The Six Deuce Juggernaut

The blog is a little late this week because I we played cards later than usual last night. We had to, it was the only way to try and beat the juggernaut that Dave has become. It’s sickening. He’s been playing any two cards, making monster hands, and going up against players with really good hands too. The strategy worked over 12 hours at Foxwoods this weekend where he turned $120 into $2500 and it worked today, for another dominating performance.

10. John
9. Jim (rebuy)
- Jim (rebuy)
8. Shawn
7. Me
6. Charlie
5. Harry
4. Jason
3. Johnny
2. Ryan
- Jim
1. Dave

But Dave didn’t get on that roll right away. Earlier on, it was Jason who crippled two players. John raised 200 preflop and got 4 callers. With me sitting next to him, I peered down and saw pocket 10s. Flop comes 234 rainbow. Check, check, John bets 1200 and both Jason and Shawn call. This is the second hand of the night so, um, calling half your stack on the flop is very suspicious. Turn brings a K. Check, check, John moves all in with his 10s, Jason and Shawn both call. What is going on here? You guessed it. Shawn had A5 for the wheel straight, and Jason had 56 for the nut straight. John was busted and Shawn was crippled.

Jim was busted out soon after, and then got a tad reckless. I had pocket Aces, raised to 300 and he called. Flop came 2, 10, 3 with two diamonds. We both check. Turn brings the 9d, and since I now have an over pair with the nut flush draw, I bet 600. River is a Qd, he moves all in and I call with my flush. He had Ace high, and was out twice in a row.

Of course, those chips were squandered soon after as I got the juggernaut going. With pocket 5’s I call a 700 chip preflop raise from Dave. Now, Dave has been playing complete rags most of the time, but I missed some major signs here. First, he made the raise, not just the call. Second, on the flop of 789, he checked. I decided that with my underpair and gutshot, I had enough outs to move all in. Oof, bad idea. However, my move did work in one aspect, I got a strong hand (Johnny, who also called) to fold. Johnny dumped AQ. Dave called immediately with pocket Queens and I was busted. Honestly, I played the small pair too fast without thinking and kind of thought the board was 467, which would have given me an open ended draw. I didn’t.

Harry makes it 1800 preflop, Dave calls, Jim goes all in for 3400, Harry reraises all in and Dave goes into the tank. He’d already called almost 2000 chips and it would be about 3000 more to call, about 3/4 of his stack, but he seriously considered a call. He folds, however, disappointedly flipping over a 62s. SIX TWO OF SPADES AND HE WAS SAD ABOUT IT. Anyway, Jim has Jacks and Harry has AK. Flop comes Q, 10, 6. Turn a 2 and river a 6. Jim’s Jacks hold up but Dave would have made a full house. The laydown paid off, however, because he luck began to turn.

He knocked out Jason when his JJ made a boat againt Jason’s AK and a few people later, this happened. Dave raises 2500 preflop and Ryan called. Flop comes 9, 10, J. Dave moves all in and Ryan calls. Dave has 99 for bottom set and Ryan has Q9 for bottom pair and open ended straight draw. Turn brings a K and Ryan makes his straight. River brings a 10, pairing the board, and giving Dave a monster chip lead.

Heads up, Jim did his best to battle back but no one could stop Dave. His luck and strong play is unstoppable.

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