Thursday, May 05, 2005
Hit and Run! vs. Grinding out
Brian sat down last night targeting a guy named chuck on his fish-finder only to find that he had entered a hornet's nest. Along with his fish, the 4th seat was a major bluffer that had sucked out a few times and ran his stack up to 70$ (starting at 25) while the 6 seat had run 10$ up to 52$ through several questionable plays. After and while this is all happening, Brian is CARD DEAD and when he's getting some good starting hands... they aren't turning out well. As hands go by, people sit down and the bad players do what they always do... start to bleed chips and all the big money on the table leaves as the fish frop from 70 down to 30 and 50 down to 12.
Brian is stuck something like 10-12$ and I'm just sitting here watching... knowing he's gonna be fine. Finally the 6th seat fish busts and I take his seat. I've got position on chuck (who's had the same type of rollercoater ride as the other fish) and the big bluffer. Immediately, I start hitting good cards A9 suited flops a flush draw but I win w/ a rivered Ace (Incidently, this was a tough hand for Brian as he was drawing pretty dead but did manage to really lose the minimum). Then KK beats out AQ, then AQo hits top pair and turns a flush draw... allowing me to shove out the bluffer when he bets big into me on the turn. I've run my 25 up to 71$ and... well I run... I've taken my pound of flesh and don't want to risk giving any of it back.
By now most all of the table has turned over... except for the bluffer in seat 4 who has about 20 left (down 5 overall and down 50 from his peak). Brian now hits a rush that rivals my quick one. He starts nailing hands in quick succession... even busting the bluffer in a big hand where he had two draws. He goes from 12$ down to 43$ up.
Two polar opposite experiences but pretty much the same outcome. Nothing like a hyper aggressive table to get your heart pounding.
Brian is stuck something like 10-12$ and I'm just sitting here watching... knowing he's gonna be fine. Finally the 6th seat fish busts and I take his seat. I've got position on chuck (who's had the same type of rollercoater ride as the other fish) and the big bluffer. Immediately, I start hitting good cards A9 suited flops a flush draw but I win w/ a rivered Ace (Incidently, this was a tough hand for Brian as he was drawing pretty dead but did manage to really lose the minimum). Then KK beats out AQ, then AQo hits top pair and turns a flush draw... allowing me to shove out the bluffer when he bets big into me on the turn. I've run my 25 up to 71$ and... well I run... I've taken my pound of flesh and don't want to risk giving any of it back.
By now most all of the table has turned over... except for the bluffer in seat 4 who has about 20 left (down 5 overall and down 50 from his peak). Brian now hits a rush that rivals my quick one. He starts nailing hands in quick succession... even busting the bluffer in a big hand where he had two draws. He goes from 12$ down to 43$ up.
Two polar opposite experiences but pretty much the same outcome. Nothing like a hyper aggressive table to get your heart pounding.
