First $1k pot win

I had a baseball game last night. When I got home, I did a bunch of loose ends to get ready for the week, then I decided to play a little poker. I started on PS and played a couple of SNGs. Lost the first $55+2.50, and won the second a $100+5.

I still didn't feel like going to sleep yet, so I went on UB and looked at their PLO8 cash games. All the 200PLO8 tables were full (4) with waiting lists on 3 of them. Didn't really feel like waiting...

There was 1 person sitting alone at a 6 max 400PLO8 table, and 7 at a 9 max 400PLO8 table, so I sat down at both of them. To my chagrin, the player at the 6 max table sat out immediately. So I played the 9 max, and lost a few small hands. Then a person at the 9 max table moved to the 6 max table and started playing me HU. He buys in for $300 and I'm starting with $400. First hand, I raise from the button/SB with a weak 8s7d5h3s and he re-raises me from the BB. I call, since, for the first hand we are both deep enough to make this loose call. The flop comes Td8h5s. He bets out for the pot. I'm convinced he has A2, and possibly AA2, but with 2 pair, I have the opportunity to break him, so I move in and he calls. He ends up tabling AQ23 (http://twodimes.net/h/?z=7405290). Thankfully the board ran Jd and Th and I scooped the $700 pot.

He buys in again, this time for $693, which puts us about even. Two things: 1) This was what UB calls a deepstack table, which allows double the usual buy-in amount, so he could buy-in for up to $800 instead of the usual $400. And 2) when someone buys in for that odd a number, it usually means that's all they have left in their account.

We play, and he plays even more aggressive than me. My moves are failing, and lo and behold, I've dropped from the $700 after the first win, back to my $400 starting stack. Then we get into a hand, and he rivers a wheel (A-2-3-4-5) and takes my $400. :( So now, his stack is $1200, so I go for it and buy back in for $800. When I do it, I'm feeling confident I can break him, but at the same time, I'm wondering if I'm on tilt...

We play for a while longer, then another guy shows up (B) and takes $300 from my first opponent (A), and he leaves! :( So I decide to play with the new guy for a while to figure out if I can beat him. It wasn't so bad as he wasn't nearly as aggressive as the other guy. I manage to chip up to $900 when the first opponent returns. So now we are back to 3 handed, with (B) to my right and (A) to my left. After a little while, I get the hand to break (A).

I'm in the SB w/ AhAs5c4c. (B) folds his button and I elect to call, since I figure he'll raise here with just about anything, and he did, making it $12 to go. I simply call, not trying to give away the strength of my hand. The flop comes Kc6h4h. I check with the intention of raising. He bets $24, I raise to $96 and he re-raises $312. I take a breath, and figure, more often than not, I'm ahead either high or low, which is a great scooping opportunity. So I re-raise him all-in and he calls with Ac2cKs5d and the race is on (http://twodimes.net/h/?z=7405285). Running 9s 9c follow and I'm the recipient of a $1231.40 pot.

Overall, I won $450 on that table, and $420 on the other table, and $30 in HU tourneys on PS for a $900 profit for the night.