I played incredibly bad tonight. I played about 1700 hands, and I'm down almost 3 buy-ins. I spewed pretty bad tonight. I kept running into passive, tight players and a ton of calling stations. For example, I raise in late position, first in the pot with A10. Guy behind calls. Flop comes 9 high, no flush draw and no straight draw. I cbet the flop about 2/3 the pot. He calls. Jack of diamonds on the turn, giving me a flush draw to go with ace high. I bet again, he calls again. The river brings a 10, I make a defensive bet, he calls one more time to show KJ off. UGH!!! It went that way most of the night.
During the first session, I ran like total ass. Way too aggro and way too spewy. I was leaking chips for the first hour. My hands never hit, and when I did get a big hand, some idiot would check raise with nothing. Here's another fun one. I have KK in the BB with the UTG making it 3X's to go. A shortstacking cockroach flat calls, leaving himself about 20 BB's. It comes to me, I raise more than the pot to isolate and get the shortstacker to committ. Sure enough, he pushes in and it's an easy call for 4 BB's. He flips QJ off, and hits two pair. GG me.
During the second session, I was running well and was slowly chipping up and was almost even. Then the wheels fell off and I ended up down for the second session as well. I get 55 in late position and the button raises. It felt like a squeeze from the button, so I flat call after the early limper calls. The flop comes 9-6-5, sweet. There's two clubs on board, and we both check to the button who makes a very small bet, around 1/3 the pot. The early player flat calls. I check raise, and sure enough, I run into the nuts. The early limper had 78 suited. The board blanks out and I lose my stack on a pretty dumb play. Sure there were a couple of hands he could have had, like J10 of clubs or two pair. But with the board coordinated, there were only a few hands I could beat. I should have been willing to take a card off and see what happens on the turn. There was really no reason why I needed to push with bottom set like that. But you have to live and learn.
The bankroll is at 56 buy-ins right now. I've been 6 tabling and lately I have been playing way too LAGish. I really need to buckle down and play position a lot better as well as get back to the small ball approach. I have run into so many bad players and calling stations, it's just sickening. Normally, I want those players at my table, they are the true ATM's. However, lately I just can't get my hands to hold against them. It doesn't matter if I'm a huge favorite or a slight dog, I just can't get a hand to hold or catch my draws with the right odds. Normally at the level I'm playing at, you can get players out with a simple cbet, sometimes you have to double barrel them. But today was quite different. Here's a tip. If you flop a strong hand and you have position, just check the flop on a benign board. Then bet the turn. If they have any pair, they will call you down or push on you. It's just amazing.
So I need to find the leaks in my game right now. Most of my losses have come from losing with big hands versus some very weak players who overvalue some very marginal hands in very marginal situations. So hopefully AK, AQ, QQ, JJ, KK, and 10's will hold for once. So here's a few things I need to work on before the next session.
1. I need to focus on 3 betting loose players IN POSITION.
2. Make better value bets with strong hands.
3. Stop overvaluing hands and thinking they are always bluffing.
4. Focus better at the table and trust your reads more.
5. Stop worrying about the money you are up or down. Just play and let the rest fix itself.
6. Work on your small ball approach and stealing blinds to set up plays later on.
So those are a few of the things I need to work on. I think today was just one of those downward spirals of variance. Hopefully tomorrow night will go much better than tonight. Time to get some sleep. GL.
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