Can't Seem to Win
Ok, I can win sometimes. But things aren't going very well in general. I just can't seem to hit a draw or have a hand hold up in a medium-size pot. Plus I'm getting some big hands cracked. Ugh. Some hands from tonight:
1) I have $133 to start the hand. I raise to $7 UTG with AsKs, button makes it $24, I move in, he calls with KK and I lose.
2) With stacks of about $250, button opens for $7, I call from the SB with Ks5s, BB folds. Flop comes QsJs9c giving me a gutshot, overcard, and 2nd nut flush draw. I check, button bets $14, I make it $55, he moves in for ~$210 more. I tank and finally call to get shown the nuts. I miss my 11.5 outer and lose $250.
3) I make it $7 UTG with ATo, only button calls with ~$90 behind. Flop comes 558 rainbow. I check. I had been playing with the button for a few hundred hands and he has bet literally every single time I check the flop to him. He bets $12, I move him in, he calls with 88 and I don't hit runners.
4) I open for $7 on the button with QQ. Only SB calls. Flop is KhQh3s, SB check-calls a pot bet. Turn Ah, SB checks, I bet $25, SB min-raises. I think about pushing but decide to just call. River is the Ad giving me an underboat, SB moves in, I call, he has AQo and I lose. I was about a 47:1 favorite on the flop and a 22:1 favorite on the turn.
5) 1 limper, I make it $9 with QQ, BB calls, limper calls. Flop is Tc9c7s, both check to me, I bet $25, SB calls. Turn is 9h, SB checks, I check. River is 7d putting 2 pair on board. SB bets $35, I call and am shown Jh7h for the rivered 2-outer. Yes I gave it to him for free on the turn.
6) I lose a stack on an 852 board with A8 vs. 85 in the blinds. I definitely should have gotten away from this one.
7) I am in the BB wih 69o, button limps, SB limps, I check. Flop is 8TQ two spades, I bet $6, button calls. Turn is 9 (not spade), I bet $12, button calls. River is 9 (not spade). I bet $18, button min-raises, I am very confused and decide to pay off his Js5s.
Other than all of these hands I could seem to ever pick up a hand in a reraised pot. Despite the fact that I was playing 6-handed and people are re-raising light, it's nice to not have 3 overcards to your pair every time.
Frustrating... I probably won't be playing too much over the next few days since I've not been doing too well. Every time I think I'm turning things around in this 1/2 game I seem to drop 5 stacks in a single day and totally reverse both my bankroll growth and my confidence.
Somehow I'm still a winner at this level despite the massive amounts of poor play and tilt I've gone through over the 17000 hands I've played. But I've only won $2000 over 17000 hands, which is a terribly low 3ptbb/100. It's kind of sick that I was making about 2.5x as much playing $0.50/$1.00.
I really don't feel like I understand the $1/2 game, which is probably an artifact of losing. I also need to work on my emotional state while playing. I let a couple of bad beats make me crazy and do things I really shouldn't. OK I'm getting tired and I want to watch Seinfeld and go to bed.
1) I have $133 to start the hand. I raise to $7 UTG with AsKs, button makes it $24, I move in, he calls with KK and I lose.
2) With stacks of about $250, button opens for $7, I call from the SB with Ks5s, BB folds. Flop comes QsJs9c giving me a gutshot, overcard, and 2nd nut flush draw. I check, button bets $14, I make it $55, he moves in for ~$210 more. I tank and finally call to get shown the nuts. I miss my 11.5 outer and lose $250.
3) I make it $7 UTG with ATo, only button calls with ~$90 behind. Flop comes 558 rainbow. I check. I had been playing with the button for a few hundred hands and he has bet literally every single time I check the flop to him. He bets $12, I move him in, he calls with 88 and I don't hit runners.
4) I open for $7 on the button with QQ. Only SB calls. Flop is KhQh3s, SB check-calls a pot bet. Turn Ah, SB checks, I bet $25, SB min-raises. I think about pushing but decide to just call. River is the Ad giving me an underboat, SB moves in, I call, he has AQo and I lose. I was about a 47:1 favorite on the flop and a 22:1 favorite on the turn.
5) 1 limper, I make it $9 with QQ, BB calls, limper calls. Flop is Tc9c7s, both check to me, I bet $25, SB calls. Turn is 9h, SB checks, I check. River is 7d putting 2 pair on board. SB bets $35, I call and am shown Jh7h for the rivered 2-outer. Yes I gave it to him for free on the turn.
6) I lose a stack on an 852 board with A8 vs. 85 in the blinds. I definitely should have gotten away from this one.
7) I am in the BB wih 69o, button limps, SB limps, I check. Flop is 8TQ two spades, I bet $6, button calls. Turn is 9 (not spade), I bet $12, button calls. River is 9 (not spade). I bet $18, button min-raises, I am very confused and decide to pay off his Js5s.
Other than all of these hands I could seem to ever pick up a hand in a reraised pot. Despite the fact that I was playing 6-handed and people are re-raising light, it's nice to not have 3 overcards to your pair every time.
Frustrating... I probably won't be playing too much over the next few days since I've not been doing too well. Every time I think I'm turning things around in this 1/2 game I seem to drop 5 stacks in a single day and totally reverse both my bankroll growth and my confidence.
Somehow I'm still a winner at this level despite the massive amounts of poor play and tilt I've gone through over the 17000 hands I've played. But I've only won $2000 over 17000 hands, which is a terribly low 3ptbb/100. It's kind of sick that I was making about 2.5x as much playing $0.50/$1.00.
I really don't feel like I understand the $1/2 game, which is probably an artifact of losing. I also need to work on my emotional state while playing. I let a couple of bad beats make me crazy and do things I really shouldn't. OK I'm getting tired and I want to watch Seinfeld and go to bed.
posted by the_real_zano at 4:43 AM
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