We start with 30,000 in chips playing 50-100. 7 people at the table.
In seat 3 we raise to 225 with 56h. Blinds call. Flop comes AK6 with 2 clubs. Bb bets 400. Do we chase a second pair and hope it's not a club? We fold.
Button raises to 300 and we call from sb with JQ. Flop comes 25K and we fold to his bet.
We raise from the button to 225 with 88. The bb raises to 600 (only lady at the table). Small raise. We call. Flop comes 667. Bb bets 750. We are probably in the lead but there's a solid chance bb has a bigger pocket pair. We can fold, call or raise to 2100? Not feeling like paying 2100 for info yet so we call to see the turn and see what bb does. Turn comes Q and bb bets 1000. Hmmm. Representing KK KA or Qx. If that were the river we would call, but this will cost another 2500 to see through. We fold.
Seat 5 raises to 250 and we call from the Bb with K9h and see the flop come 49Q. We bet 325 and he calls. Turn comes A. Terrible. Too many chances he has us beat now. We check, he bets 750 and we fold.
There were a couple more hands of this nature, each one with an expense of 250-600 and we are down to 27000 chips. Sucks to be down, but we still have 90% of our starting stack.
My table, by the way, seems to be a fairly high level of player caliber including one bracelet holder.
Seat 5 raises to 250 and we call from the bb with 68c. Flop comes 67J. We check and he bets 350. We call. He was practically obliged to bet whether he hit the J or no. Turn comes 5. Now we need a 46 or 8. We check and he bets 700. We call. River comes 2. Not what we want. We check and he bets 825. Hmmm. Small bet in light of the pot. His betting would justify a pocket pair or Ax and we beat Ax except AJ. We call and he shows AJ.
Not a good start.
Seat 5 bets 300. Seat 6 calls and we call from the button with QK. Bb calls. Flop comes 55J. Seat 5 bets 600 and we fold. Pattern needs some breaking.
Seat 6 raises to 275 and we call from the button with 56s. Flop comes 24Q. He checks and we check. Turn comes 5. He has been an aggressive player so when he bets 350, and the 5 likely didn't help him, we are calling it a bluff. Had he had the Q he would have bet the flop. We raise to 1250 and he folds. Wow. That's what winning a hand feels like?
Button raises to 250 and we call from the bb with A9. Flop comes 459 with 2 spades (we have As). We check and he bets 350. We raise to 950 and he folds.
We raise to 300 in seat 3 with TJc and get calls from seat 6 and the bb. Flop comes 56A with 2 spades. Not good. Bb checks. We make a 425 stab at it hoping no one has an ace and that our continuation bet will take it down. It does. Very nice.
Seat 3 raises to 300 and the sb calls. We call from the bb with Q9o. Not really a playable hand but aggressive player to our right means we can win a lot if we hit. Flop comes 69A with 2 spades. Everyone checks. Turn comes Td. Sb checks and we bet 425 hoping to take it down. They both call. Didn't work that time. River comes 6s putting flushes and boats on the board. Sb tanks for a minute and then checks. Was he considering bluffing or hoping to induce someone to bet. Probably the former. Do we bet and hope to push out the tens and aces or would they call anyway? What would we have to bet to get an ace to fold? We check and seat 3 checks. Sb shows J8. We show our 9 and seat 3 folds. Giddey-up, another small win. We are back to 29250.
Seat 4 bets 300 and we raise to 825 with AQ from seat 6. Button raises to 2200 and seat 4 folds. We just call to see the flop. Flop comes 4QA with 2 spades. Giddey up. We bet 1500 and he calls. Turn comes 6 putting a second diamond on the board. We would love to small bet here or even check with the hope that he would bet, but there are flush draws and straight draws and lions and tigers and we don't want a free card option. We bet 4000 and he folds claiming to have had KK.
From seat 3 we raise to 225 with 88. Seat 6 raises to 600 and we call looking. For the 13% chance to flop an 8. We miss. She bets we fold.
We have 33000 in chips now. So that feels nice.
Playing 8-handed seat 4 bets 300 and gets calls from seat 5 and 7. We call from the button with 67o. Questionable call for sure but if we hit theres a lot of chips and players and we are in position playing from the button. So it's all about the flop. Unfortunately the sb raises to 2200 and everyone folds. So we never see the flop.
Seat 4 bets 300 and gets calls from seat 7 and the button. We call from the bb with QK. Flop comes 48J with 2 hearts. We check and she bets 500. Seat 7 calls. She has bet at about every opportunity so let's hunt for a Q or K. We call. Turn comes Th. Not what we were looking for but gives us a straight draw and second but flush draw (we have Kh). She bets 1000 and seat 7 calls. So we call looking for a heart for the flush, a 9 or A for the straight, or even a Q or K for top pair. We get a 2d. Nothing for us. We check and they check and she takes it down with a JQ. So Q was no good for us but a heart would have been great as she had the Qh.
We finish the first two hours with 31,100 in chips. We had one good flop in 2 hours and no premium hands. Not a bad result, mostly because our one good flop paid us 4000. Settling in and looking for a good flop.
All the best,
Zen Donkey
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