J-9 suited the new nuts?

Only for a small-time donk like me.. I actually had a great session last night. Well this morning actually. I left work at 8pm and talked to Joe on the phone. He agreed to lend me more money if I wanted to go play. Well I finished watching LSU sneak by South Carolina then we met in Raceland on our way to Harrah's. We arrived at about midnight and sat at the same 1-2 game. When we sat down, an older gentleman who Joe knew was leaving and whispered to us, "If ya'll don't get any money from the 2 seat, I'm gonna come back and kiss your ass." Or something to that effect. Basically saying the 2 seat was an idiot. Which excites me. Especially since he's the chip leader with like $1,500 in front of him. Well not long into my session I flop a set of 3's and win a decent pot to nearly double my $200 buy-in to almost $400. I won a couple of hands to build me up. Then a couple people leave, Joe and some other guy are up from the table.. and suddenly we are playing like 6 handed. Good thing is, the idiot in the 2 seat was still there. Well I would win a couple of sweet pots from him. The guy limped with nearly everything and called a raise with nearly everything. I raised with Q-Q and got 2 callers. The idiot being one of them. The flop comes down 10-8-2 and he leads into me with $50. I elect to just call and the guy behind me folds. The turn is garbage and he bets $50 again. I'm pretty sure I have the best hand here. But I can't be sure as a hand like 10-2 suited is definitely in his range. I don't want to create a huge pot with this moron with one pair so I just call again. A king hits the river and we check, check. He shows 10-6o and I win a decent pot. If I raise the flop, he calls.. and I would have won a nice pot later.. but I was so unsure if he out flopped me, I elected to play small ball. A couple of hands later I won a pot from him with K-J when the flop came jack high and I rivered a 3rd jack(not that that was necessary). Another nice lil pot. I was rolling right along. Then became pretty card dead for a while. Then suddenly Joe, who is sitting to my immediate right, raises like 3 out of 5 pots. I'm sure he had monsters every time lol, but I was getting a little tired of it. Also, the game was loose and I wanted to mix it up. Well after a few limpers, he raises his SB to $17. I look down to see Jd-9d. Oh yeah.. I'm in there. I call along with a couple others. Flop Q-10-8. Two diamonds.. Umm not bad. Joe bets $40. I just call, actually hoping everyone folds and we can check it down. Well the guy to my left calls and we have a pot. 3 handed to the turn.. a black 4. Perfect. Joe checks.. and I bet $125. And to my surprise, they both call! Now I'm pretty sure I don't want to hit a diamond. COME ON BRICK!! River was in fact a brick. I bet $125 again but get no callers. Joe shows Ad-Kd for a monster draw. And the other guy claimed to have J-10. Now a month ago I would have flopped that straight, bet the turn, got 2 callers, and the 4 of diamonds would have hit the river to complete everything and I would have been smoked. Finally the deck slaps me in the face. Well I am up a good bit now. Like up $700 or so. I play pretty snug for a while. Until the following hand occurs. Action is to me and I limp with Jc-9c. Or so I thought, I looked up to notice Melvin raised to $15. Oh well. I call hoping one of the 2 loose guys behind me call but they let me down. Melvin and I to the flop... Flop... 10-8-7. Wow I did it again. He checks and I bet $30, thinking I'm about to take it down when he calls. The turn is again a blank. But this time is was a little more relevant.. like a 5 or something. And it also puts the 2nd club on board. I pick up a flush draw with my already made nuts lol.And now he decides to bet $100 into me. I thought maybe he flopped a set now. After a while of deliberating whether to raise or call, I just call. The river is a blank.. I want to say it put a 4 card straight out there but my J-9 was still the nuts. Now here's where you know you're running good, he throws 4 black chips into the pot. AMEN! He only has about $300 behind that. I sit for a while, pretending to have a decision on my hands. He then says, "It's not a tournament, you can buy more chips after." I don't say anything, and a few seconds later I announce that I'm all in. He says, "Well I guess I missed" and mucks his hand. I made about $550 on that one. I didn't play many hands afterwards. Not any of any relevance. Until my last hand.. I called a raise from Melvin with 9-9. 3-way to the flop of Q-J-x. Melvin checks, I check, guy checks. I'll put it like this... The other guy has 10-8 and I have pocket 9's... Take a guess at what the turn card was.... yeah a 9. I bet the turn, he calls, Melvin folds. River is shit and I bet $50. He raises to $125 and I end up paying him of. I lost almost $200 on that one and I picked up. I cashed out at $1308. I won $1108. Paid Joe back the $800 I owed him. And pocketed $500 myself. Long overdue. There were a few more I could write about. I had Q-Q again against the idiot and he shoved on the river and I layed down. I had 2 hands where I had a pair and the nut flush draw on the turn.. Got raised on the turn, called and missed. One of those times I made a lay down I'm not sure was correct, but I'm almost certain it was. I had Ah-2h. The flop came with 2 hearts and it checked around. The turn was an ace. I bet and was raised by a tighter older gentleman. I called. the river was a 2nd ace, giving me trips. I check and he bets $100 from the button. I didn't really know what I could beat. The flop was something near 10-8-7. He didn't seem like the type of player to bet in position when he got counterfeited or something. He was the type to just give up. Nor did I think he raised me on a draw. Anyway, I folded and he showed one card, a 7. I said, "7's full are good" and he smirked and nodded his head a lil. I think he had 7-7 or A-7. Who knows, I just thought I was beat and decided to lay down. It was GREAT to win again. I definitely had some help from the deck. But I was happy with my 1-2 play in general. I felt like I didn't limp into every pot that I have something decent. It was a loose table with plenty money and I was patient. I can't wait to get back at it again. I may attempt a trip to Shorty's Wednesday. I'm not sure. I did have two Gene D sightings while I was there. He played Saturday night and I think had a winning session. Congrats Mr. D. Later guys

"I once cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man without any feet." - I don't know who said this but I liked it