Up and Down and All Around

Wow, what an up and down couple of days. I didn't get a chance to post my results from last night because I was up until 2AM and really didn't want to be up any later especially since I would've only been complaining about idiots. So after dropping a huge load last night, I play for an hour tonight and make it all back and then some.

Last night was one of the most boring poker sessions I've had. Again I played 4 tables - 2 on FullTilt and 2 on PokerStars - and all of them at the $3/6 blind level. I must've been more comfortable because I wasn't cold at all:) On the FullTilt tables, I actually did quite well but it was all on one table and all against one other player. My first hand in the BB I had AKo and there were 3 limpers then the SB and so I just decided to check. The flop came out with a K and a bunch of other junk but the SB led into me with about a pot size bet. I raised him and he reraised me. I couldn't believe he had me beat unless he got really lucky so I moved all-in for my whole stack of $240. He called and turned over Q9o - there was a 9 on the flop also but no Q. I don't know why he was willing to put in so much money with 2nd pair but I'm glad he did. I basically labelled him as a maniac and he proved me correct the rest of the night. I think I made about $400 off him alone.

Unfortunately PokerStars was just the opposite. I was so card dead that I basically played Texas Fold'em. I really had about 2 quality hands all night where someone gave me action and unfortunately I was on the wrong end of the action both times. The first time I had 99 on the button and it was folded to me. I made the standard raise and the BB reraised me. I just called and flopped a set. He bet into me but the board was T98 rainbow and if you've read my previous posts, you know I hate draws so I moved all-in. He called somewhat quickly and turned over AJo. He only had an open-end straight draw but of course he hit the 7 on the river and took my $425 that I had in my stack. The only other hand I had came with pocket K's. I was in late position and the guy under the gun made the standard pre-flop raise to 21. I reraised him to 54 and the BB cold called but the original raiser folded. Of course an Ace came on the flop but I had to bet so I put in 82 which was enough to cover what the BB had left. He insta-called and flipped over AK. So he hit a 3 outer and was basically an idiot to call pre-flop since it was probably obvious he was in bad shape - that's probably how he got such a short stack to begin with.

So now tonight is a complete turnaround. I couldn't miss. I played the same setup as last night - 4 tables with 2 at each site. I think I had pocket K's about 4 times in an hour and no Aces came on the boards and I actually got action. I also had AA against QQ for a pot of about $400. But my best hand of the night came on something I don't usually do. I was in the BB with 6h3h. There was a pre-flop raiser in early position for only the minimum raise. Usually this means the guy has a big hand and wants action and is an idiot because you don't want a lot of callers with big pocket pairs. But he got what he asked for - 4 callers total including the SB and me. Obviously I wouldn't usually play 63 suited or not but the pot odds were too good to pass up. The flop came 9h5d4h so I had a flush draw and open ended straight draw. The SB led out for a pot size bet of 40 and I just called. I didn't think there would be any other callers except for maybe the pre-flop raiser since I put him on a big pocket pair. He actually raised to 120 so I had to think a bit but I eventually called. I usually am not this gutsy but I had been running so good tonight and had a pretty decent stack so I decided it was worth it. The turn was the Jh so it was definitely worth it. My flush was pretty small but I figured it to be good. I checked and he bet 160. I raised all-in for 340 and he thought for a while before folding :( Oh well, it was still a nice pot.

So basically last night was really bad and tonight was really good so I'm a happy boy overall.