Success! Well, sort of. I didn't monkey tilt tonight, and that's a pretty large accomplishment given what happened. Played a short session this afternoon and made $60 in 164 hands thanks to this one:
I complete in the SB with 87o. Lots of people in this pot. Flop comes:
I checks EP limper bets the minimum or maybe it was 2bb, and 3 other people call, so i call.
Turn
I lead $2 into $3 or so, EP calls, MP times out, LP raises sizable, BTN calls, I raise, EP (who is a donkey and most likely has a flush draw here) calls, LP raises again, BTN times out, I push, EP calls all-in and LP calls (he has my $30 something stack covered). River is a blank and my nut hand takes down the $100 pot. EP had
, LP had
. Thanks guys. I managed to lose money at the other two tables by missing every damn flop. Maintained positive thinking pretty well during the afternoon, but this hand made it pretty easy.
So along comes tonight. I'm doing okay, up slightly after 50-60 hands or so and then in quick succession (like within ten hands) these three hands happen on all three of my tables.
I have AA in MP and raise to $1, LP (who has a $100 stack) and BB call. Flop
($3)
I bet the pot, LP mini raises me, BB folds. I have an amount I want to raise to, but that will pot commit me, so I just call.
Turn:
($15)
I check, LP puts me in, I call. I don't normally make this call, but one of the first hands I saw on the table was this guy raising then putting a guy all in with top pair and a gutshot, so went with that read. WRONG! He had
. At least I had three outs.
Next. Short stack ($10) mini raises utg, MP calls, I raise in MP with QQ to $2. Folds to shorty who mini-reraises me. MP folds, I call. Flop: three rags 9-high
UTG pushes, I call. He has AA.
Next. I have AA in LP. Four limpers or so, I raise to $3 and two of them call. Flop: 964r (9.65)
They both check, I bet $5, one of them calls
Turn: 4 completing the rainbow
He checks and I check as I can't see much other than a pp or set calling me on this flop. Checking may get the pp to call my value bet on the river.
River: 4 (19.65)
He checks, I bet $6 and he miniraises me. Miniraises on the river typically mean big hand and unfortunately I have sizable pot odds to call, so I do. He has
, so called me on the flop with A high, needing runner runner.
No monkey tilt; could have but resisted. An orbit or so later this hand happens. Four or five limpers and I complete in the SB with
. Flop
($1.75)
I lead for $1.25, folds to LP who miniraises me. I call
Turn:
(6.75)
I check, he bets 6.75. I have $15 or so left and push in. He has
.
I pick up QQ and raise getting four callers. Flop comes: AAQ two clubs. I bet the pot and everyone folds. Was hoping to stack someone with an A. I think I could have bet less to try and draw in a flush draw, but was really hoping to get a random A to double me up.
Short stack with $5 calls my raise. I have
. Flop comes 348 rainbow. I bet $2 shorty calls. Turn card a 9. Shorty open pushes a massive $2 and I call with marginal odds to see his TT. Meh.
Never lost it tonight and that is something positive. I suppose I could also throw in the two times that I rivered two pair and a straight while someone else hit a backdoor flush. All in all, brutal night, but I don't feel too bad. I made a couple mistakes, but I think the cards just fell against me in rather horrific fashion. I suppose one other positive thing is that this all happened at 25NL rather than 50.
I'm leaving for a conference tomorrow and won't be able to play again until Sunday. Prolly good to take a few days off after tonight. I may have kept it together tonight, but another string of hands like this in the next session and it would be pretty difficult to stay positive.
Since I'm not going to post on Saturday,
Current Bankroll: $2960