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Day 1, the bathroom cometh (eventually)
Sep. 27th, 2007 06:12 amNo time to proof read this, I fear. I’m late.
So, it’s the first day of being bathroomless. A quick shave and bodywash in the sink in the spare bedroom (seemed less vulgar than the kitchen sink), and already everything seemed to be out of sync. I’ve forgotten to brush my teeth. I also forgot to make my sandwiches (which I normally do while running my bath – and whatever happened to the phrase ‘drawing my bath’?). I’ve amended the latter, and I shall amend the former in a moment.
Yesterday qualified as the worst day of the year at the tables, at any site. It was also the single worst session. Minus $410 for the day and minus $430 for the session. I should have quit 45 minutes earlier than I did (that would have saved me a hundred bucks). If I’d been playing my ‘A’ game (or if I’d had a suck-out or two) I reckon that I could have restricted my losses to about $280. As it was, nothing went right.
I actually managed to lose two buy-ins in two hands. The first was to a two-outer, with all the money going in on the flop and his pair hitting a set on the turn. The second saw an almost identical situation pre-flop (I’m in the blind with a group one hand) and an identical reraise, but this time I ballsed it up. Understandable, perhaps, after the previous hand. It’s a hard talent to learn to think perfectly immediately after suffering a suck-out, and the speed of the hands doesn’t give you time to click “sit out” before you see that you’ve been dealt QQ.
In this hand, CO raised to $6 (blinds 50c-$1) and button, a very loose player. Called on the button. I reraised to $21, (I now have $79 behind) and original raiser calls (he has about $250 behind). Button calls (he has about $70 behind). Pot is $61.
Flop comes JT8 two hearts. I can shove here. I can bet the pot. I can bet part of the pot and fold to a reraise. I can bet part of the pot and call a reraise. I can bet part of the pot and shove to a mini-raise. Against these opponents, there’s an argument for all of these. But my initial “big” raise was partially predicated on a “fuck it, I’m going for it”. So I shoved. Button called rather quickly with his Q9 of hearts. So it goes.
I should probably have put in an even bigger reraise preflop -- perhaps $30 rather than $21. That might take down the hand pre-flop, but a $12 gain is a 12% RoE, not unreasonable. If it fails to take down the pot preflop, at least I have the comfort of knowing that my EV on the hand was higher than if I had raised it to $21. It also makes the shove more automatic post-flop.
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I'll ignore yesterday’s hands, none of which contain much of interest apart from “I was really unlucky here” or “this is the effect that several hours of bad cards can do to your play”. So, here’s a couple from the day before.
(A few minutes later)
Christ, I’ve run this macro four times and ballsed it up each time. Wrong hands, wrong name substitutions. Etc. Usually I put the players in the right order (Party consistently fucks this up), but now I’m running out of time. Excuse brief commentary.
I took until the last second before I decided to call in the first hand. I felt that I was losing, but I also had a feeling that this opponent was capable of bullshitting me. I can’t explain that hunch, because he had not been at the table for a great deal of time.
$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em
Table Table 125859 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: Snickers421 ( $244.28 USD )
Seat 7: peimai7 ( $97.35 USD )
Seat 10: Aat1985 ( $97.32 USD )
Seat 5: Hero ( $99 USD )
Seat 1: inagira ( $17 USD )
Seat 4: montecarlo07 ( $56.43 USD )
Seat 3: Midnite_Fox ( $70.28 USD )
Seat 6: VILLAIN ( $100.99 USD )
Seat 9: a2676 ( $43.78 USD )
Seat 8: Dodo0508 ( $20 USD )
Midnite_Fox posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$1 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 5♣ 5♠ ]
VILLAIN calls [$1 USD]
peimai7 folds.
a2676 folds.
Aat1985 folds.
inagira did not respond in time
inagira folds.
Snickers421 folds.
Midnite_Fox calls [$0.50 USD]
Hero checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ T♠, 5◊, 8◊ ]
Gives me bottom set
Midnite_Fox checks.
Hero bets [$1.50 USD]
VILLAIN calls [$1.50 USD]
Midnite_Fox folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ K◊ ]
Puts diamond flush possibility on board
Hero bets [$3 USD]
VILLAIN raises [$6 USD]
I'd really expect a slightly bigger raise on the turn if he had hit his flush. Mini-raises are for the flop, because their cumulative effect on the pot size is twice as great. My hunch was that it might be a feeler raise with a draw. I thought about repopping him, but decided not to.
Hero calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4♣ ]
Hero checks.
VILLAIN bets [$18 USD]
Ugh. A pot bet here is nearly always a good hand. But, this guy, and that raise on the turn. Bleeaagghhh...... Hero waits until “you have one second to act...”
Hero calls [$18 USD]
VILLAIN shows [ J◊, T◊ ]a flush, King high.
Hero doesn't show [ 5♣, 5♠ ]three of a kind, Fives.
VILLAIN wins $51.30 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.
Fortunately, my instincts proved correct about 15 minutes later. Same villain; different table.
$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em
Table Table 127224 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 6: Sea_Pigeon ( $94.50 USD )
Seat 9: Feiglingchen ( $97.50 USD )
Seat 7: Hero ( $114.60 USD )
Seat 2: Aurenj ( $125.04 USD )
Seat 1: bajanbandit ( $114.46 USD )
Seat 4: sallytop ( $92.40 USD )
Seat 10: kophta4ever ( $98.61 USD )
Seat 5: tctomi ( $139.13 USD )
Seat 8: Macinas ( $17.50 USD )
Seat 3: VILLAIN ( $71.79 USD )
sallytop posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
tctomi posts big blind [$1 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ A♡ A◊ ]
Sea_Pigeon folds.
Hero raises [$3.50 USD]
Macinas folds.
Feiglingchen folds.
kophta4ever folds.
bajanbandit folds.
Aurenj folds.
VILLAIN calls [$3.50 USD]
sallytop calls [$3 USD]
tctomi folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2♡, 5◊, Q♡ ]
sallytop checks.
Hero bets [$10 USD]
VILLAIN calls [$10 USD]
sallytop folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ T♠ ]
Hero bets [$30 USD]
VILLAIN is all-In.
Hero calls [$28.29 USD]
Insta-call.
** Dealing River ** [ 5♡ ]
Hero shows [ A♡, A◊ ]two pairs, Aces and Fives.
VILLAIN doesn't show [ Q♣, 9♣ ]two pairs, Queens and Fives.
Hero wins $145.08 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Fives.
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So, it’s the first day of being bathroomless. A quick shave and bodywash in the sink in the spare bedroom (seemed less vulgar than the kitchen sink), and already everything seemed to be out of sync. I’ve forgotten to brush my teeth. I also forgot to make my sandwiches (which I normally do while running my bath – and whatever happened to the phrase ‘drawing my bath’?). I’ve amended the latter, and I shall amend the former in a moment.
Yesterday qualified as the worst day of the year at the tables, at any site. It was also the single worst session. Minus $410 for the day and minus $430 for the session. I should have quit 45 minutes earlier than I did (that would have saved me a hundred bucks). If I’d been playing my ‘A’ game (or if I’d had a suck-out or two) I reckon that I could have restricted my losses to about $280. As it was, nothing went right.
I actually managed to lose two buy-ins in two hands. The first was to a two-outer, with all the money going in on the flop and his pair hitting a set on the turn. The second saw an almost identical situation pre-flop (I’m in the blind with a group one hand) and an identical reraise, but this time I ballsed it up. Understandable, perhaps, after the previous hand. It’s a hard talent to learn to think perfectly immediately after suffering a suck-out, and the speed of the hands doesn’t give you time to click “sit out” before you see that you’ve been dealt QQ.
In this hand, CO raised to $6 (blinds 50c-$1) and button, a very loose player. Called on the button. I reraised to $21, (I now have $79 behind) and original raiser calls (he has about $250 behind). Button calls (he has about $70 behind). Pot is $61.
Flop comes JT8 two hearts. I can shove here. I can bet the pot. I can bet part of the pot and fold to a reraise. I can bet part of the pot and call a reraise. I can bet part of the pot and shove to a mini-raise. Against these opponents, there’s an argument for all of these. But my initial “big” raise was partially predicated on a “fuck it, I’m going for it”. So I shoved. Button called rather quickly with his Q9 of hearts. So it goes.
I should probably have put in an even bigger reraise preflop -- perhaps $30 rather than $21. That might take down the hand pre-flop, but a $12 gain is a 12% RoE, not unreasonable. If it fails to take down the pot preflop, at least I have the comfort of knowing that my EV on the hand was higher than if I had raised it to $21. It also makes the shove more automatic post-flop.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
I'll ignore yesterday’s hands, none of which contain much of interest apart from “I was really unlucky here” or “this is the effect that several hours of bad cards can do to your play”. So, here’s a couple from the day before.
(A few minutes later)
Christ, I’ve run this macro four times and ballsed it up each time. Wrong hands, wrong name substitutions. Etc. Usually I put the players in the right order (Party consistently fucks this up), but now I’m running out of time. Excuse brief commentary.
I took until the last second before I decided to call in the first hand. I felt that I was losing, but I also had a feeling that this opponent was capable of bullshitting me. I can’t explain that hunch, because he had not been at the table for a great deal of time.
$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em
Table Table 125859 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: Snickers421 ( $244.28 USD )
Seat 7: peimai7 ( $97.35 USD )
Seat 10: Aat1985 ( $97.32 USD )
Seat 5: Hero ( $99 USD )
Seat 1: inagira ( $17 USD )
Seat 4: montecarlo07 ( $56.43 USD )
Seat 3: Midnite_Fox ( $70.28 USD )
Seat 6: VILLAIN ( $100.99 USD )
Seat 9: a2676 ( $43.78 USD )
Seat 8: Dodo0508 ( $20 USD )
Midnite_Fox posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$1 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 5♣ 5♠ ]
VILLAIN calls [$1 USD]
peimai7 folds.
a2676 folds.
Aat1985 folds.
inagira did not respond in time
inagira folds.
Snickers421 folds.
Midnite_Fox calls [$0.50 USD]
Hero checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ T♠, 5◊, 8◊ ]
Gives me bottom set
Midnite_Fox checks.
Hero bets [$1.50 USD]
VILLAIN calls [$1.50 USD]
Midnite_Fox folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ K◊ ]
Puts diamond flush possibility on board
Hero bets [$3 USD]
VILLAIN raises [$6 USD]
I'd really expect a slightly bigger raise on the turn if he had hit his flush. Mini-raises are for the flop, because their cumulative effect on the pot size is twice as great. My hunch was that it might be a feeler raise with a draw. I thought about repopping him, but decided not to.
Hero calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4♣ ]
Hero checks.
VILLAIN bets [$18 USD]
Ugh. A pot bet here is nearly always a good hand. But, this guy, and that raise on the turn. Bleeaagghhh...... Hero waits until “you have one second to act...”
Hero calls [$18 USD]
VILLAIN shows [ J◊, T◊ ]a flush, King high.
Hero doesn't show [ 5♣, 5♠ ]three of a kind, Fives.
VILLAIN wins $51.30 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.
Fortunately, my instincts proved correct about 15 minutes later. Same villain; different table.
$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em
Table Table 127224 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 6: Sea_Pigeon ( $94.50 USD )
Seat 9: Feiglingchen ( $97.50 USD )
Seat 7: Hero ( $114.60 USD )
Seat 2: Aurenj ( $125.04 USD )
Seat 1: bajanbandit ( $114.46 USD )
Seat 4: sallytop ( $92.40 USD )
Seat 10: kophta4ever ( $98.61 USD )
Seat 5: tctomi ( $139.13 USD )
Seat 8: Macinas ( $17.50 USD )
Seat 3: VILLAIN ( $71.79 USD )
sallytop posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
tctomi posts big blind [$1 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ A♡ A◊ ]
Sea_Pigeon folds.
Hero raises [$3.50 USD]
Macinas folds.
Feiglingchen folds.
kophta4ever folds.
bajanbandit folds.
Aurenj folds.
VILLAIN calls [$3.50 USD]
sallytop calls [$3 USD]
tctomi folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2♡, 5◊, Q♡ ]
sallytop checks.
Hero bets [$10 USD]
VILLAIN calls [$10 USD]
sallytop folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ T♠ ]
Hero bets [$30 USD]
VILLAIN is all-In.
Hero calls [$28.29 USD]
Insta-call.
** Dealing River ** [ 5♡ ]
Hero shows [ A♡, A◊ ]two pairs, Aces and Fives.
VILLAIN doesn't show [ Q♣, 9♣ ]two pairs, Queens and Fives.
Hero wins $145.08 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Fives.
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