2 HU $5 + .50 End 1st 99 Hands 9/14/10

What I wrote in an email about the sessions:

He ask if I was from Tucson while we were playing. I said yes and ask why. He didn’t say. At the end after I won I typed gg and he came back with the following:

Dealer: skibaker123 shows a pair of Threes

Dealer: Solar_Ted shows a pair of Fours

Dealer: Solar_Ted wins the pot (960) with a pair of Fours

Dealer: skibaker123 finishes in 2nd place

Dealer: Solar_Ted finishes in 1st place and wins: $10

Solar_Ted (Observer): gg

skibaker123 (Observer): u just bore me to death old man

skibaker123 (Observer): well played

skibaker123 (Observer): smart tactic

Solar_Ted (Observer): :-)

My assumption is he must know me from Mark B’s sessions, but I’m not familiar with that screen name at Full Tilt. Do any of you know who he is?

This is a $5 HU session.

He’s also correct in how I played. I was pretty passive and waiting to find some spots where I might be able to jump in and pick up chips. When he was SB he usually raised 3 BB and I usually folded. When he raised my bets I often would fold rather than chase or assume I had the better hand. When I was SB I most often limped, sometimes open-raised w/2 BB and rarely/3 BB. Most of the time he was in the chip lead. So I had pretty much had the image I wanted in this session and was hoping I could make it pay off in the end.

Hand 82 I had my perfect storm. As SB I had Ad 9d and I open raised 2 BB, he called. Flop 2d 5d Qd. Woo-hoo  I have the nut flush!! He checked and I checked, holding my breath hoping I can get some action down the road. He bets 100 into the 200 pot and I call. River 10s. Still looking good. He bets 300 into the 400 pot and I pause a bit debating much can I bet that he might still call me. I settle on just doubling his bet and raise him to 600 & he calls and shows Qc 2c. He’d flopped two pair and I feel, due to my passive play (boring as he said) I got him to put in chips he otherwise wouldn’t have. He’s down to 750 in chips (blinds 25/50). Now can I finish him off?

Hand 86 I get him down to 300 chips by playing that hand more aggressively. He double’s up  in hand 88 when his 43o hits a 3 on the flop to my K5o that hits nothing. Hand 94 I had pocket 6’s as the button and open-raised him all-in and he called. He had pocket J’s.   Rats. They held and he’s back up to 1000.  Next hand w/aggressive play I get him back to 540.

By hand 99 I’d really like to get this over if I can. I have A4o as BB. He open raises all-in and I call. He has K3s. I have two over cards. From here on out I get lucky. He hits a 3 on the Flop and I hit a 4 on the River. Game over & the comments above followed.