Flew back home today, the flight back from Vegas is one of the most depressing journey's I take. The flight was relatively painless, I slept most of the way back, but the further I got away the more I knew I hadn't worked out my poker itch.
The poker bug was still roaring inside me, so I stopped off at Foxwoods for a little NL action on my way home. I got my friend Mark to meet me up there and we immediately got seated at a 2/5 NL table together.
We bought in for the max ($500 at Foxwoods) and I played very few hands for the first half-hour while my friend went up and down like a roller coaster, up $300... down $200... even. The first hand I pick up is when I get AdJd UTG+1, UTG has the straddle on so I raise to $35. I get a call from the button, my friend in the BB and the original straddler. We take the flop 4-handed ($142-$2 = $140) which comes out AsAhKc. Mark checks, the straddle leads out for $40, with no flush draw and only a few straight draws I smooth call it and I get the button to fold behind while Mark gives me a wink before mucking, he knows I have it. The next card is a bit ugly from my perspective, but gives me a straight draw as the 10d hits. At this point AK has me drawing dead, A10 and QJ are way ahead of me. He bets out $120 and I get the feeling that he either has a weak ace or something like KQ, he only has $200 behind, I feel that there is some value in a shove here, no FE but he could call me light. I put him in all in for $320 and he instant calls and jumps out of his seat. My heart immediately sinks, I assume that I've misjudged him badly. He however looks dejected when he sees my AJ and sheepishly flips up an A5 claiming, "I thought you were trying to steal..." He fails to hit his 3-outer on the river or the 6-outs he has to tie and I rake in the $800+ pot.
We played for about another hour, with no real movement, pick up a few pots with continuation bets and cash out +$485. (My friend got busted up but he was a good sport about it.)
Stopped in at Fuddruckers on the way out, never dissapointed there. So, I'm probably relegated to no casino play for the next few days, but I'll keep you all informed.
Stay lucky.
- impulsivegrinder
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Glad to hear you did well on your play. Referring to your hand that you won the massive pot on, I guess that's why I can never get myself to play those weak aces, and your win today further proved that weak aces are not worth the money we risk with them. :)
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