Poker Frustration grows; First real rant of 2012
Well today I feel like the same old story is happening. I have been playing some of the best poker I've played in a long long time, and its even the best I've ever played because I know more about whats going on and more importantly why things work. I'm no expert by any means, but the level of thinking I have at the game far exceeds 60-90% of the players I play against live and probably more than 50% of the players I play against online.
Tonight is a regular tournament I play at the local casino, $60 entry, so nothing big, and I expect the players there to range between below average to slightly above average. Whats fun is, I see some of the same players I've played against in previous years when I used to spend a lot of time at the casino.
So anyway...
Tonight was no different, Seat 1 was a rock, played less hands then I did, sitting around 14% of hands, seat 2 was slightly more at 30% yet folded to most CB post flop he exited before the break shoving K7 on a 357 board against a made straight of 64o from Seat 4 at 44%. Seat 3 is a regular, playing there before me, he knows what hes doing and before the break had been around 22%, he makes a questionable call, there was a raise from Seat 9 UTG 19%VPIP to 3x Seat 3 calls, Seat 6 on the button 34% jams, Seat 9 rejams, and Seat 3 hums and hahs for a minute or so, and calls, Button shoved 55, UTG shoved AQo, and seat 3 has 99. This is a fold for me, I know 99 doesn't play well against 2 shoves, but more over, I'm likely racing and I don't need the race, but more likely, UTG has me crushed, he's playing TT or better, AK or AQ. So hand is finished and 99 holds, and he blurts out "I had him exactly on AQ, should have snap called, I knew I was ahead"... and most of the table told him, good call, you were ahead, had to call.
Anyway, Seat 4 was a loose cannon, but was hitting everything, before the break was playing 44% of hands, crazy amount, but hit most everything, flopped 3 straights and got paid a lot. Seat 5 had to be 90 years old, local regular, I know him from years ago... basically if he's raising GTFO, he was playing 12%. I was in seat 6, and playing standard 16% tight, but the table was loose, and couldn't get much going, did jam KK over a JJ shove and held so I had about 13K in chips going into the break. Seat 7 was loose as well, 49% of hands. Seat 8 was a revolving door, as was Seat 9.
Seat 10 I played with last week, a very loose player before the break, tightens up after the break, and basically if he catches any piece of the flop, he's willing to jam it all the way, he was playing 28%.
So anyway, into the break we go, and now its time for me to pick up steam, blinds are 300/600 and I have 13K in chips. we fill all the seats 4 hands into the level, and 7 hands in, I get 88, seat 10 calls, BB new player, calls. flop QQT, BB checks, I check, Seat 10 is the button, he bets, I lay it down, no raise here will let me win and if he has any piece of the board, I have 2 outs... he shows a T.
Next hand, I have AK, I raise again, this time, SB new player and BB regular seat 3 calls. Flop J82r, they check, I bet, and they both fold. I took this line here as the previous hand I was happy to fold this time it looks like i have something.
Next hand, I have TT, I raise again, new player seat 8, I've seen him before, but hadn't played a hand in 9 hands, he jams, I read his stack somehow around 7K I have 15Kish, I call, he has AA, unfortunately in my haste, I should have checked, he has 12K and now I'm left with 3900.
next hand UTG i fold, on the BB I get A8o, 3 limpers Seat8, Seat 4, and the SB Seat 5, I check, I was going to Jam, but instead I was shipping the flop no matter what. Flop comes 823ss, SB checks, I jam, the Button calls, and SB folds, he has A3ss, of course river is the Js and I'm out.
Now I'm not complaining about the beats, I'm frustrated at my misread of the stack, that hand I probably could have and should have folded, I raised enough that if I did get jammed on from a tighter player I could. now really there was only 3 people I wouldn't have folded that to, but anyway, I should have folded. The problem I'm having is the amount of times, these guys gamble with pretty hands and walk ass backwards into hands that get paid by worse players. Then when I'm stuck and need to hold up, there's no way in hell.
so 11 hands after the first break, I'm out. I'm frustrated past where I've been in a long time and need a break, this I know. to top it all off, I had a bad day playing poker as well... first big loss on line in the new year 3 buyins... now wouldn't have been so bad, except, AA cracked by 8T he made a straight, KK to QJ he made a straight and I flopped a set, then 44 flopped a set and he rivered a flush, KK lost again to QT I turned a set and made him his straight, and lastly, TT lost when I turned a set to his flopped flush... It killed me today, I played well, and I know variance is just kicking in, I'm still up 2 buyins for the year in 26 sessions, 5000 hands.
I'm committed this year to putting in some volume as a casual player. so far in 2 months I have 24 hours in, a lot less than I put in in previous years, but I spend more time studying then I do playing... so all in all I'm feeling better...
tonight I just feel unlucky... needing to catch big hands that never seem to come, and when they do, they just get run over or, they don't play past the flop...
I'm out for now, need a serious break for a few days. Its unlikely I'm going to get any of the work I've committed to with Bennett as my mental state is pretty shitty. I'll refocus after tonight and try to memorize all superbowl winners, and hand ranges 2 lists that are very valuable in poker and bar situations ;)
D
Tonight is a regular tournament I play at the local casino, $60 entry, so nothing big, and I expect the players there to range between below average to slightly above average. Whats fun is, I see some of the same players I've played against in previous years when I used to spend a lot of time at the casino.
So anyway...
Tonight was no different, Seat 1 was a rock, played less hands then I did, sitting around 14% of hands, seat 2 was slightly more at 30% yet folded to most CB post flop he exited before the break shoving K7 on a 357 board against a made straight of 64o from Seat 4 at 44%. Seat 3 is a regular, playing there before me, he knows what hes doing and before the break had been around 22%, he makes a questionable call, there was a raise from Seat 9 UTG 19%VPIP to 3x Seat 3 calls, Seat 6 on the button 34% jams, Seat 9 rejams, and Seat 3 hums and hahs for a minute or so, and calls, Button shoved 55, UTG shoved AQo, and seat 3 has 99. This is a fold for me, I know 99 doesn't play well against 2 shoves, but more over, I'm likely racing and I don't need the race, but more likely, UTG has me crushed, he's playing TT or better, AK or AQ. So hand is finished and 99 holds, and he blurts out "I had him exactly on AQ, should have snap called, I knew I was ahead"... and most of the table told him, good call, you were ahead, had to call.
Anyway, Seat 4 was a loose cannon, but was hitting everything, before the break was playing 44% of hands, crazy amount, but hit most everything, flopped 3 straights and got paid a lot. Seat 5 had to be 90 years old, local regular, I know him from years ago... basically if he's raising GTFO, he was playing 12%. I was in seat 6, and playing standard 16% tight, but the table was loose, and couldn't get much going, did jam KK over a JJ shove and held so I had about 13K in chips going into the break. Seat 7 was loose as well, 49% of hands. Seat 8 was a revolving door, as was Seat 9.
Seat 10 I played with last week, a very loose player before the break, tightens up after the break, and basically if he catches any piece of the flop, he's willing to jam it all the way, he was playing 28%.
So anyway, into the break we go, and now its time for me to pick up steam, blinds are 300/600 and I have 13K in chips. we fill all the seats 4 hands into the level, and 7 hands in, I get 88, seat 10 calls, BB new player, calls. flop QQT, BB checks, I check, Seat 10 is the button, he bets, I lay it down, no raise here will let me win and if he has any piece of the board, I have 2 outs... he shows a T.
Next hand, I have AK, I raise again, this time, SB new player and BB regular seat 3 calls. Flop J82r, they check, I bet, and they both fold. I took this line here as the previous hand I was happy to fold this time it looks like i have something.
Next hand, I have TT, I raise again, new player seat 8, I've seen him before, but hadn't played a hand in 9 hands, he jams, I read his stack somehow around 7K I have 15Kish, I call, he has AA, unfortunately in my haste, I should have checked, he has 12K and now I'm left with 3900.
next hand UTG i fold, on the BB I get A8o, 3 limpers Seat8, Seat 4, and the SB Seat 5, I check, I was going to Jam, but instead I was shipping the flop no matter what. Flop comes 823ss, SB checks, I jam, the Button calls, and SB folds, he has A3ss, of course river is the Js and I'm out.
Now I'm not complaining about the beats, I'm frustrated at my misread of the stack, that hand I probably could have and should have folded, I raised enough that if I did get jammed on from a tighter player I could. now really there was only 3 people I wouldn't have folded that to, but anyway, I should have folded. The problem I'm having is the amount of times, these guys gamble with pretty hands and walk ass backwards into hands that get paid by worse players. Then when I'm stuck and need to hold up, there's no way in hell.
so 11 hands after the first break, I'm out. I'm frustrated past where I've been in a long time and need a break, this I know. to top it all off, I had a bad day playing poker as well... first big loss on line in the new year 3 buyins... now wouldn't have been so bad, except, AA cracked by 8T he made a straight, KK to QJ he made a straight and I flopped a set, then 44 flopped a set and he rivered a flush, KK lost again to QT I turned a set and made him his straight, and lastly, TT lost when I turned a set to his flopped flush... It killed me today, I played well, and I know variance is just kicking in, I'm still up 2 buyins for the year in 26 sessions, 5000 hands.
I'm committed this year to putting in some volume as a casual player. so far in 2 months I have 24 hours in, a lot less than I put in in previous years, but I spend more time studying then I do playing... so all in all I'm feeling better...
tonight I just feel unlucky... needing to catch big hands that never seem to come, and when they do, they just get run over or, they don't play past the flop...
I'm out for now, need a serious break for a few days. Its unlikely I'm going to get any of the work I've committed to with Bennett as my mental state is pretty shitty. I'll refocus after tonight and try to memorize all superbowl winners, and hand ranges 2 lists that are very valuable in poker and bar situations ;)
D
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