I didn't post a blog yesterday because I was at the poker table from 11:30 AM until 1:30AM the next morning. I played a nice little 14 hour session. I don't typically play sessions that long. In fact, this was probably my 3rd or 4th longest session ever. I don't play that long very often because I have a real job for one, and secondly, because it is not usually something I want to do. I like being fresh when playing poker and playing long sessions just usually is not the best way to keep your mind fresh. About a year ago I did play a 24.25 hour poker session without stopping. I will share that story with you in a future blog.
Yesterday was Player Appreciation Day at the poker club I play at. They were giving away thousands of dollars in cash and prizes and there was free food and lots of games. I started the No Limit game with three other players at 11:30 AM. About 5 hands into the session I flopped a straight against a player who had two pair and I was ahead, and was ahead for the next 14 hours!
The cards treated me well and over 14 hours I played very well with the exception of 5 or 6 hands.
Here are some of the notable hands of the day. The good, the bad, and the unlucky:
The Good:
I check raised a man on the turn to $60 on a board of A 10 5 4 when I held 22 in my hand. I have played with the guy many times I knew he would fold without the nuts. And he did.
I busted two players with AQ on a board of A J 8. We got it all in on the flop and one player had a straight draw and one player had a flush draw. My hand held and I won a $450 pot.
My JJ beat 1010 on a board of 5 4 5 4 8. My opponent tried to bet me off the hand and I read the situation right and called and won.
I flopped a set of tens and busted a player who had top pair and paid me off when I raised him all in on the turn. He was drawing dead when we got the money all in.
I had 8 10 and called a $21 bet on a flop of 7 9 A. A Jack hit the turn and my opponent had J 9. My straight held and I busted him.
The Bad:
I paid off the nut flush when all I had was top pair and top kicker. I should have known he would not have fired the turn and river without a better hand and the hand cost me $175.
I paid off another nut flush when I had the second nut flush (4 suits on board) when I was sure he was bluffing. That was a $150 mistake.
Made a $25 float on the turn and $60 bluff on the river against a player who pretty much never folds a pair. I should have known not to bluff him.
The Unlucky:
I called a player's all in bet with JJ on a board of 2 6 9 (one heart) and it came heart-heart on turn and river and my opponent showed 45 of hearts and took it down.
The Lucky:
I won $150 in a player appreciation giveaway raffle! Only about 10 prizes were given away to the 60-75 people that were in the building at the time of the drawings. I felt very fortunate to get the free $150.
After 13 hours of No Limit Hold Em and one hour of Omaha 8 or better I ended up winning around $700 (when you include the $150 raffle).
This was a nice win since after my winning streak I had back to back $200 losses (Thursday and Friday night. I didn't blog about Friday night's $200 loss.)
Sports Betting:
As if 14 hours of poker was not enough gamble for me, I also had several sports bets on Saturday. I went 2-0 in the NBA. I bet the under in the Heat Knicks game and won that one, and I teased the Magic and OKC and Dallas over. I hit both of those for a 2-0 day. Unfortunately I lost the money won on those two with two baseball losses. I bet under on Oakland and Baltimore and it went over and I bet over in the Boston Chicago game and it went under. Guess I had those backwards. The good news is that I am back in the black for the basketball season! Dating back to the beginning of the season now I am 96-92 overall (95-89 against the spread and 1-3 on teaser bets) and I am up 0.35 units on basketball! I know that is incredibly small but when you consider I was 20-32 and down nearly 15 units at one point, I am very happy with where I am at. On the year I am 6-2 on bets more than one unit. That is the difference right now and the main reason I am ahead. Tonight I have the Clippers +5.5 against the Grizzlies.
Last night when I went to sleep I was very tired and thinking that I would probably take today off from poker. I should have known better. I should have known that I would be headed to the poker room by about 5:00 pm. I better get going.
Disciplined Degenerate
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