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January 13, 2005
Take my laptop, please
Yep...the destruction continues -
TexansBaby is at seat 0 with $52. [Look - I was up! $2 whole dollars! Whoo hoo!]
spfesq is at seat 1 with $52.65.
NAGASAKI is at seat 2 with $13.80.
fairball26 is at seat 3 with $24.50.
smlong is at seat 4 with $16.10.
rwle34 is at seat 5 with $50.75.
g21cowboys is at seat 6 with $52.45.
thegame27 is at seat 7 with $9.65.
Gaston is at seat 8 with $14.20.
gatorsam is at seat 9 with $16.85.
The button is at seat 0. [Oh, and look at me, with position...]
spfesq posts the small blind of $.25.
NAGASAKI posts the big blind of $.50.
TexansBaby: 9d 9c
Pre-flop:
fairball26 folds. smlong calls. rwle34 folds.
g21cowboys raises to $2.25. thegame27 folds. Gaston
folds. gatorsam folds. TexansBaby calls. spfesq
folds. NAGASAKI folds. smlong calls.
Flop (board: 8c 3c Qh):
smlong checks. g21cowboys bets $15. TexansBaby
raises to $30. smlong goes all-in for $13.85.
g21cowboys goes all-in for $50.20. TexansBaby goes
all-in for $49.75. g21cowboys is returned $.45
(uncalled).
[Now...let me try and explain this train wreck here. That $15 was a pot sized bet. To me, that was a scare bet. So I put him on pockets...Jacks at the most. I read him as trying to drive off the clubs, and as being afraid that someone had paired the Queen. So I raised. Now...when he came over the top to go all-in...well...that was my own stupidity.]
Turn (board: 8c 3c Qh Jd):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 8c 3c Qh Jd 6d):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
g21cowboys shows Kh Ks.
g21cowboys has Kh Ks 8c Qh Jd: a pair of kings.
TexansBaby shows 9d 9c.
TexansBaby has 9d 9c 8c Qh Jd: a pair of nines.
smlong shows 5c Ac.
smlong has Ac 8c Qh Jd 6d: ace high.
Hand #3912384-1928 Summary:
$2 is raked from a total pot of $120.85.
$2 is raked from the main pot of $49.05.
$0 is raked from side pot #1 of $71.80.
g21cowboys wins the main pot $47.05 with a pair of kings.
g21cowboys wins the side pot $71.80 with a pair of kings.
Needless to say, he was happy!
I'm reminded of a story Annie Duke told at UB's Aruba WPT tourney (relayed to us little people via a good, but not Otis-level tournament blog that John Vorhaus did) - apparently Mike Matusow once threw his laptop into the pool from the balcony from his hotel room after suffering an online losing streak. She wondered how he could throw away such an expensive laptop, but his response was, "If I hadn't done it - if I had kept on playing - I'd have lost ten grand easy."
Now...I'm not that bad folks. But last night, I totally understood that feeling. Cause after that bust out, I really did feel sick. For the past couple of days I've just been playing like a complete moron. I know better than this, but I do it anyway... I immediately went over that hand, and of course that $15 bet was a scare bet...because you had callers, so you're afraid someone might have AA or QQ and now you're up against a set, plus you've got that flush draw out there. (Although, given that, my raise should have made you fold dammit, but I guess you can't lay down a hand any more than I can...least yours was paint.) But the thing that upset me was, during the hand, why didn't I even think of QQ? I mean duh! I saw it for a scare bet, but for totally the wrong reasons.
I'm just completely off my game...not focused at all. This seems to come in cycles, and I'm not sure why. The last time I hit this wall, valley, whatever you want to call it, I then came out of it and had my tourney win and got my roll built up enough to move up a level...so yes, these are learning lessons...but damn. With that hit, I'm now back down to .10/.25. And there, I find the Sisters waiting for me. They're beaten off the flop by two pair, but find another lady on the turn to make a set, and I nearly double up on that one hand alone. But I end up losing it when an incredibly agressive player sits down (not raising him out of any pots!)...and thankfully I come to my senses enough to get out while I'm still $3.45 ahead.
In some ways, .10/.25 feels much more like home. Games are certainly looser. I never really got into my groove at .25/.50. That stats section makes me ill. I know, I know...we look at the long run...we play the hands we're dealt...we take lessons from each session, etc. I comfort myself with the fact that it's looked like that before. (Well...never the "Change from last post", but the rest). I'll get it back.
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Don't play much other than Hold'Em. I occasionally find my way to a 7 Card Stud table, but that's about it. I know a lot of you are into Omaha 8 these days, so I wanted to point out what appears to be an excellent write up by Mourn on the subject.
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The Hammer mocked me continuously last night. I have never gotten it so many times - 3 times in an hour! Was it trying to tell me something? I raised with it once, got a caller, ace comes on the flop, minimum bet is made, but I know he's paired that ace...I fold. (I know! Holy crap, she does something smart when it's only 50 cents! $30 bucks and she's totally off the map! ;)) The other times, it was raised to me, and well...I just sense danger there. I wuss out and fold. (I need a "hangs head in shame" smiley)
As for that "other" Hammer issue...well. There's a reason certain links have never been on the left. And those Up for Poker boys are damn smart. CJ took the words out of my mouth today.
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Oh, and damn you PartyPoker! I was given $20 to come back and play. Apparently I had until Jan 6 to use it. So last night when I finally find an open spot at the blogger table...poof...the $12 of it that I had left is gone. :P on them! I would have much rather it had gone to one of you! Teach me to read the fine print. Oh well. Guess my blogger playing will be limited to encounters with Maudie, Daddy, and G-Rob at UB...(but you know you all really want to come to UB...come on...)
OK, I'm off to read...or play with play chips...maybe do a freeroll...I don't know...whatever it takes to feed the poker jones but minimize the damage I'm doing to myself at the moment.
Posted by April at January 13, 2005 02:34 PM
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"whatever it takes to feed the poker jones but minimize the damage I'm doing to myself at the moment."
Have you considered playing at PokerSchoolOnline? For someone with a limited income, it can be a great way to get in and get a better feel for the game. It's play money, of course, but the way the site is structured people seem to treat their rolls like real cash. All the games are ranked in some sort of league or another, and if you do well enough you can actually earn sponsorships into $500 events wherever you want to go. Lots of the players there play for real cash elsewhere too. It's only $14.95/mo or $150/yr. That might be an excellent way for you to minimize the damage while feeding the jones.
Posted by: Jason at January 13, 2005 05:33 PM
Hey you have alot going on. Maybe your mind is not on Poker right now. Perhaps you need a short hiatis? I dunno. Anyway.. your thinking was exceptionally flawed in that hand. The $15 bet like you said screamed "I have at least TPTK, and probably only that", but unfortionatly TPTK beat you. I could see you doing the raise thing if the board had been 2-7-8 or something. Pockets pairs are best if you can fold them! Anyway.. I think you can play better than that so either take a short break or get your head back into the game.
Posted by: SirFWALGMan at January 14, 2005 04:08 PM
"I think you can play better than that so either take a short break or get your head back into the game."
Hmm...that sounds a lot like something someone else would say to me...had he not apparently taken off again.
I know you're wanting to hear it, so I'll say it - SirFWALGMan > John :D
Posted by: April at January 14, 2005 05:09 PM
Hey April. From time to time I get pretty far in a tourney and around 1AM EST I get tired.. and need someone to keep me awake.. 10% of my winnings to the person. Are you a night owl? Any Interest? Only requires an AOL IM account and an Empire account so you can watch me play..
Posted by: SirFWALGMan at January 14, 2005 10:36 PM
Am I a night owl? Well...it's 2 am Central time now...so yea, I guess so. ;) I am about to crash though, however I have been known to see sunrise for poker-related events on more than one occasion. That could be fun, I don't have an Empire account, but it's not like this laptop can't handle another poker icon on the desktop. (At least, I think it can...)
Posted by: April at January 15, 2005 02:13 AM
Hey April - I just linked you!
Listen - hang in there. The week before I started my blog, I was in the worst funk of my short year of playing poker. I spent a month in this cycle: playing .02/.04 hold'em at PS to earn $6 to sit in a SnG. Sometimes I'd win and move up to .25/.50 (only to lose it back). I was busted out of every site I play on over the course of one week - and no matter how bad I was beat, or how awful the play that I made was, I'd sit down for more. My boyfriend kept telling me to take a break, but that wasn't what I needed - not this time; I needed to refresh my mindset, somehow toss out all recollection and emotion tied to that funk. I needed an attitude adjustment, so I consciously just decided to clear my mind of it. (Easier said than done, but... just DO it - make it a focus). I scrounged up $50 (which for some people is nothing, but for me actually requires that I make sure I can squeeze it into the budget) and re-loaded on Empire. At that time, I decided to start blogging to help me with this re-focus and study of my play. And it worked. Funk is gone. I wish you the same!!! Keep analyzing your play, find the holes, *** AND find your strengths *** and try to capitalize on the strengths whenever possible!
Here's to good luck, good cards, and focus! :)
Posted by: Shelly at January 15, 2005 01:57 PM