Two Shorty's Sessions

I decided to post about my two previous Shorty's sessions. First let's start with my Saturday session. It was a pretty short session. I got there about 8PM or so and left at about 10:15PM. My girlfriend got off work early and wanted to go out. I was up $475 so pulled a little "Hit & Run" and went out with her. We had a great time. So here's a little recap:

Shorty's runs a 5-5 game. I sat down with $500 and didn't play too many hands until I hit the gorgeous set over set. I limped UTG with 99. There's a few limpers until the BB decides to make it $30. He was raising preflop quite often and I was hoping to smoke him. Well he got 3 or 4 callers. Flop.. 9-4-K. nice. The BB leads out $50. I decide to just call as the board is pretty harmless. Then the shortest stack at the table decides to shove for $150 total. The table folds, including the preflop raiser. I call. The board runs out. I show my 99 and he shows 44. It's so rare to flop set over set, and I happen to do it to the guy with $150 left. Oh well, let's not be too greedy.

The guy to my left was the most active at the table. He was making some bets/raises that seemed like air to me but never had to show down his hand. A couple of times he was called down and his opponent showed, and he mucked. Well he lost a decent size pot right before the following hand:

I raise $25 to go with KK. He calls to my left. I think there were about 2 callers. The flop comes down Q-4-7. I bet $40. The guy behind me makes it $100. Folds to me. I can definitely be behind here, but this is the type of play the guy has been making. And I'm pretty sure I'm in the lead. I just call. The turn is a 9. I check, he bets $100. And he's got $200 behind that. I really thought he had a queen(A-Q, K-Q, Q-J). But I just called again. The river pairs the board 4s. I decide to bet his last $200. He folds. He said he didn't have a queen, which I now believe. If I check the river, he probably fires again. But I thought he had a good queen and I didn't want the river to go check, check. Oh well. I won about $250 there.

Then I try my one real "play" of the night. A few players call the $10 straddle, including me with Ac8c on the button. The SB and BB complete and the straddle pops it to $30. Not really much of a pop. Well everyone calls. I'm in there. And we see a flop about 6 ways. The flop comes down 4-4-9 two spades. SB and BB check, straddle bets $40(into a $180 pot). A couple of folds to me and I raise to $140. As long as the SB or BB didn't flop a 4, I should be good. The SB folds. Asian Tom is the BB. I'll write a lot more about Tom in my next session. Tom is in all pots and is pretty aggressive. He calls the $140. Shit. The straddle mucks. The turn is garbage. And Tom leads out $125. Huh? Plenty of times this is the bet someone makes after missing their draw. And Tom calling $140 on a flush draw on a paired board is more than possible. This was actually a very good bet by Tom in my opinion. Although, if he would have checked, I would have probably fired again... but he doesn't know that. And this bet really throws me off. I thought he might be on a spade draw and thought about putting him all-in. As he only had a few hundred more. Anyway, I eventually fold. And this guy turns over 9-4 off suit for a flopped boat. LoL. When you put in $30 preflop with 9-4o, I guess you gotta get it some time. Lost $170 there.

I get moved to the main game shortly after. I sat there for a while without playing a hand. There was a big pot won with top pair, top kicker. Bryan raised to about $50 preflop and got a few callers. The flop came down A-x-x. It checked to Bryan and he bets $150. It folds to Joey, and Joey shoves. About $700 or $800 or so. The table folds to Bryan. He has about the same amount in front of him.. about $650 over the $150 he just bet. He thinks about it forever, and then finally calls... with A-K.. and it's good! Joey shows A-9. And the board bricks out. Unbelievable. Joey would have gotten my $150. That being said. He did bet $800 to win about $300. Well I told that story to tell the next 2 hands.

A few hands later, I limp with 5d6d. There's a couple of limpers to Bryan in the BB who raises to $50. 9 of 10 times I fold here. But I haven't played a hand at this table yet so I should get some kind of respect. And Joey is one of the limpers and I'm pretty sure he's calling to get a shot at Bryan. I call. Joey calls. And we see a flop 3 handed. Flop is A-A-4. Bryan checks, I check, Joey checks. The turn is a queen. Bryan checks. I decide to throw out $50. Both fold. Bryan flips over 7-7. I show my 5-6. Hoping to get a little action if I ever do make a hand. Won $100 there

A few hands later, Joey raises to $30 UTG+1 or +2. And the whole table actually folds to me in the BB. I look down at AhKh. I call. Heads-up to a flop of A-6-3. I check and he bets. $40. I decide to just call. The turn is a 7. I check again. And he bets $60. I call again. I usually play this hand a little stronger, but I take an alternate route. The river is a 4. Now a 5 makes a straight. I check again. He picks up his cards, almost as to show his hand. Then puts it down, thinks about it, and fires $100. I call. I'm good. I won about $230 there.

I told my girlfriend I'd meet her at home at 11PM and it was already 10:15 and the weather was bad. So I racked up. Of course I got some "hit & run" comments. Blah Blah Blah.. Check Change $475 on the night. Well actually in a couple of hours.

Well I'll write about yesterday's session soon...

"Wow! (First) the economy, now this!"- Tex's quote when I told him yesterday's Shorty's table was slow and low in money.