Monday, June 09, 2008

F'dInTheA

That's basically how I felt on saturday of last week. I had played for 6 days and every single session was a losing one. I lost nearly 5k in a week! There were of course some horrible beats, and I was losing lots of my coinflips, but poor play was most definitely a strong factor.

Once again I've found myself being too aggressive, and consequently either getting called down very lightly by my opponents, or being check-raised to death. My flop aggression factor for last week was 5.4! That's a sure sign I'm overdoing it, and so am toning it down big time.

Anyway, I'm still watchin CR vids and critiquing my play, and soon as I stop believing everyone's trying to double-barrel me with air I'll be back on my A-game. I even managed a winning session today, so here's hoping things improve.

An example of a hand I was doomed to lose, however I played it (a.k.a. "I hate shortstacks"). The villain had a stack of $70, so I either re-raised and win $7, or call and then lose $70 when he can't fold his obvious flush draw:
















Would you call an allin on the flop (for $140 more) with just an OESD on a 2-flush board if you had only invested $60? This guy would! Of course my OESD with flush draw (not to mention gutshot straightflush) didn't hit...















And to finish off, this is a hand from this morning which shows you what running bad is really all about. Amazingly, nothing ended up broken, crushed or snapped. Apart from my spirit, will-to-live and temper, respectively.... ;- )

3 comments:

Alan aka RecessRampage said...

Poker sucks sometimes... unfortunately, I know how you feel... not just in losing hands like that but losing a piece of my roll like you mentioned...

Anonymous said...

Just suck it up bitch.

Stop your whining and look into you game and fix those leaks.

You think just being overaggressive is all there is to poker?

SubZero said...

Both of you are correct. I am trying to fix my direction so that my bankroll goes up, and my leaks get plugged. After all, I need to do both as I'm here for the long haul.

And the HHs aren't just about me whining, they serve to remind me that even when you're a big favourite, you can still lose easily, and I shouldn't stress about it. It happens so often acceptance is mandatory...