Today I made my quickest exit of the series. I had chipped down to about 3.2k chips by level 2 when I pick up KK utg. I open to 300. The button flat calls. He is an older gentleman who seems to love to slow play his big hands. The flop comes T32r. I bet 500. He makes it 1000. I don't think he has a set here as I would expect him to slow play. But it doesn't really matter since I can't fold this without a super sick read, so I'm just thinking about what the best way is to get the rest of his money in the pot. I think he is most likely to make this raise with a pair of tens or JJ+. I decide to just move in to make sure I get maximum value out of a T before an overcard or flush comes on the board. He instacalls me with AA and my day is over.

I went downstairs after that and sat in the 10/20 NL game with a 2k stack. Things started out pretty wild when I play the first two hands and get bluffed the first hand by a guy who turns out to be pretty crazy. If had known that, I never would have folded. The 2nd hand I try to bluff him on the flop and turn but he calls me down and I give up on the river. Later I get into some more interesting pots.

There are 2 limpers to me and I limp on the CO with Qd6d. The button limps, sb completes and BB checks. The flop comes 3c8dTd. It checks to me and I bet 80. The button calls, sb calls and then short stack in the BB moves in for 400 dollars more. It folds to me and I have a decision to make. I'm getting about 2-1 on my money to call and need about 33% equity to call. On this board, I don't expect either of the deeper stacks in the SB or BB to be slow playing. Nor do I expect them to isolation shove a worse hand if I just call. I did a quick estimation in my head and I was pretty sure I had 37-38% equity.

I ran the math giving him a pretty wide range which includes top pair top kicker or better, any pair + flush draw, any nut flush draw, any king high flush draw and a few random naked flush draws which I think is pretty reasonable for a short stack in this spot.

Board: Td 8d 3c
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 38.187% 38.18% 00.01% 25325 4.50 { Qd6d }
Hand 1: 61.813% 61.81% 00.01% 40996 4.50 { TcTd, TcTh, TcTs, 33-22, AdJd, ATs, Ad9d, Ad7d, Ad5d, Ad4d, Ad3d, Ad2d, KdJd, KTs, Kd9d, Kh7h, Kd5d, Kd4d, Kd3d, Kd2d, Jd9d, Jd7d, Jd3d, T3s, 9d7d, 9d3d, 83s, 7h3h, 6h3h, 5d3d, 4d3d, ATo, T3o, 83o }


I just called in case one of the blinds was slow playing. If they shoved 2k more I can pretty safely fold as I could put them squarely on A3s or a set and I would not be getting the right price to call. However, I thought this was pretty unlikely and my cold call would be enough to get them to fold all their Ts so isolation shoving seemed pretty unnecessary. Button and sb folded and I was up against Jd3d. Against this hand I'm about 47% to win. A 2d hits on the river and I win a decent sized pot.

Later in the session a guy who just lost a big pot opens the CO for 60 and I just call on the button with 66. The flop comes K73r. He bets 130 and I call. I didn't think he was likely to 2 barrel bluff me much and it's likely I still have the best hand. Turn is a 4 giving me a gut shot and he checks. I bet 250 and he calls pretty quickly. Ok, now I almost surely do not have the best hand unless he is peeling with 65s, but that seems unlikely. I think his most likely hand is a weak K or a pair 88-QQ. The river is a Q and he instantly checks. I decide to fire one more barrel at this pot as a bluff and make it 500. He tanks for a while and makes the call with AK. If my read is right about his likely holdings then I think my bluff would be profitable as I don't think he calls with 88-JJ or some of his weaker kings like K9 or KT.

I get KK utg and make it 80 with about a 2k stack. A guy who posted debates and calls from early position. The BB also calls. The flop is 6h7h2c. BB checks I bet 250, poster folds and BB calls. The turn is the 7c and BB thinks for a second and leads into me for 500. He has one 1k chip behind. I think that he knows I'm very unlikely to have a 7 given where I raised from. He could very well be making this play as a semibluff with a flushdraw or a straightdraw. I move allin and when he doesn't call right away I know he doesn't have a 7 and I'm ahead. The river is the 3s. I table KK and he mucks.

A huge pot takes place between 3 players including the guy on my right where the flop is T77 2 hearts. Each player gets 2k in on the flop one guy is allin. Guy on my right who I tried to bluff earlier moves all in for 4k and a blank turn and is instacalled by TT. Guy on my right claims to have A7 other guy has AhQh.

The very next hand I'm utg with AA and make it 80. Button calls and now BB makes it 380 to go. He reloaded to 4k and I have 3.5k to start the hand. Now I'm in an interesting spot. I decide to just call to trap since he might be steaming and will bluff of more post flop. If I 4-bet he will fold everything but KK and he might even get away from that as my 4-bet will look really strong. The button also calls and the flop comes Jd7d3c. BB checks to me and I bet 700, button quickly folds and BB calls. Turn is a 2c. He checks I bet 1400 and he moves allin, I call and he has KK. I win a huge pot.

A guy open limps and a guy with 6k makes it 130. I decide to just flat call with AK. The limper also calls. Flop is AJ7 2 clubs. It checks to me and I bet 250. The limper pretty quickly moves allin for 850 more. Raiser folds and I think for a second and think with this board texture some sort of draw is most likely. I call turn is Kc and he tables Tc8c. I don't fill up on the river and lose the pot.

I leave after that and head back to the doubletree. I won about 3.6k on the session. At the hotel, I put in a chinese poker session with Bakes, Ray and Andy and lose $360 because I suck at the game. After I pay Ray his $160 I convince him to omaha high flip me for $160. I make a flush and get my $160 back, so I only lose $200 on the session.

Today is more online poker action including the $2500 ftops event.