Just a little bit of 5 - 5NL

So after bowling, i decide to go play some poker. I'm feeling pretty good about my cash game play since Vegas and was looking forward to starting a session. Here's a couple hands, i think i played decent, i made a couple mistakes, but overall pretty good .... i think.

The first hand i played, it's folded around to me on the button and i have As Jc. I make it 20$ to go and both blinds call. Flop comes Jd 8d 6s. They check to me, with 60$ in the pot, i make it 35$ and they both call again. Turn is a Jh, its checked to me again, with about 165$ in the pot, i bet 90$, the SB calls and the BB folds. The river is 8h. He checks blind actually, and then i put him all in for 90$. He thinks for abit and calls, shows 10 10.

The next hand i played was Ah 8h when the pot was raised to 15$ after i limped in. The flop comes out 4s 5c 8s. The UTG limper bets 20$ into a pot of about 75$, I call, button calls, and BB calls. Turn is 8c. The UTG bets 80$ into pot of 155$ and i decided that i want to isolate so i make it 180$. Both players fold, UTG thinks and then goes all in. Now i know that i'm like something like 3.2 to 1 if he flopped a straight. The thing is, i can see this player just shoving there with like any 8, maybe 8 9 or something like that. I have the nut kicker with my A8. So now theres something like 515$ in the pot, and I have 300$ behind and he has me covered. So making the pot 815$. I'm getting like 2.7 to 1 (something like that). I know that most of the time, he has 6 7 there, but he could have 8X alot of times there too. I don't think he would play a flopped set like that either. He would probably play it a little slower with the boat. I decide that for the amount of times i will be favorite, i gotta call there with 2.7 to 1, i call, he shows 6 7, i don't improve.

So I limp in in CU with 6h 7h. We are 4 handed so 20$ in pot. The flop comes As 2c 7s. They all check to me, and i bet 15$, the SB makes it 30$ and i call. I'm basically giving up on this hand if he fires another bet and i mise, but i just wanted to see what he was doing on the turn. The turn is a 7d. He now checks, so my first instinc is that he had like A, but could he have A 7 or A 2. If he had A 7 ... gg me. I decide that i'm ahead and that i'm going to bet for value. I bet 50$ into a 80$ pot and he calls looking like he really hated the turn. The river was a Jh. He checks again, now the pot 180$. I don't know what he's calling with, i had a gut feeling that i should maybe check incase he had like 22 or A 7. But thats 2 hands, i think i got to bet for value. Plus i can make it look like i missed my flush. I bet 100$, he snaps with A 2.


Now i built back some chips after that hand. Then this pretty crazy hand happen. Heres the situation, the player on the button has been playing position alot, raising alot from button and playing it aggresively. A bunch of people limp, and what do you know, he makes it 30$ on the button, i call in the BB with QQ. Everyone else folds. The flop is 9s 3s 4c. Pretty nice flop, now i know he's going to follow up bet, so i check and he bets 40$ into a pot of like 85$. I decide to make it 125$. He then procedes to make it 225$. I start thinking of the hand, if has a set, he will most likely flat there. If he picked up AA or KK when i'm pretty sure he would play the hand the same way if he had like A 9, then i'm just unlucky. I'm pretty sure i'm ahead, but i don't want a Spade or A to come on the turn and scare me. So i decide to make my hand look pretty strong, I make it 475$ total with 275$ left behind. He thinks for a while, but it seemed like he knew he was folding, seemed like just acting to me and folded.

Now i'm back to even, maybe even up a little bit.

I pick up AK in middle position and raise to 25$, Button calls, and 2 blinds call. Flop comes Kc Kd Jh. Thats a pretty sick flop. They check to me, and i bet 55$, the button makes it 155$. At this point, i'm 100% he doesn't have JJ(i've seen him play it, and he re raised pre with it) and from what i know about him, he wouldn't raise there in case someone had Q 10 behind and he would like to give them odds on that draw. Its folded around to me, and i'm pretty sure he has a K, so i decide that i will just flat and then let him bet the turn, and i will put him in. So i flat, Turn is a 4h. Thats a really good card i think. Now i check, and he checks behind. I'm really confused at this point. The river is 3d. I'm pretty sure he has a K, and if he doesn't he can't call anything without it in my mind, and he can't have hit those kickers. So its either he has nothing or a K with a worst kicker then me. I check, he goes all in for 300$ and i call. He shows K 3. I don't know if i should bet the turn or river here, i know i'm never folding with the cards that came out, the question is, does he fold to a bet on the turn ... i don't think so. I couldn't do anything about it.

I raise in late position after a really tight player limps ahead with Qh 10h and the only player that calls is that tight player. The flop comes 9h 9c 8d. He checks, then i check behind. Turn is 7h. He now comes out betting 30$ into pot of about 60$. I'm pretty sure he's not that strong and maybe just taking a stab at it. Plus i just picked up a monster draw on the turn, so i make it 80$ to go. He class. River is Qc. Not a horrible card, he checks, and i put him on somekind of pair on the board, so i bet 80$, he calls and shows A 8.

I pick up Ks 10s in the cut off and make it 25$ to go.(yes, i'm raising with alot more hands now in cash games) I get 1 caller by the BB. Flop comes out 2h 3c 4c. He checks and i bet 35$ in pot of about 60$, he calls, Turn is 5d. Now i'm pretty sure he had something like 4 5 for some reason, and i know he's going to give me an ace, so i bet 80$ into 130$. Trying to make it look like value, now he calls, and i'm really confused, i don't think he has A, but what can he be calling with. Could he have like 4 6 or something, can called with top with gut shot. Now i have 150$ left, River is Jd. He checks, I the might be calling me with 4 5, or have a bigger straight, so i chicken out of the bet and check, he shows Kc 5c.

I bust in nice fashion, i got K 9 in the blinds, flop K K 3. I check, guy bets 25 into pot of 25, i call. Turn is 7, I check, he bets 55$, i call. River is 8. Now i was scared of my kicker the whole way, the player i'm playing against is pretty bad, he usually goes all in when he hits something. Anyways, i got 95$ left, he checks, now the only real kickers i could beat were now on the board, i wanted to fold, i actually wanted to fold on the turn because i thought he had a better K. I called anyways,( Daniel Negreanu stylz, make perfect read and still call when you think your behind) He shows me K 7 for full house. I was like, great, i make perfect read, and of course i don't trust it.

Anyways, i'm out ... GG LIFE