Break Even
Well, have a test tomorrow and diagrams to do and all that jazz, and I have yet to do any of that. So, what do I do instead? I do the same thing any sane and responsible person would do. I play Pot Limit Hold 'em poker (Cash game)
There were about eight people at the table altogether from beginning to end. SInce it was a cash game, we had people come in later on during the night.
We started at about 10:00 clock. It was me, Brad, Adam, Chris, Jarod, Zev, and Mo and Ben (Jarod's brother) showed up a while later (Mo showed up first and then about thirty minutes in Ben showed up)
I cashed in for nine dollars. And a few hands in I came into about seven dollars.
But, the real catch comes in after Ben comes into the hand. I'm down to about 4 dollars now. My cards come down 2s8h. I was on the button and six have called so far, and it had been somewhat fast calls. SO I look down upon my cards for the first time, and I raise (small blind=10c and big blind=20c) the bet to 40c, and six people calls except the guy right before me, who raises again to 60c. I look at the bet and just cap the bet off again, and this time the hand comes down to me, the BB, re-raiser and two more guys. I'm pretty sure it was Mo as big blind, Ben as the guy to my right, and Jarod and Zev who call me.
So the pot is already a monster pot pre-flop. The flop comes down 9dQsKD. I cap the betting out again, and now it's me, Mo, and Jarod in the hand. Turn comes down 10D, and I cap again, the pot's built up. It's just me and Jarod.
River comes down something inconsequential. Maybe a 3s. So right now the community cards are laid out <(9dQsKd)10d>3s and all sorts of hands are possible. Inside straight draw, flush draw, straight flush draw.
So, I come in betting again. Get Jarod to fold. He shows two pair and folds. Talk goes around the table about how one of the folders had a flush and the other a low-end straight. They all look at me wanting to know my cards. I smile, make the snidest of snide remarks, mumbling something along the lines of pay to see, and lay the cards down.
Next hand, 2-4d, and I'm no longer the button, but I continue with the same plan.
Don’t remember what the flop or the turn or the river was. But I had Jarod, brad, and Adam playing me in this hand to the river. I think there was a full house possibility with two Aces on the board, and a straight possibility and maybe a flush possibility. But the lowest card on the table is a 5. So I'm playing the board. I've jammed the pot in this hand at every chance I get. I get all three to fold on the river, and they all debate on whether I had the flush or the full house.
Now this is where I think I might have made a mistake. But maybe not. While four or five of them are discussing the hand still, and the dealer's about to rake in the cards getting ready to shuffle. I slowly turn my cards over and start raking in the chips. There’s a stunned silence at the table right now and I'm pretty sure everyone was steaming at me. Because I think even those who folded on the flop might have made a pair. This is somewhat of a decent size pot. I come into about 6 dollars in the hand.
Next hand, 2/7 suited spades. I do the same, but I get a good read on Jarod's ace and face kicker, and Brad's pock higher than a 9. But I still do the whole aggressive bit, because I want them to think I'm on tilt. I want them to know that I can be beat and maybe I have been bluffing all along. SO I get brad and Jarod all gung-ho into the hand. I lose about 3 or 4 dollars but I personally think it was a good hand to lose money on. Since I jam the pot at the river once again, I'll have to show my hands. I act reluctant and almost sad to be found out (while I'm full of glee and good cheer on the inside), and I slowly turn over the 2/7 card by card, and my deuce paired but trips hit for brad on the river I think. And the two of them are ecstatic that I lost my money and that they didn't let me bluff them out again.
At least so they think. In my opinion that was as good a bluff as any. Because I go back down from this to 3.55 a while later. I start work at 2am and it's about 1:25, so I play two more hands with Ben. I knock him out in one hand and come to 5.25k in chips, and I play another hand with him as he buys back in for 10 dollars, and I come back big time with a diamond flush that goes AkQj6. The 6 comes on the river, and I have A-k in my hand. I cash out at 9.5 dollars at this point, but the house rule at the table is that if there's some change in the hand, it goes on the table to be won in the next hand. So I cash out technically at 9 dollars, and I rush on to work.
Over all I break even, but the money goes into the poker stash anyway.
Although I had one bad beat put on me tonight.
I have AJ and the hand comes down AA5. Everyone except Adam and I fold. We keep going, and two minutes in I've pushed him all in with a raise. So he calls, and turns over pock 5's. I should have guessed the pock fives. But I Figured he might have just had the other A and have it be a kicker battle. And my jack seemed to be in good shape. This is one of the hands that knocked me down from profit to loss for a while. I almost got a flush on the hand but didn't.
Well that's it for now. Going to finish studying for that history exam.
Ta'
Arun
There were about eight people at the table altogether from beginning to end. SInce it was a cash game, we had people come in later on during the night.
We started at about 10:00 clock. It was me, Brad, Adam, Chris, Jarod, Zev, and Mo and Ben (Jarod's brother) showed up a while later (Mo showed up first and then about thirty minutes in Ben showed up)
I cashed in for nine dollars. And a few hands in I came into about seven dollars.
But, the real catch comes in after Ben comes into the hand. I'm down to about 4 dollars now. My cards come down 2s8h. I was on the button and six have called so far, and it had been somewhat fast calls. SO I look down upon my cards for the first time, and I raise (small blind=10c and big blind=20c) the bet to 40c, and six people calls except the guy right before me, who raises again to 60c. I look at the bet and just cap the bet off again, and this time the hand comes down to me, the BB, re-raiser and two more guys. I'm pretty sure it was Mo as big blind, Ben as the guy to my right, and Jarod and Zev who call me.
So the pot is already a monster pot pre-flop. The flop comes down 9dQsKD. I cap the betting out again, and now it's me, Mo, and Jarod in the hand. Turn comes down 10D, and I cap again, the pot's built up. It's just me and Jarod.
River comes down something inconsequential. Maybe a 3s. So right now the community cards are laid out <(9dQsKd)10d>3s and all sorts of hands are possible. Inside straight draw, flush draw, straight flush draw.
So, I come in betting again. Get Jarod to fold. He shows two pair and folds. Talk goes around the table about how one of the folders had a flush and the other a low-end straight. They all look at me wanting to know my cards. I smile, make the snidest of snide remarks, mumbling something along the lines of pay to see, and lay the cards down.
Next hand, 2-4d, and I'm no longer the button, but I continue with the same plan.
Don’t remember what the flop or the turn or the river was. But I had Jarod, brad, and Adam playing me in this hand to the river. I think there was a full house possibility with two Aces on the board, and a straight possibility and maybe a flush possibility. But the lowest card on the table is a 5. So I'm playing the board. I've jammed the pot in this hand at every chance I get. I get all three to fold on the river, and they all debate on whether I had the flush or the full house.
Now this is where I think I might have made a mistake. But maybe not. While four or five of them are discussing the hand still, and the dealer's about to rake in the cards getting ready to shuffle. I slowly turn my cards over and start raking in the chips. There’s a stunned silence at the table right now and I'm pretty sure everyone was steaming at me. Because I think even those who folded on the flop might have made a pair. This is somewhat of a decent size pot. I come into about 6 dollars in the hand.
Next hand, 2/7 suited spades. I do the same, but I get a good read on Jarod's ace and face kicker, and Brad's pock higher than a 9. But I still do the whole aggressive bit, because I want them to think I'm on tilt. I want them to know that I can be beat and maybe I have been bluffing all along. SO I get brad and Jarod all gung-ho into the hand. I lose about 3 or 4 dollars but I personally think it was a good hand to lose money on. Since I jam the pot at the river once again, I'll have to show my hands. I act reluctant and almost sad to be found out (while I'm full of glee and good cheer on the inside), and I slowly turn over the 2/7 card by card, and my deuce paired but trips hit for brad on the river I think. And the two of them are ecstatic that I lost my money and that they didn't let me bluff them out again.
At least so they think. In my opinion that was as good a bluff as any. Because I go back down from this to 3.55 a while later. I start work at 2am and it's about 1:25, so I play two more hands with Ben. I knock him out in one hand and come to 5.25k in chips, and I play another hand with him as he buys back in for 10 dollars, and I come back big time with a diamond flush that goes AkQj6. The 6 comes on the river, and I have A-k in my hand. I cash out at 9.5 dollars at this point, but the house rule at the table is that if there's some change in the hand, it goes on the table to be won in the next hand. So I cash out technically at 9 dollars, and I rush on to work.
Over all I break even, but the money goes into the poker stash anyway.
Although I had one bad beat put on me tonight.
I have AJ and the hand comes down AA5. Everyone except Adam and I fold. We keep going, and two minutes in I've pushed him all in with a raise. So he calls, and turns over pock 5's. I should have guessed the pock fives. But I Figured he might have just had the other A and have it be a kicker battle. And my jack seemed to be in good shape. This is one of the hands that knocked me down from profit to loss for a while. I almost got a flush on the hand but didn't.
Well that's it for now. Going to finish studying for that history exam.
Ta'
Arun
posted by Bedtime Reviews at Friday, October 29, 2004
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