Playing Bad 101

Well I've played a couple of sessions since my last entry. I'm going to break them into two blog entries...

Saturday 3/10/07. Started off great. I'm in big blind with starting stack around $200. Six people limp and button raises to $15. I have 5c3c and I know if I call, the domino effect will get crackin' and the pot will be huge (15x8=120) and I most likely have the worst hand but if I hit it I know I'm good. Everyone calls and the flop comes what appears to be an ugly one, Q, 2, 4 rainbow. Then it hits me that I have the open-ender. Everyone checks and the button bets 15 again. I call and two others call. Turn is a 6. Money. I check and some dude bets $30 and I just call him as I have the nuts with no flush draw on the board. I am the only caller and so I check the river trying to check-raise but he checks and I take it down. He spazzes out when he sees that I had 5-3 and goes on tilt, horrible player.

I ended up building my stack up to about 1300 only to see it slowly dwindle down to 500 by the time I left seven hours later. I was extremely frustrated with myself and the way I played the big stack. I called a ton of big raises and never hit any flops. Then I get 7c2c in the big blind on a limped pot with like eight people. Of course I flop the flush, bet hard on the flop, bet harder on the turn and the button calls me with the ace of clubs only to see the four of clubs hit the river. I check the river and he makes the perfect bet of $45 and I feel like I have to call even though I know I'm beat.

I actually went on tilt after making a horrible call. I really rarely go on tilt but I was so mad at myself for my call. I had A8 on a board of 8-4-2, 6, Ace. I bet the flop hard because the whole table has been chasing all day. Two callers (I bet like $45 into a 25 pot). The six hits the turn and this guy comes out betting 125. This is where I made my horrendous call. The other guy folds. Then my ace hits giving me top two pair. The guy, who clearly has the nuts, bets another 150. I call, he shows the straight and some horrible player asks for my cards so I threw them at him. I felt bad about it and apologized, I was really pissed at myself.

Luckily I left with a small profit after tricking away my stack.