.05/.10 NLHE 6M - $10
(Q5o) Big blind special turns tricky. I thought I was good but was just going to call it down not being that strong, but I wafted weakness into the air and got put to the test. Should have raised the flop and defined, but it's not worth calling that overbet.
(AQs) Again with the calling...weak weak weak. "Hold'em ain't a calling game." I did the "call with two overs" thing, but unlike everyone else who makes that play against me on Cake ever, I failed to hit the turn.
+$3
(J9o) I bet the double gutter the whole way, then overbet when I hit it. I decided to try the overbet in that spot over the v-bet since I'd been representing protection of a smaller hand the whole way; he took maximum time before folding so I think I almost got him.
It slips to four-handed, and we all trade minor blows for a few orbits.
(KJs) Man this hand sucks. Do you check that river? It felt like he was on a draw so I considered the check behind, but I also think he plays any K in a similar fashion, so...eh, I don't know. Fucking KJ.
(33) My 8s full of 3s was good? Man...Marsh, are you betting that river? Are you overcalling if you check it?
(A6d) What is wrong with me? I'm playing some disgustingly bad poker tonight. I should quit before I lose my last $3. But I won't.
My line from $270 to here is steeper than the frickin' Matterhorn, down $10 this session so far...
(AKo) A loose villain call of my pf all in gets me halfway to healthy when domination decides to reminisce about the way it used to be for one hand.
(AJd) I really thought I was going to be reraised on the flop, and I was ready to go to the felt with two overs and the nut flush draw. Instead, a bet takes it down.
(A7d) Again I think I'm getting a call on my shove with ace and nut flush draw, as this villain has called pretty thin, but he goes away.
(AKc) Fuck me, Cake! Why? King-rag-rag flop with two diamonds, I bet, call, diamond...I say, "They can't ALWAYS have the flush, here," I bet, call, fourth diamond. He checks, I check behind and he shows T7d.
I hit a set of sevens on the next hand and make a lot back, but then a curiosity call costs me .80.
On the one hand, I don't feel like poker anymore. On the other hand, there are a couple of fish that need catching, here. On some third hand, I might be one of those fish.
Some probe bets on limped pots with middle pair get raised and my stack dwindles back down to $4.76.
Some successful stabbing and top pair holding up bring me back to $5.81.
(A4o) Disgusting. Fuck poker.
(87o) Whatever.
$13 --> $0
142 Hands
$219.74
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(KJs) Man this hand sucks. Do you check that river?
I would check call that river probably, but I don't blame you for betting. It's hard to put him on AK as he might have RR at some point. KQ is an option, but again, raise the turn is probable with that hand. At the same time, after he flat calls the turn, it's hard to imagine what you are beating there. I would check and let him bet, then call.
(33) My 8s full of 3s was good? Man...Marsh, are you betting that river? Are you overcalling if you check it?
I am not betting it or overcalling. I would play it basically the exact same way you did. The only difference is that I would have bet .40 instead of .20 on the turn. After getting called twice, I would just let it go to action on the river. It is hard to put anyone on a K there, but a lot of the time they will have 44-66 or something like that.
oh and lol@ the matterhorn comment.
Ryan:
You are way too good a player to have mini meltdowns like this. I am about to post soon and have made some truly boneheaded plays myself including a bluff call when I thought I had a low but was double counterfeighted in O8.
The A4 suited hand call on the turn was not in good form as was the AJ hand, though it is very hard to fold an open ended straight flush draw. I'm not sure what you were thinking on the 8,7os hand either.
I do have to commend both you and Marsh on the way you write your blogs, they are truly hilarious to me with all of the colorful language you use. I can just picture steamy Ryan when things don't go your way and happy Ryan when the hand works out the way it is supposed to.
Hang in there man, I am on your side hoping you can go back to building your roll on cake.
P.S. Have you tried much O8 6 handed. I have had some good luck with this structure on the .05/.10 tables and the .10/.20 tables, it gets a bit tougher after that.
You are way too good a player to have mini meltdowns like this.
It's hard to be honest with the blog when I know I've played poorly, but I do it because it helps me maintain my A game in the long run. It kind of "increases the stakes" when I know I'm going to have to lay my mistakes out for you guys to see.
The A4 suited hand call on the turn was not in good form
I'm not sure what you mean...the only A4 was the offsuit hand where he hit a backdoor flush to beat my two pair. His call was not in good form? I didn't call the turn...
Maybe you mean the A6 hand? With three nines on board, my ace felt potentially good, but what I hate about that play was calling when I should have just given up on the hand or raised if I really thought I was good.
as was the AJ hand, though it is very hard to fold an open ended straight flush draw.
The dumb part about that hand is how in my mind, I flopped the nuts. Seriously. That wasn't me just thinking, "oooo, oesfd!" that was me thinking, "Hey, I flopped the nuts and have a sf redraw!" Like I said, I was a little distracted. Maybe I would have gone to the mat with the oesfd anyway, but I wish I had done so knowing it was a draw, not thinking I was on some kind of freeroll.
I'm not sure what you were thinking on the 8,7os hand either.
I had a buck left, and was ready to flush it on anything that hit. I actually thought I was ahead there, and what do you know, I was!
I don't hate my play for most of this $50 slide, but I hate a lot of this last session, which is why I'm taking a few days off. Slides happen. I'll be back and fine soon enough.
+1 about airing it out on the blog. It sucks major ass to face the spreadsheet in the first place, but when you have to face up to public scrutiny as well, it's brutal. It's a good deterrent though against having a huge slide (which we have both had relatively few of). It also feels good to air it out and take responsibility for it.
To be realistic, we are going to have swings. We are going to tilt and lose more than we should. Everyone does, and anyone who hasn't, just hasn't yet. But us making it public helps to move forward and keep on going up the scale instead of fading out.
Ryan:
My bad, I was talking about the A6 suited hand not the A4 hand. And I missed it on the 8,7 os, I thought you put the money in on the turn, but you put it in on the flop, which was correct.
You guys are right, airing things out is good. I made 2 major bonehead plays in O8 which I posted. The good news is that the villains have made a multitude of boneheaded plays, hopefully, I can keep my boneheaded plays to a minimum.
I think one other thing to consider about the sharp downswing, is that Ryan is playing at .05-.10 now and the buy in is over double what it was at the previous level. A 5 buy in swing at .02-.04 wouldn't hardly register on the graph comparatively...
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