Birthday and Cannes

Hey guys!

I've been slacking pretty on my blog, mostly because I haven't had anything poker related to talk about. I actually just moved, and as everyone knows… MOVING SUCKS. However, having moved to Veer Towers in City Center, I should be able to play tons more. The Aria and Bellagio poker rooms are just a few minutes walk away.

I did play a pretty long $2-$5 session during which I came across a few interesting spots. The first spot came pretty early in my session. I raised the cutoff to $20 with King-Jack offsuit. The small and big blind called. The flop came King-five-three, two clubs (the king being one of them). It checked to me and I c-bet $30. The small blind check raised me to $70.

This guy was an like, a 30-year-old asian guy who had my $900 stack covered. What's his range for check raising me? I don't think he'd check-raise me with AK, KQ, KJ, K10. It's tough to have two pair considering he was the first to call my raise, and he was out of position. He couldn't have a king and a flush draw, so I thought he had flush draw (with maybe a gutter) or a set. Since it's obviously way easier to have a draw, than a set, I didn't think folding was a good play, so I called. The turn was an offsuit ace, and he checked.

What do you think I should do on the turn? I should bet for value against draws, right? I bet $120 and he called. The river was a six, and he led for $120. What do you do in this spot? Does he bet that small for value? There are possible straights, which he could conceivably have if he had like 7-4 or 2-4 of clubs, but I don't think he called pre. What do you guys think?

Anyway, I'm pretty excited for this weekend. I'm going to celebrate my 26th birthday a couple of days early because I'm leaving Sunday to go to Cannes to cover the WSOPE. I'm going to my favorite Sushi place and then getting some friends together the play the greatest drinking game ever invented! It's a fusion of beer pong, flip cup, and knock out. Sounds amazing, right? My actual birthday is the 11th though, so I'll be expecting to make my PN friends have a drink with me after work.

-Kris