payback feels good

first this...
Hand #40568465-35440 at Nipawin (Pot Limit Hold'em)

DUDE is at seat 0 with $175.20.
orange iguana is at seat 1 with $345.20.
The button is at seat 0.
DUDE posts the small blind of $.50.
orange iguana posts the big blind of $1.

DUDE: 5h Th
orange iguana: 7s 7c

Pre-flop:
DUDE raises to $3. orange iguana calls.

Flop (board: Jh Ts 7h):
orange iguana checks. DUDE bets $6. orange
iguana raises to $24. DUDE re-raises to $78.
orange iguana re-raises to $240. DUDE goes
all-in for $172.20. orange iguana is returned $67.80
(uncalled).

Turn (board: Jh Ts 7h 5c):
(no action in this round)

River (board: Jh Ts 7h 5c Td):
(no action in this round)

so that sucked...

then this eventually happened:
Hand #40568465-35637 at Nipawin (Pot Limit Hold'em)
DUDE is at seat 0 with $278.65.
orange iguana is at seat 1 with $211.25.
The button is at seat 1.
orange iguana posts the small blind of $.50.
DUDE posts the big blind of $1.

DUDE: 9d 7d
orange iguana: 8s 7h

Pre-flop:
orange iguana raises to $3. DUDE re-raises to
$9. orange iguana re-raises to $27. DUDE
calls.

Flop (board: 4d 7c 6c):
DUDE checks. orange iguana bets $54. DUDE
calls.

Turn (board: 4d 7c 6c 9c):
DUDE bets $162. orange iguana goes all-in for
$130.25. DUDE is returned $31.75 (uncalled).

River (board: 4d 7c 6c 9c 5d):
(no action in this round)

Showdown:
DUDE shows 7d 9d.
DUDE has 7d 9d 7c 6c 9c: two pair, nines and sevens.
orange iguana shows 8s 7h.
orange iguana has 8s 7h 6c 9c 5d: straight, nine high.

he was very aggressive, especially preflop, however, his post flop play was pretty bad. at this point he'd just won the previous 10 or 11 pots, a few of which were decent sized pots. based on the flow of the match at that time, i feel there was a pretty good chance that he felt i would just fold to his 3bet, because i'd been letting him run me over. after he just called my 4bet, i was pretty sure that he didn't have a big hand like TT or better. the hand pretty much plays itself out from there, i think. i feel that if i'm going to make plays like this w/ 78o in a 4bet pot, i've got to play it very aggressively when i hit the flop like i did.

so that puts me to about +10 buyins for the month, not a bad start. blog posts usually are a harbinger of a nice long downswing, hopefully that doesn't stay true after this post.