Shitty poker weekend (part 6)

So I lost $140 at Aria on Thursday, $142 at Venetian on Friday, won $440 at Mirage on Saturday, only to be smacked down and lose $651 at Wynn that same night.  Going into Sunday, I'm down $493.  Not a good feeling.

Sunday, February 10th - Venetian 1/2 NL

I didn't have a ton of good hands here.  And when I did, I got smacked down pretty hard.  I also got into one tough spot and I'm not sure what I should have done there.  I'm going to another WPT Boot Camp event soon, and I'm going to ask about that spot (among others).

Hand 1 : Raise AQ in middle position.  1 caller.  Flop 10-5-2 with a flush draw.  He checks, I bet $15, he folds.

Hand 2 : I raise with A-10 on the button to $15 after 2 limpers.  Both call.  Flop is 10-8-6.  The first guy leads out for $20.  The next guy calls.  I raise to $100.  The first guy calls, and the other folds.  The turn is a queen.  He goes all-in, I fold.

This one was tricky for me.  The WPT Boot Camp style says to raise anyone that leads out into you on the flop.  Seems crazy, but that's the strategy.  :-)  In this case it was a little different because a guy lead out, and then someone called.  I am not sure if I should still raise when the second guy calls or not.  I'm going to ask this when I get the chance.

Hand 3 : AQ, I raise to 12 after 1 limper.  One guy calls, and the limper reraises to $40.  I fold.

Hand 4 : I raise to $10 with Q-10 suited.  My wife reraises to $25.  :-)  Some guy cold calls.  I call as well, because at this point I'm getting the right price to play it like a speculative hand.  Flop comes Axx with 2 of my suit.  I lead for $50.  My wife reraises to $125.  I fold.  She had A-K.

In this case it's a little weird too because I know that we are playing the exact same style, and that means that she is raising any flop bet.  She might not actually do it since I don't think she's necessarily just going to bluff me out of a pot, but that's the strategy we are both practicing in theory.  Given that is the case, I wonder if I should even lead out there.  Or if I do, I probably should 4-bet all in after she raises.  However, I don't know that she had enough money in front of her to do that.

Well, that wrapped up my shitty poker weekend.  I ended up losing another $212 that night, for a grand total of just over $700 lost that weekend.

It didn't feel good, but I'm happy to say I stuck with it and got back on the horse immediately.  Basically the very next day.  :-)  I'll post more later.