Once again, variance prevents my ascent to the higher planes of 6-max existence.
Hand 1: LAG UTG raises, there's a coldcaller, and I 3-bet with QQ. LAG calls and the coldcaller times out (all-in). The flop is Q54 with a heart flush draw and we cap it. LAG is capable of overplaying hands and draws. At this point, I don't care what he has. It's worse than my hand. The turn is an 8 and we cap it again. The river is a 3. I bet and he raises. At this point, I failed to think through the hand properly. I didn't 3-bet him. I forgot that he raised preflop, so I included hands like 63s and 76s in the hand range. And then I got concerned. That slowed me down and I just called. He had 44 and I could have squeezed him for two more bets.
Hand 2: A different LAG limps UTG and I raise AJo in the cutoff. SB calls and BB 3-bets. There are 4 to the flop for 3 bets each. The flop is AQ9 with two diamonds (of which I have none). BB bets and we call all the way around. The turn is a jack of diamonds. It's checked to me and I bet, and get called in all spots. The river is the T of diamonds. I'm ready to fold, but we check around(!). Semi-coldcalling SB wins with A6 with this 6 of diamond. BB had KK for the useless straight on the river. LAG had Q8s for middle pair. Twodimes says that I'm 62.5% to win on the turn. My share of the 11.5 BB pot was about 7 BB, plus a little more when I'm able to value bet the river. Hands like this keep me from moving up.
Hand 3: A bad break. I have KQo and I raise a limper and the SB from BB. The flop is Q82. Check-bet-call-fold. The turn is a 4. Bet-raise... you know where this goes. I call down and lose to 88.
Hand 4: More play against a weak-tight villain. He raises UTG and I call with 44 in BB. The flop is AT9. I check-raise and take down the pot with almost certainly the worst hand (any broadway-broadway combo has a gutshot and likely peels, so he likely had 88 or worse).
Hand 5: Another bad break. I have J4 diamonds in BB and get a free flop against a button limp and SB. The flop is 532 and I donk it. I get raised, SB coldcalls, and I call. The turn is the king of diamonds bringing me one card closer to a backdoor flush. Check-check-bet-call-call. The river is a 5 of diamonds, completing my flush. SB wakes up and bets(!). After a moment's thought, I decide to raise because I expect to get paid off by at least one of them. They both call. The showdown is A3 non diamonds for SB (middle pair donk after all this aggression?) and button raised the flop with Q8 diamonds for two overcards and the same backdoor flush draw, but one rank better. It amazes me that he didn't 3-bet after making the draw he was pushing on the flop and turn. I guess it saves me money. But this is another hand that keeps me from moving up.
Hand 6: My big money hand of the night. I check 62s from BB after two limpers and SB enter the pot. The flop is T97 giving me a flush draw and the one card gutshot draw to an idiot straight. After some debate, I decide to donk. I get called in two spots. The turn is the 8, giving me the straight. I bet and get raised. This tells me my straight is almost always no good, especially since the card completing the high end is a broadway card. I would fold except that I have the flush draw (in fact, this is the sort of hand I would not have bet without the flush draw). It's coldcalled and so all three of us see the river. The river makes my flush. I donk it to make sure that I get some value out of it. The turn raiser raises again, and the coldcaller coldcalls again. After a brief hesitation, I realize that I have the best hand here a huge portion of the time and value 3-bet it. Both villains had KJ for the straight and I scoop an 18 BB pot. This is the sort of hand that keeps me from having a massive downswing.
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