I drew up a notepad file of the hands I played for some people, and it pretty much turned into a blog. These are the hands I played at the Rio yesterday afternoon and last night.

first hands in the WSOP bit, aka reg/nitfest.

hand 1

open raise J8s from MP to 15, button flats(btn reads - headphones, mid 30’s, looks like a decent/tricky player, have seen him 3bet from the button a few times etc).

flop TT4, i cbet 25, he makes it 60, i make it 110 and he snap folds.

hand 2

A9o in the SB. folds to CO who opens, btn flats. I 3bet to 60, BB flats (passive pre flop asian guy, seems to know what hes doing though). others fold. Flop A92 all spades, I bet 120, he calls, I ship blank turn for about 300 and he tanks and folds and said he folded AK.

hand 3.

I call CO open from bb with 87o (had been card dead, was thinking of c/ring the flop or something). flop 9TJ, i check, he bets, i raise, he ships, i snap. He shows TJ, turn is Q giving him FD and splitting outs, but i hold. ship $900 pot

normal poker room at the rio, fishfest. (first table not so fishy, 3-4 players who were wearing the WSOP bracelets who had busted out of the 1500 earlier that day)

hand 4

AA in MP, btn straddles and 1 limper, i make it 45. Fish on the btn makes it 100 (Fish reads - was telling everyone he was a pro, was probably running 50/20, telling ppl about his macau trips etc, coaching ppl on every hand, basically trying to prove he was better than everyone. Total fish)

I 4bet to 250 and he calls (effective stax 600-ish). Flop QJx no draw, i check and he checks, turn 4, i check he checks, river 2, i check and he ships for about 350, i snap so quick. He shows AK, I show AA and table goes nuts, everyone starts talking about me .

hand 5

about 4 hands after the AA hand

$10 btn straddle, im in BB with QQ, raise to 50. Folded to CO (young internet lookin dude, very loud but plays very tight, phil laak style) who makes it 160. (effective stax 1200). I call OOP. flop 332, i check and he bets 250. i tank for about 2 mins and ask him if he will show me if i fold. He says yes, i say ok i fold, he shows KK and i fold QQ face up, table goes nuts again, table now thinks I am a god.

Hand 6

Standard looking non-fishy guy raises from HJ, i 3bet to 75 from btn with QJo. Flop 764, he checks i cbet 90, he calls. turn blank, he checks and i bet 180, he tanks and folds and said he folded TT.

I move to a more fishy table with drunk guys.

hand 7
2 massive drunk fish in the blinds, I limp behind Q9spades from MP. Non fish on the btn calls and the fish in the BB calls. flop T95 2 spades, fish checks, i check, btn bets 35, BB raises to 120, I raise to 300. Btn folds, BB announces “im here to gamble” and ships for another 250. I call. Turn a red J and river 9, he shows TJ and I show trips, I run good and ship 1.1k-ish pot.

hand 8

In my last orbit, EP raise to 25 from a tight non-fish (effective stax 900-ish), I call with 66. Fish in BB calls. Flop T76ss. fish checks, nit bets 60 and i raise to 150, fish folds, nit calls. Turn Qs, he checks, i bet 200 and he calls. River blank, he checks, I bet 250 and he folds KK face up.