There are that have had better days than me.
Mate pops round, do a bit of shopping, grab some lunch, do some work on a project of ours. It was a nice afternoon.
Until I get back at about 5pm. No keys. ****. I always used to keep my car keys and house keys separate, but since my keyring had broken they were all together. Now I"d offered to drive but my mate insisted as his car was already warm. Out of pure habit I leave my car keys behind - with house keys attached. Just as well I live with my brother...
...but he was on the latest of his late shifts, finishing as late as 11:30pm. Right, will have to find something to do - I know, the local casino runs an ok £30+30 at 6pm on a Sunday. My bro can pick me up when he finishes. Perfect, I"ll just get some money out...
...or not, as my debit card decides to stop working. Doubly irritating with Nottingham looming large, but I"m not getting very far with £15. Borrow all the money in my mates wallet, and scrape together the buy in...
...until I find out there"s no game and they"ve replaced it with a Kalooki game. Let"s just say that"s full of people you wouldn"t want to be sat down with in a self dealt game of information - not that I remember the rules off the top of my head. Not a problem, the cash game that kicks off in the evenings is £1/£1 and I can at least grind there, albeit with a short stack...
...nope, the game"s been running since last night and it"s now £1/£3 with an £80 minimum sit down. I"m broke anyway so 1/3 isn"t in my range, but the game is stupidly soft so I would"ve borrowed a buy-in off one of the other players and got to work. Still, there"s 3 names on the 50p/£1 list, that"ll surely start soon...
...2 hours later I borrow £50 to top up to a full buy-in. Given how the day"s been going it"s no surprise when As 5s bricks on a 6s 3c 2s board. Lose the minimum. Then Jh 9h fires twice on a Ah Qh Js 9c board, then an 8c river prior to one of the resident donkeys significantly perking up. Goddammit, down to £40.
Then it all swings.
Get a near treble with AQs on a Q high board vs pair+flush draw, and a double with Jc 9c v AK on an Ac Kc 7c. £200, what"s this? Could all the above pain work out ok? Call a raise in position with AQ. 3 way to a flop of KJT! Naturally have to make hero fold after turn J (I get the clock called on me after 30 seconds by some ****er not even in the pot), river A with orig raiser betting all 3 streets. Still on £150. Brother drops me a text, saying he"s finishing early and can pick me up in 15 minutes. Sweet, I"ll just play one more round.
Next hand, same villain above calls my UTG raise with QQ in position with T5, raises my cbet on a 753 board. I pass over the rope for him to hang himself with nearly a quarter of effective stacks already in.
Which I guess he would"ve done had a 5 not turned.
