A Very Sad and Frustrating Start to 2010 at the Tables

Posted by icemonkey9 on Jan 10, 2010 in coolers | 4 comments

It's been 2 months of 0BB/100 poker with the year starting off bad (-4BB/100 bad) and although I am studying and getting coaching, I'm just not happy with the game.  The funny thing I have learned is that your EV graph is hardly a good way of seeing if you are running good or not.  Right now I am a tad above expected EV but the goofiest weirdest things keep happening.  I got some encouragement when I sent hands from a recent session and both Taylor and Brian (two 200nl+ players I am friends with) told me on all the hands I sent they would both have played it exactly the same.  That made me feel a TON better, because the worst thing that happens to me is feeling like coaching and studying is wasting everyone's time and my game isn't getting better.  Maybe without the coaching and stuff things would be a lot worst than just being down a few buy-ins now to start January.

Here's some hands ... feel free to comment. If you plan on writing a "you just got to put in the hands and play through it" comment, please don't, I've heard it and I totally understand.  If you have some sort of magic phrase or want to send me a leprechaun's dick for good luck, then I'll accept that.

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Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players

Hero (BB): $106.40

UTG: $259.45

CO: $106.10

BTN: $100.00

SB: $19.80

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with Q K

2 folds, BTN (22/18/3) raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) Q T Q (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $4, Hero calls $4

Turn: ($14.50) 9 (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $11, Hero raises to $33, BTN calls $22

River: ($80.50) A (2 players)

Hero bets $66.40 all in, BTN requests TIME, BTN calls $60 all in

Final Pot: $200.50

Hero shows Q K (three of a kind, Queens)

BTN shows J 8 (a straight, Queen high)

BTN wins $197.50

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Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players

SB: $120.50

BB: $100.00

UTG: $85.25 (24/10, folds to 3bets 0% over 120 hands)

Hero (MP): $148.30

CO: $20.00

BTN: $26.75

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP with A K

UTG raises to $5, Hero raises to $15, 4 folds, UTG calls $10

Flop: ($31.50) 5 6 3 (2 players)

UTG checks, Hero bets $30, UTG raises to $70.25 all in, Hero calls $40.25

Turn: ($172.00) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($172.00) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $172.00

UTG shows Q A (a flush, Ace high)

Hero shows A K (a flush, King high)

UTG wins $169.00

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Goofing around at 25nl FR to "have some fun" ...

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players

CO: $24.65

BTN: $29.55

SB: $12.85

BB: $26.00

UTG: $25.90

UTG+1: $25.25

UTG+2: $13.05

Hero (MP1): $27.00

MP2: $22.60

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP1 with K J

1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.10, 2 folds, BTN calls $1.10, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.85

Flop: ($3.65) 3 J J (3 players)

UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $2, BTN calls $2, UTG+1 folds

Turn: ($7.65) 6 (2 players)

Hero bets $4.50, BTN raises to $9, Hero calls $4.50

River: ($25.65) 5 (2 players)

Hero bets $14.90 all in, BTN calls $14.90

Final Pot: $55.45

BTN shows 3 3 (a full house, Threes full of Jacks)

Hero shows K J (three of a kind, Jacks)

BTN wins $52.75

(Rake: $2.70)

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Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players

BTN: $100.00

SB: $275.95

BB: $184.00

UTG: $100.00 (16/13, folds to cbet 50%, folds to turn cbet 0% over 270 hands)

MP: $108.80

Hero (CO): $102.90

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with A A

UTG raises to $3.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $11, 3 folds, UTG calls $7.50

Flop: ($23.50) 9 9 J (2 players)

UTG checks, Hero bets $14, UTG calls $14

Turn: ($51.50) 9 (2 players)

UTG checks, Hero bets $25, UTG raises to $50, Hero raises to $75, UTG calls $25 all in

River: ($201.50) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $201.50

UTG shows 9 T (four of a kind, Nines)

Hero shows A A (a full house, Nines full of Aces)

UTG wins $198.50