Bonus Blog : posting out of frustration. Busted the Aria tournament, then dumped $500 immediately after. The next blog (already scheduled) will certainly have a more positive tone than this one because I won $300 last night. So frustrating to lose $625 the very next day.
Hand 1 : in the small blind with KdJd. Thought about raising, but an older guy (45ish) limped and I thought he might have a big hand, so I called. 5 people saw the flop.
Flop came 874 with 2 of my suit. I checked, old guy bet, button called, I called. Turn 5. I check, old guy bets 30. I think it could be a good time to represent the straight. I was in the blind after all. I thought he could have a smallish overpair like 99, maybe a set, but then I have outs. I raise to 85. He calls, but took a long time and looked pained. I thought he might have a set and was trying to fill up.
River off suit queen. I slide out a stack of $100. He thinks about it, "you have 6-9..." Thinks some more, "maybe we have the same hand" and calls with 6-7. OMG. Ugh.
Buy in for another 200.
Limp 8-6 of hearts after a couple limpers. Blind (same older guy) makes it 16. 2 people call and I call.
Flop is huge - K83 with 2 hearts. Older guy leads for 50. 2 folds to me.
I think about raising. I have $270 or so. If I raised to $150 I thought I wouldn't have any fold equity on the turn. But I wasn't folding. I just called. We see the turn heads up.
Offsuit queen on the turn. He checks. About $180 in the pot. I over-shove for $220.
He tanks and thinks forever. Counts the chips out... And shoves them in. River off suit 10. Fuck. Flip up the 8-6. He has... Ace fucking queen. Called 220 with second pair. I still had 30%+ equity and couldn't get there. Sigh.
I guess I just didn't have to make those moves, or any moves. I don't really know if either were that bad. I really thought my bets looked super strong on the first hand especially since I was in the blind, but he had the nuts. Then on the second hand I think it was ok too, but I understand that after bluffing that EXACT same guy literally minutes earlier, I'm really making it a ton easier for him to call. And the over shove does look a little bluffy.
Sigh. Just when I thought I was doing better in cash, I dump $500 in a matter if minutes. I'll try not to bear myself up about it. I honestly feel like both spots weren't THAT bad, but in the first one I'm basically trying to get a set to fold (bad idea) and in the second I'm bluffing a guy that KNOWS I'm capable of big bluffs. Ugh.
Life goes on. I'd love some comments with your thoughts.
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