Damn i just lost 4 straight buyins at a table
of course they were my fault, but which i still thought were semi-decent plays. Here are the major points and hands, 25NL, discuss please.
My first lost buyin: I am dealt AKo BB+2. The table has been sorta wild in the 10-12 hands ive seen with crazy betting. I just call, thinking someone behind me will raise. villain (delaer) calls for a quarter, BB raises for $3 on top. I call, as does villian. Flop is 5d 6c 8d. BB bets 3 into a 9 pot. i take a second, call. villian raises 10 on top. He was being super aggressive. I KNOW he has a low pair, I base this on his position, the cards he had been calling with and what he was showing down with. BB folds. I immediately raise all in for another 14 on top of his (3/4ths of his stack) and am all in. He immediately calls, and here ive i think ive made a terrible decision. Then he shows: Js 6h. 2nd pair, no draw. So i made the right read, and a decent play, but thats only if he doesnt call, or if I get lucky and my A or K hits.
2nd buyin: I had rebought, worked it to 30 (including by once again betting all in again against the same villian, but i had the goods, and he folded) , then this happened: Im SB, A8d. Same Villian, in mid position bets 5 on top to 5.25. I called, everyone else folded. Flop is Ks Qh 2d. I check, he checks. At this point, I think he has nothing, raising with crap and missed. turn is 4d, giving me flush draw. I check, he bets 5 into 10 pot. I min raise to 10, he calls. River is a Kc. I immediately go all in for 13 (about 1/3 of his stack. He think...thinks...thinks.....calls down with 6d6h.
Lost $16 on this hand: I had taken a break, and just came back, i posted .25 + .13 dead right before dealer position. I had 5d7d. Got to see the free flop of As 6s 9d with the community. BB bets the pot, I call with a gutshot (my first mistake) as does dealer and SB <- previous villian(and im telling you this was a wild table). Turn is my miracle 8, but it is a spade. BB bets 3 into an 8 pot, i raise to 6.50, EVERYONE calls (here im not sure if im beat or everyone is just maniacal, but im leaning to beat) River is Jd, so that kills one card flushes. I bet 7.50 (like half my stack, if someone raised, im folding) into a 31.50 pot, dealer calls, SB and BB fold, he has Js 7s. I knew someone had the flush, so i think the river bet was bad. but this hand in general is the kind i have to try and get away from, i was in for free, got a decent draw, hit the sucker end of a miracle and it costs me 2/3 of my stack.
Other losses: 4.25 with a pair of kings, mid kicker to a straight (hit gutshot on river), 5.75 on the very next hand to the same guy who stayed in to hit his flush on the river, 3.50 on the hand after that where i flopped an open ender and flush draw with JhQh and called down small bets to the river. Again this is something i have to try and get away from, losing a couple bad beats, then calling down draws (tho admittedly, 3.50 is nothing to see that hand to the river).
Then my last loss of the night: i am BB, dealt Td 4d. D-1 min raises to .50, i call. Flop is most i could ask for: 3d 5d 6d, i flopped a flush and open ended straight flush draw. SB bets a quarter, I raise to $1. 4 callers. Turn is 8h, i bet 5.25 into a 7.60 pot. 2 callers. River is Ks. I bet 10 into a 22.60 pot, he raises me for my last 6, I call(at this point, whats 6 more to finish of the hundo i dropped?), I lose because he has the nut flush. Once again, free cards get me in trouble.
I felt my play was relatively solid (for this level anyway, please bear that in mind), let me know what you think.
PS while I was writing this I took a break and then played a 10NL game and doubled my buyin within 15 hands playing the same way, sorta tight aggressive. Thanks for reading my book.
