Another session and another lousy start turned awesome.
First table, no cards and when I did make a hand, it was second best. Getting stuck at the first table seems to be a standard for my sessions of late.
Moved to another table and didn’t start there much better. As I watched the play though, I recognized there were 3 players who were playing extremely poorly. They were firing 3 bullets with any pair, staying in hands way too long and calling bets and raises where they were no longer getting odds for any type of draw.
I ended up busting out, but decided to buy back in to see if I could take advantage of the bad play. Within about an hour, I had tripled up. All coming from those 3 players.
My plan worked just as I had hoped. I raised and was called with poor hands. Called to the river with TPWK when I felt I was good — on this hand, the fellow bet off his entire stack on a pair of 5’s… 4th pair.
Later, I ended up busting AA with KK. The fellow was dealt AA the previous hand, and I just didn’t think he could be dealt it back-to-back. I ended up moving in on the flop after he bet out (I raised pre-flop and he re-raised… I called). I thought he might have QQ, but not AA. I turned a K and he didn’t improve. Big pot. I got lucky.
Results were great today. I played fairly well; one bad call and then a misread with the AA vs. KK hand.
Still, I’d like to be able to play a session where I didn’t have to fight back from a 2 or 3 buy-in loss.
I’ll keep trying…