Rock Bottom...

Bah Humbug!!!

During the holiday season I got a little lazy and did not post for a couple of sessions.  Above is a video explaining how I played.  I lost $1,010 over the Christmas/New Year break.  I played extremely well and got my money in with the best hand majority of the time.  My opponents however got VERY LUCKY with 2 outers and such.  Sometimes it is like that...I have decided to stay at $200-$500 until I get my bankroll up to $10,000 and then I will go to the $300-$2000 table as I will feel more comfortable playing.  I have not felt comfortable playing at the higher level and it is not good to keep trying to do something when the feeling that you are in a good spot is not there.  So I will go where I know I can crush it for a few months and make my $10k from $200 and move up to the bigger game...where I know I can win, but just don't have enough money to keep taking huge swings like I have.  Better to play it safe some times so you don't go broke then risk it all...Heading to the casino tonight with my wife and we are going to play a bit.  Should be fun, I am excited for her as she used to be shy and wouldn't play well, but she has played very good in a couple of tournaments and now is going to play some cash games.  I think she will do good enough to make money...maybe not as much as me:) but she will do well.  And one day the student may out perform the teacher...just not tonight.  TTYL!!!

It has been a while since I have done a blog about some of the hands I played.  The last two sessions have been winning sessions the first I won $320 and the second I won $412.  In each of this session I won over $600 only to dwindle down over time to what I just stated.  I have learned the last couple of sessions I have some very good opportunities to take the pot down and haven’t done it.  I will go through three of the hands that I played out of the last two sessions.  Hand #1 we will call…Get it in Good…SO WHAT you lose money.  Hand #2 we will call…LUCK BOX that is my name.  Hand #3 we will call…NOW THAT IS HOW YOU PLAY POKER!!!

Hand  #1($200-$500):  I got T9…I was in the blind and there were 6 callers to see the flop.  The flop came:

 AT9

 I flopped two pair and went for a check raise because I KNEW out of all the people there was someone with an Ace.  So I checked expecting someone to bet…and that they did.  A fish (bad poker player) bet $20 and another fish called, The SHARK (that’s Gary a GOOD poker player) then raised to $70 so it was $50 more for them to call.  I put the fish that bet on an Ace, and the fish that called on a flush draw.  They both called my raise.  The turn came:

3

This card changed absolutely nothing.  And the SHARK shoved the rest of his chips into the middle…about $120.  Both fish called.  I was happy about this because I knew I had them crushed, and they are going to lose…and then came the river:

A

I started saying fowl language inside my head…Gary at this point was not happy.  The fish sucked out and although I put ALL of my money in with the best hand I still lost.  That is what poker players call running below expectation.

Hand #2 ($200-$500):  I catch AJ and raised preflop to $35.  I got two callers and the flop came:

 973

One of the players lead into me for $50.  Now this was not the first time that he did this…and I was not happy about it.  Now the last couple of times he did it I raised him and he called and I gave up on the turn.  Now this time I was on tilt (i.e. MAD AS HELL) after being run over…so when he did this ANGRY GARY said “F this S#!+”  I AM ALL IN (with NOTHING BTW).  He instantly calls and turns over his KK…I was like Gary you are an IDIOT…the turn and river came:

6 A

I was like Gary you are LUCK BOX and I love YOU!!!

Hand #3 ($300 - $2000):  I caught AT in late position. I was at the big table for this one.  I limped in in late position.  One of the players in the blinds raised to only $35 after 7 players already called.  EVERYONE called his raise including me.  The flop came:

A23

The player who raised bet $85 which was a sucker bet, everyone folded to me and I shoved for $250ish.  The player on the button called with Kh5h with a gutshot with a flush draw.  Needless to say he missed both of his draws and my AT held up.  I won just over $600 on that one hand and the rest is history.  Hope you have enjoyed the posts!!!

Redemption

It has been a while since I have done a blog about some of the hands I played.  The last two sessions have been winning sessions the first I won $320 and the second I won $412.  In each of this session I won over $600 only to dwindle down over time to what I just stated.  I have learned the last couple of sessions I have some very good opportunities to take the pot down and haven’t done it.  I will go through three of the hands that I played out of the last two sessions.  Hand #1 we will call…Get it in Good…SO WHAT you lose money.  Hand #2 we will call…LUCK BOX that is my name.  Hand #3 we will call…NOW THAT IS HOW YOU PLAY POKER!!!

Hand  #1($200-$500):  I got T9…I was in the blind and there were 6 callers to see the flop.  The flop came:

 AT9

 I flopped two pair and went for a check raise because I KNEW out of all the people there was someone with an Ace.  So I checked expecting someone to bet…and that they did.  A fish (bad poker player) bet $20 and another fish called, The SHARK (that’s Gary a GOOD poker player) then raised to $70 so it was $50 more for them to call.  I put the fish that bet on an Ace, and the fish that called on a flush draw.  They both called my raise.  The turn came:

3

This card changed absolutely nothing.  And the SHARK shoved the rest of his chips into the middle…about $120.  Both fish called.  I was happy about this because I knew I had them crushed, and they are going to lose…and then came the river:

A

I started saying fowl language inside my head…Gary at this point was not happy.  The fish sucked out and although I put ALL of my money in with the best hand I still lost.  That is what poker players call running below expectation.

Hand #2 ($200-$500):  I catch AJ and raised preflop to $35.  I got two callers and the flop came:

 973

One of the players lead into me for $50.  Now this was not the first time that he did this…and I was not happy about it.  Now the last couple of times he did it I raised him and he called and I gave up on the turn.  Now this time I was on tilt (i.e. MAD AS HELL) after being run over…so when he did this ANGRY GARY said “F this S#!+”  I AM ALL IN (with NOTHING BTW).  He instantly calls and turns over his KK…I was like Gary you are an IDIOT…the turn and river came:

6 A

I was like Gary you are LUCK BOX and I love YOU!!!

Hand #3 ($300 - $2000):  I caught AT in late position. I was at the big table for this one.  I limped in in late position.  One of the players in the blinds raised to only $35 after 7 players already called.  EVERYONE called his raise including me.  The flop came:

A23

The player who raised bet $85 which was a sucker bet, everyone folded to me and I shoved for $250ish.  The player on the button called with Kh5h with a gutshot with a flush draw.  Needless to say he missed both of his draws and my AT held up.  I won just over $600 on that one hand and the rest is history.  Hope you have enjoyed the posts!!!