"Heaters"

About 1,000 hands into my session today I was feeling pretty shitty. I had managed to fold away about $100 and hadn't hit any big hands all day. I flopped a few sets early on, but always in limped pots with no action. I have been in a bit of a funk lately as I haven't been able to get a really good "heater" going for awhile. "Heater" is a term I picked up in Soaring Eagle. Donks use it as an excuse to play about 10 hands in a row after winning some tiny ass pot because they are on a "heater". I use it more for when I hit a good run and make some serious cash. This sets the stage for the hand that jump started my "heater" today...

JcJs open to $4 in middle position. 1 caller on the button. Flop is glorious: AhKhJd. I bet, he raises, I reraise, he pushes all in. I have "Vegas and the fuckin' Mirage syndrome" and shove all in. Worst nightmare. He is holding the dreaded nuts with nut flush draw with QhTh. I begin hating myself for shoving in with bottom set on that scary board. Turn is the 4h. "Pair the God damn board!". 4c on the river and my donk play scoops me a $196 pot.

After this I am bullet-proof for the better part of 400 hands. Flopped set over set twice. Got paid big with AK on QJT board. Seriously ran over the tables. Made the final 24 of another $8k guarantee on Tilt before donking off on a position bluff. I'll FT one of these within a week, I promise my faithful readers that.

Still playing at 2:06 a.m. Trying to push myself until 3 a.m. or $100 more in profit, which ever comes first....

On a side note, the Redwings are out of the playoffs so I will now transform into the Piston's #1 fan for a few weeks.