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    Back to the grind.

    Starting back off, as promised, at nl100. Played about 4k hands of good solid poker since Tuesday.
    Unfortunately, nothing seems to have changed. I feel pretty unfazed by the runbad but a couple times tonight
    I almost lost it.

    Here are the highlights over the first 4k hands back at the tables :

    When villain 3-bet the turn I kind of wanted to puke. This was definitely not what I expected :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, May 14, 07:25:08 ET 2010
    Table Table TH 1244 (Real Money)
    Seat 1 is the button
    Seat 1: ko1obok ( $115.15 USD )
    Seat 2: BBanzai74 ( $91.45 USD )
    Seat 3: ywpeme ( $106.64 USD )
    Seat 4: leperan ( $170.63 USD )
    Seat 5: HERO ( $239.72 USD )
    BBanzai74 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    ywpeme posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    leperan folds
    HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
    ko1obok folds
    BBanzai74 calls [$3.00 USD]
    ywpeme folds
    ** Dealing Flop **
    BBanzai74 checks
    HERO checks
    ** Dealing Turn **
    BBanzai74 bets [$6.00 USD]
    HERO raises [$22.00 USD]
    BBanzai74 raises [$40.00 USD]
    HERO raises [$214.22 USD]
    BBanzai74 calls [$41.95 USD]
    HERO wins $148.27 USD
    ** Dealing River **
    BBanzai74 shows
    HERO shows
    BBanzai74 wins $180.90 USD from main pot

    There was history in this hand, mainly my history of owning villain on a couple tables,
    him reloading and me continuing to own him. I decided to take this line as soon as I checked the flop :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 02:34:41 ET 2010
    Table Table TH 6397 (Real Money)
    Seat 5 is the button
    Seat 1: grnx ( $96.28 USD )
    Seat 2: Pistolen ( $100.00 USD )
    Seat 4: nik752 ( $79.45 USD )
    Seat 5: PROLION ( $115.79 USD )
    Seat 6: HERO ( $104.50 USD )
    HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    grnx posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    Pistolen folds
    nik752 calls [$1.00 USD]
    PROLION folds
    HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
    grnx folds
    nik752 calls [$4.00 USD]
    ** Dealing Flop **
    HERO checks
    nik752 bets [$5.50 USD]
    HERO calls [$5.50 USD]
    ** Dealing Turn **
    HERO checks
    nik752 bets [$12.00 USD]
    HERO calls [$12.00 USD]
    ** Dealing River **
    HERO checks
    nik752 bets [$25.00 USD]
    HERO calls [$25.00 USD]
    nik752 shows
    HERO shows
    HERO wins $93.00 USD from main pot

    Villain here was an unknown. I v-bet lighter than almost anybody else I've seen since coming back (at the cheeseburgers stakes, that is).
    Tilting part of this hand was villain tanking the river before calling; I was 100% sure I was good and fist-pumped when he called :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, May 14, 07:20:28 ET 2010
    Table Bad Beat TH 95 (Real Money)
    Seat 2 is the button
    Seat 1: HERO ( $148.79 USD )
    Seat 2: vmars ( $138.35 USD )
    Seat 3: nuri42 ( $151.24 USD )
    Seat 4: Skerekasko ( $97.00 USD )
    Seat 5: Vfhbz ( $137.90 USD )
    Seat 6: ntinos69 ( $103.00 USD )
    nuri42 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    Skerekasko posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    Vfhbz folds
    ntinos69 calls [$1.00 USD]
    HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
    vmars folds
    nuri42 folds
    Skerekasko folds
    ntinos69 calls [$3.50 USD]
    ** Dealing Flop **
    ntinos69 checks
    HERO bets [$8.00 USD]
    ntinos69 calls [$8.00 USD]
    ** Dealing Turn **
    ntinos69 checks
    HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
    ntinos69 calls [$21.00 USD]
    ** Dealing River **
    ntinos69 checks
    HERO bets [$115.29 USD]
    ntinos69 calls [$69.50 USD]
    HERO wins $45.79 USD
    HERO shows
    ntinos69 shows
    ntinos69 wins $204.00 USD from main pot

    Similar hand here, shoving less than trips vs weak players. Pretty standard, but amazing
    how many ppl only go for 2 streets in spots like this :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, May 14, 06:46:26 ET 2010
    Table Bad Beat TH 268 (Real Money)
    Seat 4 is the button
    Seat 1: Vasikus ( $197.41 USD )
    Seat 2: sam28at ( $97.50 USD )
    Seat 3: HERO ( $114.32 USD )
    Seat 4: vmars ( $97.00 USD )
    Seat 5: evetiia ( $86.26 USD )
    Seat 6: Mr_sushi ( $98.63 USD )
    evetiia posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    Mr_sushi posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    Vasikus folds
    sam28at folds
    HERO raises [$3.50 USD]
    vmars folds
    evetiia calls [$3.00 USD]
    Mr_sushi calls [$2.50 USD]
    ** Dealing Flop **
    evetiia checks
    Mr_sushi checks
    HERO bets [$8.00 USD]
    evetiia calls [$8.00 USD]
    Mr_sushi folds
    ** Dealing Turn **
    evetiia checks
    HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
    evetiia calls [$21.00 USD]
    ** Dealing River **
    evetiia checks
    HERO bets [$81.82 USD]
    evetiia calls [$53.76 USD]
    HERO wins $28.06 USD
    HERO shows
    HERO wins $172.52 USD from main pot

    Villain here was an unknown 21/17, opening plenty of buttons and playing pretty straightforwardly. Pretty obvious
    thought process here (standard c-bet, bet turn to get him off less than Kx) until the river, which is one of 4 cards (any ace)
    that I was planning on shoving. Couldn't believe he had what he had... :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 07:32:58 ET 2010
    Table Turbo TH 1151 (Real Money)
    Seat 1 is the button
    Seat 1: gumol8787 ( $103.39 USD )
    Seat 2: HERO ( $99.00 USD )
    Seat 3: John_3:16 ( $105.80 USD )
    Seat 4: foritaly ( $103.65 USD )
    Seat 5: Pheipes444 ( $72.08 USD )
    John_3:16 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    foritaly folds
    Pheipes444 folds
    gumol8787 raises [$3.00 USD]
    HERO raises [$10.50 USD]
    John_3:16 folds
    gumol8787 calls [$8.00 USD]
    ** Dealing Flop **
    HERO bets [$15.00 USD]
    gumol8787 calls [$15.00 USD]
    ** Dealing Turn **
    HERO bets [$21.00 USD]
    gumol8787 calls [$21.00 USD]
    ** Dealing River **
    HERO bets [$52.00 USD]
    gumol8787 calls [$52.00 USD]
    gumol8787 shows
    HERO shows
    gumol8787 wins $196.00 USD from main pot

    Villain I called down with K hi in earlier hand. Are you fucking serious? Welcome back to poker! :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 02:24:26 ET 2010
    Table Table TH 405 (Real Money)
    Seat 7 is the button
    Seat 7: HERO ( $113.79 USD )
    Seat 9: nik752 ( $96.23 USD )
    nik752 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    HERO raises [$2.50 USD]
    nik752 calls [$2.00 USD]
    ** Dealing Flop **
    nik752 bets [$4.50 USD]
    HERO calls [$4.50 USD]
    ** Dealing Turn **
    nik752 bets [$5.00 USD]
    HERO raises [$21.00 USD]
    nik752 calls [$16.00 USD]
    ** Dealing River **
    nik752 bets [$67.73 USD]
    HERO calls [$67.73 USD]
    nik752 shows
    nik752 wins $189.46 USD from main pot

    FFS part 2 :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 08:37:19 ET 2010
    Table Bad Beat TH 95 (Real Money)
    Seat 5 is the button
    Seat 1: maros12 ( $89.87 USD )
    Seat 2: Hubzter1 ( $88.80 USD )
    Seat 3: Negodemus ( $180.51 USD )
    Seat 4: maltese60 ( $54.31 USD )
    Seat 5: gildegum ( $89.00 USD )
    Seat 6: HERO ( $108.55 USD )
    maros12 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    HERO posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    Hubzter1 folds
    Negodemus folds
    maltese60 folds
    gildegum folds
    HERO raises [$2.50 USD]
    maros12 calls [$2.00 USD]
    ** Dealing Flop **
    HERO checks
    maros12 bets [$4.50 USD]
    HERO calls [$4.50 USD]
    ** Dealing Turn **
    HERO checks
    maros12 bets [$11.25 USD]
    HERO calls [$11.25 USD]
    ** Dealing River **
    HERO checks
    maros12 bets [$71.12 USD]
    HERO calls [$71.12 USD]
    maros12 shows
    maros12 wins $176.24 USD from main pot

    FFS part 3 :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, May 15, 01:52:40 ET 2010
    Table Bad Beat TH 108 (Real Money)
    Seat 7 is the button
    Seat 3: Lepsos ( $10.27 USD )
    Seat 4: HERO ( $132.15 USD )
    Seat 6: ImBabyBern ( $18.50 USD )
    Seat 7: mixta ( $81.74 USD )
    Lepsos posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    HERO raises [$3.00 USD]
    ImBabyBern folds
    mixta calls [$3.00 USD]
    Lepsos folds
    ** Dealing Flop **
    HERO bets [$5.00 USD]
    mixta calls [$5.00 USD]
    ** Dealing Turn **
    HERO bets [$14.00 USD]
    mixta raises [$73.74 USD]
    HERO calls [$59.74 USD]
    ** Dealing River **
    mixta shows
    mixta wins $160.98 USD from main pot

    And the biggest hand I've played so far since starting back up again :

    $100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 03:47:43 ET 2010
    Table Bad Beat TH 2 (Real Money)
    Seat 2 is the button
    Seat 1: U2ME2 ( $259.60 USD )
    Seat 2: poolbar1 ( $92.80 USD )
    Seat 3: strongberg ( $16.75 USD )
    Seat 4: mudimuhi ( $45.75 USD )
    Seat 5: elsheriff ( $15.38 USD )
    Seat 6: PlymCuda70 ( $48.45 USD )
    Seat 7: exp3r7 ( $59.39 USD )
    Seat 8: padicoph ( $16.00 USD )
    Seat 9: Maximus176 ( $106.34 USD )
    Seat 10: HERO ( $221.79 USD )
    strongberg posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
    mudimuhi posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to HERO
    elsheriff calls [$1.00 USD]
    PlymCuda70 folds
    exp3r7 folds
    padicoph folds
    Maximus176 folds
    HERO raises [$4.50 USD]
    U2ME2 calls [$4.50 USD]
    poolbar1 folds
    strongberg folds
    mudimuhi calls [$3.50 USD]
    elsheriff raises [$14.38 USD]
    HERO raises [$31.01 USD]
    U2ME2 calls [$31.01 USD]
    mudimuhi folds
    ** Dealing Flop **
    HERO bets [$45.70 USD]
    U2ME2 raises [$102.40 USD]
    HERO raises [$140.58 USD]
    U2ME2 calls [$83.88 USD]
    ** Dealing Turn **
    ** Dealing River **
    U2ME2 shows
    HERO shows
    U2ME2 wins $460.46 USD from main pot


    I dunno, do any of these hands seem bad?
    Maybe it's normal for this to happen in the span of 2 decent sessions worth of play and I've just forgotten what poker feels like?
    At least we're only talking about losing several cheeseburgers... Still pretty fucking frustrating.
    Last edited by Genitruc; 05-15-2010 at 02:14 AM.
    when the vpip's are high and the value bets are like razors, who can be safe?

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