2013: Make or break

[griffey24]

Went to woodbine casino yesterday. I hadn't grinding any online since I got back from my honeymoon (been mostly working on GTO math), so that was my first grind.

My live crushing continues so that's good! Up $4.5k yesterday. I'm definitely running hot, but live players are still very bad which is also helping. I'm up $12k now for my last 4 casino visits.

Notable hands from yesterday:

1) Started playing 2/5 until the 5/5 $1k game opened up.
Table broke to 5 handed. 500 effective
Loose utg opens, bad bad btn calls, and I call in BB.
Flop is one diamond. I c/c utg cbet (he had been cb every board).
Turn 5 (luckbox), I c/r utg and he ships (shipping is so bad vs my range here) QQ and I win.

+500ish

2) Early on in the 5/5 $1k table it's only 5 handed. One young asian guy is rampant 3betting me IP (ie: every time I open). One hand I opened 44 to $20, he 3b me IP to $65 and I called 44 OOP $1k effective. c/r KQ5 dry board he called, bet turn 2 he called, riv ck/ck he has KTo.

-400ish
I change seats to get on his left (bad etiquette live?). Next hand I open is 44 UTG, and he 3b me in BB this time. I call and flop QxJh4x. He cbet I call, turn Qh he doubles $300 (leaving $500 behind), I jam he folds. I could call here, that might be better.

+$500ish

3) 5/5 $1k game. $1k effective.
I steal button (I had been stealing often) with
reasonably active 3bettor 3b me $20 to 65 in sb. I 4b to $185 and he calls very quickly OOP.
Flop comes and he quickly donks $300 into like $390 which made zero sense to me on this board. I put him on air here for sure and expected to face a check often on turn.
Turn comes and he shoves $500 remaining half pot into $1k. Getting 3:1 I have to call here I think, with assumption of 12 outs.
I call and my read was right, he had air, but his air beat mine, he had and won, so I got owned haha.

-$1k

4) HUGE cooler hand, $1450 effective. Live pro young asian guy opens CO, aggro guy from hand 2 3bets $35 to $165 in SB. I have AA in BB and re-pop him to $390. PFR folds, SB 5bets to $900 - I shove, and hold vs his KK.

I think I'm VERY polarized in this spot, given these stacks. I really don't think he should be 5b KK here or at least not that huge. I'm never making a move over that.

+1500ish

5) UTG opener just won a big pot, $1800 effective. He opens $25, seems like some live reg/pro type player. I 3b on btn to $85 (I hadn't been 3b much since I got deep). SB (horrible player, who has been cold calling tons of hands), cold calls my 3b, and UTG calls.
Flop is , checked to me, I bet $250 into $260. SB folds UTG calls.
Turn he donks $300 into $760. This donk makes just no sense here, and in my experience is ppl block betting or trying to price their draw cheaply and hope they get a fold. I shove all-in for $1200 more or so he folds (later that session he says he folded AK).

Guy to my right says I knew you knew he didn't have it, I show him my ATo. SB in the hand says 'show one show all', so I tell everyone I had AT offsuit, so everyone knows I ran a big bluff.

+750ish

6) Few mins later, ~$1k effective meh player opens $25 MP.
I 3b on CO to $85 with and same donk cold caller from last hand cold calls again, PFR also calls.
Flop comes , I bet $140 and only PFR c/c.
Turn and assuming I have a bad bluffy image I overbet shove like $760 into $520ish.
He tanks and ends up calling pocket 8's and I hold and win.

+1100ish