I played some sessions of $100-$200 recently. With the WSOP in town, the game is better than usual.

Perhaps you would be interested in some laydowns I made. Here are a couple:

UTG (average player, not especially tight) raises. Excellent player three-bets from late middle. I have J-J in the BB and make a marginal call. Flop is 7-6-6. I check, UTG bets, good player calls, I call. Turn is a 7. UTG bets, good player raises, I fold. Probably should have folded earlier, but there it is. Oh, on the river, check-bet-call, good player shows down kings, and UTG confides to cute girl player on his left (these two will be back in this post) that he had J-J! At least I put in $400 less than he did.

I hold As-Kd in the SB. Richie Wong, long time high limit pro, open-raises in MP. All fold to me (this is sometimes how $100-$300 plays, folks) and I three-bet. BB (who was UTG in the last story) folds. Richie four-bets. I call. Flop is Qd-9c-6c. I check. Richie bets, I fold. I cannot think of a scenario that I am ahead in, and peeling one off could cost me a great deal.

I hold pocket tens and open-raise in MP. Tough player who has be running very bad three-bets from the button. Terrible player calls. Flop is A-K-8. All check to the button, who bets. I am planning to check-raise this if terrible player folds to see if button is on a small pair or not. But TP calls, so I fold. Turn is check-check. River TP bets, button reluctantly calls. TP shows K-K. Wow.

They were not all laydowns. Here is a play I picked off because of table talk. I have the button and a new player posts. Everyone folds to the new player, who checks (though the book says raise). I have 9-7 and do not wish to get involved. so I fold. SB (guy on my left again) completes, and cute girl (who is wildly aggressive, and gets way too much respect from the others) raises. Poster calls. SB folds. Flop is something, She bets-he folds. Fine. But now guy on left says to girl, “Nice play. I was thinking of doing that.” She rewards him with Mona Lisa smile.

Half-hour later, there is a limper from the MP. Rare, but it happens. All fold to me in SB. I have A-5, which is a raising hand in this situation, but I elect to call. Sure as heat in the Las Vegas summer, lefty raises. Call-call. Flop is nothing useful. Check-bet-fold-call. Turn and river go check-bet-call. He says, “King high.” I show my A-5 and take the pot. Perhaps I should have raised at the end. Anyway, he glares at me and asks if I saw his hand. I tell him no. He seems like a nice guy and I want to tell him why I made the play, but I decide not to. Free lessons are always expensive sooner or later.

I hope you enjoyed the hands.