Sucking Out is fun (see AK vs. QQ)

Decided to hit the table last night based on the fact that Monday nights have historically been profitable for me. I also didn't play at all over the weekend (I can't remember the last time that happened) and I knew I wasn't going to play today (Tuesday) because I always lost on Tuesdays.

So I got there at 7 pm and got seated right away. As soon as I sat down I could tell my table was a low-action tight table, which is not my favorite type of table to play at. I actually started getting some good hands, notably 1010 and AQ. The 1010 I caught on the small blind. Most of the table limped and I popped it to $35 expecting everyone to fold. Two people called and the flop came Q-7-X with two hearts. I checked, one guy bet and the other went all in. I folded and they showed Q-10 vs. 10h7h. I had them both dominated but the 10h7h ended up winning with a caught flush. My AQ bricked and my stack dwindled to about 100.

In the meantime, I noticed this cat Elijah, who resembles a fat LL Cool J was at HP. Last time I was there, he was sitting right by me and asked if he could hold $100 until 10 pm when his ATM limit starts over. I told him that I didn't have a lot of money on me but he convinced me the money was coming back in an hour and me being the idiot that I am, let him hold it. Of course he lost it at the $100 table and disappeared. I know he has money because he rolls a nice ass Escalade and regularly plays the $400 NL game, but I was pissed at the way that he just disappeared that night without saying anything. So I saw him and called him out on it and he was saying "I got you, I got you" because he didn't want people to know that he didn't pay me back yet. So then my boy Fred, who is probably one of my two closest "HP friends" was asking me about it and we were laughing about it and Elijah comes over and gives me the $100 without saying anything, apparently upset. So why is he upset? Because we are laughing about him not paying. After Fred leaves, Elijah comes back and says "Yeah now tell your peoples that I paid you and y'all can laugh about that." Whatever, dude is pissed because I lent him $100 thinking he was giving it back in an hour, then he vanished and now he's mad at me? Right. I'm never loaning anyone money again unless he is one of my friends away from poker or his name is Phil Ivey. My mistake.

Anyways back to the poker. A loose/passive eastern european guy sits at the table, he's about the same age as me. He's playing every pot. He's a natural born roller coaster, a real moron. I'm on the button, he's on my right and he raises to 10. I have Ad5d. I call, everyone calls. Flop comes 9-5-3 rainbow. Everyone checks, he bets $10. I raise him to $30. Everyone folds and he reluctantly calls. I have him on KQ or something. Turn is another 9. He goes all in for like 140 and I called. River is nothing and he shows J9. Chips!!! Rebuy for $300 more.

I can't even remember how, but that stack went down to $80 when the following hand occurs: I get 22 in middle position. Someone raises to $25. I shouldn't even call. I do. Four people call. Flop comes 289 with two spades. Small blind goes all-in. Two other people go all-in before I even act. Obviously I go all-in. Turn Qc, river is a blank. One guy shows QsKs for QQ, another guy shows JJ and another guy shows As10s. I quadruple.

About 10-15 minutes later, I get myself in some more trouble. I have AK offsuit. This loose/tilty dude that's on my immediate right raises to $25. I just call, I'm in bad position. I thought about raising but I didn't. Two more people call and the button raises to $75. The loose original raiser goes all in for like $120 or so and at this point I have about $280 more behind. The action's on me and I'm really taking my time thinking about it. I know I have the loose all-in beat but I don't know about the button raiser. While I'm thinking, he is telling his neighbor he has the best hand, at least he thinks he does, etc. When he says "At least I think I do," I went all in, trying to push him out. He calls with QQ. We all flip our cards. Loose all-in has 10c9c. Flop comes 889, turn 6, river King. Hell yeah. Double up!!

I won a few more hundred after that, the biggest hand was when I had 66 in the big blind. Button, who is a tight/aggressive player, raises to $35. He usually raises his button and raises when he enters a pot. So I call. The flop comes 3-4-6 with two spades. He bets $60 and I raise him to $120. He then goes all-in for about $80 more and I call. He shows 55 and I'm worried about the straight but the turn secures it for me with a 4.

I left at about 12 am after beating a guy with J9 on a board of J-10-8-7-J. Came up about five hundy.

Right now I'm trying to get my money right and also start a bank roll that will allow comfort when I play, knowing that I can make moves/bluffs and not worry about rebuying... I feel like good poker has to allow for that. I am not the type of player to sit around for eight hours until I get AA or KK. I am starting to go with my reads a lot more often and sometimes they are right, sometimes wrong. I hate the player who folds, then says "I know you got nothing." So raise him, asshole.