Good day on all fronts from Ansky. 3 August 2008, 2:02.

Today I had a very good day, in pretty much all elements of my life. 1) I got approved for the apartment I was looking to rent. 2) I won lots of monies.

Since moving down to 10/20 I have made back a ton of what I cashed out. I am running super hot and playing very well. My little PLO experiment seems to be working so far, I am winning at that too some how. I was playing 2 tables of HU PLO today when "eskabor" IMd me to ask if I wanted to play 6 tables of HU NL at 10/20. I gave my omaha opponents a 10 min warning and told eskabor that I'd be ready shortly. Me and him have a long history together, and I have always done well vs him (ran super hot/ played well). Today, lucky for me was no different. I am fairly certain the following hand was the sickest hand I have ever played: http://www.pokerhand.org/?2985481

Since I assume this will get a lot of confused looks, perhaps even some accusations of superuserage, I'll briefly go into my explanation. Preflop is whatever. I 3b that hand because we are playing so stupid aggro vs each other that it has a ton of value and thats that. When he 4b, it's just so small that I can't fold. On the turn, I check raised with the intention of bluffing just about any river, and I thought that he would rarely shove over my raise w/ a made hand, given how obvious it is that I am going to be bombing the riv if he just calls. I was most worried about getting owned by a hand like 43s, but it was just a risk I'd have to take.

I do not mean to post this to call out my opponent or anything like that. The kid has a lot of skill and I certainly would never make that call vs a brain dead opponent. Only because I kno he is capable of running a big bluff do I call there. I thought he played well most of the session, though he made a few expensive mistakes along the way.

My friend Dean today said that this hand was like the opposite of when you bet a river for value, and you get raised, and you turn your hand into a bluff and 3-bet. In this hand, I check raised as a bluff, then when shoved on I called for value. I never thought I'd get the chance to do that.

Dani