Last night I was excited to get to the poker table as I had won 7 of 8 sessions. I didn't have giant wins but chopping out $100 on average each night is fine with me. I got to the card room and there was one seat open in Omaha 8 and in one in $1/2 No Limit. That was an easy choice and I bought into No Limit for $200. The game was playing pretty big, with an average stack of about $450. The game was full of regulars, and there were definitely some soft spots. I thought of buying in for $300 but went with $200.
Early on the game was loose and most pots were being raised preflop. I had a drunk guy on my left who seemed to be playing bad and was stuck. I saw him pay off a $50 bet on the river into a pot of $50 with K2 on a K 7 10 J 3 board. And this guy normally plays tight and cautious. I then saw him raise with a 42 offsuit and the game was looking good. On the first orbit I was dealt KK and I decided to do something I almost never do, I limped in mid position with it, hoping for a back raise. Of course, no raise came and I saw the flop 4 handed. The flop came 9 7 5 and it was checked to me. I bet $10 and got a call by Mr. 42 on my left. A third club, which was an Ace hit the turn. This was not a good card but I did have the King of clubs. I checked and he bet $20 and I called. River bricked and after check check on the river he showed 97 and took it down. I obviously didn't play the hand well but I only lost $32 on the hand and the way the game was going and looking it was no big deal.
The night ended up being a real grind and I couldn't get much going. I won a decent pot with AQ when I called a raise and saw a flop 4 handed and flopped an Ace. I also made a move with 46 suited in hearts on the button preflop and got 4 callers (ouch!). I have a real tight reputation at this club and often I will make moves like this preflop in late position. Most of the time I will get one caller and take it down with a C-bet on the flop. They all just assume it is me with AK or a big pair again and usually fold. I am not quite so tight as people think. Anyway, the flop came K 8 9 which was about as bad a flop as I can get. Without flopping any pair or draw in a pot with this many people I will almost always shut it down here and settle for the $15 loss (the amount I raised preflop). However when everyone checked to me, as you would expect them to, I just had a feeling I could take this hand down. With only $110 left behind I bet $50 and they all folded. That was a good example of using my reputation and position to pick up $60.
After that I picked up a lot of rags, folded quite a bit and missed a few draws. I had 10 10 and raised one hand and had to fold on the flop when both callers flopped a straight on me and went crazy betting. The flop was 5 6 7 and I was up against 34 and 89. I started feeling pretty crappy a couple hours into the session. It was only midnight and I often play till 1:00 am or a little later on weeknights but I had a major headache and a sore throat. I was down to around $110 and picked up JJ just when I was considering leaving for the night. After a couple of limpers I made it $15 to go and got one caller. The flop was 9 4 5. A pretty loose player with lots of gamble called me. I bet about $35 and he called fairly quickly after asking me how much I had left. The turn was an 8 and he checked. This did not bode well for 89 or 67 but I felt like against this guys range I am usually still ahead and put in my last $60 dollars. He snapped called me as fast as possible but at the same time said "you win." I had no idea what he had. The river was a King and I turned over my two Jacks and he mucked. He said he had A9. So after that hand I was slightly ahead for the night and considering I wasn't feeling well I decided to book a win. I played one more orbit and left ahead $31.
Last night I went 1-1 in my sports bets and lost just a tad bit of juice. Today I stayed home from work as I felt worse and worse through the night. I have a sore throat, feel congested, and feel really hot. Yet I still feel the urge to go down to the card room tonight. I really shouldn't as I need to get better for work and I don't believe in playing when not feeling well. But like I said, it is hard not to play when you have been running good.
Just in case I don't play poker tonight (we will see how I feel later) I am in action on the diamond.
Tonights action:
Indians -133 against the Royals
Giants -113 against the Reds
A's White Sox under 7 -115
I will be back tomorrow to report on tonight's results, tomorrow's bets, and to let you know if I decided to play poker tonight and how much I possibly regret the decision to play under the weather. Will the discipline or the degenerate step up?
Disciplined Degenerate
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