Jan 26th 5am Friday

What the Hell am I Doing?!

I tilted off 3 buyins today. I'm going to post the hands so everyone can see what an ass I am. Hopefully after that embarresment I won't do it again. Seriously, this was completely unacceptable.

I've played badly the last 3 sessions. All 3 sessions I've tried to stretch out the time. I've been doing two sessions a day. I try to do more hours in the afternoon so I can get away with playing less at night. It doesn't work. Apparently I just hit the wall at two hours, sometimes two 1/2.

I have the best intentions! I just want to get hours in. Apparently long sessions will never happen. I can't repeat this shit again.

The hands that tilted me:
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This one the table had gone shorthanded. I was up $400 at the time. I had set this up from some loose aggressive play and it was perfect!

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
3 players


Stack sizes:
Button: $372.21
SB: $133.35
Hero: $360.69

Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is BB with
Button folds, SB raises to $7, Hero calls.

Flop: ($15, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12, SB raises to $24, Hero calls.

Turn: ($63, 2 players)
SB bets $55, Hero raises all-in $330.69, SB calls all-in $47.35.
Uncalled bets: $228.34 returned to Hero.

River: ($267.7, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $267.7)


Results:
Final pot: $267.7
SB shows Qc Qs
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Losing this hand didn't piss me off as much as the player INSTAcalling my flop raise. Seriously, instacall? I do the same goddamn thing with a set. No respect and it pissed me off.

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $193.00
UTG+1: $199.00
Hero: $428.12
Button: $298.54
SB: $93.00
BB: $644.53

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with
UTG raises to $7, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, Button raises to $20, 2 folds, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: ($63, 3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, Button bets $44, UTG folds, Hero raises all-in $408.12, Button calls all-in $234.54.
Uncalled bets: $129.58 returned to Hero.

Turn: ($620.08, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $620.08)


River: ($620.08, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $620.08)


Results:
Final pot: $620.08
Button shows Kc Ks

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Here are the 3 tilt hands.

This first hand could seem ok occasionley with a good read. I had a good read too. The guy is a huge fucking nit. I mean this guy folds soo goddamn much every session. He pisses me off every night. Somehow he ALWAYS gets paid off. (like my dumbas did right here.) Seriously though, I don't respect this player at all. I don't care if he has a good winrate. Use a little imagination and actually reraise one of my constant blind steals without AA orKK. Hell you could just call it and check raise a flop.

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $194.00
UTG+1: $319.37
Hero: $600.83
Button: $186.00
SB: $344.96
BB: $194.90

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, Button raises to $24, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: ($51, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $32, Hero raises all-in $576.83, Button calls all-in $130.
Uncalled bets: $414.83 returned to Hero.

Turn: ($375, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $375)


River: ($375, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $375)


Results:
Final pot: $375
Button shows Ad Ac

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This hand I was just tilting hard. When I tilt hard, I become a calling station. I'm not even an aggressive tilter. It's quite sad.

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $198.00
UTG+1: $192.00
CO: $341.82
Hero: $237.80
SB: $245.10
BB: $450.65

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with
UTG raises to $4, 2 folds, Hero calls, SB calls, BB raises to $4, UTG calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

Flop: ($22, 4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $24, UTG folds, Hero calls, SB folds.

Turn: ($70, 2 players)
BB bets $100, Hero calls.

River: ($270, 2 players)
BB bets $136, Hero calls all-in $107.8.
Uncalled bets: $28.2 returned to BB.

Results:
Final pot: $485.6
BB shows Ks Kc


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You guys may think this one looks ok... but it's not. The guy took a long time to call the flop. His preflop call and call of my raise all said set set set. I was tilting so bad I didn't realize he had $400 of my stack covered either. Anyway, I knew I should have folded this turn... and I pushed anyway. Just awful.

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $367.00
UTG+1: $347.36
CO: $184.01
Button: $209.19
SB: $313.37
Hero: $412.83

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, Button calls, SB folds, SB folds, Hero raises to $12, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, Button folds.

Flop: ($31, 2 players)
Hero bets $25, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: ($81, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $74, Hero raises all-in $375.83, UTG+1 calls all-in $234.36.
Uncalled bets: $67.47 returned to Hero.

River: ($697.72, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $697.72)


Results:
Final pot: $697.72
UTG+1 shows 5s 5d

HI Lucksack,

Not gonna comment on the hands. Only thing is with your experience you coulda played them better and with at least 2 you coulda felt it was time to bail pot.

Do these hands happen at the end of your sessions?
I find I start to play worse at end of the session and don't have the drive and agression I had at the beginning and start to be a passive callingstation.
I find it is better to play some short ones instead of one or two long ones.

It's another good meant advice but wont stop your bad swing. I am on a same sort of downfall with a big difference that I got a good job. So when I am feeling so bad about my losses I can hardly imagine what it is like for someone playing for his bread and butter.

I wish you luck..lots of it.

tom

Who is the villain in tilt hand #1?