buy in. As is always the case, stop loss at $200. Let's see how it works...
Sit at a $100 buy in no limit table with $1/$2 blinds. First hand A9. Flop an A but the other guy had one too with a better kicker. Too aggressive on my part. Chips! In for another $100.
98 hearts raised to 10 and I call. Raised 15 more and I call again. Not tight like I promised myself, but there were 4 other players and that's not a bad hand for a multi way pot. Even better when 997 with two clubs comes out. Fellow bet 25, another guy went all in for 30 and then I went all in to isolate. I'm sure that I'm ahead but I can't let anyone catch up. Original better lays it down and the other guy missed his flush. Up $50 total.
Lost 100 in the next hand. AJ in early position. I make it 15 and two callers. with AQQ on the flop. Checked around. I bet 40 on the blank turn and get a caller. Uh oh....but I think he only has an A. When he raises my 40 on the blank turn, I know he has a Q. I muck. He showed that he had AQ. He played it well.
KK in early position. One guy goes all in for 11. Call. I raise to 25 and another guy calls. A K 5 rainbow. Nice that there's no flush out there yet, but I could see a QJ being in this hand. I'm out of position and want to see if I can do a check raise, but it checked around (not too surprising since there were only two of us. This was a misplay on my part). 5 on the turn. Wow, what a wonderful card for me. Now I'm hoping that the flush or the straight hits. I get a call with my 25 bet. Q on the river, great card if he has a J10, which is another hand I can put him on. How much can I bet and still get the call? I bet 30, he calls with his straight.
QJ in early and I make it 6; many callers. QJ2 all clubs. Sb makes 15. I make it 30 he calls. Crap, he has the flush already or an A. But a Q comes on the turn so now the question is how to play it...I bet 30 and he calls. Blank river and I bet 50 and he calls. He flopped the flush and was pissed. Up 170. I should really be going, but I do want to play a bit longer. Not keeping to my strategy...
AK a couple of times but they don't go anywhere.
QQ middle position. I make it 15 and get 3 callers. Probably should have bet more to reduce the number of players. J K 6 on the flop Checked to me. I bet 30 and get called. Crap, that almost certainly means he has a king. Blank turn and we both check. A on the river. He checks. What should I do, if I bet I might win...but I'm really not happy with the board I check and he shows his K. I shoulda took a stab at it.
Hand I wasn't in: AA against KJ. Board is AJJKJ. Wow. The guy with the AA has had really bad luck; he was the flush I cracked earlier.
QQ. I make it 20 and get one caller. QJ7 on the flop. I make it 50. He thinks...talks to the shoe shine guy...gets a coin from him and tosses it. Heads so he calls. He has K9 for a gut shot! He didn't hit it, thankfully! Up $160.
AA in middle position. I make it 25 and no one plays with me. Bummer.
AQ. I make it 20. A fellow goes all in for 30 more. There's someone behind me with a really big stack. I feel pretty good about my big cards but I don't want to really tangle with it. I decided to isolate the raiser by going all in for $200. He has 10s and I hit my Q. Gotta love it.
Up $220, so it is time to go. Waiting for the button I play AJ hearts. I raise 15 and get one call. Flop is 2 more hearts. I check and he bets 30 all in. Crap. This is already a nice pot and I have a lot of outs. I call and his 55 holds up. Leaving for home, up $171
Final verdict on the strategy? No problem...as long as you have great cards to back it up! Now that I'm home I'm happy that I left when I did even though I played for less than 3 hours.
Sit at a $100 buy in no limit table with $1/$2 blinds. First hand A9. Flop an A but the other guy had one too with a better kicker. Too aggressive on my part. Chips! In for another $100.
98 hearts raised to 10 and I call. Raised 15 more and I call again. Not tight like I promised myself, but there were 4 other players and that's not a bad hand for a multi way pot. Even better when 997 with two clubs comes out. Fellow bet 25, another guy went all in for 30 and then I went all in to isolate. I'm sure that I'm ahead but I can't let anyone catch up. Original better lays it down and the other guy missed his flush. Up $50 total.
Lost 100 in the next hand. AJ in early position. I make it 15 and two callers. with AQQ on the flop. Checked around. I bet 40 on the blank turn and get a caller. Uh oh....but I think he only has an A. When he raises my 40 on the blank turn, I know he has a Q. I muck. He showed that he had AQ. He played it well.
KK in early position. One guy goes all in for 11. Call. I raise to 25 and another guy calls. A K 5 rainbow. Nice that there's no flush out there yet, but I could see a QJ being in this hand. I'm out of position and want to see if I can do a check raise, but it checked around (not too surprising since there were only two of us. This was a misplay on my part). 5 on the turn. Wow, what a wonderful card for me. Now I'm hoping that the flush or the straight hits. I get a call with my 25 bet. Q on the river, great card if he has a J10, which is another hand I can put him on. How much can I bet and still get the call? I bet 30, he calls with his straight.
QJ in early and I make it 6; many callers. QJ2 all clubs. Sb makes 15. I make it 30 he calls. Crap, he has the flush already or an A. But a Q comes on the turn so now the question is how to play it...I bet 30 and he calls. Blank river and I bet 50 and he calls. He flopped the flush and was pissed. Up 170. I should really be going, but I do want to play a bit longer. Not keeping to my strategy...
AK a couple of times but they don't go anywhere.
QQ middle position. I make it 15 and get 3 callers. Probably should have bet more to reduce the number of players. J K 6 on the flop Checked to me. I bet 30 and get called. Crap, that almost certainly means he has a king. Blank turn and we both check. A on the river. He checks. What should I do, if I bet I might win...but I'm really not happy with the board I check and he shows his K. I shoulda took a stab at it.
Hand I wasn't in: AA against KJ. Board is AJJKJ. Wow. The guy with the AA has had really bad luck; he was the flush I cracked earlier.
QQ. I make it 20 and get one caller. QJ7 on the flop. I make it 50. He thinks...talks to the shoe shine guy...gets a coin from him and tosses it. Heads so he calls. He has K9 for a gut shot! He didn't hit it, thankfully! Up $160.
AA in middle position. I make it 25 and no one plays with me. Bummer.
AQ. I make it 20. A fellow goes all in for 30 more. There's someone behind me with a really big stack. I feel pretty good about my big cards but I don't want to really tangle with it. I decided to isolate the raiser by going all in for $200. He has 10s and I hit my Q. Gotta love it.
Up $220, so it is time to go. Waiting for the button I play AJ hearts. I raise 15 and get one call. Flop is 2 more hearts. I check and he bets 30 all in. Crap. This is already a nice pot and I have a lot of outs. I call and his 55 holds up. Leaving for home, up $171
Final verdict on the strategy? No problem...as long as you have great cards to back it up! Now that I'm home I'm happy that I left when I did even though I played for less than 3 hours.
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