Over the past few days, I have done very well in regular 10/20 and 5/10 cash games. I have won around 10K (its too bad I spent the first week of the month in Las Vegas - arg, I would be up). Most of the winnings have been from 3 hands. I wonder if my calls were good or just lucky:
10/20 game. 5 handed. I am on the cutoff with about 4K in chips. There is one a couple of limpers and I make it $100 to go with KK. The button, who is a loose, very aggressive, good player, makes it another $300 to go. He has another $1500 behind him. He tells me he will call if I put him all in. Hmmm. I end up just calling the $300, so the pot is $800. I am sure he is reading me for being very weak. I really did not think he had AA, because of the speech and because I think he would smooth call with position. Anyway, the flop is 9 9 rag. No suits. I check and he immediately goes all in. A big overbet, $1500 into an $800 pot. I figure he can't have a 9 and if he has AA, well then I just have to pay him off. I quickly call. He has QQ. He doesn't improve, so I win about a 4K pot.
Later in the night, we are playing 3 handed. I have over 7K and am in small blind. The button, who has about 3.2K and is a loose aggressive player, makes it $60 to go, which he as been doing with any two cards. The big blind folds and I pick up QQ. I make it $200 to go. He calls quickly. Hmmm, what does he have? The flop is KQ9, with two hearts, giving me second set. No way my opponent has KK, because I think he would have raised. 99 maybe. I hope he did not play JT suited, although I know this is his favorite hand. Anyway, I make it $400. He calls quickly. At this point, I figure he doesn't have the straight. If he did, it seems like he would have thought longer and possibly raised, due to the flush threat. I really don't know what he has, but I am almost sure I am good. The turn is a total blank. I bet $1000 and he thinks and thinks, before raising me allin, for at least $1500 more. Jeez, there is $4700 in the pot now. I pretty much feel pot committed now. The only hand he could have to beat me is JT, but it could be hearts, giving him a redraw. I figure, I am committed, I have 3rd nuts, and the board could always pair, so I call. He looks sick and turns over AK of hearts, with top pair, top kicker, and the nut flush draw. He has 8 outs (the board can't pair a heart) and misses, so I win a 6.4K pot. Yee ha. It is nice being on the receiving end of a missed nut flush draw.
Well the story isn't over. In a 5/10 game, I get in another hand with the same guy. I am the small blind with about 4K in chips. He is on the big blind and has over 2K in chips. He raises preflop, about $30 and there are a couple of callers. I play a K2 offsuit. There is about $100 in the pot. The flop is KJ2 with two hearts. You can see it coming right? I check my two pair, hoping to raise. He makes it $100 to go and another person smooth calls. I make it $500 straight. He immediately goes allin for another $1500 or so. The other guy folds. I think to myself, why so much? Yes, there are two hearts. Does he have a set, JK, or a big flush draw. Why bet so much with a set? KJ or JJ maybe, but it sure looks like a draw and he is trying to push me off. I end up calling, half because I think I am good and the other half figuring that I owe him one. After I call, he looks sick again. He has A8 of hearts for another nut flush draw. He misses, and I win another big pot.
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