Psychotic play/read

Full Tilt Poker Game #12396511496: Table Tampa (6 max, deep) - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:53:57 ET - 2009/05/23
Seat 2: SprocketGizmo ($4.92)
Seat 3: thx2u ($14.37)
Seat 5: Dray ($8.04)
thx2u posts the small blind of $0.02
Dray posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Kc Ac]
SprocketGizmo folds
thx2u calls $0.03
Dray raises to $0.15
thx2u calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [3c 9s 8c]
thx2u checks
Dray bets $0.15
thx2u raises to $0.75
Dray calls $0.60
*** TURN *** [3c 9s 8c] [Js]
thx2u bets $1.65
Dray calls $1.65
*** RIVER *** [3c 9s 8c Js] [Qs]
thx2u has 15 seconds left to act
dyzzasstor sits down
dyzzasstor adds $5
thx2u bets $2.80
Dray raises to $5.49, and is all in
ironhead400 sits down
ironhead400 adds $10
thx2u: FIGUERD
thx2u has 15 seconds left to act
thx2u has requested TIME
thx2u folds
Uncalled bet of $2.69 returned to Dray
Dray mucks
Dray wins the pot ($9.99)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.70 | Rake $0.71
Board: [3c 9s 8c Js Qs]
Seat 2: SprocketGizmo (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: thx2u (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 5: Dray (big blind) collected ($9.99), mucked

I was playing heads up with this guy for a little bit after this table had broken up. He asked this player HEADS UP PLZ because he wanted to keep punishing me with his aggression.

I don't know if I played this hand really bad on the flop because really the instinct said reraise. I didn't play it that way to fold the turn. I know he's really aggressivel.

The main thing that went through my mind is that he probably checkraised the flop with a flush draw that also missed. The board was also scary enough to make a lot of better hands fold I guess. Really was a psychotic play because I shouldn't have had any fold equity. He said he had A9.

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JUST finished playing a total of 10 turbo freerolls to try and satellite into a round 2 WSOP tourney. The last two tournaments I run well and make two final tables. Top 2 get the seat, I got 3rd and 4th.

I know it's free but I'm still pissed. I don't care how stupid that makes me sound.

Sarcasm

Wow staying up super late was a GREAT idea tonight. I'm on tilt right now. Nothing good came of tonight. Nothing.

I have no idea how to play this game...

I'm up at the radio station right now and I just finished bubbling a $26 knockout 90 man tourney, just missing the money. It was a rollercoaster tourney where I was close to elimination a number of times, but I would estimate before I busted I pushed all in at least 25 times because the blinds got so big. :) It was funnn.

I was close to having a big stack down the stretch when I moved in with A7 and was called by K9. The flop came down 7 T x, turn is an 8, and the river brought a Jack making him a straight. I came back after that though, just unfortunate I bubbled but I did all I could.

SO the point of this is that I jump into a nickel/dime cash game right after and I somehow forget that a full house beats a flush my first hand in the big blind:

Full Tilt Poker Game #9118594534: Table Mabel (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:08:36 ET - 2008/11/22
Seat 1: SOUSOU921 ($2.70)
Seat 3: Spack Jarrow ($11.90)
Seat 4: popathesmurf ($10)
Seat 5: Dray ($10)
Seat 6: Phydeaux_00 ($18.25)
popathesmurf posts the small blind of $0.05
Dray posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [5d 2d]
Phydeaux_00 calls $0.10
SOUSOU921 calls $0.10
Spack Jarrow has 15 seconds left to act
Spack Jarrow folds
popathesmurf has 15 seconds left to act
popathesmurf adds $0.05
popathesmurf folds
Dray checks
*** FLOP *** [4d Td 6c]
Dray checks
Phydeaux_00 bets $0.35
SOUSOU921 calls $0.35
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray raises to $1.55
Phydeaux_00 calls $1.20
SOUSOU921 raises to $2.60, and is all in
Dray calls $1.05
Phydeaux_00 calls $1.05
*** TURN *** [4d Td 6c] [6d]
Dray checks
Phydeaux_00 checks
*** RIVER *** [4d Td 6c 6d] [6s]
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray bets $3
Phydeaux_00 calls $3
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dray shows [5d 2d] a flush, Ten high
Phydeaux_00 shows [Ts Ks] a full house, Sixes full of Tens
Phydeaux_00 wins the side pot ($5.80) with a full house, Sixes full of Tens
SOUSOU921 shows [Ad Ah] a full house, Sixes full of Aces
SOUSOU921 wins the main pot ($7.35) with a full house, Sixes full of Aces
Dray adds $5.70
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $14.15 Main pot $8.15. Side pot $6. | Rake $1
Board: [4d Td 6c 6d 6s]
Seat 1: SOUSOU921 showed [Ad Ah] and won ($7.35) with a full house, Sixes full of Aces
Seat 3: Spack Jarrow (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: popathesmurf (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Dray (big blind) showed [5d 2d] and lost with a flush, Ten high
Seat 6: Phydeaux_00 showed [Ts Ks] and won ($5.80) with a full house, Sixes full of Tens

I have no problem with my flop play. But I should have bet the turn and NEVER should have bet that river. But something went off in my brain that said "I have him" and then he turned his hand over and I went WTF DO I KNOW HOW TO PLAY AT ALL???

Late night cash games this week

So the last two nights I've been up past my bedtime playing nickel/dime cash game with a few sngs thrown in.

I'm embarrassed because Monday night I tilted like I do on rare occasion and lost more than I should have. The dollar amount ended up being around $40, which isn't much on it's own but it equated to over 10% of my roll. Bankroll management says you should never lose more than this in a day and if you do you should take a break.

I started out at cash and was too loose early and had to work from behind right away. But I stayed focused which is a big goal of mine lately and ground it back up. Caught a break when I flopped a set (3 of a kind with a pocket pair in hand) of fours, turned a boat (full house) and my opponent made the nut flush (highest possible) on the river.

The problem started when I misplayed a nut flush draw myself later on against the same villain when he made two pair on the turn. Then another hand not long after I flopped two pair with JT against a guy who flopped a straight. With the last one my instincts were flaring up but I refused to listen.

These two hands reminded me of an old lesson I learned: all it takes is one mistake. That typically refers to tournaments because when you're out you're out. But in this case my mistakes led to tilt, which led me to play longer than I should have and subsequently lose more than I should. I even did the old heads up tilting where I sat in a $5, lost, and then immediately jumped in to a $10 heads up sng and lost that too. The worst thing you can do is move up to higher buyins when you're tilting and losing. It only adds fuel to the fire and that's exactly what I did. I even said out loud "This is stupid but fuck it".

Eh oh well. I don't think I'm actually playing too bad, but I still see a lot of room for improvement. For crying out loud I can't seem to just crush the lowest limit online and it's depressing considering how obsessed I am with this game. Right now I just want to pay more attention to how people are playing and be more adaptive with my strategy. Reflecting back on the last 2 nights sessions I think I could have been more aggressive than I was. Time to attack it again for a little bit.

Trip report

The weekend trip was fun and I really enjoyed spending more time with my family than I usually get to enjoy. My 4 year old nephew especially. He was very entertaining throughout the entire weeked. He's very argumentative and loves the "opposite day" stuff. So throughout the entire weekend we tried to tell him I was his mother's brother and he would just NOT have it. Yet he would still refer to me as uncle Dustin. :) Too cute.

First night in the cabin we didn't play much cards because it got late. My mom, brother and I played a little play chip 3 handed cash game on the bedroom floor. I took the time to try and explain a few topics to them and analyzed a few hands after they were over. My mom took away something from my discussion on image and aggression. I more or less explained that I was dumb for trying to bluff my brother all the time because he hardly ever folds a hand and that I'd be better off bluffing Mom because she played tigther. And likewise I explained I would give Mom more credit for a hand when she bets than Hunter because of his image.

So that set up for the actual tournament we played the next night with three of us and two other older relatives (grandma's cousin and her husband I believe). Mom really tried to be more aggressive than she was the night before based on what I had said about her. And me trying to bluff my brother all night before enabled me to get a lot of value from him when I was hitting the deck. Long story short me and mom ended up heads up and it only lasted one hand. I raised 2.5x the blind from the button with A4o and she called with J6o. Flop came A K Q. She checked and I put her all in and she didn't spike a ten. So I made 30 bucks on that game and she broke even. Overall it wasn't nearly as nerveracking as I thought it could have been and I'm glad to have won it.

Then Kristina and I stopped by the Isle of Capri in Lake Charles on our way back Monday. My plan was to put $100 down on the bonus holdem table game and double it quickly, then take the $200 to the 2/4 no limit table and see what I could do there. Despite the fact there was only me and one other guy at the bonus table (your odds are better if there are more players) I managed to make about $120. Started out by flopping trips, and the biggest pot I won was when I caught the AA and got paid $150 on my bonus bet. Then on top of that I made a full house so the dealer matched all of my other bets on the table. I felt bad for the other guy because the dealer was handing him some pretty brutal beats and he ended up busting.

So I took my profit and went to the poker room but had to wait on a no limit seat so I sat down at limit and lost $30 of my $100 buyin there. There was a very loose aggressive talkative Indian gentlemen to my left who was very fun to sit next to just for entertainment value. We ended up starting a new table for 2/4 no limit and to make a long story short I made about another $100 there.

I really only played two significant pots, with the biggest being AK from the small blind. I raised to $30 after a few people had limped. And older gentlemen who was the first limper called and so did the Indian. Flop came A 7 9 and led for $50 and was called by the older man. Turn is a K and I shove my remaining $96 in the pot. While he's thinking about it I offer to show him a card and turn over the K. Immediately the Indian guy says Ace King for sure! The older guy was pretty sure his hand was no good and folded AQ face up.

I'm really not sure what I was thinking when I did this. It's not something I normally do even in my home games. I guess I just wanted him to call me since he obviously had a piece to think about. But based on my tight image my range was so tight after rasing preflop, betting the flop and shoving the turn that it really wasn't a good idea at all. Oh well at least I got called preflop and on the flop to not make it a complete waste.

One final note before I get back to work here. I've been wanting to hook up my laptop to my flatscreen HDTV to multitable with. I tested it out the other night after buying a wireless keyboard and mouse and alas, I was disappointed. The poker program comes out pretty blurry so it's hard to see people's names and the dollar amounts people have and what they're betting etc. So I'm going to return the keyboard and mouse today on my way home. I just know if I kept them I still probably wouldn't use them that much.

Ooohhhh and one more final final note. The Dark Knight midnight IMAX screening is tonight! W00t! I'm going to lose my fucking mind counting down the hours tonight. :)