First game of month, first post of blog

Home Game in a Barn

I show up about ten minutes late and fill out the table to ten. Cards are in the air, (but barely) i count 4 hands played in the first 15 minutes i was there. Luckily game picked up a little halfway through the night. Game was comprised of about 3 or 4 Lags and 5 or 6 Rocks. Not the greatest table, not the worst. (asi asi)

Normally i will have a few big hands to talk about, however i dont think i made a bet larger than 15 bb's all night. At the end of the night i was very surprised by how many chips i had accumulated by winning smallish pots and 3 medium pots.

3 medium pots i will post today

1. Hero limps with 55, flop is 5 10 2 with two spades. I bet 2/3 pot and get called by superrock.
Turn is J no spade. Villian checks i bet only about half pot and get called again. River was 2 no spade (not the best card vs superrock but after he checks i put out a small value bet and get called) He probably had K 10 or A 10 im guessing.

2. Hero limps A7 suited, flop is A74 rainbow. Villain (another rock) bets out 15, i decide to build and min raise to 30 and get called. Turn was a 5 i think which doesnt scare me, however i let it go check check believing Villain has AK or AQ. River was 3 putting out a one liner to straight. After Villain checks again I put out another value bet knowing he is probably incapable of pulling the old check raise on river. I get called and was shown A4 for top and bottom. no good sir

3. Last round of night i get QK off in BB a straddled pot. I just limp and it goes to flop 3 ways, (Q 10 7 rainbow) I bet pot and get called by one (LAG). Turn is a safe 5 and i bet 2/3 pot and get called again. (i am gonna try to showdown this hand now) river is a 3 and i check waiting for showdown, but villain bets out 2/3 of pot and puts me to the test. I make the HERO CALL after a minute or two and was shown J 9 for a busted open ender. Lately i have been making the correct decisions on these pots and hopefully ill continue to sniff them out.

I throw a few bucks to host and leave pretty happy knowing i start the month off great. It is very rare that you could post a win like this in poker without a lot of sweat.

Results = +120 BB's