prime and okada session

 Last night I hit up Prime Poker and grinded there for a few hours. Mostly a break even session. One key hand, it is straddled and limped (in fact villain trys to limp 50 then corrects his limp to 100) and I make it 450 with 99 either on the button or sb. Straddler defends - only like 700 back - limper folds. Flop KQ9 x all in fold.

Another hand I have AKo in the BB, BU opens 3x. So villain seemed pretty bad, I've played with him before. He made a bunch of really obviously losing calls. Was having a bad session. Anyway SB folds. I jam for 20-30 bb effective.

Also picked up some small pots with like top pair or mid pair.

Then it looked like two guys were showing each other their cards, so I call them out on it and storm out, +1k. I hit up Okada. There is a LONG wait for 25/50 but I get in the game. Action is insane. Really quickly I pick up AA and make it 1200 vs 200 call call + maybe some limp action. The preflop raiser peels my threebet! Flop comes low and I bet big and take it down.

Then I get KK, I raise to 250 over a limper or two.  very loose game. go 4 to the flop? I cbet small like 300 on J33. one caller. turn is a brick, i c/c 800. river comes. check check he has jack mediocre kicker. Missed value I guess.

Then I have TT and limp in EP. Buddy on my left flashes KQ and calls. It was actually really funny when he was flashing his cards, because he took the most insanely bad lines. Like peeling with AK on T98 4 way. And also playing AK and KK ultra passive pre. Anyway it is limped around to BB who makes it 200. which is a weird size raise into the field. Many callers and then this maniac makes it 500. He never has anything here. Like he was just insanely aggressive. Not balanced or anything, just pure heat. So then three people call the 500. I have TT. I don't have to fear the three bettor, and I know a K and Q are dead which is to my advantage like if I got it in vs AK or AQ. There is a ton of money in the pot, 2k or 2.5k to pick up. So I jam for 8k and take it down.

Another KK hand I make it 400 in LP vs several limpers. I get two callers. The same two guys were calling me every time just really giving so much action. And then just folding pretty quick. We go 3 to the flop, great flop, ten high disconnected, I cbet slightly over pot and take it down.

JJ took it down pre.

AQ I peeld the flop and a third player overcalled. Turn brick, villain now check, I bet half pot, take it down.


Definitely lots of great hands.

Think I ended up like +10k or something crazy like that. 


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