Thursday, 7 June 2007

Running bad, playing bad.

I've hardly played at all over the last week and when i have played I've been losing. My bankroll is at its lowest point for 9 months and it couldn't really be happening at a worst time.
Personally i would say that my strongest suit as far as poker is concerned would be turbo STT's. A lot of people dismiss them as an all-in crapshoot with very little skill but in all honesty this couldn't be further from the truth. Although any old moron can win an online STT in the long run (over 100 Stt's) a player will only win if he has skill and a good understanding of the game. Unfortunatley i've failed to cash in my last 10 attempts playing $50+5 turbo stt's, i can't really recall making any massive errors but I've simply been running into a lot of hands and maybe i've been pushing to hard.
As far as cash is concerned its been the same old story, have 4-6 mini winning sessions and then tilt it all off in about an hour. Managed to lose $600 playing 4 tables of $0.5/1 in no time at all and the following 2 hands really sum up the title of this blog. Firstly I'm dealt Q 10 of clubs on the Co and make it $4 when its folded to me, the button folds and the sb makes it $12 (i have $120ish pre and he has me covered). When the bb folds i take a flop and hit it pretty hard: 3 8 J with 2 clubs. The sb bets $16 and its on me. what to do? any advive would be great. I ended up making it $42 and he moved in with KK. i had 2 call obviously and the blank blank saw him take it, boooooooooo. I think maybe i could have called on the flop but i wanted to give myself a chance of winning the pot 2 ways and i knew if we got it in then i have 2 shots at my 12 outs. The next hand was on another table but was pretty much the same kinda thing. I raise with 9 6 of spades get a small re-raise from the bb this time and once again we manage to get it all in on a 9 2 3 board with 2 spades. He has AA and once again i missed. I think the problem is that i'm simply playing to many hands, i like to play very fast but at 0.25/0.5 all the way through to 1/2 most players tend to re raise pre with big pairs and AK so a call with Q 10 is major -ev in the long run and this pot should only cost me $4 not $120. i don't mind losing these hands on the flop because i'm basically even money on them both but i'm simply overvaluing the implied odds with suited connectors because realistically your often gonna get it in with a pair and a draw and the overpair will usually call at these limits.
On a brighter note Anthony and i have found a place in Brixton to live next year. The rent is £115 a week each but the place is really sweet and i'm hoping the move will bring a change in my luck. I'm looking forward to playing live a lot more and will have to do some research on the various poker clubs that the capital has to offer. The place is also 10 mins by bus from the oval and the surrey fixture list looks pretty fun with a couple of games against Kent coming up that i'm really looking forward to watching in July.
Bankroll:$4,314

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Try a different game! Play some stud for a while.

Also, you might like to borrow my copy of the Reuben and Ciaffone book for a good review of things like implied odds and general concepts of pot-limit and no-limit cash play. I have a few books you might be interested in borrowing actually, but that's the main one that comes to mind.

BenWarwick said...

When your signed in and looking at your blog in the top right there is "customise" so click on that and then it should show you your page layout and you can edit the links section to add any you want.

Damn variance...