With the reignited flame of poker in my life thanks to a quick start in profits in 2018, I made a trip to WinStar last night. I didn't get many great hands to start. The best I had was kings that nearly doubled me up when a guy hit top pair on the flop and a flush draw. He missed the flush and didn't improve on the pair of jacks.
The best hand of the night for me was when I held A-4 of diamonds and called a guy down with just the pair of aces on the flop. He raised pre-flop and bet every street, but I kept hanging with him. Normally that isn't the best strategy and I would be compared to a call station, however, the hands I had seen my opponent play before had been aggressive with weak holdings and I believed my pair of aces was the best. I ended up winning about $140 on that hand alone when I called his pre-flop raise, flop bet of $20, turn bet of $35, and river bet of something like $80. I never even asked for a count when he put the tall column of chips in the middle on the river. I simply said call, pushed a similar stack to the middle and figured if I had misread the hand I would complete the bet. Thankfully my read was correct and I simply pulled back both columns of chips and started stacking the other chips the dealer pushed my way.
In the past my trips to WinStar have not been very profitable, but since I've started taking poker more seriously and listening to strategy podcasts, my game has improved considerably. I hope this trend continues and I keep growing my bankroll to meet the yearly goals I've set for myself.
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