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The last 2 days I played some cash games instead of freeroll tournament.
And I must say it’s paying off.

Yesterday I played about 20 hands of the 50 I’ve gotten. In the first hand I made the highest pair on the table with my king and with a Queen as kicker I was pretty sure I won the pot. So on the river I made a 10 cent bet hoping to get called, but my opponents folded one by one. Winning me 4 cents.

A bit later after that small win I got rivered against a guy holding 3 8 with a set of 3’s against my 2 pair from the flop with 10 J, costing me around 20 cents.

I managed to cut my losses bit by bit and with a Full House on the flop (QQ9, holding Q9) I slow played till the river and then I made a value bet hoping someone would call the Ace on the river for the highest pair.  One player made the call, costing him an extra 8 cents.

After I left the cash game yesterday, I was 24 cents up.

Today I also played in a cash game. I did a $1 buy-in and waited to start playing till the big blind got on my spot, giving me time to observe my opponents.
I quickly managed to see 2 fish at the table. They only raised when having very good odds. And they both folded when having nothing. From the 8 opponents, I thought there’s one guy that knew how to play. The others played on luck.
Example, holding 89 suited with a flush draw on the flop and a pair of nines, I made a good bet. But I got called by a guy who holds 3K. On the turn a 4 of clubs came, not helping me. This time I doubled my initial bet, but again I got called. On the river he paired his king giving me no chance of winning. A very costly game.
With a few other hands like this, I started to see my $1 buy-in shrink to only 20 cents. Then I played 35 suited against one of the fish who made a raise pre-flop. I called. With a 489 flop, I made nothing. But knowing he’s going to fold if he didn’t paired anything, I made a small bet. I also can’t imagine he would make a raise pre-flop holding 89 or 910. My prediction came true, he folded, probably something like QK or AJ.
Almost back at half my buy-in.

The other fish I played similarly, me checking constantly and just calling his bets, earning me even more as I had trips and he 2 pair. On the river I re-raised him to call my all in. He did and I was back where I started.
So at the time I left the table I got back from an 80 cent loss to a 44 cents win. If I didn’t got rivered early in the game, I suppose I could ended up more, but I’m quite happy with the result of today’s play.

Tomorrow I’m taking a day off, got some other more important stuff to do, but Thursday or Friday I’m back at the table

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