Started out with him grinding out like $4000 lead and then things started to really get swingy. He got the $4000 lead on this hand:
1) He raised the button to $150 I called with 
. Flop was 
all spades. I checked, he bet 150, I made it 450 he called. Turn a 
, I check called 1100. River , I check called 2000 he showed 
for the straight.
2) Not too long after he made it 150 I called with 
. Flop 
all spades. I check-raises to 450 again, and he raised 950 more. The turn was an Ace, I checked and he shoved for like 3500. I wanted to fold, but made the call. He showed 
for the flush.
3) A weird hand, I made it 150 from the button with 
, he re-raised to 450. Flop 
he checked, I checked. Turn was a , he checked, I bet like 650, and he raised 1100. I called. River was a , he checked I checked. He showed , I won that one.
4) He raised I called with 
and the flop was two diamonds. I check-raised. The turn was a 6 giving me a double gutter. I bet it, he called. River Queen, I check folded. I missed tons and tons of draws like that throughout the session.
5) He raised the button I call with . Flop was 
with two diamonds, I check-raised to 450. The turn was an Ace, putting backdoor clubs on board. I check called 900. The river was the King of clubs, making the flush back door and giving me three kings. I check called 2250 and he showed 
.
6) I played this one too strong: He raised and I re-raised to 450 from the blind with . Flop was I bet 450 and he raised me. I called. The turn was a 
, I checked, he bet 1900, I min-raised to 3800, he went all in, and I folded. He wrote in the chatbox that he had .
7) I called a raise from the blind with 
and the flop was two hearts. I check called 150. The turn was a , I check-raised and he went all in. I was forced in after the raised and I missed the double gutter. He showed .
Just near the end of the session I raised to 100 with and he re-raised to 400. I called. Flop was with two spades. He bet 450, I made it 1200, he re-raised, I shoved. He called me with and I won that pot.
In between I missed a ton of big draws. If I was more aggressive with them I may have lost more, but overall I didn’t do that bad losing $10,704 in 501 hands. We are now half way through the match and it’s very close, with me behind by close to a buy in.
That is all…
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