Played in a cash game last night with 6 players. I played tight most of the night and really didn't try any bluffs as two of the players were pretty loose and called almost everything. I made some great reads and made two huge laydowns that would have wiped me out if I had called the other player's "all-in" bets. Both times I had to lay down two pair when I sensed that the river card made the other player a straight. Both times I was right as he showed his hand and asked me with disappointment, "why didn't you bet?".
I was up pretty good early on but got involved in a big hand where I ended up getting beat by a straight on the river and lost about $1600, but later that night against the same player I flopped the nut straight when I limped into the pot with 6-8 suited in spades and the flop came 5-7-9. To my delight the other player bet out, I re-raised and he went all in with his two pair (5-7). I called immediately and turned over my straight. He was drawing to 4 outs to make a full house and beat me , but no help came for him on the turn or the river and I doubled up to about $4100. The game broke shorlty after that key hand and I went home with a small profit.
It seems that the one factor I have mastered in this game is patience. I can wait for the right cards and the right time to make a move and I also seem to be able to stay out of trouble with my great reads. The World Series of Poker Circuit Event is coming to Atlantic City the end of this month at the Showboat casino. I am looking forward to that one as I haven't played in a major event since September at the Borgata Poker Open. After finishing 12th last year in that event out of 345 players I was knocked out on the first day this year when my pocket aces lost to a lucky suck-out by my opponent who called a raise pre-flop with Q-2 of hearts and caught his flush on the river (I was at least a 4 to 1 favorite going into the hand).
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