It Feels Like I’m Playing Well

Posted by icemonkey9 on Dec 22, 2009 in 100nl | 0 comments

Well, I think I'm playing well ... at least I am identifying situations a lot better, making better laydowns and betting for value with a much better purpose than before.  There are a lot of fundamentals that I've worked on and I'm really not reading into results.  Well, that is until my last two sessions because there were some kinda weird hands that actually had me lol and says "wow really??" ... so for some interesting tid-bits:

Hands: 685
Result: -1 buy-in
W$SD%: 35%

I was chatting with CaseAce48 on AIM and explaining that I usually do fantastic against the regs and the fish just always somehow pull "one pip higher" on the hand chart right out of their asses.  I think my sample size here is *clearly* very small but I was curious to see what happend.  Something felt off and I wanted to know why, so I did some digging.  Here are some hands ...

• Fish shows AK on a 5JAT2 board ... I have AQ
• 4 bet four times in 200 hands from people that never 4bet (different tables)
• TT < JJ as well as TT < QQ in pots where villain flatted behind my raise and check-called to the river when we *both* have overpairs to the board
• AQ < AK vs SSer who goes nuts on the blinds
• AJ < AK on a AT594 board where he check-calls to the river

Strange stuff.  I think the biggest pot I've lost in these two sessions was only $60 which might explain why I'm just down the one buy-in, which to be honest, I didn't even know I was down until I looked.

Anyways ... what I was hoping to do is find out what was going on because in the back of my head it felt like "wow gee are my reads off, why am I paying these guys off all of a sudden" but I don't think the problem is that bad.  Something to think about though when the month is through and I do my end-of-month DB analysis for myself, which is why I am writing about it here.

And now ... my favorite hand ... not complaining but an eye-roller nonetheless ...

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 437596
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

SB: $100.00
Hero (BB): $123.15
UTG: $101.05
MP: $141.10
CO: $108.15
BTN: $33.70

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with Q Q
UTG calls $1, MP calls $1, 1 fold, BTN calls $1, SB calls $0.50, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, BTN calls $7, 1 fold

Flop: ($19.00) 9 A Q (2 players)
Hero bets $26, BTN calls $25.70 all in

Turn: ($70.40) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($70.40) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $70.40
Hero shows Q Q (three of a kind, Queens)
BTN shows 3 A (a flush, Ace high)
BTN wins $67.40
(Rake: $3.00)