Play bad, get lucky?.... sometimes ya gotta

Well, tonight was a good night ... two full tables after the "Freeroll" that they have on Sunday afternoons... a few of the "freerollers" decided to play... One considers himself to be the best tournament player in the valley... lol  Well, I knew I'd felt him and I did.  I raised to 10 preflop with Kings UTG... there were a couple short stacks on the table with less than $50 most everyone else had 200-300.  I expected a short stack to reraise but instead I was only smooth called by three people.  Flop came 8h 6d 2h I bet $10 again, expecting a push, and all folded except him... he went all in and I called... he had 4s and went home. 

About one round later, I was BB with AQ off,... and the button straddled for $6... everyone folded to me, I raised to 21 expecting to take it down and he called.  (This is the other tourney player)  Flop K 10 6, I bet $20 hoping he'd fold ... if he called, hoping I got there ... but NO,... he raised to $60... now because of who he is, and the fact that he was whining for the past hour... I really didn't have a read on him.  However, I had outs (4)... something told me to call... I never make those calls with gut shots, but I figured, if I missed, I would be 100 down and there were two full tables with lots of money on the tables, so I could get it back.  J on the turn, I had the nutz!  It was like he knew, because he rolled his eyes and shook his head.  I checked of course... as did he.  River was a blank, I went all in, he called.  He actually had a hand... K 10.  He was calmer than usually and said, "that was a heck of a turn"... Yes it was, it was sick. 

The rest of the night I picked my times to raise... with suited connectors and every single time I was called by three or four people... each time I'd flop the flush draw or open ender and I bet out and took it down... about five different hands.

Profit - $175

Cash me out!