Reticent Man

Saturday and Sunday were satisfactory.  Saturday I had no trouble playing 7 hours and keeping up the energy/play level.  It wasnt my A+ game, but maybe a solid A-.  I also did a good job not tilting into overplay mode against the two aggressive/tricky/good scumbags that were at my table.  And of course it helped to run good, winning 1260.  Near the end I had this hand.  I open in the cutoff with JTcc.  Button and poster fold, scumbag in smallblind (SB) calls and BB calls.  SB puts in 7 chips as he has been repeatedly doing all day.  He usually waits about 10-15 seconds and then tosses in the 8th chip.  This time the dealer dragged in the chips and he never threw in the 8th.  As she was dragging I said "are you sure there are 8 chips there?" She said "yes".  Now the pot was combined, and I said "I think I saw us being short one, can you please count it and I'll apologize if I'm wrong".  She said "you don't have to apologize".  She counted the pot and we were short, and she said "Ok but who was short?"  I quickly said "Seat 2", the scumbag obviously.  He had a wry smile on his face and tossed in a chip.  He then bet in the dark!!  The flop was K32 two spades.  BB folded and I called.  Turn 4o.  He checks I check.  If I blanked the river I was going to have to bluff because I cant show down jack high.  Thankfully the river was a T and he bets I call and he shows Q7o for nothing.

Poker night at the Yuen's was decent.  I forgot to bring anything but did all the dealing.  I had decent alpha for a while, but faded energy which is understandable.  Sunday I placed some light bets and won a little, the skins won albeit weakly, and I did my weekly chores.  My 32 hours for the week is a record, and something I think I can repeat and build on.  And after all the up and down it was a $2k winner.