Day 16: Shat on a Stick

I suck, suck, suck.

Went to HP last night, sat at a brand new $100 NL table. Tried to steal a pot against some sorry ass chick and she re-raised me on the turn when we both checked the flop. Bottom line is that I lost $65 on the $100 NL table before I moved to the $200 NL table.

Got to the $200 NL table and first hand was great.

I got A-3 offsuit in late position and called the $5. Then the button raised to $25 and two people called so I called. Flop came A-3-Q with two spades. Checked to me, I checked and button bet $50. I went all-in and he says "I have to call" with a sigh. He showed KsJs for a flush draw and straight draw. He missed and I doubled on my first hand.

After that I think it was all downhill. I wasn't playing that bad untilt his hand came up:

Some yahoo in early position raises to $20. Three people call and I'm on the button so I call with Kh8h. Flop comes Qh3h4d. Yahoo that raised bets $30. Tight Indian dude raises him to $130. Now I'm thinking that Yahoo is going to fold because he has nothing but if I go all-in, Indian dude will call, which will give me about a $530 profit, not giving me the odds. However, if Yahoo really does have a hand and he calls, then I will have the odds to chase the flush draw. Bad thinking. Part of my winning has been staying away from draws. But I went all-in and Yahoo called with Q-8 and Tight Indian called with Q-K. So my king was dead and I missed the heart draw.

I rebought for $250 and immediately got back to $450 when I called a $30 raise with QdJd. The flop comes KdKh3d. I know the bettor doesn't have the king and he bets $75. I called immediately (trying to make it look like I was calling really quickly) and the turn was a 9h. He checked and I went all-in. He thought for a long time and then folded JJ (showing me). I didn't show him but I told him I had KQ. I was pretty nervous when he was thinking about the hand but I made a mental note of how I was sitting and acting during the bluff.

However not too much later I had QQ in the small blind. A loose/aggressive player raised to $15 UTG and everyone called him. I re-raised to $115. UTG thought for a minute and went all-in. Everyone folded to me and without even thinking (big mistake because he had me covered) I went all-in. He had KK and hit a set on the turn (not that he needed it) to crush me.

So I rebought again for $200. At this point I wasn't tilting but I wasn't too happy with my results. Next time around in the blind I had KdJd. There were four limpers and I thought about raising pre-flop but I just checked. The flop came out three Qd5d2d. I bet $10 from the blind and only got one caller (I though everyone would call). I put the caller on the ace of diamonds. The turn was the ace of hearts and I checked, hoping he would bet his Ad and I could raise him. But he checked. The river was the 4h and I bet $80. This was the same guy that folded the JJ to my bluff, so I made the same exact pose/body actions that I did when I bluffed and he called me. He actually flopped two pair with Q5 so he was a lot stronger than I thought he was and he may have called an all-in.

Anyways I donk'd off about $100 or so calling pre-flop raises, etc. Then I had AQ in the small blind. Someone raised to $30 and three people called. I seriously thought about re-raising all-in to isolate myself with the original loose raiser but I just called. The flop came Qd-3d-3h and I felt I had the best hand, but in my position I wanted to check-raise so I checked. Unfortunately everyone else checked so we saw the turn for free and it was the 9h. I bet $100 and got two insta-calls. I didn't know if they had full houses or flush draws (diamond or heart) or what. The river was the 5h and I checked. One person bet $100 and the button called. At this point I had to call for the pot size and the bettor showed Jh10h and the button had Ah7h.

After that I went all-in on a flush draw and missed.

Overall it was just a bad day for me. I think my play was too loose with the flush draw all-in and the QQ all-in. I also should have let go of the AQ when the heart hit. My table was pretty decent but definitely beatable and I had some good hands so it wasn't like I was card dead. It was very discouraging beause I lost $650 in the 200 NL and $65 in the 100 NL. Even though I made more the previous night, I hate to lose like that with bad calls and draws.

I don't feel like I need to go back to the drawing board but I do need to tighten my screws a lot. The game that I'm playing is a very beatable game and it kills me to lose. I was never in a situation that I couldn't get away from and that's why I'm unhappy with my play. Sometimes the fullhouse vs. quads comes up and you can't get away, but last night I could have gotten away from a lot and it cost me a lot. I'm going to take today off for sure and see how I feel about playing tomorrow.

Summary: 3 hours (9:30 pm - 12:30 pm), -715 (first table -65, second table -650)

Tuesday:
100NL: -65
200NL: -650
Overall: -715
Hourly: -283.33/Hr.

To date:
4/8 Limit: +201
6/12 Limit: +170
40 NL: -79
100 NL: -114
200 NL: +7193
Overall: +7371