Red Arrows are buzzing Cambridge at the moment – so awesome!
Warning - this post is a whinging bad beat story like on everyone else’s blog.
After faithfully sticking to NL5 I’ve made a reasonable gain on the BR – including the $50 Take 2 bonus I should get at the end of the month, and the rakeback looking like it’ll be 30something dollars it all looks very rosy and I decided to return to NL10 (again).
I was determined not to play scared money – stick to the usual gameplan and not worry if it all goes tits-up too much.
Of course it went tits up.
Here’s a graph of my last two weeks – nice grind, followed by today’s session;
The first few losses were unfortunate but ok – I had 82s (checked in the BB) which went to make a flush, but the board then went four to the flush and an 8 wasn’t enough (I still called on the river – another situation where I know I’m beat but can’t lay it down. I timed right down thinking ‘I’m beat, fold’ before clicking call at the last second), then with QQ on the button I was reraised by the BB – I shoved to be faced with AA.
So they weren’t so horrible, but all the rest were;
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($10)
CO ($9.38)
BTN ($9.81)
Hero (SB) ($21.33)
BB ($8.74)
Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is SB K
K
1 fold, CO raises to $0.30, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.60, BB calls $0.50, CO calls $0.30
Flop: A 3
9
($1.80, 3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.10, CO calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10
Turn: 4 ($2.10, 3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $2, CO folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $2
River: 9 ($10.10, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $3.80, Hero calls $3.80
Final Pot: $17.70
BB shows
J 6
BB wins $16.52 ( won +$8.02 )
Hero lost -$8.50
CO lost -$0.70
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($1.95)
CO ($9.70)
Hero (BTN) ($18.68)
SB ($5.89)
BB ($12.65)
Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is BTN 10 A
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, SB raises to $0.70, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.40
Flop: A 10 J ($1.50, 2 players)
SB goes all-in $5.19, Hero calls $5.19
Turn: 3 ($11.88, 2 players, 1 all-in)
River: 9 ($11.88, 2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $11.88
SB shows
4 4
Hero shows
10 A
SB wins $11.09 ( won +$5.20 )
Hero lost -$5.89
This hand takes some explanation – the BTN was truly terrible player. Not merely 66/8, but someone who would go to showdown happily with bottom pair. He’d also taken a beating four hands earlier shoving with a JJ to meet KK, fortunately reloading (short) and then proceeded to shove on every hand. When he minraised I realised I had an opportunity to get him all-in, hoping that the SB would drop out. He didn’t but when I saw their cards I was relieved that he didn’t have a high pair. Typically though he hits it on the river…
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($10.05)
Hero (CO) ($12.43)
BTN ($5.32)
SB ($5.19)
BB ($10)
Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is CO J J
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.30, BTN raises to $0.50, SB calls $0.45, BB calls $0.40, Hero goes all-in $12.43, BTN goes all-in $4.82, SB goes all-in $4.69, BB folds
Flop: 5 10 3 ($23.44, 3 players, 3 all-in)
Turn: 2 ($23.44, 3 players, 3 all-in)
River: Q ($23.44, 3 players, 3 all-in)
Final Pot: $23.44
Hero shows
J J
BTN shows
K 6
SB shows
K Q
Hero wins $7.36 ( lost -$5.07 )
SB wins $15 ( won +$9.81 )
BB lost -$0.50
BTN lost -$5.32
Finally, one more villain hits on the river;
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($10.25)
CO ($21.14)
BTN ($1.24)
SB ($10)
Hero (BB) ($11.26)
Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is BB K Q
1 fold, CO calls $0.10, 1 fold, SB raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.20, CO calls $0.20
Flop: 3 K 9 ($0.90, 3 players)
SB bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60, CO folds
Turn: J ($2.10, 2 players)
SB bets $1.20, Hero raises to $3.15, SB calls $1.95
River: 10 ($8.40, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5, SB goes all-in $5.95, Hero calls $0.95
Final Pot: $20.30
SB shows
A Q
SB wins $18.95 ( won +$8.95 )
CO lost -$0.30
Hero lost -$10
So after all that I’m a bit deflated. It was a bad run, and I should have finished ahead really. Three buy-ins isn’t huge, but it’s a lot for my first shot back at NL10. I’m going to have to return to NL5 and once I’ve won back $30 I’ll try again. Very tedious…
I guess it’s still +ve.
I think buying in at $20 just makes it scared money for me.
