Miracle Session

Posted by wynn on Aug 30, 2009 in Buy-in, Sick Calls, Table Talk | 0 comments

I just finished a miracle session of no limit Texas Hold’Em. The miracle started after a decent session.

All night long, the table I was seated at would break up. The rule in most casinos is you take all your chips to the new table. Not this night. I could only take the maximium buy-in. So, instead of going to the table with 3 – 4X the maximum buy-in, I was placed at a disadvantage to joining an existing table.

In most games, this would be considered going south. Floor management got it wrong. But I was ok. Just had to grind harder longer.

I join a table at 6 AM with $500 after pocketing $2,000 from the broken game. My first hand is in the big blind and I am dealt pocket 10s.

Everyone limps in, so I raise to the pot value, making it $90 to go for everyone. At this point, I am happy to take down the small pot.

The table folds around to the button. The button reraises me another $100. Small blind folds.

I ask this player how the value of his hand went from a $10 limp-in with 9 players ahead to $200. Putting him on a weak hand making a position raise, I call.

Flop comes A-K-Q rainbow. I bet $100 into the $500 pot. The button re-raises me another $100. I call.
The turn is a Jack. I check my straight. The button goes all-in for his last $100, which is my last $100.

The river was a blank. I show pocket 10s for the straight. The button? Shows me pocket Queens.

It took me about five minutes to stack the chips. Long enough to hear the speech on how unlucky he was. I agreed. But, if he raised before I acted, I most likely would have folded the 10-10 preflop.

This kicked off a miracle session. For the next four hours, I could not lose a hand. I earned another $1,500 in profit before leaving for the day.