I'm scared....

To make a positive post as I'm now up 14 buy-ins over 1500 hands since my whine post. More later on what I'm doing that I feel has resulted in this positive swing (besides running hotter than Mercury).

Bitch post for the win....

Gorged myself on a Thanksgiving feast, drank a $hit load of Sam Adams Winter, passed out for 3 hours, got home, bit hungover, win 4 buy-ins in 585 hands. Easy game.


err...make that 5.5 buy-ins.

Why am I freaking out at 25NL???

Seriously...why? I'm only down just 4 buy-ins over 11k hands this month and I have 25 buy-ins for the level still.

Yet it feels like if you want to flop a set, just play against me. You can crack my KK and AA all day long.

I can do this. I will do this. You wait and see.

Maybe this hand finally changes my luck at 25NL?

I love my play here and I'll fill you in on why tomorrow.

BTW - in this hand below, 2 donkeys and the villain who is a thinkin and relatively tough tagsish type (24/14 >295h).

Another quick stat, I've switched skins to UB for aesthetic purposes (cleaner than UB) with a better "classic" table layout for 4-8 tabling). Anyways made the switch a few days back.

Here is how I'm running:

25NL: 3817 hands = -8.22 BB/100 (in HEM BB/100 = PTBB)
10NL: 2672 hands = +21.15 BB/100

I can only think it is a mental thing about "running bad." I guess I could whine about top set of Aces getting beat by a guy not giving up a J3s and getting runner runner for a flush for 180bbs or losing to 53 vs AA on a K93 flop where he turned two pair but I won't. I've sucked out my own a fair number of times.

So I'm taking a different approach. Playing one table of 25nl and 3 of 10NL as I implement some changes to my cbetting strategy. More on that on a later date.

Anyways, back to the hand that really swung my night at my 25NL table:

Absolute Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 384637

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter



Hero (MP): $32.81

CO: $15.98

BTN: $18.74

SB: $49.99

BB: $20.86

UTG: $77.99



Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP with K Q

UTG raises to $0.85, Hero calls $0.85, 2 folds, SB calls $0.75, BB calls $0.60



Flop: ($3.40) J 9 8 (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets $1.70, Hero calls $1.70, SB calls $1.70, BB calls $1.70



Turn: ($10.20) 9 (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $5.70, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $5.70



River: ($21.60) 3 (2 players)

UTG checks, Hero bets $17.10, UTG folds



Final Pot: $21.60

Hero wins $20.52

(Rake: $1.08)

Using image and metagame to your advantage

A couple hands earlier I turned a flush against this villain on a KKxAx board and value owned him on the river.

This hand came up about 3 hands later:

Absolute Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 383307

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Hero (BTN): $25.44

SB: $11.19

BB: $7.35

UTG: $10.02

MP: $20.74

CO: $5.45



Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with 3 A

1 fold, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.45, 2 folds, MP calls $0.35



Flop: ($1.05) T 5 9 (2 players)

MP checks, Hero bets $0.60, MP calls $0.60



Turn: ($2.25) 2 (2 players)

MP checks, Hero checks



River: ($2.25) 4 (2 players)

MP bets $2.25, Hero raises to $24.39 all in, MP calls $17.44 all in



Final Pot: $41.63

Hero shows 3 A (Straight, ace to five)

MP mucks 9 K

Hero wins $39.55

(Rake: $2.08)




Owned.

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