Cash Game: Hard Rock Hotel April 11th 8:40 PM-11:10 PM

After we were done playing the Stratosphere, we had to head over to the Hard Rock so Sean could finish his last 2 ½ hours for the freeroll (I failed to achieve the necessary amount of hours because I was so busy with deep stacks). We went to play for those 2 ½ hours though.

I folded for a while and I finally raised a couple of limpers to $12 with KJo and got called in 2 spots. We checked down a board of 95259 and my K high was no good. A couple hands later, I raised the button to $10 with 99 and no limpers. The flop came K86 and he checked and I c-bet $12 and he called. The turn came a 6 and he lead out for $35 and I folded.

I was down to $155 or so after this hand. I raised to $12 in EP with KJo and the BB was the only caller. The flop came 987 and he checked and I decided to check behind (which I rarely will do but it looked like he hit the flop). The turn came a K and he bet out $20 and I called. The river came a 4 and he checked and I checked behind and my KJ was good and I was back to $185 or so.

I then played an interesting pot. There was one limper in front and I found AQss in the hijack. One of the blinds called and the limper also called. The flop came T92 with 2 spades giving me 2 overs to the board and a flush draw. It checked to me and I bet $15. The SB folded and the limper raised to $45. I thought a long time about what to do here. The guy was actually really tight and had a lot of chips. I was worried about him having a big pair here but I actually put him on a hand more like AT. I didn’t think that he had a set nor did I think he had a T9 hand. I decided to call just to see what would come off on the turn. The turn came a Q, giving me top pair top kicker, and the nut flush draw. The guy lead out for $80 and I only had $116 total so I had to make a decision. I wasn’t positive that I was good here but I thought that $80 was a really odd bet. If I didn’t end up being good, I would always have the nut flush redraw. I still put him on AT though so I went with my gut and pushed all in for my last $35 chips. He called and showed JJ and I had the best hand and he was drawing to 7 outs once. The river came the Js, giving him a set but giving me the nuts. The dealer accidentally pushed the pot to him but I quickly corrected that I made the nut flush and he sent the pot my way. I was up to $340 or so and I really didn’t play another meaningful pot the whole session (just 4 writable pots in the 2.5 hour session!). I cashed out for $341, up $141 for the session and a decent session.