Still downswinging

Had perfect position on an aggro muppet who was playing 60% of hands and raising 40% of those. He was getting killed early on, however had a massive recovery to win about 50BBs. At the same time I went backwards fairly quickly.

This time I was getting more than my fair share of starting hands worth playing, but boy, did I manage to not hit much at all, and in particular my biggest hands were consistently getting drawn out on.

I thought i'd better check pokertracker, to make sure I wasn't making some huge mistakes, but it just appeared that I wasn't having much luck. All my Ace hands were losers except ATs which really causes problems to your win rate .. particularly when AA falls twice .. once to 96o on a flop of 9KJr turn 7 river 6.

Overall my WTSD was actually a little high at 41% although that was partly explained by having to call down the maniac a bit lighter than normal, however, that really wasn't working as my W$SD was around 32% which really is not profitable.

I am a bit disappointed with myself though as I did tilt towards the end and donked off 8BBs before realising what I was doing and quitting. All in all dropped about 17BB but only because I made a bit of a recovery on another table, and William Hill also paid me off about 15BBs whilst playing $1/2 to clear their time bonus.

Anyways thought i'd post a few hands and my thought processes:

Cbet gone wrong

** If I Needed Someone [Hold 'em] (3.006.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- irish7779 sitting in seat 1 with $234.23
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 2 with $293.09
- preto2 sitting in seat 3 with $246.21
- Arrendajo sitting in seat 4 with $200.59
- bluffman4000 sitting in seat 5 with $54.06 [Dealer]
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $106.00
Hero posted the small blind - $1.50
irish7779 posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, K of h (awesome)
mr_brutal folded
preto2 folded
Arrendajo folded
bluffman4000 folded
Hero raised - $6.00 (bah only the bb left)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (cool)
** Dealing the flop: 7 of s, 5 of h, 4 of c (hmm whiffed)
Hero bet - $3.00 (worth a cbet)
irish7779 called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: 8 of c (hmm if he has a 6 i'm in trouble)
Hero bet - $6.00 (Put in a cbet anyways - this guy is playing about 50% of hands and has called down Q high before)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (damn)
** Dealing the river: 2 of d (hmmm not helpful)
Hero bet - $6.00 (hate firing a 3rd bullet ... but there's a chance of a fold here still i think)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (or not)
Hero shows: A of h, K of h
irish7779 shows: Q of d, 8 of h (umm wtf?? he called a raise on the flop with this?)
irish7779 wins $39.90 from the main pot

Standard miss for my session

** If I Needed Someone [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- irish7779 sitting in seat 1 with $226.50 [Dealer]
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 2 with $261.59
- preto2 sitting in seat 3 with $247.71
- Arrendajo sitting in seat 4 with $188.21
- bluffman4000 sitting in seat 5 with $75.06
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $143.50
mr_brutal posted the small blind - $1.50
preto2 posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: K of d, A of d (sweet again)
Arrendajo called - $3.00 (another fish at the table .. open limp utg)
bluffman4000 folded
Hero raised - $6.00 (lets punish the limper)
irish7779 folded
mr_brutal raised - $9.00 (handy)
preto2 folded
Arrendajo called - $9.00 (he's called 2 more .. hmmm)
Hero raised - $12.00 (may as well cap it)
mr_brutal called - $12.00
Arrendajo called - $12.00
** Dealing the flop: 5 of d, 4 of s, 2 of d (awesome flop ... nut flush draw and gutshot to straight)
mr_brutal checked
Arrendajo checked
Hero bet - $3.00 (always betting here)
mr_brutal called - $3.00
Arrendajo called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: 6 of h (surely no one has a 3)
mr_brutal bet - $6.00 (he has a 3?)
Arrendajo folded
Hero called - $6.00 (probably would have raised here if the other guy had called)
** Dealing the river: J of c (bah missed my FD and gutshot and overs)
mr_brutal bet - $6.00
Hero called - $6.00 (crying call .. pot is big .. i have A high. player is a fish who has called down anything)
mr_brutal shows: 5 of s, 5 of c (as expected ... not winning on that river very often)
Hero mucks: K of d, A of d
mr_brutal wins $69.00 from the main pot

FISH

** If I Needed Someone [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- irish7779 sitting in seat 1 with $175.12
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 2 with $342.96
- preto2 sitting in seat 3 with $229.63
- Arrendajo sitting in seat 4 with $222.71
- bluffman4000 sitting in seat 5 with $49.09
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $146.95 [Dealer]
irish7779 posted the small blind - $1.50
mr_brutal posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, 9 of d (not bad)
preto2 folded
Arrendajo called - $3.00
bluffman4000 folded
Hero raised - $6.00 (good enough to raise the fishy limper to isolate)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (hmmm don’t really want callers)
mr_brutal called - $6.00 (dammit)
Arrendajo called - $6.00
** Dealing the flop: 8 of c, 10 of d, Q of h
irish7779 checked
mr_brutal checked
Arrendajo checked
Hero checked (checking through – don’t want to get check raised with one over and a gutshot)
** Dealing the turn: A of c (sweet, hit my over .. but my A is a bit weak still)
irish7779 bet - $6.00
mr_brutal called - $6.00
Arrendajo folded
Hero called - $6.00 (not folding top pair and gutshot)
** Dealing the river: 10 of s (hmm board paired .. not good but it does help my A9 which is now 2 pair with a Q kicker)
irish7779 bet - $6.00 (hmmm … he could have the goods here betting into 2 players)
mr_brutal called - $6.00
Hero called - $6.00 (I’m closing the action although I think I’m beat, I’m probably good enough times or splitting to make this worth a call).
irish7779 shows: 9 of s, J of s (okay who the F*** calls a raise preflop with J9s only to flop the nuts .. FFS. Okay in hindsight the call is not that bad if you know for sure you are not going to get 3bet .. but with 2 players still to act behind .. sheesh).
mr_brutal mucks: 6 of s, A of s
Hero mucks: A of h, 9 of d
irish7779 wins $57.00 from the main pot

** Wait [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- GAVIER sitting in seat 1 with $162.44 [Dealer]
- preto2 sitting in seat 2 with $130.07
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 4 with $350.45
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $199.98
preto2 posted the small blind - $1.50
mr_brutal posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of s, 5 of s (only 4 handed this is okay utg against some calling fish)
Hero raised - $6.00
GAVIER called - $6.00
preto2 called - $6.00
mr_brutal called - $6.00
** Dealing the flop: 6 of h, 3 of s, Q of s (sweet, another nut flush draw)
preto2 checked
mr_brutal checked
Hero bet - $3.00 (cbet to hopefully take down the pot, or at worst build it for the draw)
GAVIER called - $3.00
preto2 folded
mr_brutal called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: J of c (not helpin me)
mr_brutal checked
Hero checked (decided not to cbet into 2 opponents. if it was only one i'd definitely fire again here)
GAVIER bet - $6.00
mr_brutal called - $6.00 (thanks for calling)
Hero called - $6.00
** Dealing the river: 3 of d (missed again .. story of my day)
mr_brutal checked
Hero checked
GAVIER checked
mr_brutal shows: J of h, 5 of h (okay what kinda fish calls with Jh5h on that board??)
Hero mucks: A of s, 5 of s
GAVIER shows: K of c, J of s (oh for ffs - another awesome flop call. at least i know I SHOULD be winning here ...)
GAVIER wins $48.45 from the main pot

My 2nd AA of the session:

** Wait [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- jonnyluguber sitting in seat 1 with $18.00
- polle37 sitting in seat 2 with $136.58
- rumblefish08 sitting in seat 3 with $454.22 [Dealer]
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 4 with $268.86
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $147.00
mr_brutal posted the small blind - $1.50
Hero posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of s, A of h (sweet!!)
jonnyluguber called - $3.00 (nice)
polle37 called - $3.00 (nice)
rumblefish08 raised - $6.00 (AWESOME)
mr_brutal folded
Hero raised - $9.00 (3bet of course)
jonnyluguber called - $9.00
polle37 called - $9.00
rumblefish08 called - $9.00
** Dealing the flop: 7 of d, J of s, 4 of d (hmm dont really like the 2 spades but not a bad flop)
Hero bet - $3.00
jonnyluguber called - $3.00
polle37 called - $3.00
rumblefish08 called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: 8 of h (not a bad card .. worth a bet)
Hero bet - $6.00
jonnyluguber went all-in - $6.00
polle37 called - $6.00
rumblefish08 called - $6.00
** Dealing the river: K of h (FD missed good .. although KJ now beats me)
Hero bet - $6.00
polle37 folded
rumblefish08 folded
Hero shows: A of s, A of h
jonnyluguber shows: 6 of s, 5 of s (argh... apparently 56s is worth calling a 3 bet preflop. lucky he was out of cash or he would have taken another $12 off me on the river though)
jonnyluguber wins $70.50 from the main pot

Hopefully I have a better run at showdowns next time!!

Anyways bankroll is now: $10,550 (+360 Aug)