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Pat's Poker Page - September 30th, 2005
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A week as Mr. Mom
Due to a family obligation, I spent last week at home with Laura and the boys. I had the opportunity to switch roles with Laura for the week, which meant that I would get an up close and personal view of all the things that just magically happen every day while I sleep or play poker. I'm not saying that I do absolutely nothing around the house, but it's close. Anyway, for a week I cooked, I cleaned, I taxied, I laundered, I did it all. And it sucked. I already knew that I loved my new job playing poker, but i have a little renewed appreciation after this week.
On top of the other responsibilities, I tried to play poker on the internet too. Big mistake. After a week of playing whenever I had a few spare minutes, and having to constantly get up in the middle of games to handle whatever came up, I found that I lost almost every session. I'm trying to figure out how I ever won as a poker player when I was working. It is so much easier to play when you can focus all of your attention, and if the situation comes up again I won't play at all. Lesson learned.
Tuesday night was my first night back in the casino, and I was really excited. I arrived at the casino late in the afternoon, and played in a 60-120 holdem game for about an hour and a half. Booked a nice win, and then went to an early dinner with two friends when the game got bad. On returning from dinner, we started a 75-150 game with players who were waiting to get into the 60-120 game. One player in particular, who is normally very solid, was way off his game. He was playing almost every hand for a raise, and firing after the flop on nearly all of them. This was a really profitable situation, because I can see a lot of flops with him, and get paid big when I win. On one hand, it was folded to this player in the small blind, he raised, and I called with Qd 5d. Not exactly a big hand, but against a player who is playing a random hand, I'm certainly getting the right price to call, and I'm in position. And he's going off for money, so it's a must call.
Flop was Q 2 5. He bet, I called. Turn was a 5. He bet, I raised, he raised, I raised, he called. River was a 5. He bet again, I raised again, and he called. I'm pretty sure that the river 5 convinced him that I didn't have one, and he probably had aces. But the hand shows how much can be made from a super aggressive player in a spot like this.
So, I booked a really big win my first day back. Wednesday was a win as well, but a smaller one. Key hand of the night was a losing hand, where called a raise from the big blind with pocket 3's, and flopped 3 7 9 rainbow. 3 way action, four bets on the turn when an 8 hit the board. Ten on the river and I lose to the JJ straight. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy about the money that I put into this pot, even though it turned out sour.
Last night, I had another big win. Posted behind the button in the 40-80 game and was dealt the 2-8 offsuit first hand. 3 limpers, flop was A Q 2. Checked around to me, and I must have been feeling a little frisky, because I fired. All called. 2 on the turn, and the small blind led out. Nice! Big pot with a trash hand to start the night. Only other hand I played in the half hour that I played this level was a beauty. Good player raises from under the gun. Folds around to me in the small blind, I find aces. I call, big blind folds. Flop is A J 4. I check, she bets, I call. Turn is a King. I check, she bets, I raise, she raises, I raise, she thinks for a few seconds, and raises again. If she was a lower caliber player, I'm calling after the 3 bet because it might be the QT in her hand. But she didn't raise first in with that hand. I'm sure it's Kings. I raise again. She calls, and I give her the dark bet on the river. She says she can't believe I called with QT and calls. She's right...
Played in the 60-120 later in the evening, and had one disaster hand. Aces for me, Kings for another good player, 6-5 suited for a more creative player. The hand was capped before the flop by the 6-5 hand. Needless to say, I thought that the 2 4 7 flop looked pretty good. Board paired on the turn, and we had a monster pot. Didn't work out though, because the 8 ball showed on the river and the pot of the night went the other way. But it was still a big win.
I'm going to take my streaky self back in to the casino tonight. Hope to keep it rolling.
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