Victory at home

This past week I played in a small home game. I was dealt Ah Qh. Much betting ensued. With 4 people in the pot, the flop came down Kh - Jh - Ad. 2 other players were short stacked and pretty much pot committed. The third was a fairly tight player with some good experience. I bet out enough to put the first two players all-in and to scare off the third. It worked

I had a nut flush draw (8 outs), and a straight draw (3 outs), and a straight flush draw(1 out). This put me at about 48% to win the hand and knock out two players. If I got the worst of it, the all-in bet was less than %15 of my stack.

I hit a 5h on the river, making the nut flush. I rolled on from there, playing some rather aggressive big stack poker. Entering heads up play I had about a 7-1 chip advantage and I made seeing the flop VERY expensive for my opponent. When she called my J7, the flop came K-J-3. She checked, I bet 1/4 of the pot which she had to call. I should have bet half the pot. The turn came a 7 making me 2 pair. She checked, and I pushed all in for probably the 3rd out of the last 4 hands. Frustrated with my play she called with K8. The river was a blank and the game was over.



The downside, this was MY home game. That's right, ask them over, take their money. To make matters worse, it was a bounty tournament and I knocked out 7 of my 8 competitors. I felt a little bad, but it was a low stakes game. I got fleeced last time and probably will next time; if anyone comes back.

:)