Ok, I don’t like hearing people moaning constantly about running bad and getting sucked out on, but I’m getting hit so hard by the cards atm that I feel the need to let off some steam about it. Check out these hands, they are sick. If these had gone in my favour, I’d be up 3 buy-ins this session. As it stands, I dropped another 2. Add that to the other buyins I dropped this week, and my bankroll has taken another hit.
This game is so brutal, and what is so frustrating is that all the big stacks at all my tables are the total donkey LAGS who play every hand…..
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1861627
These 2 villains were total donkeys hence me playing this hand very very aggressively. Pokmartin was running at 49/16/1.68 and SuzyQ40 at 60/20/0.22. So basically in nearly every pot and loved to chase their draws, so I had decided I was going to pot every street, which got me all-in on the turn. She hesitated and then called and of course she hits her flush with 1 card to come FFS
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1861648
This was marginal preflop, but I knew I was getting the implied odds because one of the villains clearly had a monster so if I hit my 2, I knew I was going to get their stacks in the middle and a huge pot. Well I got his stack in the middle all right, but, no of course he hits his 2 outer on the river ARGGGHHHHHHHHH. I politely asked him what he thought I had when I raised him on the flop. To which he replied “AK or JJ” LOL !
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1861677
This is probably the worst one in terms of how badly the villain played the hand. After having limped preflop, calling my raise and then flat-calling my flop bet, I was seriously wondering if I was up against a set. Obviously that worry went away on the turn and was surprised to see villain raise me all-in. LOL at river card and villain hitting his 4 outer ……. What is so bad though is when you look at it from the villain’s point of view. What does he think he’s beating on the turn with AQ when I bet the size of the pot ?!! Answers on a postcard please….
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1861739
Ok, this next one was close preflop, but I was not going to fold to shorty once I’d raised. I normally just get it all in preflop here, but thought I’d check call villain’s all-in (which I knew he’d be doing on any flop) to try and get maximum value.
Bankroll: $656 ( 
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5 responses so far ↓
luckystraights // December 28, 2007 at 4:20 pm |
Sounds like your having a tough time of it lately.
Just do your best to ride it out, I know that sounds like worthless advise, I’ve been there myself recently, but theres little else we can do when the cards are against us, these same idiots will re-build your bankroll for you in no time, just hang on best you can till then.
It might not be your thing, but you could try limit for a day or two to give yourself a change and a chance to get over being kicked in the teeth over and over in NL and at the same time your still playing your game and building your bankroll, or play the odd Sit-N-Go, then hit the cash games after a day of, and see how you feel.
Hate to see you going through this shit, just do your best to ride it out what way you can and you’ll soon be back on top.
xxx
doublemeup // December 28, 2007 at 4:35 pm |
Cheers for the support. I have reviewed my session and I seem to be playing fine, which makes losing so much harder to take.
What is also annoying is playing a patient TAG game, carefully choosing my spots, getting my money in with my big hands when I am ahead and getting beat by some fish who is playing 60% of his hands, lol !
I’ll try and stop moaning soon
GL at the tables
joseffreedom // December 28, 2007 at 10:31 pm |
Hand 1, your opponent should have pushed flop, but they still had right odds to call pot size bet on turn. You played it fine.
Hand 2 is a 2 outer, but played well by you.
Hand 3 is a 4 outer played fine.
Hand 4 is probably a fold preflop w/o reads. If you are going to play put it is pre-flop for a little fold equity and b/c KQ likes to see 5 cards. No reason to pull a stop and go here.
Overall you were +EV almost all of the time, so well played. Try to evaluate your play on how you played rather than how much you won. I mean there are times I suck out on a gutshot, win a buy-in and step away from the table b/c I am playing bad and times I drop 4 buy-ins and keep playing because I am playing fine.
Good luck,
T
doublemeup // December 29, 2007 at 7:34 pm |
Hi
Thanks for your comments
Hand 1 – Yes, after doing the maths, the pot equity vs pot odds was extremely close throughout the hand. I was a favourite when the money went in, but I agree, the villain had the right price to call if villain could see I had TT. If you add JJ/QQ/KK/AA to my range (very likely), then my equity is higher and villain’s call is a mistake. But anyway, this villain hadn’t folded an all-in for the last hour and certainly wasn’t working out equity or odds
Hand 4: Yes I could have found a fold preflop here, but my raise kinda priced myself in and against a shorty I was pretty much committed I think.
Cheers
Pipedream // December 31, 2007 at 10:01 pm |
Brutal…we can all relate. Sit tight and keep reviewing your game and things will turn around. Hopefully sooner than later