All nighter.... 8:30PM till 9:00AM

What can I say! I know I shouldn't have done it, but it was one ugly night. I kept trying to get the most value from my hands and kept ending up with the second best hand. One hand, as an example, I've got J, Q and the flop comes J, J, Q. I check and he bets, I call. The turn is an A, I check, he bets, I call. The river is a brick. I check, he bets, I call. He turns over A, J.

A little later... Omaha 8. I am the big blind and look down at K, K, Kc, 10c. I laugh and the flop comes K, 9, 3. I make a crazy over-bet to push them out. There are three callers. The turn is a 6 and makes a possible flush draw. I bet about 1/2 the pot and get one caller. The river completes the flush (not clubs, unfortunately) and Rick pushes all in. I lay it down, but I absolutely KNOW that he was bluffing.

The crowd kept thinning out and about 3:00AM, its just me, Rick and Jeff. Both these guys are up big and I am down big. Jeff finally decides to leave and cashes out about $900, plus several hundred that he's loaned out. We shame him into buying back in and he loses $200 and leaves. So around 4, its just me and Rick. I have about $200 in front of me and he has about $1200 in front of him. I slowly build my stack back up to around $500 and the big hand hits. I've got pocket sixes and the floppy comes 6, 4, 2 rainbow. I bet about $25 and he calls. The turn is a brick and I bet about $50 and he goes all in. I look over and I've got about $420 remaining and I make some explicative and I call. He immediately realizes that he made a big mistake. I don't even remember what he had, but he didn't have many outs on the river and I dragged the pot. I know exactly how he felt, as I had been making those plays all night and losing. So now the chips have done a complete exchange. I have about $1200 or so he has less than $100. We continue to play for a couple more hours and he cashes out for $170 and I had made a miraculous comeback!

Till next time!