A Super Short Session

So, I drove all of the way down to the Venetian last night. I am so glad that I did. It was one of those sessions where you seem to get perfect cards and the perfect flop just when you need it.

The $2/$5 was super shorthanded, so I played $1/$2 until it filled. Geez...I can't stand playing $1/$2 much anymore. I just sat there for 2 rounds thinking...what idiots! Why can't I get anything against these jackasses. I did get A/K in MP, put in a good sized raise and get 5 callers(the most from any raise in the 2 rounds that I had been there) I think that when tourists suspect that you are a local/play poker for a living, they are automatically suspicious of everything that you do. They always think that you are trying to make a move. Not that...well this person plays 50 hours per week so maybe, she can outplay me(which is what I would think if I was sitting with someone more experienced than I)
So, I raise, 5 caller and I whiff....not even a flop that I can make a decent c-bet with it came 678 2 spades...So, I said goodbye to that $15. Then I call a raise on the button with J/10o because it is only $10...so in my $2/$5 mind, it was just a min raise...so I have to call, right?
Then I get to go to the big girl's table. I sat down and immediatley lose $50 due to a straight flush draw. How is it whenever I have more outs than not, I never hit? I would have raised the guy but I could tell that he was an inexperienced tourist and would have never laid down top pr and would have pd me off if I hit, so I just check/called.
But then 3 hands turn it all around!
I get dealt q/9s in the Sb and complete, option checks. Flop Q/10/9, 2 clubs. I looked down the table and I can tell that UTG liked his hand. Checked around. Turn is a 9(nines were my friend this session) I check, UTG bets $40, Button raises to $75, I raise to $200, UTG immediately calls. I put him on the straight. Button folds. Then horror of horrors, the river is a Q! Worst card for me. UTG checks, I go all in and he folds K/J face up! Shit.
Then I move to the main game(reluctantly, if I only knew) I call a straddle with J/9h(it was my bb, so only $5 more and this is a hand known to me as 'The Royal Gannon', named for one of my bestest poker buddies, Mark Gannon. It is his fave hand and usually wins with it.
Flop is J/9/k all clubs. Checked around
Turn is 9. checked to the button...he bets $15(into a $60 pot, god, I love poker) I decide to just call. The only hand that he is probably going to call a raise with is a flush or a 9(or a better boat) and I want to get $15 from the other gys that might be chasing. 2 other callers. River is a 3.
Button bets $40, I raise to $140. Button calls. He doesnt show but he sees my boat.
I dont even limp with any other hand until this last hand. UTG raises to $10(???) I call(along with 4 others)OTB with K/Q. Flop is KKQ. I cant ask for much better than that, can I???
I am really big into reading people. I could tell that no one really liked that flop, so I check. Turn is a 9...hoping that helps open up some straight possibilites(that they are drawing dead with). I check.
River is a 10! YES! Utg bets $15(gotta love em), a caller and then C/O(same guy from prev boat) raises to $50. Now, since he saw my last full house, I wanted to make sure that I played this one a little differently. SO, I decide to min raise. Normally I dont do this but since I bet so strong(and big) last time, I wanted to do the opposite. Folds to the C/O and he raises $100 more, I then push(he only has like $150 behind) and he calls with a J for the straight!
So, then I leave. I made money and had a nice time but I wanted to make sure that I left on a high note.