Update … Nothing Good I Guess!

Posted by icemonkey9 on Sep 30, 2008 in General | 0 comments

I spent the weekend in San Diego and got in a couple of sessions down there. Last night the wife went to hang out with her cousins so I put in the mother of all single-sessions (for me) with a 103-minute 597 hand marathon. Unfortunately it didn't go well at -$21.75.

I checked my graph ... the EV situation continues to get worse and now I'm playing a full -$200 below EV. Nothing I can do about that but know I'm getting my money in good and ending up bad.

AA Visits Planet Craptaculon

Just gross. Obviously I had to call that $10 since I had put him on KQ or maybe AK ... just gross.

Ugly Spot

With the gutshot, overcard, and nutflush draw I cbet. I didn't figure him to min-bet which raises a big red flag. I've noticed a lot of people say "oh min raises show weakness" but this is just a point where I totally argue with the poker community at large. I've only seen top pair or the nuts when someone min-raises in a spot like this. Are we stacking off? I posted this hand in the Cardschat.com hand analysis section. Please comment!

Another Bleh Moment

Hit the Straight on the Flop. Didn't Turn Out Well (but not horrible)

I figured I have the nuts because AK in LP just limping in is too horrible even for the fish at 50nl to do. So I get him in, we both have the straight only mine is better ... and of course the chopping K hits the turn while I was a 90-10 favorite to win. **NOTE: The hand replayer doesn't accurately show the chop in this hand***

This is Ugly ... Sorry for the Negativity

My steal % has been around 50 to 60% now. This villain is a 16/8/inf after 25 hands who has a 0% fold to flop bet ratio. I figured I could get him to stack off his hand at the turn ... and uh ... he did. Unfortunately with the better hand.

Something Positive

This is a situation where I think betting on the flop only folds every worse hand out there which is probably both of what these guys are holding. BUT - I'm not checking twice because I have to get value. Anyways that turned out nice.