Revenge of the Quads
So the last time I posted was just after the Seahawks
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The wife had to make an impromptu trip out to NY for the week, leaving me to play Mr. Mom. Between that, classwork, and actual work-work at the office (how dare they!), that left me very little time for Poker playing, blog reading, or even general Internet browsing... my p0rn downloading has been practically nil for the week!!!
Grandma helped out and took the kids for the weekend, which gave me a day off that I promptly wasted away at the local cardroom(s). I did some casino hopping, winning $80 here, losing $60 there... playing break-even Poker over a number of different places sure takes up a lot of time! My longest stretch though was a fun one at the Silver Dollar. I was the last person needed to get a game going, so as new tables often are, it started off pretty slow, friendly and passive.
One lady hit the High Hand of Q's full of 5's early on, and if it held up for another hour, she'd be getting $150. About 4 or 5 hands later, I raise with QQ on the button and get a Q53 flop. The guy to act before me, we'll call him M, bet out so I just smooth-called as to not scare away the limpers before him, and they all called. The turn is a third club and it gets checked to me - I've got the Qc and a Full House draw so I go ahead and bet, and now only M calls. The River is a 5. Sweet - I've got the Nut FH and would split the High Hand payout in an hour. I bet and M raises me... slowplaying a Flush? I reraise and he caps... Dem's Quads, Skeetch. I so had him on the Flop... but nice hand, nice hand. He takes over the High Hand and gets paid $130 or so for the Monte Carlo Jackpot. A lot of commotion over it, and absolutely no sympathy for me from anyone for the one-outer bad beat I just took.
Not too long after that, my BB of K7 is unraised so I get to see the flop of KKJ. I bet and everyone but M folded. As the game was still kind of slow and friendly, I checked the Turn and said, "I've got the King." I looked down at my cards to find the King and was going to expose it to him, when the dealer put out a T on the River and M fired out. I hadn't shown him the card yet, and I thought maybe he didn't hear me, so I called. He had AQ. Hmmm... I gave him air and he bet into me. So that's how it's going to be, huh? Though I didn't say anything out loud, between that and the Quads, M would no longer be a recipient of my nice guy persona.
The hour goes by and M gets paid for the High Hand as well, and we move into the next 3 hour block for a qualifying HH. The table filled up and the action was picking up, so I reloaded with another rack. An older asian guy who's actually pretty funny and likable and a solid player to boot, starts running over the table as he hits hand after hand. After winning 3 in a row at showdown (with actual hands, not crap two-pair), he laughs as the flop comes QQA. He was first to act and turned over his Pocket Queens as he threw out a bet. He collected the tiny pot along with $90 for the Monte Carlo and got his name on the HH board.
A couple of drunken fish came in to donate their money, and I was able to get a few stacks off them, bringing myself to almost break-even. Then I get QQ in the small blind and just call the almost-family pot. Any Ace or King and I was letting go, but the flop came J high so I led out. I was happy to see a Q on the Turn and led out again. It folded around to M who raised me. No flush or straight, so when he only called my re-raise, I knew he was holding two pair or a Set and I had him completely dominated... unless he Rivered Quads on me again.
But the River was the case Queen! BOO-YAH! Anyone else, I would've checked and flashed them the four-titties in my hand and be happy with the pot + Monte Carlo + High Hand. But since the old guy had already gotten paid for the Queens and had an Ace kicker for his HH, and since this was M who was on my naughty-not-nice list, I bet into him. He raised and wussed out by only calling my re-raise. He had JJ.
The funny thing was that he started talking to everyone that passed by, "Did you see that??? I flopped a set... unbelievable!" I think I heard a slight tone of disdain in his voice that I went runner-runner on him. But I'd already had him beat on the Turn... the River was just icing on the cake. Of course he failed to mention how I had outflopped him earlier and he caught his one-outer on me.
I didn't get any of the bonus payouts, but the pot put me up and over my buy-in, so I racked up and left, completely satisfied that the Bitches got him back!
posted by skitch @ 2:02 PM
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