The Jersey Worm (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bobby_the_worm) wrote,@ 2008-10-04 01:53:00 |
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Just like the old days...only better
Things were slow at work again tonight, so I took another early out and headed to the Trop to ply my other trade. Once again, I decided to keep an eye out for limit hold 'em opportunities, just to take a break from NL and keep things fresh and exciting (and, hopefully, lower variance). Sadly, there was no pink game being spread tonight, although their normal limit games (2/4 and 3/6) were kicked up a notch as there was a 5/10 game going. If I consider myself bankrolled for 1/2 NL, I gotta consider myself bankrolled for 5/10, so I decided to give it a shot. I pondered the wisdom of this as I sat down, as the game was a little short, but things seemed to be going all right, so I set down to grind it out.
Turns out I needn't have bothered. I went on a disgusting rush that basically lasted me the whole night. ("The whole night" being somewhat disingenuous, I guess, as I took my sick rush and cashed out after a few hours, but what the hell. :) ) There were two or three super-fish at the table, plus a mediocre player here and there, and between that and being smacked with the deck, I made a really good night of it. I was catching not only good starters, but good boards and opponents to pay me off. AK offsuit: I get the nut four-flush; KK: ace on the flop, I turn the nut four-flush; 99: set on the flop, boat on the river. Strong aces outkicking weak aces. Draws coming through. Everything was just right. That, of course, got me a little looser and wilder, and then those hands started coming through. I saw a flop with 34, Flopped a 3, turned a 4, and then rivered another 4! I flopped middle pair and hit a backdoor flush to crack aces.
My favorite hand of the night: I have KcTc in late position and cold-call two bets after like four people. We see the flop six-handed, which comes jack-high with two clubs. The betting is capped on the flop four-ways, with me in position on the field. Turn comes a Q, adding the open-ended straight draw to my flush draw. I bet the turn and got two callers. The river comes a red 9, and I've got the nuts with one caller paying off my river bet. Almost a $200 pot! Just crazy.
I'd like to be able to say that it was through cunning and advanced training that I made this money, but that's really not the case. I was just catching hand after hand, and the opposition was, overall, so weak that it didn't even matter. Every check-raise went through, and every one was paid. I made a river bluff raise. In limit. And it worked! I mean, that's just sick. (That one was against one of the big donators, and I was sure I had him read.)
Anyway. So a great night of poker. Better money than the day job, plus a short enough session that I've still got plenty of time left to chill for a while. Wish every session could be like this!
Things were slow at work again tonight, so I took another early out and headed to the Trop to ply my other trade. Once again, I decided to keep an eye out for limit hold 'em opportunities, just to take a break from NL and keep things fresh and exciting (and, hopefully, lower variance). Sadly, there was no pink game being spread tonight, although their normal limit games (2/4 and 3/6) were kicked up a notch as there was a 5/10 game going. If I consider myself bankrolled for 1/2 NL, I gotta consider myself bankrolled for 5/10, so I decided to give it a shot. I pondered the wisdom of this as I sat down, as the game was a little short, but things seemed to be going all right, so I set down to grind it out.
Turns out I needn't have bothered. I went on a disgusting rush that basically lasted me the whole night. ("The whole night" being somewhat disingenuous, I guess, as I took my sick rush and cashed out after a few hours, but what the hell. :) ) There were two or three super-fish at the table, plus a mediocre player here and there, and between that and being smacked with the deck, I made a really good night of it. I was catching not only good starters, but good boards and opponents to pay me off. AK offsuit: I get the nut four-flush; KK: ace on the flop, I turn the nut four-flush; 99: set on the flop, boat on the river. Strong aces outkicking weak aces. Draws coming through. Everything was just right. That, of course, got me a little looser and wilder, and then those hands started coming through. I saw a flop with 34, Flopped a 3, turned a 4, and then rivered another 4! I flopped middle pair and hit a backdoor flush to crack aces.
My favorite hand of the night: I have KcTc in late position and cold-call two bets after like four people. We see the flop six-handed, which comes jack-high with two clubs. The betting is capped on the flop four-ways, with me in position on the field. Turn comes a Q, adding the open-ended straight draw to my flush draw. I bet the turn and got two callers. The river comes a red 9, and I've got the nuts with one caller paying off my river bet. Almost a $200 pot! Just crazy.
I'd like to be able to say that it was through cunning and advanced training that I made this money, but that's really not the case. I was just catching hand after hand, and the opposition was, overall, so weak that it didn't even matter. Every check-raise went through, and every one was paid. I made a river bluff raise. In limit. And it worked! I mean, that's just sick. (That one was against one of the big donators, and I was sure I had him read.)
Anyway. So a great night of poker. Better money than the day job, plus a short enough session that I've still got plenty of time left to chill for a while. Wish every session could be like this!
