After a Rest

I played no poker on Sunday or Monday as I thought I needed a little rest. It felt good to not be sitting at the computer grinding it out for a couple of days. I picked back up last night as I realized I still needed 1,645 points to finish out my last power player bonus. I played for about an hour and a half and didn't have any significant hands to mention. I played for about 40 minutes this morning before work and had two nice hands hold up and one very disappointing one. The very first hand on a 3-6 limit table I get dealt j-10. The flop comes A-K-Q rainbow. I immediately start betting and get three callers. The turn is a Q which makes me a little nervous, but I lead out anyway and the other two players call. The turn card is the dreaded K and I'm pretty sure I'm now beaten by a full house. Sure enough, one of the other guys flips over K-5 for a full house of Kings full of Queens. The other two hands had much better results. I picked up KK in early position and it held up for a nice pot. And the other I picked up AA in the small blind and raise, get three callers and the flop comes 5-5-5. A little scary if someone has the other five, but the other callers were not in the blind so I'm hoping they are all playing with high cards. The turn is a Q which makes me a little nervous in case one of them has QQ but they all three call my bet. The river is an 8 and again they all three call my bet. One guy has KK the other 10-10. I picked up a nice $99 pot. I lost two other hands when I called with A-Q and didn't hit the flop and the last hadn I picked up 8-8 and lost when a Q hit the river and my opponent had K-Q. I still booked a nice profit this morning as well as earning a few points toward the bonus.

One interesting hand from last night: I was in the small blind with 2-6 of spades. Its folded around to me and I raise the big blind. He calls and the flop comes J-2-9 rainbow. I bet, get raised and then I reraise. Not a smart move I know, but I had watched the guy and wasn't sure if he was bluffing or not. The turn is a beautiful 6. I bet get raised and then reraise. The pot is getting pretty big off a nothing hand, but we capped the betting after the flop and the turn. the river is an 8 and I lead out with a bet. The guy calls. I didn't check to see what he had, but my two pair held up. The guy, who's screen name is Nicbrezy really berated me for my call. I calmly replied "thank you" but I don't think that helped him any. I make plenty of bad calls playing poker, but I rarely make a bad call and it pays off for me. The total pot ended up being $38 on a 2-4 table.