So I sat at the $100 NL and lost my first buy-in calling an ace-high flop all the way with AJ and the bettor had AQ. The worst part was that I knew I was beat because the flop was A-10-x so he either had AK, AQ or A10 for two pair. Bad play by me. I rebought and won a substantial pot with KK on a flop of KQx. Everyone checked the flop and then the turn came a rag and a guy bet $20 into about a $75 pot. I looked at his stack and he was eager to show me how much he had, as if he was willing to go all-in. I didn't think he was very strong. Maybe AQ or KJ, so I didn't raise him, hoping he would bet on the river. I said "Are my pocket Jacks good?" trying to induce a bet on the river. The problem was the river came... jack. I think he actually believed me because he checked to me. I thought about how much I could win from him assuming he has AQ and I bet $50. He immediately called with AK and I took it down. In retrospect, I wish I would have gone all-in on the turn because I would have won more money, I just didn't know how strong he was.
I left the $100 NL after a while up $248 and went back to the $200 NL table I was on. It was kind of funny because two different people came up to me while I was playing the $100 NL and told me that I was too good to be playing $100 NL and that I needed to change tables.
My first hand I had Ad10h and played a non-raised flop. Everyone checked the flop, which was KQx. The turn was a third diamond so I had the gutshot straight draw, one overcard and the nut flush draw. The small blind came out betting $20 and I raised him to $50. He called and I completely missed the river. I checked the river and mucked my cards. He actually had two pair. So I was out a chunk of change on that hand. Also noteworthy was that I was sitting at a table with Terrell Thomas, probably the best cornerback on USC's football team. Besides us both being Trojans, we have some mutual friends and I've hooped with him before so I was kind of interested in seeing how good of a player he was. I didn't say anything to him and I think he recognized me but we didn't say anything. His style is wearing the headphones and not speaking to anyone. He ended up getting bad beat when he flopped two pair J-8 and someone called his all-in with JQ and hit the Q on the river.
I ended up having to rebuy for $300 (on top of the $200 buy-in) at the table. After I rebought, things started getting better. I'm having a brain freeze and can't remember any of the big hands right now...actually when I was at about $125 (my lowest of the night, in for $500 and at a stack of only $125) I had Ah4h in the big blind. The flop came 2-3-4 rainbow and I bet $25. I got one caller, from a relatively tight player. The turn was the 10 and I went all-in hoping he was on a draw. He immediately called and I thought that I knew I was beat by 66, 77, 88 or something. The river was another 2 and I showed my hand. He mucked and said he had 4-5, which is believeable.
The only time I caught AA I was in the big blind and everyone folded to the small blind so we chopped the pot, so that sucked.
There were some other hands that were noteworthy.. 3-6 called me all the way down on a board of A-2-3 (I had AQ) and the river was a six. That pot was about $350. I called a guy all the way down with AK, putting him on AQ. The board missed the flop and the turn was another rag and he kept betting. The river was the king and he threw out $200. I called and he insta-mucked. He said he had AQ so I felt good about that read.
I grinded my way to about +$300 on the $200 NL table but then lost the profit back and left up $2, something I was fine with considering how much I was down and the fact that I won some money on the 100 NL. There were some brutal beats at my table and aside from the AQ vs. 3-6, I was happy that I stayed away from the bad beats (full houses over full houses). It was a longer session (eight hours) than I've been playing, but I was more than happy to leave with some profit.
Summary: 8 hours (7:00 pm - 3:00 am), +219 (first table -31, second table +248, third table +2)
Sunday:
100 No Limit: +248
200NL: -29
Overall: +219
Hourly: +27.38/Hr.
To date:
4/8 Limit: +201
6/12 Limit: +170
40 NL: -60
100 NL: +261
200 NL: +4407
Overall: +4979
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