Y just call the flop??? You're a favorite to anything but a set (which he unfortunately had)...

Yup, you are exactly right, I would have lost more money if I had raised but at least I would have played my hand right.

So to continue the previous theme for poker for me for the last couple of weeks one more short session today. On my way home from Nor. Cal I stopped at oceans 11 for a short 1.5 hr session. As has been the case all week I cant hit a flop to save my freakin life and I keep finding news ways to lose.

Heres the new one. Similar hand to the one I played yesterday that I hated the way I played, I like the way I played this one but still not good results. So I dont forget to post what I had in the hand I will state now that I have . MP raises to $15, co calls. I call from the button BB calls. Flop is X. X is an offsuit insigficant small card. MP leads out $30. I raise to $130, BB folds. MP pushs in his last remaining chips $65 or so. I call and he turns over the only hand other than a set I dont want to see bye bye flush outs he has one of my straight outs and pairing my 9 gives him the nut. Of course this would be the time where I finally hit a flush draw on the turn. I miss my one outter for my straight flush on the river.

I did win one hand in the 90 min I played and as seems to be the case lately nothing comes easy, even when I have someone drawing thin. I raise to $20 with QQ, Villian starts the hand with $80 or so. Flop is J86 with 2 hearts. Villian checks I bet $30 and he pushs all in. Turn is an A and he turns over AJ, river is my Q. Even when I get all my money in as a 4:1 favorite I have to suck out to win.

So a little overall status report. I am card dead again which sucks. I went through a dead period like this two winters ago and I think I am handling it better this time. I havent done the exact numbers and really it doesnt matter but I am approaching 30 hrs of play where I have only flopped 1 set. Sets really are my biggest money maker since for some reason live players cant fold TPTK.

I have found all kinds of weird ways to lose big pots, set over set, flush over flush. Not to jinx myself but I'm waiting to get KK and run into AA, since I havent lost a stack that way yet. It has been frusterating at times, the games at the Ca. Grand this week were really juicy, watching donkeys pushing money in with all kinds of crap and me not seeing any kind of cards to take their money with sucks. I really prefer live poker over online, but the major downside to playing live is the droughts are longer since you see so many fewer hands. Hopefully a big session or two is right around the corner.

I heard this on cardplayer.com and it reminded me of you

You are an ass

Maybe things are changing a little for me. I drove up to Ocaenside, the plan was to play the 2/3 $200 max, I got there and they sent me to a game. I sat down and a couple of people have $1000+ in front of them. The game was really good, one total donkey pissing off chips and going broke back to back hands. Finally I realize that I'm at a 5/5 $500 max game. I had $1500 on me so I decided to play it.

First big hand I play. I have JJ flop a set on a KQJ board. I bet the flop, he leads into me on the turn, I raise, he folds. I now have A little under $700.

Than comes the painfull one. At this point table doofis has just cracked KK with J7 and has close to $1000 in front of him. He raises to $30, I look down at KK. I raise to $130. He makes it $250 total. I actually condered folding but decided if he has AA I'll pay him off. I push all in and he insta calls. He called so fast I really thought I was fucked. Turns out he has AQo. Door card on the flop is the A, river is the Q. No king, he wins a $1350 pot.

I decide its time for a break, I rebuy. Play my SB and go for a walk. Unfortunatly dumbass gets moved to the main game and he manages to dump off all $1500 he had before I could get to the main game.

I finally get moved to the main game in the seat doofis just busted out of. Still plenty of donaters in the game so not the end of the world. Finally a good hand, villian starts the hand with about $400. He raises to $30, I call with 66, flop is Q65 with 2 hearts. Checks to the raisor who bets $100. I raise to $250, he pushs with AA. I call. He has the and the turn is a heart, thankfully he miss's the river and I win a big pot.

I get AA and raise to $40, get called by MP who is short stacked. Flop is J105, he has about $100- $!50 left, I bet out $60, he pushs I call he has KQ for OOSD. He miss's and I win a decent pot.

Final hand of the night. I am BB with A10d. Flop is 10 . BB bets $20, I raise to $60 she calls after making a comment asking if top pair was no good.. Turn is a offsuit J. She leads $75 i call. River is a K worst possible river card for me. Almost any 10 not has me beat. She bets $150, I fold and show my hand she shows k10o. Sweet 2 outter.

After being down $600 in my first hour I actually ended the session up $325, one decent flop and it could have been a really huge day but still nice to end up making money after the one really bad beat. I did finally have some cards. I had AA and KK 3 times each, plus I flopped 2 sets. 6 hrs + $325

$100/hr... Can't WAAAAAAAAIT to move to Vegas...