Riding The Steven Train

since i arrived we are up $2328. i am riding the steven train right now. he had another monster day yesterday at the horsehoe. he won over $600. early on he was down about $300. it was weird because i was sitting there watching steven teetering on the brink of major tilt. he then won a key hand to move within spitting distance of even. he flopped top pair with a J high flush draw. he bet out. this guy robert, from phoenix, who likes to make big moves on pots, (and who is not nearly as good as he thinks he is -- imagine joe sorge with no reading skills at all) raises and steven moves all-in. robert claims to be on the flush draw (we never see his cards because u don't need to flip them up here when u are all-in -- apparently that is true of cash no-limit games everywhere as i have recently learned) and steven says robert must have the higher flush draw. the flush hit and steven won. it is quite possible that robert had top pair with a worse kicker or maybe 2nd pair. maybe he had the baby flush.

my day started great and it was all down hill from there. the first hand we play i am in the bb. roberto from vegas who i mentioned in the last post limps in and there is a raise to $10 after him. when it gets back to him he makes it $40 to go and gets one caller - russ who runs the game. to anyone who understands poker he has a narrow range of hands -- AA and KK. the flop is Q high and roberto makes a huge bet which russ calls. a 10 comes on the turn and roberto moves all-in. russ calls with Q 10. roberto had AA. talking about the hand later russ said something to the effect of he flopped top pair and wasn't going anywhere. i think steven and i both silently said to ourselves, "ïdiot".

on the very next hand, there are already six or seven people in the pot (all limping) when i find AA. i make it $20 to go and get four callers which definitely concerns me. the flop is Q 6 2 rainbow. perfect. i bought in for $100 so i have $78 left and there is already over $100 in the pot. i move all-in. russ calls (again) and the button moves in for $10 more which concerns me. we never see russ' hand but the button had Q 5 (are u fucking kidding me?) i tripled up. that was about the last good thing that happened for me and ended up losing $100.

i am going to have to play more loose aggressive in order to win money consistently at this table. i am certain that over the long run i would win money the way i am playing, but not as much as possible. i warned steven that i might suffer through a period of losing a nice chunk of cash as i learn how to play differently. steven told me not to worry - i haven't seen him have a bad run yet. this game would be absolutely perfect for joe sorge. he would probably have more swings than steven, but he might be able to win even more money. people are capable of paying u off on big hands quite regularly.