12 hours of Pro Poker Under my Belt!

Friday, August 10, 2007

So far I've played 12 hours of poker this week and have been slowly increasing the hours every day. I hope to be hitting 20-25h for a full week next week and hopefully up to 25-30 the following week.

It really has been anything but the dream start. I feel I've been playing solid, disciplined poker and aside from the very odd pre-flop decision I've not tilted and have been quick to regain any lost composure. It amazes me when I read some top level pro blogs how often they claim to tilt bad and yet the still win at 6+ptbb/100. They must be god like in their reads on every non-tilt hand because I tilt so rarely but fail to crush the games.

For my 12 hours work or 4,169 hands I'm down $399.45 and the session I just finished was the worst! I got completely destroyed and was getting lots of juicy premium hands. I lost another key coin flip, although technically it wasn't a flip, as the bulk of the money went in on the low flop with my QQ vs AK. I've lost two $400 flips and one $500 flip that I can recall. I've had AA cracked more times than I care to remember and generally I've been having a rough time of it. One hand that really annoyed me was this one. I was confident villain had sweat-f.a. and how he can make this play on the turn is absolutely beyond me:

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $1/$2 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $306.05
BB: $263.60
UTG: $483.25
MP: $245.50
CO: $39.00
Hero (BTN): $206.75

Preflop: Hero is dealt Ad Th (6 Players)
UTG raises to $7.00,
2 folds,
Hero raises to $24.00,
2 folds,
UTG calls $17.00

Flop: ($51) 5h 5d 3d (2 Players)

UTG checks,
Hero bets $35.00,
UTG calls $35.00

Turn: ($121) 9d (2 Players)

UTG checks,
Hero bets $75.00,
UTG raises to $150.00,
Hero calls all-in for $72.75 Uncalled bet of $2.25 returned to UTG

River: ($416.50) 7c (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $416.50 ($3 Rake)

UTG had 2s 3s (two pair, Fives and Threes) and WON (+$206.75)

Hero had Ad Th (a pair of Fives) and LOST (-$206.75)

Then there is this little gem - note the preflop min-raise (hence my call)

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $1/$2 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $358.85
BB: $189.25
UTG: $194.00
MP: $64.00
CO: $569.10
Hero (BTN): $190.00

Preflop: Hero is dealt 5s 9s (6 Players)

3 folds,
Hero raises to $7.00,
SB raises to $12.00,
BB folds,
Hero calls $5.00

Flop: ($26) 5h 8s 9d (2 Players)

SB bets $22.00,
Hero raises to $80.00,
SB raises all-in to $346.85,
Hero calls all-in for $98.00 Uncalled bet of $0.00 returned to SB

Turn: ($382) 7h (2 Players - 2 All-In)

River: ($382) Qd (2 Players - 2 All-In)

Pot Size: $382.00 ($3 Rake)

SB had Qh Qs (three of a kind, Queens) and WON (+$189.00)
Hero had 5s 9s (two pair, Nines and Fives) and LOST (-$190.00)

Oh and earlier today UTG in a short-handed game makes it $7, I make it $24 in the BB with A10 and he calls. Flop is 10,J,10 and to cut a long story short UTG has J10. Stacked. Again!

Just checked and my top losing hands from today are (in order):

• AA cracked by QQ
• 32 nutter
• A10 vs J10
• QQ vs AK all in on low flop
• 95s two pair cracked
• A $175 pot coin flip
• 2nd nut straight (low) into a backdoor runner-runner nut high

Give me strength! Early days, very early days I have to keep telling myself.

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