Liveaments

I didn't play at all online today which is fine with me, but I went to the weekly live game with my friends. It was a particularily crazy night, I won some sick pots.
.50c/$1 as usual, max buyin of $40. We started out 5 handed.

Preflop, 99 on the button folds to me, I raised to $3, SB calls BB calls
Flop: 4-4-4, pot $9
SB checks, BB checks, I bet $5, SB calls BB calls
Turn: Q
SB checks, BB checks, I check
River: 9
SB checks, BB bets $10, I raise to $25, SB goes all-in, BB folds, I call.
Final pot: $105
SB shows AA
I scoop

That was sick way to start the night, I can't believe how terribly SB played that hand, he couldn't have played it worse. BB had AJ, I have no clue why he'd lead out on the river.

This hand happened later in the night, we were up to a 8 handed game. I had about $120 in my stack, SB has about $100 in his stack

Preflop: K9o in the CO, EP limps, I raise to $3, SB calls, BB calls EP folds
Flop: 10-9-2 $10 in the pot
SB checks, BB checks I bet $5, SB calls, BB folds
Turn: 10
SB bets $10, I think and call
River: 7
SB bets $30, I call
Final Pot: ~$100
SB shows A2o
I scoop

I'm not really sure why I played this hand the way I did, basically I just wasn't convinced that he had a 10, and I wasn't convinced that he had me beat so I looked him up on both streets.

After this hand I didn't win any hands for a while, I donkeyd off some chips with a couple draws, lost a midsized pot when I turned 2 pair with K9, called a $10 bet, but folded on the river to a shorter stack's all-in of about $30 more. I showed the fold and told him I thought he had a straight. Later in the night after he went busto I asked again what he had, he was like "ugh you had me beat" but he was definitely lying so I felt okay about how I played it. I had about $150 in my stack when this hand came up.

Preflop: AcKc on the Button. EP limps, MP limps, I raise to $5, SB calls, BB calls, EP calls MP calls!!! Pot: $25 5-way
Flop: 5c-6c-4c
SB, BB, EP check, MP bets $8, I call, SB folds, BB raises to $48 , EP folds, MP folds, I raise all-in, BB calls
BB shows Jc-7c
Turn: Qc
River: 8h
Final pot $250
I scoop

This hand was crazy, I made a bigish preflop raise with my AKs and got 4 callers!! I was scared to see so many callers... until I flop the nut flush. I decided to smooth-call the bet on the flop to not discourage any action behind me, thankfull the BB also flopped a flush w/ the Straight flush draw and I got paid off his whole $100 stack. Ship it :D

I cashed out for about $240, it feels good to make a big win, especially after all the beating I've been taking online lately. I'm feeling a lot more confident in my game after tonight. Online is a lot more discouraging although you can play soooo many more hands per session. Tonight's 4 hour session, we probably barely played 100 hands, when I easily could have played 1.5K hands online, althouh I probably would have been down three dollars online because I suck at online poker.

Anyways that is all for now, I wish I lived really close to a casino so I could play 1/2 NL for 8 hours a day, that would be much more fun than playing online 8 hours a day. Lately I have kind of forgotten why I like playing poker so much. Playing with poker chips is a big reason, I also like to joke and needle other players.

I am gonna try my hardest to play some more online, but I honestly feel like grinding out $10 NL is a joke and a waste of time. I might just chill for a bit and not play much online then just deposit another $300 or so later this month so I can work on NL25. That probably makes the most sence, I just need to not suck at poker for once.

Peace out :D