Poker Claus is feeding everyone my money!
Just a quick update to get a few things cleared from my warped mind so I can crack onwards and upwards LMAO. It is not a joke it is real but it is definitely improving me as a player and it is …..
Sober poker….
Sober poker is a game where when played you seem to be able to keep in touch with every emotion, recognise tilt via anger/frustration etc. and generally feel like your hitting that golf ball perfect every time onto the green. Sober poker can be very rewarding and enjoyable when things are going your way and the poker gods love you. Moreover, even when things are going wrong or have gone wrong if you have the awareness to recognise your play (win or lose) a certain element of satisfaction can be gained by the fact you played your ‘best’.
Last couple of days have seen very strong hands turned upside down and inside out within a matter of seconds only to find yourself back at the drawing board knowing what you could have done different in certain areas but wondering why you did the opposite. I have made a lot of mistakes and the 33 call in the previous thread says it all, well almost.
Playing a £5/10 6 seated cash table and I don’t feel right, Kirderf a strong player IMO is to my right and he has witnessed my erratic play the night before, I feel generally uncomfortable on that table and I believe I’m on tilt a little. In tilt I mean I felt a little stressed and couldn’t work out why, I have been having plenty of arguments with the girlfriend and also been very tired lately, maybe kirderf unsettling me? However, I’ve just had an hours sleep on the sofa so what is it? Anyway, I’m on MSN with a friend telling him I feel I’m on tilt and anyway long story short after a bit of a laugh and joke I ease off but I am 1k down on that table and see no future in playing on it anymore.
I join a table Richard £10/20 NL cash and settle in really well with a couple of early decent starting hands that connect and allow me to win a little money in the process. I am soon feeling very comfortable and focused on the table, along the way adding ‘pays for flushes’ etc to the players I don’t recognise notes, it’s not long before I’ve taken down a nice few pots and my 1k deficit is forgotten. More super sober solid play brings about more cash and I find myself cruising on about the 4k mark.
Here cometh the cash swing bonanza, but before it does just one little pot that intrigued me and was a right kick in the Kerry packers when he ‘showed’, in fact that’s a lie because again I’d made the correct read although not the correct play.. cough cough the 33 call the other night. I am dealt 3d 4d OTB after a minimum raise to £40 and one other caller, I call and see a flop of (4s 2d Kc) both players check to me and I take my freebie turn card (Td) one player checks the next bets £120 now I expected a bet here from this particular player and I flat call the £120 the other player folds. The river comes a 7s now I haven’t made a hand of any strength but I don’t believe the other player has anything and is just stealing, he bets £280 and after the 33 episode (lost £3100) I’m not calling stark raving sober as well with just a poxy pair of 4’s but on a different night I might. Anyway I fold and he does me the pleasure of showing (Qs Js) for a £367 pot with the King high from the flop. Realised that a call here would have been a correct read but he who hesitates never wins and I hesitated, and I never won…
Two more big pot losses occurred again on table Richard, player X raises to £60 with 3 callers including me on the SB with Jd Tc Flop comes (9s Kd Qs) being 1st to act I check and original raiser player X bets £140, everyone else folds back to me who re-raises to £305 player X calls £165. The turn brings an 8h and I bet £305 player X calls obviously I know I’m in front or at the very least spilitting.. nah I’m in front way in front I just don’t want a spade to land on the river or the board to pair that will really mess the job up. River comes the 6s and I think OH SHIT, I bet £405 and he re-raises to £810 good value bet which I call and he shows Ks Js and collects £3100 from the pot… adjustments required in my game and I think in hindsight he would have paid more for his cards and made me feel better about him hitting if he did.
Plenty more like the one above but played differently and better IMO but the same outcome Outdrawn Outdrawn Outdrawn..
Last but not least I get dealt pocket 9’s and raise to £80 with 2 x callers and a flop of (9h 3c 8s). This time I bet out £100 and Player X re-raises to £300 other play folds and I flat call thinking oi oi. Now I know he could be raising with a draw or overpaid etc and the turn brings the 10d I don’t like this card but I’ve lost so much money tonight on bad draws etc he surely cant have 67 or JQ surely. I check and player X bets £400 here goes I re-raise all in my last £1200 and he calls and shows pocket 10’s knocking my set of nines out like a heavyweight boxer would a featherweight... OMG.
Could I have got away, yep 30 mins earlier might have (grin) ;) …
From £10,961.77 up to £14861.77
Back Down to £7,498 in 3 x days
Not unhappy with my play, but I’ve rode my luck at times and got away now I’m playing with focus I’m being slapped about like a pimps beatch….
UL GG WP ™
Sober poker….
Sober poker is a game where when played you seem to be able to keep in touch with every emotion, recognise tilt via anger/frustration etc. and generally feel like your hitting that golf ball perfect every time onto the green. Sober poker can be very rewarding and enjoyable when things are going your way and the poker gods love you. Moreover, even when things are going wrong or have gone wrong if you have the awareness to recognise your play (win or lose) a certain element of satisfaction can be gained by the fact you played your ‘best’.
Last couple of days have seen very strong hands turned upside down and inside out within a matter of seconds only to find yourself back at the drawing board knowing what you could have done different in certain areas but wondering why you did the opposite. I have made a lot of mistakes and the 33 call in the previous thread says it all, well almost.
Playing a £5/10 6 seated cash table and I don’t feel right, Kirderf a strong player IMO is to my right and he has witnessed my erratic play the night before, I feel generally uncomfortable on that table and I believe I’m on tilt a little. In tilt I mean I felt a little stressed and couldn’t work out why, I have been having plenty of arguments with the girlfriend and also been very tired lately, maybe kirderf unsettling me? However, I’ve just had an hours sleep on the sofa so what is it? Anyway, I’m on MSN with a friend telling him I feel I’m on tilt and anyway long story short after a bit of a laugh and joke I ease off but I am 1k down on that table and see no future in playing on it anymore.
I join a table Richard £10/20 NL cash and settle in really well with a couple of early decent starting hands that connect and allow me to win a little money in the process. I am soon feeling very comfortable and focused on the table, along the way adding ‘pays for flushes’ etc to the players I don’t recognise notes, it’s not long before I’ve taken down a nice few pots and my 1k deficit is forgotten. More super sober solid play brings about more cash and I find myself cruising on about the 4k mark.
Here cometh the cash swing bonanza, but before it does just one little pot that intrigued me and was a right kick in the Kerry packers when he ‘showed’, in fact that’s a lie because again I’d made the correct read although not the correct play.. cough cough the 33 call the other night. I am dealt 3d 4d OTB after a minimum raise to £40 and one other caller, I call and see a flop of (4s 2d Kc) both players check to me and I take my freebie turn card (Td) one player checks the next bets £120 now I expected a bet here from this particular player and I flat call the £120 the other player folds. The river comes a 7s now I haven’t made a hand of any strength but I don’t believe the other player has anything and is just stealing, he bets £280 and after the 33 episode (lost £3100) I’m not calling stark raving sober as well with just a poxy pair of 4’s but on a different night I might. Anyway I fold and he does me the pleasure of showing (Qs Js) for a £367 pot with the King high from the flop. Realised that a call here would have been a correct read but he who hesitates never wins and I hesitated, and I never won…
Two more big pot losses occurred again on table Richard, player X raises to £60 with 3 callers including me on the SB with Jd Tc Flop comes (9s Kd Qs) being 1st to act I check and original raiser player X bets £140, everyone else folds back to me who re-raises to £305 player X calls £165. The turn brings an 8h and I bet £305 player X calls obviously I know I’m in front or at the very least spilitting.. nah I’m in front way in front I just don’t want a spade to land on the river or the board to pair that will really mess the job up. River comes the 6s and I think OH SHIT, I bet £405 and he re-raises to £810 good value bet which I call and he shows Ks Js and collects £3100 from the pot… adjustments required in my game and I think in hindsight he would have paid more for his cards and made me feel better about him hitting if he did.
Plenty more like the one above but played differently and better IMO but the same outcome Outdrawn Outdrawn Outdrawn..
Last but not least I get dealt pocket 9’s and raise to £80 with 2 x callers and a flop of (9h 3c 8s). This time I bet out £100 and Player X re-raises to £300 other play folds and I flat call thinking oi oi. Now I know he could be raising with a draw or overpaid etc and the turn brings the 10d I don’t like this card but I’ve lost so much money tonight on bad draws etc he surely cant have 67 or JQ surely. I check and player X bets £400 here goes I re-raise all in my last £1200 and he calls and shows pocket 10’s knocking my set of nines out like a heavyweight boxer would a featherweight... OMG.
Could I have got away, yep 30 mins earlier might have (grin) ;) …
From £10,961.77 up to £14861.77
Back Down to £7,498 in 3 x days
Not unhappy with my play, but I’ve rode my luck at times and got away now I’m playing with focus I’m being slapped about like a pimps beatch….
UL GG WP ™
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