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Old 08-18-2005, 04:31 PM     Post subject: when you only make 2nd best hands....aaargh #1 (permalink)  
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3 hands from B&M tomorrow:

1) Hero is SB with A-A suit not important
Preflop: UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls,SB raises, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO 3 bets, SB caps, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls

Flop: 10s-Jc-Kc
SB bets, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, CO raises, SB 3-bets, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds, CO caps, SB calls, BB calls

Turn: 10s-Jc-Kc-Ad
SB checks, BB checks, CO checks

River: 10s-Jc-Kc-Ad-6
SB checks, BB bets, CO calls, SB calls

BB shows Qh-10h
CO shows K-K

BB wins the pot. Hero is on tilt and starts screaming.
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2) Hero has 9-9 in SB.
UTG+1 calls, MP1 raises, MP2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: Jd-Qd-9s
Hero bets, UTG+1 calls, MP1 raises, MP2 folds, CO calls, Hero 3 bets, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, CO folds.

Turn: Jd-Qd-9s-Js
Hero bets, UTG+1 checks, MP1 raises, Hero 3bets, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls

River: Jd-Qd-9s-Js-Ac
Hero checks,MP1 bets, Hero calls

MP1 shows A-A.

Hero curses himself for cold calling with 9-9.
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Different table:

Button is a tight player but sneaky. Has slowplayed AA and KK after I joined the table. He also beat me at a pot HU when the board was
K-4-4-x-x
I raised him on the flop and he reraised me and I called all the way down from there. He had KQ and I had KJ.


3) Hero is Q-Q in UTG+2
Preflop: Hero raises, CO calls, Button calls.
Flop: Ad-3h-6d
Hero bets, CO folds, Button raises, Hero calls.
Turn: Ad-3h-6d-10h
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero folds.
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Thanks for all your advice guys regarding my new moving up to 3-6 but i REALLY appreciate it but I guess i will need it in the future again. I am moving back down to 2-4 again and I will move up again once I win 1000$ again from this point(hopefully in next 2-3 months) and move up again. My confidence is shot and it is affecting my game.
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Old 08-18-2005, 05:38 PM #2 (permalink)  
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hand 1: don't go on tilt
you should accept to lose that hand 80% of the time since the board is four a straight
hand 2: the cold call was correct since you figured that four people are in the pot already and the pot is going to be pretty big
he hit a two-outer against you, whatever, you didn't make a mistake in the hand
hand 3: this hand it's correct to bet and then call his raise because otherwise people will try to push you off a hand too often since it's noticeable when a bettor folds
but the fold was mostly correct since it's an ace on the board
if it was a king, you might have the best hand still
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Old 08-18-2005, 05:40 PM #3 (permalink)  
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Does it only take 3 hands to kill your coinfidence?
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Old 08-18-2005, 05:57 PM #4 (permalink)  
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ihategnomes, I apologise if it felt that I was showing attitude in the post. I wasnt. Its not those 3 hands but 2 consecutive days and -40 BB. and I know in the scheme of things ITS NOTHING compared to swings what others have experienced here at FTR. (Fnord and others have testified to it and I have had -90 BB swings in Party when I started).

Main reason I am moving down is
* I was consistently winning 2-4 (even though grinding, say up 10 days, 2 down days, again up 7 days, down 2 days) and it felt good.

* as soon as I moved to 3-6 variance caught up with me. I was either not getting anything, or only time i got something came up against powerhouse hands, or made only 2nd best hands or getting killed on river. Its all variance i know.

rather than getting frustrated I thought why not move down to 2-4 and continue to build the bankroll by 1000$ more and then come back to take a 2nd hack at 3-6 again . . That would make my bankroll about 400 BB for 3-6 and maybe I wouldnt feel so frustrated after 2 big down days. The players will still be shit at 3-6 at B&M here and I will be better equipped to deal with it.
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G00t. 3/6 B&M players are the suck.
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Old 08-18-2005, 09:39 PM #6 (permalink)  
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3 hands from B&M tomorrow:
Shit, you lost hands you knew about already? Come on!
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