Saturday, April 5, 2008

Cruel, Cold Deck

There is nothing more fustrating than getting your money in good and having someone suck out on you. Especially when it happens 5 or 6 times in one night for large sums of money.
Sorry that I haven't posted but things have been pretty tumultuous the last few days, on and off of the tables.
I just had my worst session ever. I know intellectually that you shouldn't judge a session based on how much money you lose but when the number is substantial, it is very hard to see past that aspect of it.
I think there was a bit of foreshadowing when 3 hands into the session, I pick up KK in the bb...folded to the very laggy button who raised(really, he would raise with ATC in this spot), the SB knows this of course and calls, and I raise....the Button reraises and I shove. Of course, he has AA!
So I buy in again and actually get back to even($1000) thanks to a sweet, sweet gift. One that only comes around once in a blue moon. I raise($25) from the C/O with A/Kc, the small blind calls and does a MP limper. Flop is AAQ, rainbow!!!...checks to me, I bet $30. I wanted that bet to come across as a feeler bet...kind of like, I have a Q and I am betting to see if anyone had an A. I was hoping for someone to view that as weakness and come over the top of me. Well, it worked. The SB minraises to $60. MP folds. I then push. I tried very hard to play this hand as confusing as possible past the preflop raise of course. Alot of inexperienced players would check trip As on that flop and certainly would not push the flop(ok...maybe REALLY inexperienced players would). The SB deliberates forever, so I start trying to appear weak...talking, acting nervous, saying .." well this is a good sign for me" I even offer to show him one card(which why in god's name, he didn't take, I will never know). I said, do you have an A and he said, no but the chances of you having one either is very slim and then ....HE CALLS! WITH KK!!! So drawing dead. YAY me! I won't even go into how horribly he played kings!

Then it all goes to shit. There was this guy at the table who would raise in any position with any K, any Q, any A...but then he was hitting monsters!...flopping flushes, 2pr, straights. So I set out to trap him(brilliant, I know). I have AA and limp in...He raises to $25...4 callers. Everyone is calling him because they know how wide his opening range is. I reraise to $200. He calls. Flop is AK9...all spades. I bet $400. He pushes all in. Now he should know(if he is even good enough to think at this level, which come on, who am I kidding, he isn't) that he has 0 fold equity. I have just put $600 into this pot with only $350 behind. If he thought about this hand at all, it should be pretty obvious with the UTG limp, reraise that I have either a set of Ks or a set of As. So, I call. He shows 3/5 with the 5 of spades. So, he just risked all of that with a 5 high flush draw and....HITS IT!!!
So, I buy in again....short this time. ...for $300. I get it all in good against the nutcase with A/Kh on a K59, 2 heart board against his KJ and what do you know, he spikes his 2 outter.
Why I didn't leave at this point is pure insanity on my part. I have 2 big downfalls in life, men and my stubborn nature.
I buy in again...actually grind it out and win back about half of my money to lose it all in nearly identical situations with top 2 on the turn, potting it and having someone call off the rest of their chips with flush draws and hitting.
So, today I need to pick myself up, dust myself off, put on my lowest cut blouse and get back into the game.
Wish me luck.......I think that I am going to need it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good luck...and burtal session