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| Dealer picking his teeth with his card - gross |
Hand 1: I just sat down, it was literally my first hand at Red Rock in the 2/5 NL game. I have 500 and I'm in the big blind. About 5 people limp. I have AQs. I raise to 35 total. Bigger raise than I'd normally make, and I'm just hoping everyone folds or I can play it heads up. 2 people call. Flop comes 8-3-3 with 1 of my suit. I am not yet ready to give this pot up, so I bet $60. 1 caller. Turn, 7 of my suit. Now I pick up the flush draw, so I fire another barrel - $130. He calls. River, 3. At this point I felt like I've been repping a big hand the whole way, and another big bet will have to scream JJ+ for the boat. So I go all-in for $285 or whatever was left. He thinks for a while and calls. He had 10-8.
There were a few things wrong with this hand. I'm fine with the flop bet and the turn bet. On the river, I know he has a full house. I didn't even try to talk myself into thinking he didn't. So then when I go to bet, I don't even take into account who the guy is and if he can fold. Looking at him after the hand, he's some middle aged guy with a ton of money in front of him and some local golf club gear on. Probably some kinda rich guy that typically is going to be a calling station. So it was just a bad bet on the river.
Second, I have told myself several times - don't bluff in the first half hour or so at the table. I've dumped off so much money lately when I sit down and instantly am running some big bluff. It makes no sense. Sit down, see who the players are, get a feel for the table, then you can start playing. So that was another mistake.
Another problem I've had lately is overplaying my draws. In every possible way. Calling without good enough odds, as well as just sort of blindly raising people with draws. I guess the raising part is OK as long as I'm making sure I'm against a person that is capable of folding, but I played a couple hands yesterday where I didn't take that into account at all. Then I also had some hands where I just put WAY too much money in with draws.
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| This is me getting even after 100 rebuys |
I think if I focus on only calling with my best draws I'd be a lot better off. For example I had this hand at Bellagio the other day in the 2/5 game. I raise with 9-9 to 15. Guy makes it 35. I call. Flop is 10-8-7. I check, he bets 60. I thought about raising, but I KNEW he had an overpair so if I raised I was just basically getting it in for no reason. So I call. At that point there's like 135 in the pot and I'm calling 60, so I'm getting just 2.25 to 1 odds. With 10 outs and 1 card to come, I need like 4:1 odds to break even. Am I getting implied odds? I don't know. I'm out of position so that makes it hard. Hell if I hit a 9, he might have J-J in which case I'm dead also. Overall it is probably just a bad call. So I call, then on the turn I miss and he bets out 120. Now there's like 315 in the pot, giving me 2.5:1 odds or so. He has about $160 left. I figure if I hit at this point he basically has to call because he's pot committed, but that might not even be accurate because it really looks like I have the draw if I call. I called again, and missed. But I think both on the flop and turn I really just wasn't getting a good price. Especially if you consider that I'm out of position, this is just not good play.
I've had a TON of draws not hit this week. It's been frustrating. Big flush draws SO many times, straight draws, and sometimes I'm raising them in position setting myself up to win a giant pot if I do hit. So I feel like I'm getting slightly unlucky not drawing out in some of these monster pots. But regardless, I'm playing too many draws. And also I got SO lucky last week in some monster pots that I really can't complain about this week's luck.
I'm looking forward to playing some more. It's frustrating when you don't win, and when you make mistakes that you regret later. But it's all part of the game I suppose.
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