Running Hot + Playing Well = $

Had a good, enjoyable night at the Park. Most of the regulars were there and a few of my buddies that I play with were there. I started off okay, went up about $60 when I bluffed a guy out of his own pot. But then I tricked it off.

I have Q9 in late position. The flop comes 2-5-9 with two hearts and this crazy guys bets $40. Huge overbet. I call. The turn is a 10 and he goes all in. I thought for a while and made the call, which was idiotic. The only hand I can really beat here is either 8-9 or J-9. He had JJ, I missed the river and I already have to rebuy. So I rebought for $300. My stack started going down slowly and I had about $140 left when the next hand came up.

I have QJ in late position. The guy on my left, who is a luck box and raising every hand, raises to $15. Everyone calls. The flop comes 7-9-10 with two spades. This is a good flop for my hand. Everyone checks and luck box bets $20. Button calls him, then small blind raises to $60. While I'm contemplating my call, Luck Box says he is calling any all-in move. I know that small blind has at least two pair, so he is probably calling any all-in as well. I also feel like the button player might call an all-in, giving me a chance to quadruple up. So I move all-in. Luck box calls, button folds and small blind calls. An 8 hits the turn and river and I win. Luck box had AA and small blind already had the straight with J-8, which lost to my nut straight. Now I'm in business.

Other hands I had were KK, king hits the flop. I check, only other player checks. Turn is nothing, I bet a weak 25, he calls. River pairs the board. I bet 50, he calls. I have AJ UTG. I raise to 10, everyone calls. Flop comes Ajx. I check, button, who is tight, bets 20. I call him weakly. Turn is an ace. He bets 40. I raise him to 80, he calls. River is a 10. I'm hoping he has A10. I bet 100 out the gate and he calls with a weak ace. I win.

I also hit a flush with 5d7d when the flop came J10A with two diamonds. The button player made the nut straight with KQ but bet only 30 on the flop. My diamond hit the turn and everyone checked. Then I bet 75 on the river and he called. Nice.

I played for five hours and made $706, which is real solid for a week night. I was playing my table perfectly last night. They were folding when I had nothing and calling when I had the nuts. It was great. Table was real friendly too, which is always a plus. I checked my stash and I really only have about $2450 now. I know I've paid over 1500 in bills out of this money and I'm hoping to pay it back to my Bank Roll. I also spend money on meals, movies and at Virgin Megastore.

Monday Night:
200NL: $706
Overall: $706
Hourly: $141.20/Hr.

Bankroll Plan To Date:
4/8 Limit: +33
1/2 NL: +195
2/3 NL: +750
3/5 NL: +3458
Bankroll: +4436