Seat 5 raises to 225 for the 3rd hand in a row. From seat 9 we call with 55. Flop comes 6JK and we throw it away.
He raises again the next hand and we call with 9Js. BB raises to 900 and he folds. We fold.
We limping seat 4 with AA hoping the aggressive guy now on the button will raise. No one does. Sad. We see the flop with the blinds. It comes AAQ with 2 hearts. We just flopped quad Aces and there only 300 in the pot! They check, we check and the turn comes Th. Conceivably they could have a royal flush with the TQAh on the board. They check and we bet 125. The BB calls. River comes Js. We were hoping for a h, but hopefully he has a K and made a straight. He checks and we bet 525. He folds. We win 325 with quad As and our first premium hand. How depressing.
Seat 4 (loose) limps, seat 5 limps, the SB limps and we check in the BB with Q6s. Flop comes 7TJ with 2 spades. We check. Seat 4 bets 200 and seat 5 calls. 3 way is good for us. We raise to 700 and they fold.
Next hand, 3 hands after AA, we get AA again. Seat 7 limps. No action again. We raise to 250 and get calls from the BB and seat 7. Flop comes A33. Perfect. We check and they check. Turn comes 6. We check and they check. River comes Q. We bet 325 and the BB calls. We take it down.
Well, we certainly can't bitch for lack of premium hands this round, but. No one else is hitting anything, so we're not really getting paid. We made about 1100 over the two AA hands. Oh well. Let's be happy with the extra chips.
On the button with AQh, another premium hand! And . . . Wait for it . . . Everyone folds to us! Oiy. We raise to 250 and the blinds fold. It's like a bizarre curse.
Seat 8 raises to 300 and we call from the button with 88. The SB pushes all in for 1750 and seat 8 folds. As long as the SB doesn't have an overpair, we should call. It's 1450 to win 2750; we just need a 33% chance for the call to be right. We call and he shows AJs. It's basically a 50/50 race. Unfortunately a J comes on the turn and he takes it down. Damn that hurt. We were inching up over 5000 and just got smacked back down.
Seat 7 raises to 225 and we call in seat 8 with 9Jd. Flop comes 4TK with 2 clubs. He checks and we check, hoping for a Q. Turn comes J. He checks and we bet 525. He folds. Good result.
We limp from seat 5 with 78d and everyone folds. We see the 29T flop with the BB. He bets 125 and we call with our open-ended straight draw. Turn comes 4 and he bets 175. He seems to be hoping to push us out. We raise to 525 and he folds. Great result. Inching up.
We discard our 58 BB to a seat 6 raise to 300.
BB is away from the table, so his 100 blind is dead. Everyone folds to seat 9 who raises to 225. Looks like a steal, particularly with the BB's undefended money. The button folds and we raise to 675 with J5. He folds. Great result. Dangerous because our hand was bad and we couldn't call a re-raise, but good result.
Everyone folds to us and we raise to 275 in seat 8 with A7. As hoped, everyone folds and we profit the 150 in blinds. Inching back toward 5k.
Seat 5 raises to 225 and we call from seat 6 with JQ. Seats 79 and BB call. Big pot. Flop comes AA9 and everyone checks. Turn comes K. We need a T for a straight, but basically have crap. When BB and 5 check, we bet 350 and everyone folds. Guess no one had an A! Great step taking us just over the 5k threshold.
From seat 4 we raise to 275 with QQ. Yes, four premium hands in one hour! Crazy. Of course, the curse continues and everyone but the SB folds. Flop comes 39K. He checks. Terrible flop. We bet 350. He'll only call if he has a K and has us beat. He folds. We pick up 375 on that premium hand.
We finish Round 3 with about 5400 in chips, sitting in the BB playing 75 150. Given our cards, wish we had garnered more chips, but still we're in a good place.
Seat 4 (loose) raises to 300 and we call from the SB with Q2s. Not a good hand, but if we hit we should get paid. Flop comes 9QA. Darn A. Maybe she doesn't have one. We bet 250 and she calls. Really doesn't mean anything from her. Turn comes glorious 2. Love it. We bet 400 and she calls. River comes J. We bet 750 and she calls with AK. Our 2 pair takes it down.
Seat 5 raises to 300. Seat 8 calls and we call from seat 9 with 9Ts. The SB pushes all in for 2500 and seat 5 pushes all in for 3000. Tempting. If they both have Ax, the pot odds might make it right for us. We fold. They have AJ and AQ, but the flop has two Qs.
A guy doubles up by going all in with 33 pre flop and beating QQ. He now has 2000 in chips. We'll call him Mr3.
Seat 3 calls and we call with 7Td. Mr3 calls from seat 6 and seat 9 calls as well. Along with the blinds, 6 of us see the 7JQ flop (2 hearts). The blinds check and we bet 350. Only Mr3 calls. We check the turn in the dark. A K comes and Mr3 checks. River comes K and we bet 625. Mr3 has about 1500. Psychologically something happens to players when they have to risk 40% of their chips. It makes then feel like it's an all in. He folds. Pretty sure he had us beat.
Mr 3 raises to 275 from seat 3 and seat 9 pushes all in with about 2000 (seat 9 is the guy who had QQ against Mr3). We push all in with JJ and Mr3 folds showing AQ. Lucky for us, seat 9 also had AQ. Even luckier, we flop a J. JK4. Now we only have to worry about a T. Turn comes a rag and the river is a Q. We take it down. Nice 2000 pick up!
We call a raise to 350 with A2h and discard after the flop. We play fairly judiciously for a while, folding things like 78s while Mr3 sits a few seats behind us with 1100. He will push soon. He does, again with AQ against JJ and loses. Mr3 out.
We raise from seat 4 to 375 with TT and get called by seat 8. Flop comes 4QQ. He checks and we check. Turn comes 5, putting 3 diamonds on the board. He checks and we bet 650. He calls. River comes 7. He checks and we bet 1250.
He pushes all in for a few thousand more. Oiy. He has to have a Q or a flush. We fold.
Same guy raises from seat 6 to 400. The button and the SB call and we call from the BB with 44 and the flop comes 235. Nice flop. Everyone checks to seat 6 who bets 1500. Oddly large. He either has a big pair, in which case we're about a 38% dog, or 2 big cards, in which case we're a 76% favorite (more if one of his cards is an A as the A hitting the board would give us a straight. We call. Turn comes 8. We check and he checks. More likely he has 2 big cards. River comes another 8. We check and he bets 1500. Hmmm, we call. He takes it down with KK. Huge hit to us, but we're still over 5k. We were closing in on or over 10k, but head in the game. We have chips.
We finish Round 4 with 6225 in chips. We took a couple of harsh hits at the end of the round, but we're in good shape heading into Round 5 playing 100 200.
Eric Kurtzman
Kurtzman Carson Consultants
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