Ahhhhhhhh, what a great week-end for Poker! I did well in that players tournament, but I will post on that in a second. Friday night was an absolute windfall for me. $1/$2 pot limit table. I have played this table a few times and profit usually is very small - $50 tops up to this point. The players on there are generally very tight and very tough to get any money out of - bet, fold, bet, fold. Anyway, this first timer comes in, older guy, everyone called him "Cowboy" so I'll do the same. He walks in, sits down with about $400 and proceeds to bully every hand - betting $30 bucks at $10 pots, just to make make a point. Everyone was getting pissed off. He bluffed me out of one pot where I had 2 pair, but couldn't justify betting $50 to win $50 on a possible flopped set. The best part to this whole story is that I told the guy next to me that I was going to trap this guy eventually. Fast forward about an hour. I get dealt big slick on the button - Cowboy makes it $20 to go. Everyone else folds to me, I call, small and big blinds fold. So, Cowboy and I heads up. Flop comes 7-K-K. Perfect. Cowboy comes out firing - $50. I take a second - every bone in my body screaming to raise, but I know he will bet this out, so I just coldcall. Turn card is the final K. Holy crap, like the man said, the Star Spangled Banner is going off in my head. Right on cue, Cowboy comes out firing - $100 bucks to go. I Hollywood this one for about 30 seconds, staring at him, counting chips, staring at him. Then coldcall, knowing damn well he will bet into me the final round. River is an Ace. Bingo - please, oh please, be sitting with an A in your hand Cowboy. And, of course, Cowboy goes to his chips, counts out about $150, then pushes it in. Right when he takes his hand off, I push my chips in, say I call, drop my Big Slick for the nuts. Man.....you could have heard a pin drop in there. I double up, take Cowboy for all his chips - about $300 bucks worth. He shakes his head in disgust, gets up and leaves. No one says a friggin word. It was awesome!
Best part - that wasn't it. Second story about an hour later. I'm sitting in the big blind with J/10 hearts. UTG makes it $10 to go, small blind calls, I call. Flop comes 3-J-J. Here we go again. Check, Check, UTG bets $40, small calls, I call. I've got UTG on a medium to high pair. Not sure what small is on - slick maybe? Turn card comes the final J. Are you kidding me? Small checks, I check, UTG bets $50, small calls (huh? - where is he at?) I call. Final card is junk. Small bets $75 all in (I have no idea where he is at) I call (for UTG, $75 would take him all in as well, so no raise from me) UTG calls. Cards turn over - UTG shows QQ, small shows KK, and me - I show quad J's. Man, how nice........
All in all, I walk Friday night $800 bones richer. What a great night for Poker!