Strong showing in 2nd Bohemia Game

I went to Simpson's Bohemia game again last night, and enjoyed a 10 person deep stack tournament. At this game, you can pick wherever you want to sit, and with the other players probably not too keen on the art of position, I sat myself to the left of Tieds, and the most aggressive player that I remember from Tuesday. After noticing that I was on Tieds' left, he smoothly stated "You know what, this chair isn't that comfortable, I think I'll sit over here" and sat down directly to my left. Pretty funny stuff if you're Long, Simpson, Tieds or I.

The game as they see it, consists of hanging out and drinking beer and being loud. I almost think that some people think that if they lose a pot, their masculinity is in question, and are forced to call to "be a man." One guy did it with 5 high last night after Tieds went home.

I never drink anymore when I play cards, too many losing sessions. I prefer to play the game as well as I can, whenever I can. This being said, the beer started flowing promptly, and off we went to start the game!

I waited patiently for a little bit to see what kind of hands were being showed down. I caught alot of hands being won with middle pair, little kickers. I then raised every time I got 2 picture cards, KT, any Ax (with x being above 7). Funny that I mention KT, but I bluffed off alot of my chips when I got called down on the river with 4th pair! Tieds and I then conferred that why should I bluff off my chips here? They're going to call anyway, just don't get impatient. So, I buckled down and played some boring ass poker for a while.

The aggressive player from my right opened up with a raise to 14 with the blinds at 2/4. It folded to the player to the right of Simpson who re raised to 24. The button then went in for 165. He got 3 callers, and we only started with 265 chips. There was a side pot, then another side pot for another player who went all in with a flush draw that missed. The original raiser showed QJh, another player showed AJ, and the all-in player showed 89o!!! The AJ took it down when he turned an A.

Now, this player was obviously very late to a date with his girlfriend and she would keep calling him during the game. It was obvious that he was going to dump his chips eventually, I just had to be there to pick up the pieces. The problem was, he had so many, that playing recklessly with him could get costly.

Tieds would eventually raise with JJ and Long would move over the top with AA. They got it in and Tieds was eliminated.

I was now the short stack at the table, and when it was time for the blinds to go up, Long mentioned it. The owner of the house said that they should stay where they are because "we were betting." Knowing that I would be crippled if the blinds went from 5/10 to 10/20, and I only had 135 chips left, I thanked him verbally. To this he said "why are you thanking me?" It was then that I realized that he didn't know the logic of raising the blinds. I proceeded to say something in jibberish and shut up about it.

I managed to pick up some hands and had a slightly less than average stack when we lost another player. Now we were down to 4 people, and I found 7's in the SB and decided to call a raise from the HUGE stack with the girlfriend problem. I figured If I found a favorable flop, I could move in. The flop came 885. I moved in for 435, and it folded to the big stack who thought for a bit, and decided to call!!! The only problem was he flipped over 99!! DOH! I thanked everyone for the game and grabbed my jacket, and a 7 peeled off on the turn!!! No 9 came, and I was right back in it.

He was eliminated soon thereafter going in blind with J6 against Long's AQ. I had 7's again, and called his all-in, but Long pushed me out with a re-raise to 400. I questioned him on it at the time, but my 7's would've been no good as he flopped a J and Long turned an A.

Now we were down to 3. Long, myself, and the owner of the house who was...drunk....Well he had at least 9 beer cans behind him. Well, this hand came up and changed alot of things.

I got KhJs and decided to raise 3x the blind to 60, we were at 10/20. Both players called and the flop came Qh9h4h. I liked my hand here as to me, I had 15 outs that would give me the best hand. 9 hearts, 3 10's and 3 K's. I checked here, hoping to get a free card but would call any modest bet. It checked to the button and he bet 200, which was a huge bet so far. With the pot laying me a little less than 2-1 and my odds being close to 55%, I made the call. The turn was the Kc. I instantly moved in now for 435, and the button began to think...and think....and think...I figured I was good now, but he waited and waited and made the call. He flipped over J6h for a flopped flush!!! Geez....well, now I was down to 7 hearts in the deck giving me a 12% chance to win. Well, the 2h came on the river, and I took out the other player as I had him covered by 50 chips. Talk about getting lucky!

Heads up now between Long and I and we traded blinds like no tomorrow, rarely seeing a flop. The last hand went a little something like this. I called on the button with J6, and Long raised me 150 more. I called because this was his standard play. I planned on taking this hand away from him later. Well, the flop came TJQ rainbow and he bet 400 and I moved in. Questionable play? Probably, but I felt it was the best move at the time. He thought about for a long time and decided to call and flipped over AJ! Wow, that whole time he thought he was beat. I guess he gives me more credit than I thought. Well, the turn was a 8h, and the river was a 6s giving me two pair and the win for the evening. I got lucky 3 times exactly when I needed to last night, and it paid off in dividends. Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.