Played some 2/5 last night at the Rock. Didn't go all that well, but it could have been worse. I made plenty of mistakes. Some were freaking terrible, honestly.
I started out in the must move game, which was 4 handed. In one hand, it folded to me in the small blind with AKs and raised to 15. The big blind called. Flop was J-10-8. I bet 20. He raised to 55. I called. Turn was an ace. I checked, he checked. River was a 7. I bet $60. He says, "Do you have K-Q?" and called. I flip up my A-K, he has J-9 for the straight. :P A queen would have been a nice card on the turn. Oh well.
In that hand, I called the flop bet just because it's 4 handed. I figure I have 2 overs and a gutshot, and it's 4 handed, so I call. Is that a good idea, I don't know. I think I can probably tighten up a bit in these spots until I know that someone is CONSTANTLY raising me out of pots and might be raising me light. I had no reason to think this guy was raising me light here. And as far as odds, there was 30 + 40 + 35 = 105 in the pot and I had to call 35. So I'm getting exactly 3:1 odds. If I think all of my outs are good I have 10 outs, so I'm getting 4:1 odds and with implied odds I'm definitely cool to call there.
And of course, BET THE TURN. OMG. What a huge mistake. Sure, I would have gotten called and lost a much bigger pot, but still. Bet the turn. Bet/fold.
Actually, that's something that I have messed up a couple times lately. Where I know I'm behind, and when the next card gives me a very good but non-nut hand, I don't bet out. I just check/call. This happened to me at Bellagio the other week. I had A-K and I was out of position, flopped an ace, and I was worried the guy had a better hand so I think I just called a bet on the turn. Then on the river a king came off, giving me top two. I should have bet/folded the river, but I checked and it went check-check. This is another similar situation, I probably turned the best hand and I gave him a free card.
Then I ran another bluff that didn't work. This one was one where I just went with my read, but my read was bad. So I don't really blame myself too much for this one. We were 3 handed and I raised with K-7 of diamonds. Guy called me out of the blind. Flop came Q-8-8 with 1 diamond. He checked to me and I bet 30. He check-raised 60 more. I thought about it and I didn't think he looked very strong. So I ended up raising him 125 more on top of that. He went all-in, I folded. Maybe it was a bit spewy for sure, as I had no draw and I was just raising him because I thought he looked weak. But really, the guy check-raised me on the flop, what do I think, he's check-raise bluffing me? Pretty unlikely. Especially with zero draws out there. So I'm not super upset about it, but I could have picked a better spot. Sure, if he had like 4-4 he would have folded. Or maybe 10-10. But whatever, just a bad move.
Then, I had some really big hands that I got ZERO money on. It was pretty frustrating.
This one is so bad I don't even want to write about it. I was at the main game and raised under the gun to $15 with 10-9 diamonds. 3 callers. I had been playing a ton of pots and went up and down a lot so I felt like I looked like I was playing pretty reckless. Flop comes just sick. 3 10s. I flop quads. I bet $20. 3 folds. ARRRGHHHHHHHHH
Was this bad, I don't know. I figure I'm going to cbet there a ton of the time anyway, and since I had been playing SO many hands before that, it was reasonable to bet out. But realistically I guess I should have just checked, hope an ace peels off on the turn. And if I was in position, maybe that's a better place to bet small. But I did raise under the gun, and now I'm betting out, so an overpair has to be in peoples' minds. Or at least a pair. I mean, I'm sure nobody had a pair there or they would have called me. Maybe I couldn't have gotten much more, but it was pretty frustrating to let that one slip away.
Then in another hand (against same guy I ran the bluff against) I called a raise out of the blind with 9-9. Flop came 9-4-3. There were 4 people in. I checked, next guy checks, he bet $55. Next guy folds, and I check-raised to $160. He folded. I thought this was OK because I had been playing pretty aggressive and had that big hand against him earlier, so I thought he might call. But realistically I look super strong there especially with multiple people in the pot. I should have either lead out on the flop or probably better, just call the flop and lead the turn for $75 or $100. Oh well though. That sucked.
Another one where I fucked up a bit - I was going crazy and I raised with 4-2 suited. Really bad timing too because I literally just raised the last 4 hands. As I was putting the chips out I was like "this is a bad idea" in my head, but I did it. Whatever. Flop came literally the only flop you are hoping for when raising with 4-2. It came A-5-3 with 2 hearts. Checked to me, I bet 25. One caller. Turn, offsuit 10. I bet $75, he calls. River, offsuit 6. I bet $225, he folds. My river bet was too big. Maybe he was just calling me with a flush draw, in which case it didn't matter. I was hoping since I was going so crazy in other pots that if he had A-10 or A-6 he would call the bet. But I probably could have been more successful if I bet like $130, then it might have been hard for him to fold any ace.
Last hand - another example of me putting too much in with a draw. I limp with 7-5 suited. Flop comes J-6-4. Checks to me, I bet 20. Guy calls, and this tight old guy makes it $60. Fine, I call. I don't even mind really because I have the draw and at least he probably has a strong hand. The other guy called too. Turn was a king. First guy checks, now the old guy bets $150. Sigh. I'm thinking about it and I'm putting him on a set. I was playing somewhat deep, probably started the hand with around $900 and he had me covered. So if I did hit the straight I felt like I could get paid huge. So I called. I was only getting like 2:1 I think. Let's say there was 25 in preflop, 180 on the flop, now 150. So I had to call 150 to win 355. 2.3:1 or so. For an open ender I have 8 outs, about 16% to win, so I need like 5:1. I figured it was worth it and called. River was a queen and he checked. I thought about betting but knew he was check-calling, so I checked. He had pocket aces. This actually sucked for me because I don't think I was getting the odds I needed at all to draw. He may have check-folded the river to a decent bet anyway. Not sure. If the river came a 3 and he bet, I think he would be hard pressed to not call my shove. And if he checked hopefully I would have bet like 300. If I bet like 400 or shoved he would have folded with A-A. Since I put him on a set I gave myself much better implied odds than what I actually had.
So I ended up losing $170 last night. Not the end of the world. I think I'm going to play some lower limit poker the next few days, I'll be hanging out with my wife and playing some 1/2 most likely. :-) Hopefully I can crush the game, I just need to ease up on the bluffing and value bet like crazy.
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