Tuesday Night Victory

Went to my Tuesday night game last night. We had a decent little turn out- 18 or 19. I drew a pretty good table. It was a nice mixture of players, some weak some not so weak. I went through my checklist on each player, settled in, put my i-pod on, and went to town.
I started off a little slow. Lost a few hundred chips on the first couple hands, but then was able to build them back pretty quick. Right about the time I built some back up…I went a little card dead for a couple rounds. No big deal though. I just waited it out, and played my position…when I had it.
I did make one pretty loose call. It ended up that it worked out good for me, but I got my money in when I was behind. I limped with a 9d 10c (I know this hand is weak, but it's one of my favorites and I had chips to play with). Everyone folds, and the big blind checks. Oh, by the way…the big blind is the guy who cracked my pocket kings a few weeks ago with Q 8 off suit- go look at a few posts ago- he thought I was making a move!! Anyway…I had a 9d 10c. Here is the flop:
6d 6c 10d
The small blind bets out about ½ the pot, and I call. The turn:
7d
As soon as the card hit the board the BB announces he’s all in. Now, he was a short stack….he only had a little more than 3,000 at the beginning of the hand, and his all in push was only for about 2,000. I was sitting around 13,000. I had to call 2,000 for a shot to win a little less than 5,000. I didn’t think he had the 6. I figured him for a hand similar to mine. I called. He turns over 5c6h. Ouch. I sure misread that one. But, of course I have outs: two remaining tens to make me a winning full house, any 8 to make me a straight, or any diamond (but the 5) gives me the flush. The river:
4d
I win with my flush.

There is one hand I have to bring up. The guy I beat sent out an e-mail to our group telling everyone I was a donkey. I’ll let you decide:

I am the chip leader. In the cut off with 2 conservative players between the big blind and myself. I look down at Ad6d. I raise it up to about 3 or 4 times the big blind. My intent was to just take it right there, but if I got a caller I wasn’t totally outmatched. As expected the button folds and the SB folds, but the BB calls. As he is throwing his chips in the pot he tells me that he checks dark. The flop:

2s 4c 6s

I bet out a little less than half the pot. The BB calls, and then checks dark again. The turn:

7d

I know he is weak. He only had a few thousand left in his stack. I decide to put the pressure on. I announce that I am all in. He thinks for about 5 seconds…maybe, and calls. I wasn’t expecting that. I turn my hand over. He sits there, cards still face down, and tells me my hand is good for now. The river:

8c

The BB stands up, throws his cards across the table, and starts berating my play. He claims to have had A Q. If that is what he had he played it very poorly, but remember...I'm the donkey.

So anyway…on to the final table. I played pretty solid. I put pressure on when I thought my opponents were weak, and let hands go when I thought my opponents were strong. When we got to 4 handed I tried to steal the blinds from the button and got called by the big blind, which was OK he was a pretty short stack. He was ahead, but I out flopped him. Then we were down to three. I took another player out, and now we’re heads up.

Head’s up lasted about 20 or 30 minutes. I started out with the chip lead, kept the lead, and eventually won the tourney. It was a pretty good night of poker...for a donkey!