Biggest pot ever and running into some poker players.

Sup everyone. Sorry for the lack of updates, since I don't play hardly any poker on the weekends I tend to forget to update this blog. So after I last talked to you guys I only played poker twice. Last thursday I 4 tabled someone at 2/4 HU for like 2.5 hours. He ran pretty hot, especially on 1 particular table where he built his $400 up to like >$3000. At one point I was down $2700 to him but them I started to get some momentum back and he quit me when I was still down $1000. Oh well.

Then on Friday, my fiance and I babysat one of her nephews who turns 2 years old today. I had a good time, as the baby is a lot of fun to play with. The weather was pretty bad so we just hung around inside all day and watched stuff like the Polar Express and Disney's Playhouse. I didn't play any poker on Friday.

Saturday I did get to play some poker. I played for an hour or 2 and won around $6K including winning the biggest pot of my life. Here is the HH

No-Limit Hold'em, $20.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($2101)
CO ($1719)
Button ($4651.50)
SB ($4658)
Hero (BB) ($5009)
UTG ($4472)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, K
1 fold, MP bets $60, 1 fold, Button calls $60, 1 fold, Hero raises $260,1 fold, Button calls $220

Flop: ($630) 6, 2, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $325, Button calls $325

Turn: ($1280) K (2 players)
Hero bets $675, Button calls $675

River: ($2630) J (2 players)
Hero bets $1400, Button raises $3371.50 (All-In), Hero calls $1971.50

Total pot: $9373

Results:
Button had 6, 6 (three of a kind, sixes).
Hero had K, K (three of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $9370

Lucky me. Other than that hand I think I only played 1 pot bigger than 50bbs the whole session so nothing else really interesting to talk about.

Saturday night was pretty interesting. We went to this bar in midtown Atlanta where Kim's sister's friend knew the band that was playing. So we get there and the place is supppppperrrr smokey (which is pretty abnormal in ATL because most places dont allow you to smoke inside) Combine the smoke with the fact that we didn't really have any desire to listen to a band and we decided to leave to head to another bar in Buckhead. So we get to this other bar and right when I walk in I recognize YellowSub86 in the house. I walk up to him and introduce myself, and congratulate him on all his poker success. He says to me "well if you recognize me, you probably know this guy" and he taps his friend on the shoulder who turns around. It's Shannon Shorr. So I buy them some drinks, they buy some shots and for the next hour or two its a pretty fun time. Both of them are really nice guys. Here is a picture.

In the picture, their friend Chris is on the left(he plays as SlippyJacks on pokerstars and used to work for Bluff Magazine), then Shannon Shorr, Me, and then Jeff "yellowsub86"

So a pretty fun couple of days since my last update. I got a couple days of grinding before I head back to VA Beach so I'm going to get started on that. Talk to you guys later.

HU poker is easy....

.... when you run hot and people spew to you

I didn't really feel like playing much more poker today(usually happens after I win a decent amount of money) so when I got home tonight I decided to sit around at HU tables between 2/4 and 5/10 and see if anyone wanted to play me. Well after about 2 hours of sitting alone, messing around on the internet, and watching some poker videos a fish finally sat with me at 2/4. We 1 tabled for about an hour and I ended up losing like $18 to him.

Here is the biggest pot we played just so you can get a look at his skillz

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (BB) ($994.50)
SB ($327.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A
SB bets $10, Hero raises $32, SB calls $24

Flop: ($72) 4, 10, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $40, SB calls $40

Turn: ($152) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $80, SB calls $80

River: ($312) A (2 players)
Hero bets $180, SB calls $171.50 (All-In)

Total pot: $655

Results:
SB had K, 5 (straight, five high).
Hero had A, A (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: SB won $654.50

So about 5 mins before the fish at 2/4 finally left, someone came along at 5/10 and asked if I wanted to 3 table. YAY! Here is the very first hand we played.

No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($660)
BB ($1000)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, K
Hero bets $20, BB calls $15

Flop: ($50) 9, 6, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $40, BB raises $110, Hero calls $70

Turn: ($270) A (2 players)
BB bets $210, Hero calls $210

River: ($690) A (2 players)
BB bets $655 (All-In), Hero calls $315 (All-In)

Total pot: $1320

Results:
Hero had 9, K (two pair, Aces and nines).
BB had K, 8 (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $1319.50

so I had a feeling things might get interesting. Well the match didn't disappoint and my opponent ended up quitting me after dropping $4.7k in a little under 10 mins. Here are the bigger pots from the short match. I'll post them in chronological order.

No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($1005)
BB ($1010)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4, 10
Hero bets $20, BB calls $15

Flop: ($50) A, 2, 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $30, BB calls $30

Turn: ($110) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $80, BB calls $80

River: ($270) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $400, BB calls $400

Total pot: $1070

Results:
Hero had 4, 10 (straight, five high).
BB didn't show (He had A9)
Outcome: Hero won $1069.50

No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($1000)
BB ($1099.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A
Hero bets $20, BB raises $75, Hero calls $60

Flop: ($170) 5, 3, 2 (2 players)
BB bets $90, Hero calls $90

Turn: ($350) J (2 players)
BB bets $280, Hero calls $280

River: ($910) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $644.50 (All-In), Hero calls $545 (All-In)

Total pot: $2000

Results:
Hero had A, A (two pair, Aces and fives).
BB had 2, 2 (full house, twos over fives).
Outcome: BB won $2099

ARGGGGG

No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($2054)
BB ($2134.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7, 7
Hero bets $20, BB calls $15

Flop: ($50) 7, 9, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $40, BB raises $160, Hero raises $380, BB raises $650, Hero raises $1609 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: $1670

Results:
Hero had 7, 7 (three of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: Hero won $2888.50

Pretty special 4 bet bluff by him on that flop...

No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (BB) ($1048.50)
SB ($2092.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 8
SB bets $25, Hero raises $80, SB calls $60

Flop: ($180) 7, A, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $120, SB raises $270, Hero calls $150

Turn: ($720) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $440, Hero raises $688.50 (All-In), SB calls $248.50

River: ($2097) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $2097

Results:
SB had 6, A (two pair, Aces and sevens).
Hero had 8, 8 (full house, eights over sevens).
Outcome: Hero won $2096

We ran this pot twice, and I won them both.

No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($1879)
BB ($1094.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, K
Hero bets $20, BB calls $15

Flop: ($50) A, 2, 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $30, BB raises $120, Hero calls $90

Turn: ($290) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $210, Hero raises $920,BB raises $739.50 (All-In), Hero calls $29.50

River: ($2189) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $2189

Results:
Hero had A, K (one pair, Aces).
BB had A, 9 (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $2188

EZ game

No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em ManagerConverter Tool fromFlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (BB) ($2928)
SB ($1259.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, 8
SB bets $25, Hero raises $80, SB calls $60

Flop: ($180) 8, 4, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $120, SB calls $120

Turn: ($420) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $220, Hero calls $220

River: ($860) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $829.50 (All-In), Hero calls $829.50

Total pot: $2519

Results:
SB had 10, A (high card, Ace).
Hero had 6, 8 (two pair, eights and sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $2518.50

The last 3 hands all literally happened in a 30 second time frame, and after the last one he said that he'd had enough and he was done for the day. So I ran pretty hot but he made some pretty speculative plays as well. Lucky me. Finish the day at +$9.7k, veryyy niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. Good night.