Overall it had been a decent session but once more I had pocket A's cracked and last hand pocket J's; both times with flushes. Grrrrr. Hand 18 I had success with pocket A's.
Hand 18. I'm UTG w/Ah Ad. I decide to limp and bet 50 chips. UTG+1 calls, EP2, MP1, MP2, CO & BT folds, SB call, BB checks. Flop Kd Qh 8d. SB & BB check, I bet 1/2 the pot (100), UTG +1 & SB fold, BB calls. Turn As. Ah I hit my set. BB checks, I bet 1/2 the 400 pot, & BB calls again. Hmm, what might they have? River Qc, giving me a FH. BB checks and I bet almost the whole pot (775) ... mainly because I was having trouble with the slider getting me what I wanted and I was running out of time.BB folds. Maybe a smaller bet would have got me a few more chips, but it is nice to pick up the 800 pot.
Hand 23. I'm BB w/3h 4c, blinds 40/80. Action folds to the HJ who limps in w/80 chips, folds to SB who calls, I check. Flop Jc 5c 3c, pairing my 3 and giving me a straight draw, though with very low cards. SB checks, I bet 1/2 the pot (120) (maybe that will scare folks off), HJ calls & SB folds. Turn 4d. I now have 2 pair and make a C bet of 200 into the 480 pot. HJ calls again. River As. No help to me but does show a possible straight if HJ has a 2. I decide to bet a little over a 1/4 of the pot and HJ calls. Not at all sure what I'm going to see as they've only called me all the way. They show Jh 9h, only pairing their J. I win a nice 1440 pot and now have 2590 chips. Nice. Things were uneventful until hand 42 when I got lucky on the River.
Hand 42: Six players left. Blinds 60/120. I'm BB w/ Ks Js. Action folds to CO who bets 3 BB (360), BT & SB fold, I call. Flop 8s Qh 5s. I have a 2nd high nut flush draw. I bet just under 1/2 the 780 pot (350) and CO raises to 700. Because I have the flush draw I decide to call, of course it's possible they have two spades as well with one of them being the Ace, they only have 470 chips left. Turn Ac. I check and CO goes all-in w/their last 470 chips. I feel I'm pot committed and pot odds almost 5 to 1, so I call. CO shows As Kh. They have the best hand at the moment. I'm hoping for the flush but don't notice what actually let me win. River 10d. Oh No I missed my flush. :-/ BUT WAIT THE CHIPS ARE COMMING MY WAY!!! The 10 gave me a straight!!!! YEAH!! I win the 3120 pot and now have 3970 chips. Alas this would be the high point of this session. The poker Gods giveth and they take-eth away, just a few hand later in hand 47.
Hand 47. Five players, blinds 60/120. I now have 4150 chips and am BB w/pocket A's (As Ad). UTG folds, CO limps in w/120, SB calls and I decide to raise to 480. UTG calls and SB folds. Flop 10c Kc 10d. Not the best flop to see as CO could have a FH w/K 10 in their hand, or trip 10's. I bet about 1/2 the pot (550 into the 1080 pot) and CO calls. Turn 6s. No apparent damage there. I check and CO checks. Probably I should have done a C bet here. River 3c. That sets up a possible flush for the CO. I decide to bet their last 470 chips and they call. Indeed they have the flush with Qc Jc and I'm cut back to 2650 chips.
Actually looking back, they only had 470 chips left on the turn, whatever I'd bet I'm sure they'd call as they were fully pot committed at that time. Seeing their cards at the end, after the flop they had Kc Qc Jc 10c straight & royal flush draws. If it was me it would have been very had to pass up.
One problem for me after a loss like that, is I'm not so much on tilt, as I decide to start playing much looser and gamble more on getting the draw and when I don't get it my chips start quickly dwindling. So by hand 68 I was down to 1165 chips.
Hand 68. Four players left, I'm small stack with other 3 having about 3x my chip stack. Blinds are 100/300 so if I don't do something soon I'll be blinded out. I have pocket J's (Jd Jc) and it looks like a chance to get some chips and be solidly back in the game. UTG who is also the CO opens with a 700 bet. Ouch. He might have something or might be stealing, anyway it's either all-in or fold for me, and w/pocket J's it's a fairly simple decision. He might have better cards but I don't know if I'll see better so I raise all-in. SB & BB fold and UTG/CO calls showing 6h 6s. Better situation for me than I expected. Flop 4h 7h Ah. Not nice as it sets him up for a flush draw. Turn 3d. OK, so far so good. I'm hoping for a black card not a 6c. River 2h. He hits his flush and instead of being back in the game I'm out of it altogether just short of the money!! :-/
Except for hand 42 where I got very lucky and my too loose play after I lost with the AA in hand 47, I'm happy with my play.
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