One Of Those Days
The main focus of this week was to try and play the remaining STT's required to release my 40 bucks bonus at PokerRoom. With one week to go I had 16 left to fit in by Saturday, so it was going to be tight! The challenge is (edit: was!!) going well though and the last set of 10 returned 4 wins and a profit of $90.
However last night was just one of those sessions where everything goes against you. First up I was playing extremely patiently and waited a good 20 minutes before I played a hand. That hand was the old favourite AA in the SB. 3 limpers, so I raised up to 4BB. One taker and a flop of 9 T x rainbow doesn't give me to much to worry about. Potentially, I'm only wary of someone with JQ drawing at a straight so I bet out a 3rd of the pot trying to maximise the returns from my premium starting hand. A call, which re-enforces my belief he's on the draw or maybe has top pair with AT. The turn is a blank so I bet again for a 3rd of the pot. I'm reraised all in and after thinking for a while believe he's on the bluff draw. So I call. And see pocket 9's laughing at my rockets having made a set. Note to self - look out for hidden sets. In hindsight the warning signs were maybe there but many times you get shoves with draws or top pairs so I'll let myself off that one.
Next up we're down to the bubble and there are 2 big stacks with about 6k each and me and one other effectively battling for 3rd spot. I'm keeping my head above water and keeping ahead of the 4th place guy when he eventually shoves his AJ in the BB to meet a big stack with KK. Obviously I'm hopeful the Kings will hold up here. The flop shows a Jack to give shortie more hope and then sure enough on the river is the 2nd Jack which confines me to being shortie now. A few hands later and my A5s is no match for the biggies AJ with an Ace on the flop, and bang goes another one.
The 3rd game of the night serves me no better. Early on there is one guy who takes 3 people out in 2 hands with AA and KK. A few hands later and I get dealt KK UTG. I mix it up and limp in and so do 5 others. "Doh!" I think to myself, "I've let a few too many in here" but the early big stack in the BB raises up to 4BB. "Aha, you wanna play do ya?" So I re-raise to 9BB. Everyone else folds but he shoves all in. "Great I think, he's got tens or jacks maybe". So a quick call and he flips over Aces - what a run of cards he's had. No help to either of us and I'm busted again. I try to take solace in the fact that that particular situation is only supposed to happen once in about 120 times or so (think I've read that somewhere before!), but it's not much help when you've lost 3 in a row.
No poker for me tonight, as it's the 2nd match of our Essex League Season. Read about how we did on Clements Hall 2nd Team tomorrow.
However last night was just one of those sessions where everything goes against you. First up I was playing extremely patiently and waited a good 20 minutes before I played a hand. That hand was the old favourite AA in the SB. 3 limpers, so I raised up to 4BB. One taker and a flop of 9 T x rainbow doesn't give me to much to worry about. Potentially, I'm only wary of someone with JQ drawing at a straight so I bet out a 3rd of the pot trying to maximise the returns from my premium starting hand. A call, which re-enforces my belief he's on the draw or maybe has top pair with AT. The turn is a blank so I bet again for a 3rd of the pot. I'm reraised all in and after thinking for a while believe he's on the bluff draw. So I call. And see pocket 9's laughing at my rockets having made a set. Note to self - look out for hidden sets. In hindsight the warning signs were maybe there but many times you get shoves with draws or top pairs so I'll let myself off that one.
Next up we're down to the bubble and there are 2 big stacks with about 6k each and me and one other effectively battling for 3rd spot. I'm keeping my head above water and keeping ahead of the 4th place guy when he eventually shoves his AJ in the BB to meet a big stack with KK. Obviously I'm hopeful the Kings will hold up here. The flop shows a Jack to give shortie more hope and then sure enough on the river is the 2nd Jack which confines me to being shortie now. A few hands later and my A5s is no match for the biggies AJ with an Ace on the flop, and bang goes another one.
The 3rd game of the night serves me no better. Early on there is one guy who takes 3 people out in 2 hands with AA and KK. A few hands later and I get dealt KK UTG. I mix it up and limp in and so do 5 others. "Doh!" I think to myself, "I've let a few too many in here" but the early big stack in the BB raises up to 4BB. "Aha, you wanna play do ya?" So I re-raise to 9BB. Everyone else folds but he shoves all in. "Great I think, he's got tens or jacks maybe". So a quick call and he flips over Aces - what a run of cards he's had. No help to either of us and I'm busted again. I try to take solace in the fact that that particular situation is only supposed to happen once in about 120 times or so (think I've read that somewhere before!), but it's not much help when you've lost 3 in a row.
No poker for me tonight, as it's the 2nd match of our Essex League Season. Read about how we did on Clements Hall 2nd Team tomorrow.
posted by Hodgey at 11:08 AM
1 Comments:
I try to take solace in the fact that that particular situation is only supposed to happen once in about 120 times or so (think I've read that somewhere before!), but it's not much help when you've lost 3 in a row.
-- Try and find the other 119 its not happened to, knocked out of the PL Sp Odds League tonight KK v AA.
Heres another question, how many time's does another King fall when it does happen !!
.... Aaaaah moan over... very therapeutic that Hodgey - thanks
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