NLH

So I decided to focus a little more on cards and less on taking notes. In that light, only two big hands to talk about.

Seat 4 raised to 400 and 5 called. We call from the button with Ace two of diamonds. Flop comes to 22K. Seat 4 bets 900. Seat 5 folds and we just call hoping to get more action. The turn comes Q. Unless he has pocket queens or pocket kings, we are set. He bets 1700 into us. Again, we call looking for more action on the river. The only risky possibilities other than pocket queens or kings would be if he is playing some crazy hand like a 10 Jack, but even that only gives him four outs. And, of course, there is no way that he has that hand. Most likely, he has a king, so if the king rivers, that is our true risk. The river comes and Ace, giving us a full house. Now, we are also worried that he could have pocket aces giving him a bigger full house. He bets 4000 into us. We push all in for a total of 7400 and he calls showing AK. We double up.

We scratch, kick, and stomp our way up to about 28,000 in chips.

Seat 4 raises to 500, the button calls, and we simply call from the small blind with ace queen. The flop comes 5TQ. We slow play it and check. Seat 4 checks and the button bets 800. We call, continuing the slow play, but Seat 4 raises to 2200. The button calls and is now 1400 to us. Seat four most likely thought the button was trying to buy the pot and took our flat call as a sign of weakness. He likely hoped that his raise would win the pot. We have no idea what the button has that would result in a bet on a call. There is a broad range of possibilities, including an open ended straight draw or a Qx.

The turn comes another queen. Giddyup! We check, continuing the slow play, and seat 4 bets 4000 into the pot of about 7000. The button folds and we min-raise to 8000. Seat 4 calls.

The river comes 9. It would be extraordinarily unlikely that seat four would be playing either pocket nines or a Jack King in light of the betting that's far. Possible but unlikely. It is time to take as much money from him as we can.

We have about 17,000 in chips, and the pot is over 22000. We bet 8000 mimicking the turn bet and hopefully drawing him in to call. He goes into the tank and then pushes all in. We have a great hand and are pot committed so we put 9000 more in. He turns over 55. He flopped a set of fives and turned a full house.

Donkey going home. Going to shake this off and come back tomorrow. It has been a rough series.