Wow, a losing session

Posted by icemonkey9 on Jan 8, 2008 in General | 0 comments

For the first time since I started tracking my cash game exploits, I had a losing session. But sometimes it's not a matter of why you didn't win, but minimizing the losses. And really, it felt like it was "just one of those times" - consider that all of this happened within 20 minutes:

JJ twice late in the hand with one limper in mid position. I provided a nice preflop healthy raise called by only one (both times this happened). One hand it was the BB, the other hand it was the limper. Both occasions they both had AA. Yikes.

What happens 10 minutes after both of those hands? I get the AA, raise very healthy preflop, get a caller. Q 8 2 on the flop, rainbow. I check, hoping my opponent hit the flop - she did, and she led out with a nice bet (about 25% of the pot). I re-raised about 5x the amount. She calls. Uh-oh. 10 on the turn. I bet about 1/3 the pot, she calls again. I figure my aces are cracked at this point for sure. I check the river, she bets about 15% of the pot (a sure value bet) and even though I know I'm beat I have to call, and sure enough she's holding Q 10 off. Damn, had her (like i thought i did) at the flop. That's the breaks.

All things consider for those 3 tough hands, I only left down about 17% of my buyin, which I consider to be a minimal loss for the session.