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Folded three winners last night in fair size pots
Poker is a funny game. I just went through a streak where I won 21 out of 25 10-20 sessions over about 7 weeks. My 4 losses combined were only for $410. On most nights, I felt that I brought my "A" game to the table and was seeing things very clearly and reading hands and people very well.
Obviously, I also hit a few flops... ...But things have a funny way of evening out. 3 straight losing sessions (albeit fairly small) and several poorly played hands later, I am now starting to wonder whether I know what the hell I am doing. Anyway, here are three hands that I mucked last night in a 10-20 kill game. All were winners. All are leading me to question my judgment but perhaps, I am being results-oriented...you decide. Hand No. 1 55 in the sb. 3 limpers. Late position raise. I call. bb (an excellent player) 3 bets. All call Flop: 442 rainbow I check (?) bb bets. Everyone calls. turn: 4 I check. bb bets. Loose aggressive player in MP raises. All fold to me. I fold. bb just calls...my heart sinks at this point... river: 9 bb checkcalls. Loose aggressive takes it down with J2 offsuit. Presumably, he limped in preflop because he had won the previous pot and had a leg up to get the kill button. Believe it or not, there are guys in my casino who play any two cards once they have a leg up on the kill. They think it's good to get the kill button. Anyway, do you think I played it way too timid (i.e. on the flop), way too loose preflop, way too "pot odds blind" on the turn etc etc Hand No. 2 Ak in the sb. 3 betted preflop with 5 or 6 way action. The excellent player UTG is in the hand with a raise and a loose goose somewhere down stream had 3 bet. Flop: J95 There is a bet and a raise. I fold. bb calls. Turn: K bb bets and gets called by both players River is a blank. He gets paid off in both spots and takes it down with KsQs. Hand No. 3 TT UTG. I limp. A player two to my left raises. Bunch of coldcallers. Both blinds call. 7 or 8 way action. Flop: QQ3 PFR bets. Button and both blinds call. I am now closing the betting and call (?) Turn: 8h putting two hearts on the board sb bets. bb calls. I fold. PFR calls. River: low heart Everyone checks. sb wins with A3. WTF? |
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