Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Downward spiral continues

Put in another half hour session, and yet again got some ugly results.

Out of 24 hands on one $3/6 table, I managed to win one solitary hand. Out of 42 hands on one of the $2/4 tables I managed to win 3 hands. ugly. Also got slaughtered on a $1/2 table as well.

I guess it was the usual story .. a few nasty suck outs, and couldn't hit a draw to save my life, and at least one opponent going to showdown about 60% of the time and winning 80% of those, where my stats were reading the exact opposite .. showing down 20% of the time, and winning only 30% of those.

Thought i'd put in a few examples, although admittedly I did make a few mistakes here and there:

Hand 1:

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- ted64 sitting in seat 1 with $66.94
- kjhkjhkjhk sitting in seat 2 with $52.56
- SteveTheZ sitting in seat 3 with $52.80 [Dealer]
- MeCov sitting in seat 4 with $127.52
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $115.70
- zidane6999 sitting in seat 6 with $96.45
MeCov posted the small blind - $1.00
Hero posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: K of h, J of s
zidane6999 folded
ted64 folded
kjhkjhkjhk called - $2.00
SteveTheZ folded
MeCov called - $2.00
Hero bet - $4.00 (The first limper has been playing almost every hand. The sb I think is just trying to get in cheap. May as well make them pay)
kjhkjhkjhk called - $4.00
MeCov called - $4.00
** Dealing the flop: J of h, 3 of h, 9 of h (nice .. top pair and 2nd nuts)
MeCov checked
Hero bet - $2.00 (value bet)
kjhkjhkjhk folded
MeCov called - $2.00
** Dealing the turn: 6 of s
MeCov checked
Hero bet - $4.00 (value bet .. wonder if he has a h? or J and better kicker? .. doubt the latter, i'm fairly sure i'm in front)
MeCov called - $4.00
** Dealing the river: Q of s (not really a good card for me .. completes a possible straight and is an over card to the board)
MeCov checked
Hero checked (not sure if i should put in another value bet here. that last card was a little scary so i ended up just checking behind...)
MeCov shows: 10 of s, Q of h (hmm well i guess he was on the nut straight draw and the 3rd nut flush draw ...)
Hero mucks: K of h, J of s
MeCov wins $22.80 from the main pot

Hand 2:

** Inarijärvi [Hold 'em] (1.00/2.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- PokerTRex sitting in seat 2 with $37.91 [Dealer]
- tomka900 sitting in seat 3 with $47.82
- rolfok sitting in seat 4 with $60.00
- keryipp sitting in seat 5 with $38.99
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $39.00
tomka900 posted the small blind - $0.50
rolfok posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, J of h (nice!)
keryipp folded
Hero raised - $2.00
PokerTRex folded
tomka900 called - $2.00
rolfok called - $2.00
** Dealing the flop: 3 of h, A of s, 10 of c (awesome flop for me)
tomka900 checked
rolfok checked
Hero bet - $1.00
tomka900 raised - $2.00 (hmm not a great sign although this guy has limped in a lot with a vpip of about 60% and has bet aggressively with middle pair before. AF =3)
rolfok folded
Hero called - $2.00 (i think i should have reraised here .. but i decided i would reraise the turn instead)
** Dealing the turn: 4 of c
tomka900 bet - $2.00
Hero raised - $4.00
tomka900 raised - $6.00 (ack, maybe he actually hit his hand ... 2 pair? trips? must call down from here as he has shown down trash before)
Hero called - $6.00
** Dealing the river: K of s (doesnt really change anything)
tomka900 bet - $2.00
Hero called - $2.00
tomka900 shows: 4 of h, A of c (FFS thats about the 3rd time i've had him dominated and he's hit his 2nd pair)
Hero mucks: A of h, J of h
tomka900 wins $24.70 from the main pot

Hand 3:

** Inarijärvi [Hold 'em] (1.00/2.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- heusteiger sitting in seat 1 with $48.00
- PokerTRex sitting in seat 2 with $33.48
- tomka900 sitting in seat 3 with $41.86 [Dealer]
- rolfok sitting in seat 4 with $63.00
- keryipp sitting in seat 5 with $39.49
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $47.50
rolfok posted the small blind - $0.50
keryipp posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to Hero: 10 of s, 10 of h (nice)
Hero raised - $2.00
heusteiger folded
PokerTRex folded
tomka900 called - $2.00 (ah my fishy mate tomka calling with probably anything again)
rolfok folded
keryipp folded
** Dealing the flop: 5 of d, A of s, 8 of s (only one over to my pair .. not bad and my T is a s)
Hero bet - $1.00
tomka900 called - $1.00
** Dealing the turn: 8 of h
Hero bet - $2.00
tomka900 called - $2.00 (hmm he only shows down about 40% of hands which isnt super fishy at showdown so I thought i'd get a fold here)
** Dealing the river: 6 of s
Hero checked (i think i might check/call here ... that flush card sux a bit)
tomka900 bet - $2.00
Hero called - $2.00
tomka900 shows: 8 of d, K of d (ffs ...)
Hero mucks: 10 of s, 10 of h
tomka900 wins $14.73 from the main pot

Hand 4:

** Anytime At All [Hold 'em] (1.002.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- SneakyErik sitting in seat 1 with $110.36
- sinine sitting in seat 2 with $36.00
- Tailchaser sitting in seat 3 with $32.00
- IHateRivers sitting in seat 4 with $136.39 [Dealer]
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $60.64
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 6 with $50.34
Hero posted the small blind - $0.50
mr_brutal posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to Hero: 9 of s, 10 of s (not bad)
SneakyErik folded
sinine folded
Tailchaser raised - $2.00
IHateRivers folded
Hero called - $2.00 (will call one here ... probably should reraise if i'm going to play though or fold)
mr_brutal raised - $3.00 (damn)
Tailchaser raised - $4.00 (damn)
Hero called - $4.00 (i think my implied odds are okay here, getting probably 5:1 3 ways)
mr_brutal called - $4.00
** Dealing the flop: 9 of h, 9 of d, 3 of c (amazingly good flop for me!)
Hero checked
mr_brutal checked
Tailchaser bet - $1.00
Hero called - $1.00 (might keep in mrbrutal .. will checkraise the turn)
mr_brutal called - $1.00 (ty)
** Dealing the turn: 8 of s (nice!)
Hero checked
mr_brutal checked
Tailchaser bet - $2.00
Hero raised - $4.00 (time to c/r)
mr_brutal folded
Tailchaser called - $4.00
** Dealing the river: A of d (hmm puts AA in front but surely he's more likely to have AK, KK, QQ, JJ)
Hero bet - $2.00
Tailchaser raised - $4.00 (hmm ak?)
Hero raised - $6.00 (lets reraise here - i'm in front of 85% of his range)
Tailchaser raised - $8.00 (hmmm that is probably AA ... surely he didnt hit his 2 outer???)
Hero called - $8.00 (crying call)
Tailchaser shows: A of s, A of c (FFS!!!)
Hero mucks: 9 of s, 10 of s
Tailchaser wins $37.05 from the main pot

Current bankroll: $10,850

1 comment:

The blindman said...

1 and 3 are probably how I would play. Hand 2 I'm probably just calling down the turn and river - unless I have good reason to think he will call the reraise with a bad hand. Hand 4 I would probably lean towards folding PF - it's a bad position for drawing in later rounds (if you were on the button I might call).