So I found a small hint of listerine for poker, only after dropping $150 last week in the weekly home game I played in. It was a nuts game where the preflop raise was a min of 12x and getting 4 calls at minimum. Plain and simple you need to hit cards to win, or have the deepest stack in order to bully people out. Needless to say I had neither and it became my side focus to see how many times I would have won at showdown. Close only counts for horseshoes and hand grenades and it sure felt like I was getting bombarded with grenades. I counted 0, zero, nadda hands I would have won in showdown for 3 hours straight.
Enough complaining since the moral is, I stuck to my guns, paid back my debts and played the following week (last night) and I walked away up $155. I did get some much wanted help from the deck, along with a couple of good extraction plays. I flopped a few sets that hit boats and usually got the person's stack. One hand in particular tho I limped CO with 7s5s and flopped the nuts (468) rainbow. SB and Button were in the hand. Usually the Button calls me with 2nd pair and sadly is right, time for some payback. SB leads out for $2.25 in a pot that was worth $2.50. I raised to $6.50 and got the button and SB to call. turn was a 2 of clubs putting two clubs on the board. SB leads for $5.50, I raise to $17 and the button calls. SB finally gets the message and folds. River is a Qd and gives me the stone cold nuts. I lead out $25 and get called by 7c8c. Chuckles in my head since he was convinced he was good, again, with 2nd pair. I'm not criticizing as he's usually right, sadly.
Just had some guy shove the button with J7o from the button in a tourney. I had AA in the BB. rofl.
Going to Mohegan Sunday, no longer offering stake as I'm ahead on bills and cashed nicely last night. But I am still taking investments for the $109ME on Sunday for Merge. 50/50 split on that one.
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