by Cactus Jack » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:18 pm
Well, the beats goes on. Me and Sonny, banging into trees. Ok, so it was a lift tower he hit and variance I'm hitting, but it still smarts. It killed him, and not doing me any good, either.
11 hours at Red Rock to get back to even. I have no idea where my game has gone or is going, except to Hell. 7 hours to get AA and lose to K8 when he hits two out of his three K outs. 2 more hours to get QQ and run into AA. I made a few hands, which kept me in the game and eventually I cracked AA when I made a flush on the river. Now, with 9 people seeing the flop AA isn't a very good hand. When he's got AA utg and doesn't raise, it's hard to feel sorry for him. Had he raised, I probably would have folded KJs three positions later.
One thing about playing at a Stations Casino: you pretty much know what you're going to get every time. It's no box of chocolates.
Most games are going to be somewhat loose and very passive. When you get raises, it's a good hand or lagtard. Mostly the latter, as I've raised with A6o on the button only to run into AQ from an early position. The good news is, they won't make you pay. There lies the profit.
I've got a negative aura around me. That's what I was told by a player as I left the room last night. Probably so. I've taken a pile of crap the last week, and it's definitely affecting my play. One of the very worst mistakes you can make at the table is a mechanical mistake, and I made a doozy last night. I was so embarrassed I couldn't hardly get over it.
I had KK and raised, getting only two callers as well as the blinds. I made my set on the flop, but there were 3 hearts on the board. I should have bet anyway, but after having so many disappointments lately, this seemed like another. It got checked, which is good news and bad news. Bad news I didn't bet it. But, the turn was another heart, and here is where the story gets really bad. It got checked again, and I gave up on the hand. My brain shut down completely. The river was a J, which paired the board, and I didn't see it. The player to my left, who'd already had quite a bit of my money having luckboxed me several times bet out, and I showed my KK and folded. The dealer, being more concerned about her recently hurt finger, swept my cards into the muck and pushed the pot to the lady. The lady to her left said, you just folded a full house, and I said, "I did?"
It was, as I said, the most embarrassing moment. I'm a fish. I'm a moron. I'm here to confess my ignorance and give up any claim to expert play. A lesson learned. I've learned a lot of them lately.
"Are the players better as the stakes go up? It's not an exam; it's a buyin." Barry Tanenbaum