Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme are hosting a meet-up game at the South Point starts
at 3 o'clock it's four o'clock our name is on the list let's go play some two
five No Limit Texas Hold'em
all right so we are at Southpoint poker room bunch of games running due to the
Andrew Neeme Brad Owen meetup game we're first on the list and they call us
quickly they're starting they're starting a new table two five No Limit
were five handed let's get the cards in the air five hundred dollars into five
thousand
when playing short-handed you really have to open up your ranges I'm under
the gun plus one with East 9 offsuit so we make it 15 to go
cutoff calls in big blind calls three ways to a flop the flop comes King at
Queen nine two spades we have the ace of spades I do have range advantage here
so let's continue our story I bet thirty dollars both players call
they could have a variety of holdings such as Queen ten Queen Jack King ten
King Jack King ax suited maybe some smaller flush draws when the turn brings
the seven of spades I think it's time to go for it guys
action checks to me and I bet seventy-five we're repping a flush maybe
a set cut off folds and the big blind calls putting him on a hand like a pair
in a straight draw still or appear in a flush draw and I don't think he can
handle River bombs when the river brings an off suit for he leads into us for a
hundred dollars sure looks like a blocker bet his bad two pair or one pair
type hands will take this line setting his own price thinking I'm not capable
of a river shove as a bluff after all what Bluffs could I have on this run out
after getting called in two places on the flop in one place on the turn I
should have a lot of strong hands the worst hands I'd have in this situation
are specifically ace ten ace Jack with the ace of spades and I guess ace nine
with the ace of spades very small blocking range and a very large value
range so I don't think calls ever gonna be profitable or nine can't beat really
anything so it's time to turn our hand into a bluff with the nut flush blocker
and shove it all in for $315 he thinks for about ten seconds and puts in the
call he shows Jack 10 off suit definitely one of the stronger hands he
can have but in theory you should probably still fold that since I'm
really never bluffing in this spot except this time he got me $500 gone and
we reload
with blinds at $2 $5 we're now six-handed I'm under the gun with two
black kings fresh off a rebuy they might think I'm tilted I make it 15 to go the
viewer of the vlog on my left puts in the call and two other players call we are
three ways to a flop no ace dealer the flop comes Queen six deuce rainbow looks
good we want to target all top hair and maybe some 6x type hands so we bet $30
42 year old Caucasian male weight 169 pounds on my left puts in the call and
we're heads up really looking to go for three streets of value if the run-out is
clean targeting all of this Queen Jack ace queen king queen type hands although
we do block a few combos with king queen when the turn brings a deuce it's a
really great card it limits his combinations of pocket deuces to one so
we go for value $70 he puts in the call the river is a five rainbow board a
brick unless he is specifically three four spades pretty unlikely time to go
for value I bet 150 dollars he thinks about it and shoves $500 in the middle
having us cover now I do know that River raises are very rarely Bluffs but as you
can see for my ace nine hand it can happen
what's he reppin pocket queens I think he three bets that pre pocket sixes are
the most likely combination i blatantly asked him do you have pocket sixes repin
he says no and I believe them so what does that leave the 3/4 of Spades which
probably folds pre and one combo of pocket deuces is the overvaluing East
Queen I don't like it and I eventually put in the call and he shows pocket
fives it's a good river I had a lot of outs I guess he was just thinking I was
bluffing into three people on the flop and to
continue my bluff on the brick turn but in the end he was rewarded and he stacks
us for a $1,000 pot and we reload again we're now in for $1,500 needed to take a
break pretty steamed up let's win some money back before we bowl
with blinds at $2 $5 Andrew Neeme straddles to 10 under the gun he
likes the action there's a few limps I live on the button with pocket fours and
the blinds complete Neeme does not raise were six or seven ways to the flop the
flop comes east King at ten two spades everybody checks to me I don't see any
reason to Bluff here I check it the turn is a beautiful four we hit our set big
blind bet it's 20 there's two calls and I think it's a pretty clear raise here
we want to charge all two pair type combos that are going to continue and
all draws there's flush draw there's straight draw out there so I make it 110
to go with our set I don't think anybody else has a set they would have probably
raised preflop of course there are 16 combinations of Queen Jack which is a
concern but you can't think about the monsters in the closet you got a play to
win in Texas Hold'em especially the No Limit variety action folds to the
original butter and the big blind he thinks about it for a while and puts in
a raise four hundred and twenty-five dollars is
the total the other two players fold and I try to read a little something into
this race of course I'm scared of Queen Jack but
he seems to be some sort of reg and I think he'd size a little more
exploitative Lee may be making around 250 or 300 with Queen Jack he doesn't
really want to scare off the other two callers and he doesn't want to scare me
off I mean what can i really be raised in here with would I would I check that
Queen Jack on the flop probably not you should figure my continuing range is
pretty weak looks like I'm just making a move at it I'm really putting him on a
combo draw straight draw flush draw and I have $440 behind so it's time to go
for it we shove all in he snap calls I ask him if he is Queen Jack Queen Jack
he says yes let's pair the board dealer the
river is paint that does not pair the board and we lose another $500 we're now
stuck $1,500 in an hour and a half at the South
we're running out of money guys I didn't plan on fighting this many bullets and
this short amount of time I reach deep down in my wallet and I do find another
500 let's gamble the very next hand under the gun makes
it 15 there's two calls I'm in middle position with pocket tens we got a
premium it's time to rep tilt so I make it $100 to go action folds to the
original raiser who thinks about it and eventually puts in the call the other
two players fold we're heads up to a flop
no overs please the flop comes 10 7 5 top set can we finally win a pot
original raiser shows no respect to me and he lays out for $100 is he repping an
overpair a straight draw the last remaining 10 I don't think there's any
reason to raise in position we put in the call the turn is a 9
Jack 8 gets there 8 6 gets there and he shoves all-in
we have $300 behind not folding top said he could have a lot of smaller sets
maybe pocket jacks I call the river is a Jack putting a 1 card straight out
there and he doesn't want to show I suspect his slow roll is icing on the
cake and he eventually announces ace high and shows ace Queen off suit top
set is good we get the full double $1,000 pot and we're now only stuck
$1,000
in for 2,000 out for 981 oh the pain! unfortunately my bowling meeting is
starting league play is going to commence week one of 36 coincidentally
at the South Pointe so let's bowl three games
do
Jimmy! the hunt for the Bradley dollars now it's a little bit like Zach
Galifianakis all right guys I found him the guy with pocket fives hey it's okay
though it's okay It's against Jeff so it doesn't matter he put me on
nothing less than nothing he thought the fives were good he was on tilt for
getting snapped off before me don't listen there that's true I did just walk
about but when someone shoves on you they got it on the river I know that's
why I said hello darkness my old friend I've come to talk with you