Ellix Powers sighting!!!

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Just got back from the local B&M. Put in a 6 hour session in the 15-30 game. About halfway through good ol' Ellix Powers shows up and takes a seat. Immediately the game got interesting. He buys in for a rack and proceeds to dust that off pretty quickly. By his second rack he has changed 3 different seats. I guess it is the luck of the seat to him because it certainly wasn't for a positional advantage. If anything his position relative to the laggys got worse.

By the time it was all over he had dropped $1200. Mind you this is a 15-30 game. And this wasn't 5 people seeing a 3-bet flop. I was to his left so I felt responsible for taking some of it. For the night I ended up a nice $815.

Here is one interesting hand played. Not sure if my action on the river was correct:

Hero limps utg with 88.
MP calls
LP calls
SB (Ellix) raises
BB calls
Hero calls
MP calls
LP calls.

5 to the flop.
Flop is 532 rainbow.

SB (Ellix) bets
BB folds
Hero raises
MP calls
LP folds
SB calls.

Turn 2
SB checks
Hero bets
MP calls
SB calls

River 4
No flush possible.

SB checks (He is pissed about that card. Hems and haws a bit but then checks)
Hero chccks (I hated that card. I could see either guy having a 6 or A)
MP goes all in (He just came from 1-2NL so we informed him he could only bet $30. He had about $60.
SB calls (Ellix says he was going to call because he knew he had the best hand)
So I think I am dead here and fold.
SB has J5o
MP has K4o

I miss out on a decent pot. Just not sure if I made the right play. Forget being results oriented.

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