Day 2 Cash Games
I didn’t play Cash Games for too long today, given I had already put in like 3 hours at the tournament table but I think in total I put in 2.5-3 hours but I don’t remember. Like yesterday the session was made or lost in just a few hands.
The first big hand of the day occurred in the 2nd session (I played 2 small sessions instead of 1 big one); I’m dealt TT and I’ve done nothing but fold, fold and fold some more. I isolate up several limpers and get 3 callers at $11 apiece; the pot is $40 after rake and I get a pretty good flop for my hand: 653 with two clubs. Its checked to me and I bet $30 and get two calls, the pot is $100. The turn brings an offsuit jack and I still have a good feeling that I’m ahead, although if I get raised its a pretty easy fold. I bet $60; enough of a bet that it protects against draws and I leave myself room to fold to an all in. Luckily that doesn’t happen and I do take the enlarged pot down on the turn.
Not 10 hands later I again get TT and I isolate a limper to $11, and again I get 3 callers. The flop comes a very safe 965r and the SB donks $15 into the $40. I put his range a lot for value/information rather than a complete bluff although I guess he shows up with a semibluff here too some of the time. I don’t think about it too much and raise it to $45 to get it HU between the two of us. He thinks for a bit and calls and the pot is now $130 (I play big pots!). The turn brings a dry 4 and I still have a feeling I’m ahead, although again if he raises me I’m dead. He checks to me and I bet a strong $90 into the $130 leaving me with probably $120 behind; I thought maybe I could have bet $70 and it would be more +EV but I don’t want to induce a bluff shove so I’m fine with my bet sizing. He thinks then calls for a second and the river brings a K with the pot being $310; I wasn’t planning on shoving anyway but now it gives me reason to check it behind and my opponent shows 65s for two pair and the winning hand. I shrugged it off as I feel like the number of two-pair type hands there is extremely limited and if he had a set/straight he would have raised on the turn.
Also not 10 hands later I get KK in the big blind. An aggressive player who likes to pay off raises in MP to $11 and another aggressive opponent reraises it up to $33 preflop; I’m pretty much doing back flips in my head lol. The guy who reraised had also reraised earlier as a bluff with KJo vs the same open raiser and then fired 2 horrible barrels only to suck out on the river so never do I expect to be behind.
I did have a decision to make though, did I want to cold 4 bet or just call and then check/bomb any flop; I chose the latter and induce the other guy to call and if the ace comes on the flop then gg. Luckily for me, the other guy did call and the pot going to the the flop was $100 pre-rake and the board came 994r. I checked to the reraiser who cbet $60 and I went all in for my remaining $170 and flipped up my cards. The board bricked out only to have my opponent show AA For-the-Win and I get stacked. Not much I can about that either unfortunately.
In all I finished down $300 at the 1/2 cash game. It’s not a whole lot but the prospects of me playing 2/5 have severely gone down hill given my downswing. Back to the grind tomorrow.