flop small :: Bet Big

Weighed in this morning after stuffing my face at a family cook out on Memorial Day. Came in at a little over 192 (admittedly, I drank extra water before I went to the gym just to be sure). Steve made his mark a little while ago, so it looks like we both made our goals.

Now to work out when I’m going to get my sweet tattoo. Vegas is just around the corner and then Barbados after that. I’m thinking in Aug. I also need to loose about 5-8 lbs of fat. No fries for me for a while!

Here’s a hand that played big for my Friday game.

I have J9 three seats off the button and call the $6 straddle after one limper. The cut-off, who is one of the tighter players in this game, makes it $26 to go. The SB calls, the limper calls and I call closing the action. 4 to the flop for $100.

Flop: 238

SB checks, limper checks, I check, CO makes it $75, SB calls limper folds. I’m not 100% comfortable calling only because I feel like SB is on a draw as well. The only obvious draw out there for the raised pot is more clubs. But, the only hand I’m really worried about after he makes the $75 call is AK (maybe a remote chance of KQ). So I call closing the action and getting over 3-1.

Turn: T

Wow, nice card for me. SB checks, I check (I bet this card a good bit, but the CO felt super strong here and because of our history and the way I thought about the hand on the flop before I called I seriously doubt he’s folding AA/KK). CO goes all-in for $308, SB calls pretty quickly and really gives off those “I feel like gambling” vibes so now I’m more concerned about AK. But that’s the only hand in the deck he could have that hurts me. I feel like I have to make this call getting over 3-1 again against my opponents hand ranges, so I push the $308 out there.

River: 6

Yuck, that hurts and I’m done with the hand. SB flips over 45 and was gambling it up. CO flips TT for the turned set. And a big pot goes the way of the gambler this hand.

I was digging through some old photos for some pics when I weighed around 180. I need the get that tan back.

I’m still at 190 with a week to go!

I woke up late this morning. Signs point to me needing more sleep. Doesn’t help that I routinely wake up in the wee hours of the morning. Last night it was 3:20. Put in a great workout though once a flat bench opened up. And weighed in at 189, maybe a touch more. So, two weeks and two lbs. to go!

I’m getting heckled for not making enough poker posts at my usual game. To be honest, there really haven’t been a lot of hands that I think are interesting. The hand below is pretty obvious in my opinion as well. But it was a big one and was against one of the guys who think I’m slackin. (more…)