Part Deux
Long week, didn't get a chance to update but made it to heads up. Started with a 15k to 10k chip deficit and won a lot of small pots to take the chip lead. Then the following hand came up. Had 9 ♥ 8 ♥ 7 ♦ 5 ♦ in the BB and checked after my opponent completed. At the 300/600-50 level at this point. Flop A ♥ 6 ♦ 4 ♠ and I check/called 600. Turn 3 ♠ to give me the straight and I decide to check/call his 2500 bet. This leaves him with about a pot-sized bet left and I expect the money to go in on the river, which is 7 ♣ . Not the greatest card for me to look at but I check a 3rd time ready to snap call his all-in. He checks behind though and mucks A6xx. Probably a mistake there, not sure he calls a river shove by me but he might feel committed as opposed to getting a free showdown with his marginal hand. Had about a 3:1 chip lead at that point, went back and forth for a few orbits and he started open-shoving some hands. Had Q ♣ Q ♥ J ♥ 9 ♥ and took a stand, calling his ridiculo