Snail's Pace
Appologies for the infrequency of posts here. I dont really feel that I have much of interest to say.
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The weeks are dragging somewhat. Weekends are great, but work sucks!
I'm still waiting on final news of the new job. It's like waiting for the phone to ring. Hang on... it is waiting for the phone to ring!
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I'm still crap at poker. I continue to hang around the $1000 bankroll mark. The need for semi-regular cashouts is a pain, although it should be less necessary if and when the new job materialises.
In addition to the cashouts, I'm calling too many big bets, which is a freaking huge leak. I failed to lay down my set of eights on a board of Kx 7s 8s As 4x. I'd called a pre flop raise in the big blind and led out into my opponent for a pot-sized bet on the flop. He flat called. I decided to check-raise the Ace of spades on the turn: I checked and he bet only $4 into a $20 pot. I went with my original plan of check-raising and made it $24. He cold-called and the alarm bells started ringing. I checked the river and he pushed for $70. At this point the only vaguely plausible hand that I'm beating is AK or possibly 77. I thought AA or KK were more likely and I was close to folding, but in the end I called. He flipped over KsQs for the nut flush and I punched myself in the face.
I also came up against a staright flush with aces full. It was PL Omaha Hi/Lo so it wasn't quite as tough a beat as it sounds but it was still expensive and I'm also wondering if I should have lost less with it since none of the money went in until the river. The final board read 7x Jc Tc Ac Jx. My opponent was a reasonably good player so I was pretty certain he didn't have quads since he wouldn't have slowplayed his set on the flop. My problem was that I failed to notice that there was a stright flush out there until after I re-raised his bet on the river. When he came over the top, I was essentially committed since I was getting about 4-1 odds and I dont know enough about him to know that he wouldn't make the same move with only jack's full. I'd be interested to know if anybody only calls his bet on the river: There were 4 or 5 people in the pot it was checked all the way to the river. He then bet the pot ($9) and I was next to act on the button. Even if I'd spotted the royal flush I'd probably stilll have raised, since a lot of people would bet the open-ended-straight-flush draw on the flop.
On a slightly more positive note, I went to The Gutshot yesterday and was pretty happy with the way I played. I busted halfway through the £20 freezout when I lost a 50-50 as a short stack. I then played in the 50p-£1 PL cash game for a few hours and made back the tourney cost plus a bit. I would have been up a lot more if J8 hadn't sucked out aginst my AJ for a split pot on a board of JJ447. All the money went in on the flop. I also failed to pull ahead when all-in on a freeroll: we both had AQ on a A67 board, but I had the nut-flush draw too.
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You'll have to make do with this drivel until I think of something worthwhile/amusing to post. If nothing comes to mind this week then let me take this opportunity to wish you a happy Chirstmas.
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The weeks are dragging somewhat. Weekends are great, but work sucks!
I'm still waiting on final news of the new job. It's like waiting for the phone to ring. Hang on... it is waiting for the phone to ring!
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I'm still crap at poker. I continue to hang around the $1000 bankroll mark. The need for semi-regular cashouts is a pain, although it should be less necessary if and when the new job materialises.
In addition to the cashouts, I'm calling too many big bets, which is a freaking huge leak. I failed to lay down my set of eights on a board of Kx 7s 8s As 4x. I'd called a pre flop raise in the big blind and led out into my opponent for a pot-sized bet on the flop. He flat called. I decided to check-raise the Ace of spades on the turn: I checked and he bet only $4 into a $20 pot. I went with my original plan of check-raising and made it $24. He cold-called and the alarm bells started ringing. I checked the river and he pushed for $70. At this point the only vaguely plausible hand that I'm beating is AK or possibly 77. I thought AA or KK were more likely and I was close to folding, but in the end I called. He flipped over KsQs for the nut flush and I punched myself in the face.
I also came up against a staright flush with aces full. It was PL Omaha Hi/Lo so it wasn't quite as tough a beat as it sounds but it was still expensive and I'm also wondering if I should have lost less with it since none of the money went in until the river. The final board read 7x Jc Tc Ac Jx. My opponent was a reasonably good player so I was pretty certain he didn't have quads since he wouldn't have slowplayed his set on the flop. My problem was that I failed to notice that there was a stright flush out there until after I re-raised his bet on the river. When he came over the top, I was essentially committed since I was getting about 4-1 odds and I dont know enough about him to know that he wouldn't make the same move with only jack's full. I'd be interested to know if anybody only calls his bet on the river: There were 4 or 5 people in the pot it was checked all the way to the river. He then bet the pot ($9) and I was next to act on the button. Even if I'd spotted the royal flush I'd probably stilll have raised, since a lot of people would bet the open-ended-straight-flush draw on the flop.
On a slightly more positive note, I went to The Gutshot yesterday and was pretty happy with the way I played. I busted halfway through the £20 freezout when I lost a 50-50 as a short stack. I then played in the 50p-£1 PL cash game for a few hours and made back the tourney cost plus a bit. I would have been up a lot more if J8 hadn't sucked out aginst my AJ for a split pot on a board of JJ447. All the money went in on the flop. I also failed to pull ahead when all-in on a freeroll: we both had AQ on a A67 board, but I had the nut-flush draw too.
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You'll have to make do with this drivel until I think of something worthwhile/amusing to post. If nothing comes to mind this week then let me take this opportunity to wish you a happy Chirstmas.
posted by Pinky @ 12:28 PM
2 Comments:
At 9:28 PM,
Unknown said…
3rd nuts? I'd go broke everytime. You'd be surprised how many people play underfils.
Including myself.
At 9:34 PM,
CC said…
Pinky, I'm flying back to London from Cologne Thursday and may play either at the Gutshot or Victoria, not sure which. Let me know if you'll be around the Gutshot. Thanks.
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