I shoulda checked out Kennedy's new place instead

Down $150 at Nautica last night. Complete roller coaster. Bad cards, below average play. I was 3 buy-ins deep and down to my last $65 at one point, so I was happy with the comeback, most of it during bingo hour before closing.

The big cooler of the night was my 2nd nut flush crushed by the nut flush. I checked-raised the draw, hit the turn, and bet the rest of the way until the nuts check-raised me. Big pot. Well-played.

I did shape up near the end of the night and started to play a little better. I sometimes forget that no one folds anything down there. Lesson learned. I hope.

Great weekend!

Summary:
Friday at Colin's...up $874
Saturday at Dave's...up $303

Hit some hands and played pretty solid both nights. Spanked Eddie J on a couple decent hands, and stacked him once after smooth-calling his pre-flop raise with KK, then check-raising all-in on the J-high flop. He started to tank, and after about 30 seconds, I told him that since he hadn't called me by now, I surely had him beat. He didn't believe me. He had QQ. Got him later with AK vs (I think) KQ.

Got Prowest on a few pots as well. I used to think he was a solid player. I was wrong. WAY wrong.

I don't recall bluffing at all on Friday. Maybe once or twice at a small pot that nobody seemed to want. Didn't need to.

Took MEATS for a bunch after flopping broadway (which was the nuts). He check-raised me $75 on top of my $25, and I shoved. He had almost $200. There were a couple clubs on the board, and I put him on either the flush draw, a set, or 2-pr, so I told him he was beat. He asked me to show, so I did. He had top-top, and would have hit top-2 on the turn. If I'd known he was that weak, I'd have let him keep betting, but was happy with the size of the pot with so many big draws out there. I cashed $1074 on a single buy-in.

Colin's place is great...in a safe location, and he has plenty of room and a nice house. It was a big game, with a lot of money on the table. Glad to see he'll be hosting regularly. Gibran, Uncle Bob, Kris Rao, and Eddie J were all there...hadn't seen many of them in a long time. I met Kris and JC for some grub at Fathead's in N. Olmsted. Salad and chicken fingers for me. I clocked in at 176 lbs over the weekend, my lowest yet, and I'm now down 27 lbs.

The usual in Dave's tourney. Enough said. Had $14k at the break, then couldn't hit after that. All luck.

Was up well over $400 for quite a while in the cash game, but gave some back. Took Rob M for $300 when I turned the nuts against his flopped 2-pr. I had the double-gutter with 8-9 and he had 10-6 on a Q-10-6 flop. Turn...7! Rob is one of the luckiest players I have ever seen. He was playing crap like J5 to decent raises, out of position, and flopping trips, or hitting his kicker against top-top...stuff like that. But the luck always runs out. I was just waiting to hit a hand on him. Most of the time I don't.

Oh...and I actually bluffed Dave off a decent pot! I had nothing, but he had better nothing. Don't remember exactly...I think it was my A7 vs his AK. For once, Dave didn't hit his hand on me.

Cashed out after MEATS shoved with the nut flush draw/pr against my wheel and caught. (I think that was the hand) My little man was telling me to hit it much earlier, but I refused to listen and hung around a couple more hours. Oh well, still booked a nice win.

So, over the last month and a half or so, I have generally been playing fairly well AND my hands are holding up more often that not, so I guess you can say that I'm running good.

I picked up a decent table that I found on Craigslist over the weekend. Big wide full-size table with removable padded rail. 1 small hole in the speed cloth. I might add some padding and new speed cloth later on if I feel the need, but this table will do nicely when I start hosting. Now I have to check out Danny C's chips. He's offering a pretty sweet deal on them.

Nautica

Down a buy-in and a half last night in a couple hrs, after the movie. Still Donk City down there, I just didn't play well. Hadn't been there since November. Busy. The limit tables are using chips now, and they are raking, which is much better than the hourly rate. Most of the dealers gave a little break on the rake amounts as well. Still, the dealers suck and everyone has their hands on the money. I had one guy dealing about 10-12 hands an hour. Excruciating. I just got up and moved to an open seat. No questions asked.

Either way, I'll be back to reclaim my money.

Duke wins!

Great game last night, and I am not even a big basketball fan.

The Kraken is released tonight. See you at Blake's.

Sat night

Up $330 in the cash game. Still no tourney love. I can't remember the last time I had a made hand in the Sat tourney. September?

So anyway, I lost 2 buy-ins by getting popped by K6 suited at Kennedy's last week. Forgot to mention where/how much. Wooo! K6 is a fucking awesome hand to call big raises with.

Go DUKE!!! I filled out a $10 bracket and now I stand to win $145 if they win tonight. Took me about 2 min to fill in the bracket. Shows you how much luck goes into sports gambling.

I guess you can say that I am running good overall lately. I am something like 6 for 7 in wins and many hands are holding up. I also seem to have my head in the game.

New formula...

Raise with great cards, get called by K6 suited. Lose huge pots. That's how I roll.