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Blast! I lost., jumpthru, 24. Jul 2003 13:03
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So...this is depressing...I am in a .50/1 no limit $40 buy in, home game, very serious, with some very good players and some weak players. I am one of the strongest I would think, but I do know I have some leaks. It is depressing cause I know when I make a mistake or misplay a hand...I know when I should of bet less with the nuts and took the extra money then gotten greedy and excited like a child with the best hand and say "all in"...I know when I find myself calling out of spite when I should of gotten out long before, I just seem to know when I am playing incorrectly. Yet I still cant get myself to always play perfectly even though I can see the flaws so clearly.

I am the chip leader with about $65, a rock on my right, goes all in $27, I look down and see Ad Kd . I put him on jacks or queens. I call.

He has queens. No help. I lose.

Later, I find Q 8 in BB and the flop comes 4 Q 8. Turn 2 or something. I bet ten he calls.. River 7. Same rock goes all in on the river for $61. I am at $80. I dont put him on a straight with a $10 dollar inside straight draw. I call with my two pair, and he shows a set of 4's.

Later in BB I have 3 5 and flop comes 4 6 7 with I think two of a suit. I decide to slow play my monster hoping he doesn't catch a straight of flush. I call a couple bucks on the flop I think. Turn is a Q off suit. Check, check. River is a 7. I immediatly go all in with my straight, and he quickly calls. I didn't really even pay attention to the last card, with the board pairing since I was so set on going all in at some point with that hand. He flips pocket 7's and I dont even realise I lost the hand until he starts scoopping the chips. Plus he has me covered so I am now busted.

This was such a good game, and I ended up busting out another $40, but anyway, everysingle time except for the last one, I lost the all in, and worked back up to about $100...I am clearly of the upper caliber and can consistently beat 5 of the 9 players that were there last night...but I find myself busting out or winning huge. I never know what to do with these gut wrenching huge hands far from nuts, all ins!

I am sick of being pushed around when these excellent players could easily be pulling a fast one and bluffing, seeing weakness in me, that I probably was acting and inducing anyways...

Maybe I just needed to get this out of my system, but were all of those bad calls?

I thought I was getting the best of it...did the cards just not fall in my direction or was I just feeding the sharks?

Nate

PS, if there is a moral to this, it is that once again, tight is right, dont get involved with crappy cards, cause even if you get your miracle flop, they probably will still be cracked.
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