Just Wanna Puke

Over the past two days I have had my big hands cracked by some complete garbage hands. I was running a little aggro, but still, to call raises out of position with J8 and K10 is just funny. Not only that, but I am running into the COCKROACHES of the poker world, the short stackers.

I have noticed that a majority of the short stackers are from Europe, mostly Germany. They are the most frustrating and infuriating players on the internet. Not because there are so many of them, but because they only have one move and don't play poker. They just wait for big hands and shove. That's all they do. You can try to steal their blind, but if they come over the top, you are pretty much pot committed. It is just disgusting.

So I spewed about two buy-ins tonight. I played way too loose and aggressive. I was getting called down light and on dangerous boards players were chasing longshots and weak hands. For example, I'm in the big blind with Q5 off in a limped pot. The flop comes 6-4-3 all hearts. I have the queen of hearts, and since it's limped, there is probably no ace out. I decide to float any bet on the flop and go for the raise or lead on the turn, just depends on action. It checks and the button bets, I just flat. Being out of position, you might flat with a flush draw or a straight draw. So I check the turn when the board pairs 4's. He bets again, now I go for the check-raise. This is the time when I would spring the trap if I had flopped the straight or the flush. He just calls. The river brings a 5, so I finally get a pair. But the hand I've been representing isn't really dependent on a 5. So I bet enough to put him in, which is about the size of the pot. He snap calls with 97 off for the high straight. ???? It was just funny. I kept getting cold decked and coolered it was so disgusting. KK lost to A3 suited all in pre, JJ lost to AK, everytime I had AK a shortstacking cockroach woke up with a pocket pair and would double through. SO only being down two buy-ins isn't too bad.

Here's my plan for today. First, I need to idle back the aggression and really stop and think about the hand. Playing at the lower stakes, I am going to run into a lot of players who will call raises with very marginal hands, and there will be a ton of limpers. So I need to wait for positive EV situations. Second, I need to three bet and isolate more with strong hands and position. Lastly, I need to use my HUD and really get into my opponents head. There was one guy tonight that played 90% of the hands, over 120. 90% is just a ridiculously loose number of hands to be playing. Ironically, he was the one that called the 4 bet shove with A3 suited and flopped an ace. GO FIGURE. So that's what I need to work on and get my bankroll back on track.