Just Another Manic Tuesday

Another crazy one with The Jizz and company. After some bad play (and a semi-cold deck or two), I was down $1,200 early before beginning to scrape myself off the felt. As always, there were many hands probably worthy of note. Since I don’t have the time (or memory) to blog each of them, I’ll blog a few that stand out.

NLHE – John M. makes a standard raise from the button, and I call from the small blind with Q-J. Flop comes Q-J-4, and I check to him hoping he got some of it so I can check-raise (careful what you wish for). He checks behind, and a J comes on the turn. I lead out with my boat, he raises, etc, and we get all the chips in. He turns over Q-Q – yikes! I’m reminded of Roy Scheider’s line, when he first sees the shark in Jaws: “I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat!”

NLHE – Dave raises pre-flop from the button, I call with Q-9 suited and we’re heads up. The flop comes K-Q-3. I check to Dave, who puts out a feeler bet. I almost raise to see where I’m at (Dave could have anything), but decide just to call. A Q comes on turn, and now I’m hoping he has A-K. I check, he bets $200, I raise to $500, and he immediately goes all-in! Against a mere mortal, I might think I could be in trouble. This was The Jizz, however. Half the time he makes this play, he ends up turning over some cheese like pocket sixes, or his favorite hand; J-10. I make the call, he turns up A-Q, and I’m dead to a K, 9, or 3 (none of which comes). One of the nice things about being Dave (and I can’t think of many…) is that you tend to get paid off on those rare occasions when you actually do have a hand! And again, I don’t mind paying him off now and then, since I usually get it back, with interest, by the end of the night. Nice playing, Dave!

Omaha 8 – I have K-K-7-3, and as usual, all 83 of us call the big blind and see the flop. The flop comes K-7-7 – schwing! Not only a monster boat (Scheider finally gets his wish), but I can’t be afraid of quads since I have a 7 as well. The only bad thing about it is that I probably won’t get any action since I have all the cards! Elvie leads out with a $30, bet, however, and John M. calls – nice! I debate smooth-calling, but decide to make a small raise to $80, and both call. The turn brings a 4, Elvie bets $400, and John calls for his last $280 or something! I raise Elvie all-in, he calls and turns over 7-4-4-X. The river brings a 3, which gives John’s runner-runner low half the main pot, and I scoop the side pot. I forget what else John had, but he might have made a very loose flop call with A-A and backdoored a low.

It was a night of many good second-best hands all around the table. Just about everyone got a little cold-decked at one time or another. I ended up fighting my way back to finish up almost $2K. Down early / up late has been the theme for me the past few weeks, but I guess that’s better than the alternative! Hopefully we have enough players to get a game going tonight. Until next time!

See ya at the tables…
Rick