Solid Session

I rolled a 9-way $220 Sit 'n Go for $990, which was nice, to get back close to $4k, the starting stack before my recent roller coaster ride and eventually on my way to $5k.

Here's the setup. $5/10 NLHE at FTP. Playing VERY tight on a table that is full of absolute aggression pre-flop. I find AK on the button and raise to $40 after UTG had limped for $10. Blinds fold and UTG, who has $390 stack re-raises to $120. I decide I'm going to be pot committed on almost any kind of flop with $240 in the pot (UTG only has $270 behind and is going to go all-in after the flop, for sure). So, I push him all-in. He flips over 33 and we have a race. The flop comes AK3xx. So, at least I got the money in before he hit his set, which I would have lost anyway. Then, I find KK from the BB and the same (previous short stack) guy had raised to $35. I re-raise to $120 and he pushes all-in for $750, which I call. Happily, he flips over AK and flop comes AAxxx. Ok, so I drop $1200 on these two bogus hands and am not feeling very well. But, revenge is mine....

Here's the setup: Staying patient, I raise from the button 4 times and have the small blind ("Yawning Boy") re-raise me to $120 every time. Since I'm holding KQ-suited, AJ, AT, 99, I fold each time, throwing $35 away x4. But, he is playing very aggressive, so I figure I can catch him. On the 5th time, I raise with AK suited and Yawning Boy immediately raises me again to $120. I push all-in for $1,100, partly in frustration and partly to teach him to STOP F*CKING PUSHING ME AROUND BIZATCH! He calls time and waits 45 seconds, eventually folding. Then, an act from the Poker Gods.... I get AA in the cutoff and raise to $35. Stupid twat Yawning Boy re-raises me to $120 AGAIN. Now usually, I'll play this a little smoother, but I know the only way I'll get this guys chips is to move all-in again and hope he has something. So, I re-raise to $1250. Again, he calls time and "thinks" about it. Eventually he calls, flipping over AK off-suit and I take down a $2500 pot, turning Yawning Boy into WHIPPING BOY.

From there, I moved over to the $220 S'nG tourney. Nothing too crazy here, just played tight and got my money in with the best hands routinely. Had a couple bad beats, laid down some big hands pre-flop when the situation was bad, and generally survived to get to 4 players left, the bubble. This was a knock-down drag-out battle to get past the bubble with all players swapping the lead to last at least a couple times each. I survived all-in calls with 66, 88, A4, A6, and eventually won the $990 pot. The screen shot above shows the last hand. I had over 11k in chips and was on the big blind of 800, so calling another 1000 with J9 was a no-brainer.

Online Bankroll: $3,879.