Saturday

Stayed patient after friday, and it payed off!

Wasnt getting good cards, and often getting re-raised,
and having to lay down cards pre-flop, but i knew
id get a chance.

$1-$2 NL
Got aces at one stage in the big blind. Now this is
a good spot to get aces, coz u hope a lot of people
raise in front of you and u can come over the top.
Except everyone folded to the button who just
called for $1. Then the small blind folded, ghey !
Now what to do, Do i limp in, hope he catches top
pair and i try and trap him, its easy also to
get trapped urself. So i decide to raise to $3,
if hes got a shitty hand he might dump it, mediocre
call, good may be raise. He raises to $5. This
is best case scenario. Now i know hes got a decent
hand, and hes obvioulsy limped in, and didnt
want to scare the blinds away. Now i could call here,
but sometimes, if ppl think they have a good
hand pre-flop, and u have the best hand, its worth
getting all their money in now, when your a favourite &
if you think he will call. So i decide to go all in
for $65 dollars. He calls, he shows A-K, pretty much
all over baby. And i double up.

Move to $2-$4 NL table.
Start off slow again as well, getting little.
Evenutally picked up Qs, someone
raised to $8 b4 me, i call, someone else calls.
Flop comes q-7-5. Now he bets $10, i reckon hes
prolly got an over pair may be A-K. I call,
the other guys folds. Now the turn comes a 3.
I still have the best hand. If he bets again,
im sure he has an over pair, he bets $20.
Ok, hes got Ks or As, i decide i could call, and
gamble the last card is not an A or K, to give
him trips, or raise him right here. I move all in.
He calls. River is a 10. He shows Kings, my trip
Qs win , $360 pot yeh baby.

A shorter stack bets $8 pre-flop, i have a pair
of 5s in position. So i decide to gamble and call.
Flop comes 5-J-8. Now he bets $5, which is intersting.
This is one of those bets that looks like its trying
to keep me in the pot. Coz he doesnt seem to worried
about any card that i could catch on the turn
that would beat him, so he must have a strong hand.
I call. Now the turn comes a Q. He bets $10.
I decide to raise him to $20 here to see what he does.
He calls. Prolly got Kings or Aces. Final card comes
a J. 5-j-8-q-j. Now i doubt very much he raised with
J-Q, or even Qs, coz that $5 bet smells of strenght,
and Qs arent strength when you your opponent could
be holding an A or a K. He moves all in on the river, I call.
He flips overs aces, and my 5s over Js
pick up a $150 pot.

Came 2nd in a $20 tourney. Played well early and got
good cards, then got unlucky late on heads up.
Losing Ks to 8s, and 9s to 7-5. Got the chip lead
heads up tho, but got unlucky again, with A-4, agaisnt
K-3, and cya later.

Ended up $300 for the day.