Ok – back from Target & Cost Plus. Got Ben’s gift taken care of. He and Elaine are having a b-day party/housewarming next Friday. Tomorrow they’re taking me to a concert in Mountain View – I’m stoked to see Jesus & Mary Chain headline the event. Way cool.
Anyway, while browsing the tables I found a 6-seater that only had 2 players – I did my usual G2 and saw that one of them was loose-aggressive and had 100 BB’s he was ready to play with. I decided to have a go at him heads up.
Things went sour for the poor guy pretty quickly. I was pretty aggressive and took down some early pots. Then w/ QTo flopped an open ender. Which I hit and he paid me off bigtime. On the river, I bet 1/2 his stack – thinking he’d come over top – but he just called. Leaving him with 14 BB’s. After that he just kept shoving. I tested the waters a bit by limping on the button to see if he’d keep up the shoving, which he did. All I really needed to do was pick a decent A hand and call for his remaining stack (back up to 18 BB’s). I found myself with A8o and called – he showed JQs…I hit an A and it was all over. 98 BB’s in 4 mins.
While the results are pleasing, I want to believe that I picked the right opponent, the right table, the right stakes, and played smart-aggressive. That’s what I want to believe anyway. :-)
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