Played on Friday night at Red Rock. The game was fine, but I had some bad luck and also made some bad decisions, causing my biggest loss so far. Over $400.
On the bad luck front, I had this hand. Call a raise with 4-4 out of the blind. Heads up. Flop 10-8-4. I check, guy bets 10, I call. Turn, 5 or something (blank). I check, he bets 10 again, I raise to 40, he calls. River, jack. I bet 100, he snap calls. I yell "ship it" (literally, lol) and turn up my set of 4s. He turns over a set of jacks. Sigh.
Couple bad decisions though which are frustrating. I call a raise with 8-9 of diamonds. On the flop there are like 5 people. Flop is J-J-9 with 2 clubs and 1 diamond. Checks to me, I bet something like 25. 1 caller. Turn is the 10 of diamonds, giving me an open ended straight flush draw. Checks to me, I bet 60. He calls. River, 8. I miss, he checks, I bet 130. He calls with the Q-10.
On this one I think I could have pretty easily checked the turn, although I don't hate my bet. I do hate the river bet. I didn't really think it through. I got to the river and just thought, I can't win, I need to bet if I want to win this hand. But I didn't think through what the guy could have. If he had a jack (which I doubted) he would call and win. If he had a draw, he either got there (with Q-10) or missed with a flush draw and I was about to win with my pair of 9s. Just a really, really bad bet on the river. All because I literally didn't think at all, I just bet. If you asked me what I thought the guy could have, I honestly don't think I thought much about it. I just bet the turn, missed the river, knew I had to bet to win it (which wasn't even necessarily true) and I fired a bet out there. Really stupid.
Then just a classic stupid decision. I limp with J-T offsuit. Flop comes J-T-5 with 2 hearts. I check. Guy bets 5. Next guy raises to 25. Folds back to me, I reraise to 60. The $5 guy folds, and the other guy goes all-in instantly for $130 more.
What can he have? It's some old guy. I guess in general someone could have 2 pair, a set, an overpair, or a draw here. I think you can rule out a draw because it's an old guy. Also an overpair, if he got check-raised like that he would be scared and wouldn't instantly reraise all in. For 2 pair, it was unlikely he had J-5 or T-5, plus he probably would also still be scared. So I basically had to figure he could only have a set. I guess I was tired and couldn't make myself fold my top 2 even though it was obviously beat. I called, he had a set of 10s, I lose.
Just a really bad decision. Maybe I did it because I was tired, I don't know. Just really depressing that I called there.
Overall I felt awful after this session. I made some really bad mistakes. On the bright side, I still have an $1800 bankroll so I'm not in danger of losing everything yet. Really my only priority is to make sure I have enough money to keep playing. And for right now, I'm fine there.
I'm still depressed over that one. Trying not to take it too hard, but that did suck.
My wife is out of town this week starting Wednesday, so the poker will be fast and furious. I plan on playing an insane amount. Might even play some other games, like the Omaha high-only limit at Boulder Station, or possibly even some limit hold 'em. Hopefully will be a fun and profitable week.
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