I just had to run this by you

$5 Sit n Go - Full Tilt - 13/04/09

In my last post I told you I was going to stop whining... well i have.

I just had to share this little hand with you, not because it was so bad but I just wanted to reflect on it, and well blogging helps me do that.

I'm on the button with Queens in the hole, big blind is 60, so we're just starting off.

Action folds to the cut off who limps in with 60. I raise to 270 - 4 1/2 times the big blind, I figure its early on, i'd be happy with taking it down here and now, a call will certainly allow me to narrow the villains range down to a few hands, and give me the chance to get away from a scary flop.

Both Blinds fold and the limper calls!

Flop comes down 5 T K rainbow... The king is definitely a concern, he could have AK, KK, he checks, I've got to bet here to find out were I am, 450 goes into a 630 pot (I think my bet could have been a lot smaller)

The villain flat calls... ALARM BELLS GOING OFF!!

The pot is now 1530 and BAM!! the turn brings a miracle queen, The hand swings my way I'm sure, He cant have pocket Kings??

He's got 690 chips behind him and I wonder if I can get him to get them all in.

I raise a ridiculous 375 1 quarter of the pot - begging for a re raise all in, I get it and call.

THE BEST BIT - he turns over KJ off suit????? The Villain called my big raise pre flop with KJ off??

I sit back, wait for the river and to hear the familiar sound of virtual chip coming my way, then it happens, a 9 hits the river and the straight kills me!!

I shrug my shoulders and definitely don't whine!!

Sometimes there's only one way...Down!

Well anyone who plays poker with a basic understanding will know that no matter how sexy you think your play is, or how tricky you were with those aces or trips on the flop, there's always a series of events that will conspire to your downward spiral when your running bad.

I firmly believe that I,  like you, have had my fair share of ridiculously bad beats, when you've been tempted to join another site cause "there's something odd going on here, they must have hacked in" 

I firmly believe that although the beats can be bad, our mental state definitely is the single biggest factor for the continued downswing we may be experiencing, sure the play can still be good but there's always the hand you tried to play from the cut off, you wouldn't touch with a barge pole normally.

What's the point?

There is no point, I've just realised to remind myself of the best thing for me to do when i bust out of game after game... 

NOTHING! JUST PLAY AGAIN AND STOP WHINING!!!

The 25 million Dollar home game

Ok... so its not really 25 million Dollars, its £25.

Still we've got 8 runners, were paying the top 3

1st - £100

2nd - £60

3rd - £40

So plenty of money for a small home game.

Players:
Seat 1: Paul
Seat 2: Stevo (Me)
Seat 3: Jenny
Seat 4: Mark
Seat 5: Pat
Seat 6: Al
Seat 7: Brad
Seat 8: Andy 

I've stole this seating arrangement of Andy!! Thanks man!

Its difficult to remember too much about this game for me, there were no glaring errors and not much in the way of sparkling plays... It played out as it should i suppose.

I did hook up a well disguised full house early on... 

Blinds at 20/40 there's a standard raise from Pat of 120 and I call in the big blind with 8 5 suited, i guess the blinds were small enough for me to call here, 80 chips isn't gonna kill a starting stack of 5000 and I just like to play some random hands out to get a feel for the players at the table and what their raising with.

Dream flop of 8 5 and a rag i forget - 2 pair, well disguised. I put 200 into the 260 pot and get re raised to 600... Perfect I instantly put Pat on an over-pair to the board and call.

The turn comes down an 8 giving me a full house. Its tricky here, Pat has got to be putting me on a pocket pair or maybe A8 thinking I connected with the flop (top pair top kicker).

The 8 on the turn spells trouble for me I could well be put on trip 8's now, and assuming Pat has the overpair I think his 2 pair are dead.

I stick a 1000 in and hope Pat believes in his 2 pair... He doesn't and folds showing aces.

Good fold Pat! Not sure if a check on the turn would've induced a bet from Pat?

I think he had me on 8's either way!

I finished one of the bubble in the end... too many coin flips and I'm gone

next time!!