An Unfortunate Ugly Run to End the Month! But …
As October of 2008 finally winds down and I look back at the month I'm happy with what I've accomplished. What is unfortunate is a really horrible run I am on since last Sunday. I have no idea why it's happening, it "just is happening" with really horrible players hitting their cards hard against my monsters and come up best. The donkeys are unfortunately getting rewarded, so hopefully it can be won back by me! For now I'll just wallow in their bad play and my loss of bankroll.
So ... what does this mean? I am still ~300 hands short of my goal for the month so I guess there is more poker to be played but to be honest right now, I'm very much sick of losing for 3 straight days over about 5 sessions.
What was once a very promising month profit-wise has really been soured. Enjoy these hands of doom ... I didn't feel like going back over the last 3k hands so this is just from the last 500 I've played ...
Good Grief, Really? AS@#((EWFK!?
Our villain in this hand is a 63/26/3 who donk bet a whopping 80% of the time. Wow. I knew I was beat at the river I really did ... do you make this laydown? Really tough to do. My original PF read was JJ or QQ.
The Sad Thing is I Played Bad at the River
I knew I was beat at this river bet ... do you lay this down ... HONESTLY? And again, I know I am beat here at the river but it costs little comparatively to the pot to find out.
Tough Hand
This one was weird ... it was a really REALLY loose table PF with lots of raising so I limped in hoping to get in at the right price but of course this was the one time every checked it around. Again I played this wrong trying to play to the way the table had been playing but nobody was biting. Villain hit it on the river, my set loses.
I Knew I Was Beat?
I threw that $4 river bet thinking that if he had the K for the straight he'd raise otherwise he's calling with a lot of hands I have beat. WHOOPS.
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Hey Ice,
pretty unfortunate, that happens. Just wondering about a few spots in the hands.
hand#1 Do you want to trap with that small reraise on the flop? Betting bigger there seems more appropriate. On that flop vs a half stack I’d be very aggressive and be willing to get it in. If he sucks out well… and you dont have to worry so much about making calls on later streets because pot odds dictate a call then.
hand#3 By these small bets you hope that someone comes over the top, right? On loose passive table not likely. I think bigger bets on flop and turn accomplish two things: draws pay a high price and you build the pot. So if you win this hand there more money for you to stack. Here it looks like you want ot keep them in the hand. Other line could be check-call flop, check-raise turn. I like the bets though especially with two opponents in the hands.
Wish you a good session
RAK