Some bad luck against a terrible player, four quarterings (two when I was doing the quartering when the money got in), and my share of bad plays had me down somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 for the session across two tables, but I got the Makeup Hand here to put me back in black. I probably wouldn't have seen the flop or turn without capping four-way action each time.
I close down the table, finishing with a nice flopped wheel that stays the nuts all the way. Suboptimal bet on my part on the river; there was a value bet in there somewhere.
A similar result on table two, starting down low then making it back up.
A key this session was recognizing
WOW!
I was writing up my closing comments there while still playing on the second table. I got a rush of good starting hands and was pumping the pot a lot, either taking it down without resistance on the flop, or on one occasion, folding when I got resistance on a flop.
That set up these two back-to-back hands, which shut down the table:
(KKJ3)
(4432)
Scooping a three-way all-in is a nice way to end.
And to finish my thought: A key this session was recognizing that I was letting frustration loosen me up and make things worse, and that I was dwelling on the money lost. I mentally slapped myself, reminded myself that these tables were obviously beatable, and bared down to do it.
I'm not sure how much total I bought in for this session, but it was close to $150, and I cashed out up about $120, for a new Cake high-water mark of $690.
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Looks like you have got the hang of this game. Your suboptimal bet on the river was probably not suboptimal. When you raise the flop and then bet the turn villain is likely chasing something for the chop. The 9 blank hits and if you bet $2, you still might not get a call.
The call with T998 is risky but I am glad it worked out. Nines are generally tough when you flop a set as there are so many bullets to dodge. The 9T straight is never the nuts unless you are potentially sharing with the low. When you hit these though you will get paid as people won't put you on this hand. I am not sure if I want to add this to the reportoire of starting hands but I can't argue with your success.
I may post soon as I have been on a ridiculous heater. Lots of my action is preflop raising to all in and getting called by donks, not particularly skillful poker.
Keep up the run and I am happy to see you taking shots at the higher stakes.
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