Just to update anybody who's interested, I didn't get felted
. We went at it for about 10 hours. I was pretty tired at about 6 hours in because I was up for 24 hours at that point. I ended the game with everybody up $65 (I started with the half buy-in $100). I got nailed pretty badly in the first few hands with my 2 pair aces and queens, got beaten by a straight he made on the turn. It was very disheartening. He checked the turn and I sensed something was up. He bet about $15 on the river for a $50 pot and I called. Over time I learned he loved playing suited connectors or just connectors. *mental note*
I doubled through somebody I pegged as a gambler with AJ, I hit top two pair on the flop. I seen him go all-in with 36s before and he made some crazy pre-flop raises which made me think in the direction that he didn't understand the game too well. I think he lost over $1400 that night. We were playing 200NL and after awhile, he only wanted 8 $25 chips and would raise $25 pre-flop UTG. *mental note 2*
I was up to $120 and called a 3x raise with Ac6c in position. Everybody pegged me as a tight player by then and were wary of my pre-flop raises and pre-flop raise calls, so it was nice to get HU in position with a decent hand against somebody who had about $120 chips also. I remember 2 clubs coming out on the flop. I got checked to and bet about over half the pot trying to disguise my flush draw. I got called. Turn was another club giving me the nuts. He bet out I just called. I was hoping either he had a flush, or he had a high club and another club would hit on the river. He bet out on the river and I thought for a bit and shoved and got insta-called. Turns out he had 7c5c and thought he'd won. I remember my friend telling me that that guy would raise with any two suited cards. I remembered this while playing that hand. He later said he couldn't put me on the flush because of my flop bet.
I doubled through another player, who I would peg as the best player at the table. He seems very observant, watching us very closely, mixing up his playing, playing position, etc. I noticed this about him when I went there just to watch live play last week. He was a big winner up about $600 that night. I doubled up through him with the nut straight.
I was standing at $240ish, got some raises picked off and a bout of bad cards which caused me to blind out some of my chips. I think I went down under $200. I got aces twice, raised and nobody wanted to play with me
They caught on that I was playing premium hands at that point.
I woke up with kings later on. There were two limpers and I raised to $12 and got re-raised to $28. I looked at the re-raiser and his face and body twitches screamed aces. I thought, "I'm being so tight and he's re-popping me so he has to have a good hand". Flop was something like 9h3d8h. He checked to me and I thought about making a bet to see where I was at. I also remember he re-popped me pre-flop and my read that he had aces, so I checked also hoping for a king on the turn. King of hearts hit on the turn giving me a set. He looked very nervous and checked to me. I bet about half the of the pot and he called. I can't remember exactly what the river was, it wasn't a scary card though. He had me covered and thought he could possibly have a flush. He checked and I checked to be safe. Maybe I could have bet on the river but if he pushed me I don't know if I could have called. He turned over aces, and I was kicking myself because my read was right and I could have extracted more from him on the river.
I was at around $270, then I went card dead for about 4 hours. I got 27 about 6 times. I got a lot of small pairs and called raises pre-flop but couldn't hit a set.
I woke up with Ah10d in the CO. I raised and got re-raised by the guy I considered the most skilled of the guys at the table. The flop was something like Ah8h3d. I watched him as he was first to act and he seemed to like the ace as it hit and kept looking down at his chips. He bet about 1/3rd of the pot and I called. I watched him as the turn came, and he was looking down at his chips again, deciding what to do. His body was upright and leaning into the table. I remembered some of the
poker tells I had read about on some websites and about how people glance at their chips when they have a big hand and lean into the table when they're interested.
He bet out and I mucked my hand. He turned over AsKh. I think I have a read on him now.
I made another correct read on the same guy who had aces on me. My friend had jacks and bumped it up. I looked over at aces guy and he looked the same way he did when he had aces against me. Warning bells went off in my head. My friend had shown me his jacks (I don't know if this is allowed but other people had shown their cards to other neighbouring players at the table). I wanted to tell him to get the HELL out of there, but I didn't think it was appropriate as everybody should play their own game. My friend went all in and was insta-called with aces. There went $200.
The last significant hand I remember when was I was in the CO again and had KJo and had been card dead for awhile. I threw out a raise and everybody folded except my friend who was sitting to my right giving me position. Flop was 32K rainbow. I bet out and my friend insta-raised me and was very chatty. I remembered reading people who talk is often a sign of confidence which means strength. I know he likes to play with junk from time to time and put him on 2 pair. I reluctantly mucked and he showed me 32o.
Overall it was an interesting experience. I'm very happy I didn't go broke. I could have mixed up my game better if I had a few buy-ins or if I was properly bankrolled for 200NL. My tight image at the table that night and betting pattern reads I've picked up from online play had helped me pick up reads that night. I experienced a whole new type of read though, physical reads, which brings the game to a different level for me.
Anyways I thought I'd just update for anybody interested and sort of refresh my memory of what went on that night.
See you at the tables!
-junkmale