Graveyard for Fun Hands

Was really tired tonight but saw a good game at nl400 so I sat down and just 1-tabled for an hour.

What is my mantra these days? Table select and be patient. Target the fish.

So after building up a 1k stack, what do I do?

1st hand vs a 30/27/5 in my database over a large sample :

Rather than 3-bet I planned on check-raising dry flops and playing flops that hit me pretty passively to let him do the betting.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 23:05:02 ET 2008
Table Table 127461 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: AANOTILTKK ( $1,005.61 USD )
Seat 3: igetjokes1 ( $432.30 USD )
Seat 6: donjey ( $538.68 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $586.46 USD )
Seat 5: BertholdHeisterkamp ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: hanzfat ( $436.40 USD )
igetjokes1 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Hearts

BertholdHeisterkamp folds.
donjey folds.
AANOTILTKK folds.
hanzfat raises [$12 USD]
igetjokes1 folds.
HERO calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Six of Diamonds

HERO checks.
hanzfat bets [$18 USD]
HERO raises [$51 USD]
hanzfat raises [$118 USD]
HERO is all-In.
hanzfat is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Queen of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Nine of Hearts

hanzfat shows King of Clubs

two pairs, Kings and Queens.
HERO shows Ace of Hearts

a pair of Queens.
HERO wins $150.06 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Queens.
hanzfat wins $871.80 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Queens.

Seriously. It tils me soooooo much to spew this way. I really have a tough time expressing just how angry this makes me.

Obv I can justify it by saying that a smart villain almost has to 3-bet bluff me on this flop. Why? Because all I'm repping that beats him is 222 and 666 along with flushdraws. But this kind of overly complicated wacky-play thinking is exactly what I want to iron out right now until I build a comfortable roll at nl400.

I tilt myself so fucking hard right now.

130 hands for -450$.

Don't wanna dwell exclusively on the negative, so I should probably post a decent, if somewhat standard, call I made to build up my stack :

Preflop both villain were running overly loose (40/25ish) so I was definitely ahead of their ranges but was pretty sure I’d get called if I 3-bet. Also they both seemed a bit fishy and predictable postflop :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 22:36:56 ET 2008
Table Table 127461 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: AANOTILTKK ( $1,229.13 USD )
Seat 3: igetjokes1 ( $458.50 USD )
Seat 5: xBORMANx ( $169 USD )
Seat 6: donjey ( $543.42 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: Goldamp ( $412 USD )
igetjokes1 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

xBORMANx folds.
donjey calls [$4 USD]
AANOTILTKK raises [$18 USD]
Goldamp folds.
igetjokes1 folds.
HERO calls [$14 USD]
donjey calls [$14 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Five of Hearts

HERO checks.
donjey checks.
AANOTILTKK bets [$22 USD]
HERO calls [$22 USD]
donjey calls [$22 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Six of Diamonds

HERO bets [$71 USD]
donjey calls [$71 USD]
AANOTILTKK folds.
** Dealing River ** Seven of Spades

HERO checks.
donjey is all-In.
HERO is all-In.
HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

a pair of Jacks.
donjey shows Queen of Clubs

high card Queen.
donjey wins $143.42 USD from side pot #1 with high card, Queen.
HERO wins $839 USD from the main pot with a pair of Jacks.

My new goal is to play 5k hands without spewing once.

NOT ONE SPEW FOR FIVE THOUUUUSAND HANDS.

No spews this morning so I get a checkmark there.

1st a very very marginal spot :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:12:04 ET 2008
Table Table 127934 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: IhasFlush ( $678.76 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $592 USD )
Seat 2: kasiiino ( $366 USD )
Seat 5: Weini7107 ( $96.95 USD )
Seat 4: hakkis96 ( $131.89 USD )
Weini7107 posts small blind [$2 USD].
IhasFlush posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

kasiiino raises [$14 USD]
HERO calls [$14 USD]
Weini7107 folds.
IhasFlush raises [$56 USD]
kasiiino calls [$46 USD]
HERO…

The squeezer from the blinds has done this a few times now so my plan worked perfectly until the original raiser flatted.

This is gross since I really really think it’s unlikely original raiser is slowplaying AA KK here in a possible huge 3-way pot. That means his likely hands are those that he thinks he can play 3-way vs a bluff-squeezer… and QQ TT…. Maybe 99. With all the dead money I just said fuck it.

is all-In.
IhasFlush folds.
kasiiino is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** King of Hearts

** Dealing Turn ** Three of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Nine of Diamonds

kasiiino shows Queen of Diamonds

two pairs, Queens and Threes.
HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
HERO wins $226 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
kasiiino wins $792 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Threes.

Lame

Here I make a big call vs an aggro villain (29/25) who seems to be repping a busted flush draw or exactly KQ. He took quite a while to call on the turn which lead me to believe he thought he had implied odds with a draw vs my seemingly big hand. I’m very sure he raises trips on the flop or turn…

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:30:40 ET 2008
Table Table 128282 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: kasiiino ( $436 USD )
Seat 2: hejsan66 ( $565.80 USD )
Seat 3: BlackHawk2101 ( $400 USD )
Seat 4: Pakka_52 ( $446.30 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $770.80 USD )
Seat 6: iownulongrun ( $647.50 USD )
hejsan66 posts small blind [$2 USD].
BlackHawk2101 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Nine of Diamonds

Pakka_52 folds.
HERO raises [$16 USD]
iownulongrun calls [$16 USD]
kasiiino folds.
hejsan66 folds.
BlackHawk2101 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Eight of Diamonds

HERO bets [$31 USD]
iownulongrun calls [$31 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** King of Hearts

HERO bets [$65 USD]
iownulongrun calls [$65 USD]
** Dealing River ** Nine of Clubs

HERO checks.
iownulongrun bets [$160 USD]
HERO calls [$160 USD]
iownulongrun shows Queen of Clubs

two pairs, Kings and Queens.
HERO doesn't show Nine of Diamonds

two pairs, Nines and Eights.
iownulongrun wins $547 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Queens.

Repping a bluff vs a tight reg :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:15:34 ET 2008
Table Table 130472 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: ARKADAK ( $64.75 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $673.65 USD )
Seat 3: Zoey2042 ( $269.50 USD )
Seat 1: Karikatyr ( $408.30 USD )
Seat 2: wakajawaka1 ( $411.90 USD )
Seat 5: A_Behemoth ( $382 USD )
Karikatyr posts small blind [$2 USD].
wakajawaka1 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO King of Spades

Zoey2042 folds.
HERO raises [$16 USD]
A_Behemoth calls [$16 USD]
ARKADAK calls [$16 USD]
Karikatyr folds.
wakajawaka1 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Four of Spades

HERO checks.
A_Behemoth checks.
ARKADAK checks.
** Dealing Turn ** King of Hearts

HERO bets [$34 USD]
A_Behemoth calls [$34 USD]
ARKADAK folds.
** Dealing River ** Five of Clubs

HERO bets [$145 USD]
A_Behemoth calls [$145 USD]
HERO shows King of Spades

two pairs, Kings and Queens.
A_Behemoth doesn't show Ace of Hearts

a pair of Queens.
HERO wins $409 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Queens.

Making a call-down vs a loose and bluffy fish. Pretty sure he raises top pair and better hands on the flop so either he had 67 or I win :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:08:44 ET 2008
Table Table 127934 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: IhasFlush ( $508 USD )
Seat 4: fnldrmkck ( $410 USD )
Seat 5: Oldie55 ( $330.76 USD )
Seat 6: lutzio ( $546.20 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $414 USD )
Seat 2: kasiiino ( $394 USD )
lutzio posts small blind [$2 USD].
IhasFlush posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Queen of Hearts

kasiiino raises [$8 USD]
HERO calls [$8 USD]
fnldrmkck folds.
Oldie55 calls [$8 USD]
lutzio folds.
IhasFlush folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Jack of Hearts

kasiiino checks.
HERO bets [$21 USD]
Oldie55 calls [$21 USD]
kasiiino folds.
** Dealing Turn ** Six of Spades

HERO checks.
Oldie55 bets [$40 USD]
HERO calls [$40 USD]
** Dealing River ** Three of Hearts

HERO checks.
Oldie55 bets [$104 USD]
HERO calls [$104 USD]
Oldie55 shows Ace of Hearts

high card Ace.
HERO shows Nine of Hearts

a pair of Nines.
HERO wins $357 USD from the main pot with a pair of Nines.

Wish I could play more; the games are good right now. Gotta go. 400ish hands for a couple buyins of profit.

i m soooooooooooooo fking tilted

Sat in 6 great nl400 games

quickly made about 1.5k in 200 hands playing solid

then got set-over-setted on a draw-heavy board 180bb's deep and then lost JJ to ATo on 8 high board

then I made a huge fold I'm not sure about

then I made a marginal call with 99 vs a monkey that was probably -ev. benny was sweating me at the time and called out villain's exact hand Sad

. should have listened to him.

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earlier I played a 9-tabling session at nl200 cuz I couldn't get a seat at any of the good nl400 games. felt like I played well but managed to drop a couple buyins.

I am sooo fking disgusted. I know I'm impatient and I'm not the 1st person to run super-swongy and not great when trying to establish himself at another limit.

but fuck me, I'm getting fking sick of this b.s.

God I'm getting sick of this.

Here are today’s biggest pots :

Villain is 27/24 aggro.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 17:32:30 ET 2008
Table Table 125491 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: mad4it109 ( $394 USD )
Seat 4: FourBetBluff ( $414.60 USD )
Seat 6: FeFuracao ( $290 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $589.05 USD )
Seat 2: deine_Mudder ( $455.20 USD )
Seat 5: krasssavec ( $394 USD )
FeFuracao posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Spades

deine_Mudder folds.
mad4it109 folds.
FourBetBluff raises [$14 USD]
krasssavec folds.
FeFuracao calls [$12 USD]
HERO raises [$61 USD]
FourBetBluff calls [$51 USD]
FeFuracao folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Seven of Hearts

HERO bets [$81 USD]
FourBetBluff is all-In.
HERO calls [$268.60 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Six of Clubs

HERO shows Ace of Spades

a straight Six to Ten.
FourBetBluff shows King of Clubs

a flush, King high.
FourBetBluff wins $840.20 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.

Villain was 19/15. So gross. No options are good really. Folding pre is just meh…

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 18:54:54 ET 2008
Table Table 127604 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Ulohon ( $228.10 USD )
Seat 2: kmsbnn ( $549.10 USD )
Seat 4: Pakka_52 ( $536.10 USD )
Seat 5: SiaromOnun ( $149 USD )
Seat 6: PPSuicideMe ( $404.40 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $400 USD )
Ulohon posts small blind [$2 USD].
kmsbnn posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Queen of Clubs

HERO raises [$16 USD]
Pakka_52 raises [$54 USD]
SiaromOnun folds.
PPSuicideMe folds.
Ulohon folds.
kmsbnn folds.
HERO raises [$140 USD]
Pakka_52 is all-In.
HERO is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** Ten of Diamonds

** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Spades

** Dealing River ** Five of Diamonds

HERO shows Queen of Diamonds

a pair of Queens.
Pakka_52 shows King of Clubs

a pair of Kings.
Pakka_52 wins $136.10 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Kings.
Pakka_52 wins $803 USD from the main pot with a pair of Kings.

Villain is 44/22 spewtard.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 18:29:01 ET 2008
Table Table 130473 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: VIPClown ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: AWOOGAAA ( $390.40 USD )
Seat 4: mad4it109 ( $461 USD )
Seat 6: vvvvvnh ( $625.20 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $400 USD )
Seat 3: B1ngo_Bango ( $410 USD )
mad4it109 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Queen of Spades

vvvvvnh raises [$12 USD]
VIPClown folds.
AWOOGAAA folds.
B1ngo_Bango folds.
mad4it109 folds.
HERO calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Nine of Hearts

HERO checks.
vvvvvnh bets [$24 USD]
HERO calls [$24 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Jack of Clubs

HERO checks.
vvvvvnh checks.
** Dealing River ** Ace of Spades

HERO checks.
vvvvvnh bets [$60 USD]
HERO raises [$222 USD]
vvvvvnh is all-In.
HERO is all-In.
HERO shows Queen of Spades

three of a kind, Jacks.
vvvvvnh shows Ace of Clubs

a full house, Aces full of Jacks.
vvvvvnh wins $225.20 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Aces full of Jacks.
vvvvvnh wins $799 USD from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of Jacks.

Limped pot… gross.

Problem with the turn is that even if I call to fill up, he has a higher set a decent % of the time.

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 19:10:40 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304946 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: thelymac ( $567.10 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $357.79 USD )
Seat 4: Watson1010 ( $126.97 USD )
Seat 5: AA_Hickok_88 ( $201 USD )
Seat 3: Gazza99 ( $113.20 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$1 USD].
Gazza99 posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Two of Diamonds

Watson1010 calls [$2 USD]
AA_Hickok_88 calls [$2 USD]
thelymac calls [$2 USD]
HERO calls [$1 USD]
Gazza99 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** Ace of Hearts

HERO bets [$8 USD]
Gazza99 folds.
Watson1010 folds.
AA_Hickok_88 folds.
thelymac calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Diamonds

HERO bets [$24 USD]
kya333 has joined the table.
thelymac raises [$77 USD]
HERO is all-In.
thelymac calls [$270.79 USD]
** Dealing River ** Queen of Spades

thelymac shows Four of Spades

a straight Ace to Five.
HERO doesn't show Two of Spades

three of a kind, Twos.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 27 2008 19:11 ET
thelymac wins $719.08 USD from the main pot with a straight, Ace to Five.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 17:46:30 ET 2008
Table Table 127894 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: sunnylake ( $793.50 USD )
Seat 5: Spinogryz ( $467.10 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $429.50 USD )
Seat 3: kroemtjod ( $142.30 USD )
Seat 1: MrTommy ( $96 USD )
Seat 2: Mr_Multi ( $130 USD )
MrTommy posts small blind [$2 USD].
Mr_Multi posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

kroemtjod raises [$8 USD]
sunnylake folds.
Spinogryz folds.
HERO calls [$8 USD]
MrTommy calls [$6 USD]
Mr_Multi calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Four of Diamonds

MrTommy checks.
Mr_Multi bets [$15 USD]
kroemtjod calls [$15 USD]
HERO calls [$15 USD]
MrTommy folds.
** Dealing Turn ** Ten of Diamonds

Mr_Multi checks.
kroemtjod bets [$16 USD]
HERO raises [$67 USD]
Mr_Multi folds.
kroemtjod raises [$102 USD]
HERO raises [$102 USD]
kroemtjod is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Nine of Hearts

HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
kroemtjod shows Ace of Hearts

two pairs, Aces and Nines.
HERO wins $49.70 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
kroemtjod wins $312.60 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Nines.

Srsly. I would trade a 10-buyin downswing in 2 months for just running normal right now when I’m kind of vulnerable.

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Just played 400 hands and lost a few buyins.

I think I came up a little short on my goal of not spewing for 5k hands :

I made it 3k hands without a single spew.

These two hands happened back to back and I think they were the reasons I was tilting without admitting it :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 01:05:55 ET 2008
Table Table 126755 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Repo_man69 ( $511.90 USD )
Seat 2: TheBlueMile ( $476.30 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $431 USD )
Seat 4: kalino ( $495.41 USD )
Seat 5: pas1sat1 ( $219.86 USD )
Seat 6: VickyRaisins ( $400 USD )
kalino posts small blind [$2 USD].
pas1sat1 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Five of Hearts

VickyRaisins folds.
Repo_man69 folds.
TheBlueMile raises [$16 USD]
HERO calls [$16 USD]
kalino calls [$14 USD]
pas1sat1 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Queen of Hearts

kalino checks.
TheBlueMile bets [$37 USD]
HERO raises [$81 USD]
kalino calls [$81 USD]
TheBlueMile raises [$203 USD]
HERO is all-In.
kalino is all-In.
TheBlueMile is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Ten of Hearts

** Dealing River ** Jack of Clubs

TheBlueMile shows Queen of Clubs

a full house, Queens full of Tens.
HERO doesn't show Five of Hearts

a full house, Fives full of Tens.
kalino shows King of Hearts

two pairs, Kings and Tens.
kalino wins $19.11 USD from side pot #2 with two pairs, Kings and Tens.
TheBlueMile wins $90.60 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Queens full of Tens.
TheBlueMile wins $1,294 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Tens.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 01:24:55 ET 2008
Table Table 126968 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: cardslugger ( $312.40 USD )
Seat 6: Gleb3136 ( $662.70 USD )
Seat 4: VickyRaisins ( $675.90 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $421.50 USD )
Seat 2: Majestic1009 ( $288.20 USD )
Seat 1: xBORMANx ( $80 USD )
Gleb3136 posts small blind [$2 USD].
xBORMANx posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO King of Spades

Majestic1009 calls [$4 USD]
HERO raises [$18 USD]
VickyRaisins did not respond in time
VickyRaisins folds.
cardslugger folds.
Gleb3136 folds.
xBORMANx folds.
Majestic1009 calls [$14 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Three of Clubs

Majestic1009 checks.
HERO bets [$31 USD]
Majestic1009 calls [$31 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Ace of Hearts

Majestic1009 checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing River ** Six of Hearts

Majestic1009 checks.
HERO bets [$75 USD]
Majestic1009 calls [$75 USD]
HERO shows King of Spades

a pair of Kings.
Majestic1009 shows Four of Clubs

two pairs, Sixes and Fours.
Majestic1009 wins $251 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Sixes and Fours.

So when the donk made a small turn bet here, I felt like he had a mid-pair, maybe (big maybe) a weak top pair, or a float that decided to bluff the turn. No WAY do I do this if I’m running/thinking well :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 01:08:39 ET 2008
Table Table 127170 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Napalm_77 ( $779 USD )
Seat 2: kamikaz999 ( $348.20 USD )
Seat 3: Angelica6 ( $405.10 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $396 USD )
Seat 6: AGENTURA ( $126 USD )
Seat 4: kaimachek ( $80 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
AGENTURA is sitting out
Napalm_77 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Diamonds

kamikaz999 calls [$4 USD]
Angelica6 folds.
HERO raises [$19 USD]
Napalm_77 folds.
kamikaz999 calls [$17 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Two of Clubs

HERO bets [$31 USD]
AGENTURA has left the table.
kamikaz999 calls [$31 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Four of Clubs

HERO checks.
kamikaz999 bets [$36 USD]
HERO is all-In.
kamikaz999 is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Seven of Hearts

kamikaz999 shows Nine of Clubs

a pair of Sixes.
HERO shows Ace of Diamonds

high card Ace.
HERO wins $47.80 USD from side pot #1 with high card, Ace.
kamikaz999 wins $698.40 USD from the main pot with a pair of Sixes.

GG another few buyins.

This blog is good because it forces me to realize that I struggle way more with the emotional control aspect of poker than anything else. That is what I need to work on. I will never be a top-class player if I can’t get my emotions under control.

*Last edited by Genitruc on Tue, 29 Jan 2008, 1:53pm; edited 1 time in total*

I just played about 1k hands and did o.k.

I got completely levelled in a reraised pot where I c-bet with a pair+ nutflushdraw, then went for a check-raise on the turn when the top card paired on a low-card, draw-heavy board. Villain, who was loose, bluffy and strange, overbet allin 320 into 200. I tanked and called... and he flipped 86o for turned trips.

I guess it makes sense, but whatever. Folding is never a big mistake there, and I got caught trying to be a hero. I think I almost called because I was angry at myself that he overbet when I wanted to checkraise to put pressure on a 99-type hand.

It's just another example of allowing emotional instability affect my bottom line.

I managed to get unstuck for the day by, among other things, running kings through aces for a buyin. Still, I was sitting at some amazing tables and couldn't really get on any kind of roll.

By amazing, I'm talking like 3 ppl with 45% vpip or higher, and 2 mediocre taggs with me. It's ridiculous that I can't seem to beat these games badly these days. Just gotta keep on plugging away at building up my equanimity and patience.

hmm today it only took 217 hands to drop 1.3k. I'm leaving a table with a 62/11 who is limp-calling any amount preflop because it's just not happening for me right now.

I’ve been punishing villain, who is running at 37/0 and making some very weird postflop plays, both bluffs and calls (think peeling flops with 8 hi and backdoor FD, randomly overbetting pot, etc.).

In my experience when someone takes this line (he instashoved river fwiw) it’s very often a frustrated bluff. I dunno maybe I’ve just run weird in the last 500k hands of poker I’ve played and railed :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 14:46:32 ET 2008
Table Table 127889 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: ScootingCat ( $488.40 USD )
Seat 6: MLVIDIA ( $318.30 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $487.80 USD )
Seat 5: ARKADAK ( $80 USD )
Seat 4: bierher555 ( $400 USD )
Seat 1: VodkaUser ( $689 USD )
bierher555 posts small blind [$2 USD].
ARKADAK posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Nine of Hearts

MLVIDIA calls [$4 USD]
VodkaUser folds.
ScootingCat folds.
HERO raises [$18 USD]
bierher555 calls [$16 USD]
ARKADAK folds.
MLVIDIA folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Ace of Spades

bierher555 bets [$36 USD]
HERO calls [$36 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Three of Hearts

bierher555 bets [$64 USD]
HERO calls [$64 USD]
** Dealing River ** King of Clubs

bierher555 is all-In.
HERO calls [$282 USD]
bierher555 shows Ace of Diamonds

a full house, Aces full of Kings.
HERO shows Nine of Hearts

two pairs, Aces and Kings.
bierher555 wins $805 USD from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of Kings.

Villain is 76/52/11 (… not kidding). I was literally praying for him to call the flop shove since I expected to be way ahead of his wheel draw + overs :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 14:57:22 ET 2008
Table Table 127929 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: kelb3 ( $320.90 USD )
Seat 2: chicagoluis1 ( $272.70 USD )
Seat 4: vvvvvnh ( $484.20 USD )
Seat 6: AWOOGAAA ( $434.90 USD )
Seat 5: ARKADAK ( $70 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $462.10 USD )
vvvvvnh posts small blind [$2 USD].
ARKADAK posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Five of Hearts

AWOOGAAA folds.
kelb3 raises [$16 USD]
chicagoluis1 folds.
HERO calls [$16 USD]
vvvvvnh folds.
ARKADAK folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Two of Diamonds

kelb3 checks.
HERO bets [$35 USD]
kelb3 raises [$80 USD]
HERO is all-In.
kelb3 is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Queen of Hearts

** Dealing River ** Nine of Hearts

kelb3 shows King of Hearts

a pair of Kings.
HERO shows Five of Hearts

a pair of Fives.
HERO wins $141.20 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Fives.
kelb3 wins $644.80 USD from the main pot with a pair of Kings.

On the brighter side, losing 1k really quickly doesn't affect me anymore.

Maybe it's time to move up to get unstuck?

This is too much for me.

Here are today's 3 biggest pots, in ascending $:

Villain is 54/34/7 fish-maniac :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 31, 16:58:42 ET 2008
Table Table 134036 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: KPOKO3ABP ( $538.40 USD )
Seat 2: kan2k ( $392 USD )
Seat 5: tobas22 ( $1,560.37 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $394 USD )
Seat 6: Sturm_09 ( $1,201 USD )
Seat 3: Tankalanka ( $440 USD )
tobas22 posts small blind [$2 USD].
Sturm_09 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Hearts

KPOKO3ABP folds.
kan2k raises [$14 USD]
Tankalanka folds.
HERO calls [$14 USD]
tobas22 calls [$12 USD]
Sturm_09 calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Ace of Spades

tobas22 checks.
Sturm_09 checks.
kan2k bets [$42 USD]
HERO calls [$42 USD]
tobas22 calls [$42 USD]
Sturm_09 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** Five of Diamonds

tobas22 checks.
kan2k checks.
HERO bets [$124 USD]
tobas22 raises [$368 USD]
kan2k folds.
HERO is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Four of Diamonds

tobas22 shows Ace of Clubs

a full house, Aces full of Fives.
HERO doesn't show Ace of Hearts

three of a kind, Aces.
tobas22 wins $30 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Aces full of Fives.
tobas22 wins $855 USD from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of Fives.

Here villain is a 21/19 tagg I’ve been running over because of a great run of cards :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 31, 15:57:18 ET 2008
Table Table 127747 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: AA_Hickok_88 ( $487.50 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $795.51 USD )
Seat 4: Troublebox ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: alaikpat ( $438 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
AA_Hickok_88 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Diamonds

Troublebox folds.
alaikpat raises [$14 USD]
BACIN has joined the table.
HERO raises [$51 USD]
AA_Hickok_88 folds.
alaikpat calls [$39 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Eight of Diamonds

HERO bets [$75 USD]
alaikpat calls [$75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Jack of Clubs

HERO bets [$321 USD]
alaikpat is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Nine of Spades

HERO shows Ace of Diamonds

a pair of Kings.
alaikpat shows King of Spades

two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
HERO wins $11 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Kings.
alaikpat wins $878 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Jacks.

And finally, the hand that made me shut down Party for the day, vs the same 54/34/7 from hand 1 :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 31, 17:27:58 ET 2008
Table Table 134036 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: KPOKO3ABP ( $1,087.50 USD )
Seat 2: kan2k ( $440.50 USD )
Seat 5: tobas22 ( $1,515.67 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $776 USD )
Seat 6: Sturm_09 ( $1,189.50 USD )
Seat 3: Tankalanka ( $390 USD )
Tankalanka posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Clubs

tobas22 calls [$4 USD]
Sturm_09 folds.
KPOKO3ABP raises [$20 USD]
kan2k folds.
Tankalanka calls [$18 USD]
HERO calls [$16 USD]
tobas22 raises [$56 USD]
KPOKO3ABP calls [$40 USD]
Tankalanka calls [$40 USD]
HERO calls [$40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Ten of Diamonds

Tankalanka checks.
HERO checks.
tobas22 bets [$90 USD]
KPOKO3ABP calls [$90 USD]
Tankalanka folds.
HERO raises [$324 USD]
tobas22 raises [$618 USD]
KPOKO3ABP folds.
HERO is all-In.
tobas22 calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Six of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Ace of Clubs

tobas22 shows King of Hearts

a flush, Ace high.
HERO doesn't show Jack of Clubs

a flush, Ace high.
tobas22 wins $1,759 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high with King kicker.

I don’t know what to say, besides this is why I’ve always been a br nit. If this goes on any longer I’m gonna have to move back down to nl200 ffs. Fuck me.

Have you thought of a prolonged break? Just to relax and do other things besides Poker?

Anyway, what is your BR management criteria? 30x buy-ins? Although I have hardly played since mid December I still play $200NL with a 14k bankroll.

been back playing the past cpl days after taking a few days off

felt terrible my 1st cpl sessions but made a little money I think

tonight played a quickie at nl400 and played some of my best poker in a long long time. my reads were crisp and I chose my spots really well

I think I lost about 1.5k though, mainly on 3 deepstacked 50/50's that all went against me

i don t care though; my vow for feb is to not check results once and try to worry more about how I'm playing than how I'm running

I know that Im new to the board, but I was intrigued by your operation and I just had to post after looking at your last 10 or so hands. I dont play 400NL, and I have a very long time to get there, but I do belive there is no way in hell that I could handle the variance you are handling. I am amazed that you can still sit down in front of the computer after being in some of the hands you have been in. I mean, I typically playe 60k hands a month, and I think you have had more coolers than I have had had in a year.

My friend, I say to you GG just for the ability to still grind it out.

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