Grove Poker

Match #4
Tuesday, October 13th

Early on, Matty raised in Early Position (EP) to 100 (10BB) and I reraised to 350 with my K-K and everyone folded (Steve claimed he had 4-4 and Adrian claimed he had 9-9).
I busted some guy in 9th place (who held JsJc) when my AxQc took him down on a flop (AcKc8c).
With the blinds 30-60, John Shaffer raised in EP to 180, Steve reraised to 420, and John called. Flop comes A-K-Q. John checks, Steve bets 800+ (or so), John raises all-in for another 300, Steve calls. John shows Q-Q for trips & Steve shows A-K for 2-Pair. The turn brought a 4th Q and John doubled up through his son.
With the blinds 50-100, Adrian got unlucky, because the guy who showed garbage hands for the first 5 levels raised to 300 in EP with an actual hand and when Adrian shoved with his KJs, other guy showed AJ and knocked Adrian out in 7th place.
Steve's shoves all-in (with A10) pre-flop and is called by Adrian's Nemesis (with A2). Steve's hand holds and Adrian's nemesis is short again.
With the blinds 75-150, I raised in EP with Q-Q to 450 and Steve shoved for another 400 (or so) with A-K. My Queens held up and Steve went out in 6th (losing twice AK vs QQ - ouch!).
Adrian's nemesis goes out to Matty (I don't remember the details), and we're down to 4 players (John, Matty W, Me, and Josh Thomas - who played a very quiet, solid game).
With the blinds 100-200, John limps on my BB for 200 and Matty W shoves for 1500-ish with AQo. Josh and I fold, and John calls with Jh9h. Board comes AhKh8x-Qh-Xx and Matty is eliminated on the Bubble after being completely card-dead and showed some good patience until he exited in 4th.
Once we were in the money, John had about 7K in chips. Then, I got hot and picked up 7 pots out of 8 and took a nice lead.
When the blinds were 150-300, Josh raised to 600 on the Button with KK, I reraised to 2700 with AK, John folded and Josh called. I flopped an Ace sending Josh out in 3rd. And we had a Heads-Up rematch of Absolute Grove (Match #2).
After a few failed bluffs on my part, John had a 2-to-1 chip advantage. With the blinds 150-300, John raised to 600 with A4s, I shoved with A10o, and John called. My A10 held up and the stacks were reversed. John was playing well and making good reads...until that hand. A few hands later, I don't really remember the details, I took it down.