To quote a better player than I:
“Something about making a stupid play that makes you feel ill in your gut gets you concentrating again.”
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I had been playing for over an hour. I was at a 6-max table $200NL and in the course of 122 hands, I had won 7. I had reloaded for another $100 but was still down less than a buy-in. I wasn’t unhappy with my play, just borderline frustrated at the lack of opportunity.
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I was under the gun and was dealt pocket 5’s. I could limp, but at 6-max, I don’t like to limp. I raised to $7 and got called by the button. The flop was K72 rainbow, I could hear the whoosh sound as I missed yet another flop. A check now simply gives away this pot by letting my opponent with better position take the lead by betting. I don’t always continuation bet, but against one opponent on a K-high flop, it’s not a horrible play. I fired out $12 and the button called.
The turn brought me my 5. As they say, sets are gold, but when they come on the turn, they’re platinum.
I bet $40, button called. River was a blank, I pushed, button called with KQ and I won my 8th hand out of 123. But I was now on the winning side of the ledger. Had I limped with 5’s, I would have called the button’s likely pre-flop raise, then check folded the flop. Instead, I gave myself a chance to get lucky and it paid off.
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Not soon after, I tossed it all away.
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My Achilles heal is still pocket Aces. I had them in the small blind and everyone limped to me. I raised to $10 and the big blind, who had me covered, re-raised to $30. Folded back to me and I re-popped it to $70. The big blind flat called.
Can you put the big blind on a hand right now? I can. I did. And then I ignored it.
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The flop was K42. I could give more betting round details, but instead it’s just easier to type, blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda, I went broke.
I was fuming, and as DoubleAs mentioned “ill in my guts.”
I logged off immediately. But of course, there was no way I was getting to sleep.
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I watched TV for 30 minutes and went back to the virtual tables. I just was not going to be able to sleep knowing how badly I butchered the last hand. I was going to play just 50 hands, and play them well. I could win a little, lose a little, double up or go broke again. I didn’t care. I needed to log 50 hands of decent poker to wash away the colossal misplay of AA once again.
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The results of the short 50-hand session aren’t important. I did play well and was able to find a small amount of contentment in that. It wasn’t much, but it did let me get to sleep without thinking too much about that one previous hand.
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And when I woke up…..it was Wednesday. Giddy up.
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