I got back onto the pokerz to regrind that loss at NL10. I’m frustrated but not that bothered – I’ve decided that I’m coming to terms with variance and beginning to not care that some sessions go well while others go south. I was watching 2 million in 2 months, and one of the guys said how it was really bad when you lost in poker, while winning was just a relief. I kind of feel what he’s saying, but at the same time today I had the mother of all heaters, and it felt GREAT!
Nothing could go wrong. I even had a royal flush, which admittedly I didn’t play too well as it was an automatic reflex to squeeze the CO out and I probably could have let him see a few more cards;
5 Players
Stacks:
Hero (UTG) ($7.18)
CO ($5)
BTN ($5.81)
SB ($1.57)
BB ($2.19)
Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 5 players) Hero is UTG J
Q
Hero raises to $0.20, CO calls $0.15, 1 fold, SB calls $0.18, BB calls $0.15
Flop: 7 10 A ($0.75, 4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.56, CO raises to $1.12, SB goes all-in $1.37, BB folds, Hero goes all-in $6.98, CO folds
Turn: 3 ($10.22, 2 players, 2 all-in)
River: K ($10.22, 2 players, 2 all-in)
Final Pot: $10.22
Hero shows
J Q
SB shows
K
A
Hero wins $9.96 ( won +$2.78 )
BB lost -$0.20
CO lost -$1.27
SB lost -$1.57
I also layed down a full house which at the time seemed like a smart move, but looking back at it I don’t think he had a ten. At the most it was a 4 too;
6 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($1.85)
UTG+1 ($0.99)
CO ($5.14)
BTN ($1)
SB ($4.90)
Hero (BB) ($5.66)
Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 6 players) Hero is BB 6 4
UTG calls $0.05, UTG+1 calls $0.05, 3 folds, Hero checks
Flop: 4 10 10 ($0.17, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks
Turn: 2 ($0.17, 3 players)
Hero bets $0.10, UTG calls $0.10, UTG+1 folds
River: 4 ($0.37, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.36, UTG goes all-in $1.70, Hero folds
Final Pot: $2.43
UTG wins $2.36 ( won +$0.51 )
Hero lost -$0.51
UTG+1 lost -$0.05
So, end of the morning;
Nice! You’d think that’d put me almost back into NL10, but unfortunately I lost $12 last night, so still ~$20 short. The session last night was bewildering – I’d played about 300 hands, entering the pot on about 60 of them. Of those I was 3bet 20 times! It was a constant barrage of 3betting – every table was manic. I folded all but a couple and those two lost me $0.60 and $5, so it was pretty horrible.
Pokerunderdog said a wise thing and that it was just a coincidental run. He’s definitely right I think, and I should have just switched tables in order to start afresh rather than ditching the whole thing in for the night. So much mindset involved in poker!
So knocking that on the head.
I think buying in at $20 just makes it scared money for me.
), and my BR had dropped back down to $50.
