Monday nite homegame

Balance : $1838

Not played much poker online, maybe 500 hands.  So did show some profit.  Am aiming for $0.10 per hand really, 8-tabling.

Decided last minute to go to the home game.

We did random seating for the first time…I strangely ended up in my long-time usual seat.

Cards were rubbish 1st half and I bled off some chips.  If I raised, I had to shove. 

A few re-buys later I called James all in with 55, he showed A8 and my 5s stood up.

Called Shugsters PF raise with KJ suited in position.  Normally a fold for me but I realised the blinds took 30 minutes to come round so I had to open my range.  He shoved on a J-6-8 flop and I insta-called.  He flipped AQ and was pretty pissed off, but sucked out with a Q on the river.

Wilson called my all in on the flop with bottom pair, I thought that was seriously fishy but a good call I guess.  90% of the time I had a hand, so you could argue that was just donkness.

Donked the last hand all in with 2nd pair.  Ended up with 3000 chips going into the freezeout.

Things changed, I had some good cards and played them strong, raising and shoving.  88, QQ twice, AK. 

KQo in the bb.  Everyone limped.  I raised, then James shoved.  I thought about it and figured he had limped with a huge hand, so I folded and he showed AA.  Good fold from me.

Got into a pot with Ross…I had to call with his small pf raise…then I missed.  He checked to me and I bet, he called.  I then checked it down.  I knew he had a piece of the flop and indeed he had 2nd pair.  I minimised the damage but it ate 1/2 my stack.

Ross again raised PF, min.  I had AQ in position.  I had to shove with only 5 blinds left.

Ross showed 44 and it held up.  Finished 5th and -$120.  Fun but I felt it was grindey at the end.

Watching more videos, then some new books on cash games. After that I’ll hit the tables properly, but for now just the odd 500 hands here and there.