I had the most incredible run of cards tonight. Aces, kings, queens, sets, flopped straights/flushes, i had everything. Unfortunately I got outdrawn on almost all of them.
The good:
Hand #1) I get KK OTB and there are 4 limpers to me, I make it $12.. Button calls, 3 limpers call. 5 to the flop, pot ~$60. Flop is 23J with 2 spades, about as safe as it gets without flopping set. Checked to me and I bet $50, folded to the CO who goes allin for $30 more, I call. He has JQ. Turn is a Q. River is a 3. Thank GOD. I would've broken something had I lost that pot
Hand #2) I get
![The Seven of Clubs [7c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/7c.gif)
OTB and there are 2 limpers to me, I make it $12 and an EP limper calls. Flop comes down
![The Four of Clubs [4c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/4c.gif)
and he checks, I bet $16 and he calls. Turn is the
![The Five of Clubs [5c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/5c.gif)
, he checks and I check behind. River is the
![The Three of Spades [3s]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/3s.gif)
and he checks, I bet $32 and he minrases to $64, I re-raise to $164 (he only had like $20 left, i really should've pushed, but eh) and he calls
The bad AND the ugly:
Hand #1) I get
![The Ten of Hearts [Th]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Th.gif)
in EP and limp, the BB raises and I call as does the CO. Flop is
![The King of Diamonds [Kd]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Kd.gif)
and I bet 3/4 pot, CO folds and pfr minraises, I re-raise and he pushes, i call and he has AK.. Turn
![The Jack of Spades [Js]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Js.gif)
, River
Hand #2) I get
![The Ace of Diamonds [Ad]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ad.gif)
OTB, UTG+1 makes it $7 and it folds to me, I make it $20, the SB pushes all-in, UTG+1 thinks and finally folds, I call.. SB flips over
![The Three of Clubs [3c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/3c.gif)
and flops trips.
Hand #3) I get
![The King of Spades [Ks]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ks.gif)
OTB and EP makes it $3, 5 callers to me and I make it $20, EP calls as does someone in MP. Flop is
![The Seven of Clubs [7c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/7c.gif)
and EP bets, MP pushes..gotta fold.
Hand #4) I get
![The Jack of Diamonds [Jd]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Jd.gif)
in MP and make it $5, CO calls as does the Button. Flop is
![The Five of Clubs [5c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/5c.gif)
and I bet $10, CO calls, Button calls. Turn is the
![The Jack of Clubs [Jc]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Jc.gif)
, bingo! I check, CO checks, Button bets $5, I make it $15, CO calls as does the Button. River is the
![The Nine of Hearts [9h]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/9h.gif)
completing the flush and runner-runner straight (what else could they be drawing to?) so I push in, my stack is less than the potsize anyway. CO folds and Button calls, flips over
![The Five of Diamonds [5d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/5d.gif)
.
Hand #5) Shortstack raises to $5 in EP, i make it $15 OTB w JJ and he pushes in for $7 more, he has 74s and hits 2 pair.
Hand #6) Shortstack limps in the CO and i raise to $5 with KK in OTB, he calls. Flop is A96 and he checks, i put him allin and he thinks for a moment..and calls, with T3. Turn 7, river 8.
Hand #7) UTG raises to $4 and i have AA OTB, i make it $12.50, the SB calls as does UTG. Flop is K23 all diamonds, I don't have the
![The Ace of Diamonds [Ad]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ad.gif)
, i bet $20, SB pushes allin for $20 more, UTG folds and i call..he has TT with a diamond and hits his flush on the river
Hand #8) I'm in the SB with QT, the Button makes it $6 and i misclick and accidently call. 2 others call, flop is Q8x and I lead for $14, folds to the Button who goes allin for $5 more, I call..he has AJ. Turn.. J. River..J
Hand #9) I get AA utg and raise to $4.50, UTG+1 pushes all-in for $14.50 total, MP calls, folds to me and I make it $34.50, MP calls. Flop is 234r and I bet $35 putting MP all in, he calls. They flop over KK and T9s. Turn 6. River 5. Split pot.
Poker is silly.
It is not enough to be good at chess, you must also play well.
Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.