It all started when I folded the very first hand:
Hand #001:
I'm in the SB with As-Js and there is a raise from mid-position and a re-raise from the button - so I decide I don't want to go broke this early and lay it down. I watch the hand play out and the early position raiser flat calls. The flop is Ac-8c-8h and they both check it down, turning up KK and QQ respectively. I could have made a nice profit early on, if I wasn't such a nit.
Hand #007Just a few hands later I pick up Pocket Queens in mid-position. I standard raise, and 1 opponent 3-bets. I call and the flop is Js-3h-9h. I check, so does he. The turn is the 9s - I don't believe he would 3-bet pre-flop with a 9, so I decide to lead. He raises, and I push. He calls and, of course, turns up Aces.
Thankfully he didn't have me completely covered, but I've done more than half my stack.
Hand #013:
I'm in the BB with pocket 5's and just want to see a cheap flop. No such luck. There's a raise from the button and the SB calls. The flop is 3h-5c-Qc, and I would have hit my set. I watch as the two guys go to war as the SB turns up Kd-Qh for a flopped top-pair, against the button's pocket Kings.
Another hand I would have scooped if I had played.
Now I am really miffed, and cursing missed opportunities. If I had played this and the first hands I probably would have called it a night and what was to come would have been avoided.
Hand #045
I pick up the pocket 5's again, in the cut-off and limp. The BB raises and I make the call. Flop is 5d-8d-Kd - a flopped set, but a flushing board. He leads out and he only has about $1.00 behind, so I put him all-in and he calls, with Qd-8c, middle pair and the 2nd nut flush draw.
Of course, the 9d hits the turn and my only outs are a paired board, which doesn't happen.
It's sick that I fold two hands earlier that would have scooped decent pots, and I end up getting out-drawn by a sick Q-8.
Hand #102
This time, with pocket 8's from the cut-off I see a flop of 8d-7h-6d against 1 opponent. It couldn't be wetter! I lead, he folds, no profit.
Story of my life is when I hit something I cannot find a customer or the board is so scary that it kills the action.
Hand #164
I've got pocket Tens, in the hijack and limp. It's raised from the button and I call. The flop is 7s-As-4h. I check and so does he. Now, I can't believe he would have checked any Ace on a flush-drawing board, so I put him on K-Q or a small pocket pair.
The turn is the 9h and this time I lead out. He instantly raises, which makes me slightly suspicious, but now I put him on KQ of hearts. The river is the 3c and I put out a blocker bet of $0.50 which is min-raised. A value bet, if ever I saw one - I begrudgingly call, expecting to see Aces, but instead it's pocket 9's, for a turned set. Lucky git - a 2-outer.
Now I am absolutely fuming.
Hand #229
Things go along without much incident for about 60 hands, when I pick up the Cowboys from the cut-off. I standard min-raise and this is min-re-raised from the SB. Being a bit tilty, I decide to shove, as I cannot believe he has Aces. He calls, he has Aces.
First, my QQ runs into AA, then my TT runs into 99 who turns the set, now my KK runs into AA again. What have I done to anger the poker gods?
Hand #338
I've reloaded and been card-dead for about 100 hands. I limp from UTG+1 with Ac-8c, trying to see a cheap flop. It comes down Js-5c-9c. The BB leads into me and I have had enough. With only about $3.00 left I decide to shove - I am no worse than 50-50 against any hand.
He calls with Ad-9d, for 2nd pair and no draw!! Seriously, I know he had a decent stack, but I couldn't believe it. I could have been shoving with a set, or Aces.
Needless to say, my flush doesn't materialise and I've gone bust for the 3rd time this evening.
Hand #364
I pick up pocket 9's UTG and limp (as I do). There's a raise from mid-position and I call. The flop comes down Ah-Ac-9s against 1 opponent. I check and he fires out $1.00, just under the pot size. I am praying he has an Ace, so I wait as long as I can and shove. He insta-folds.
No idea what he actually had, but it was probably something like QQ or JJ. I got a small amount, but could not maximize.Hand #373
I pick up the Ladies, UTG, and make the standard 3xBB raise. This is flat-called in mid-position and the two of us see a 9c-3h-9d flop. I lead and he re-raises. I've had enough and shove...no way I've run into a bigger pair, again. Wrong, he calls with KK.
That's 3 times I've run into an overpair with QQ or KK and it's really becoming annoying.
Hand #402
Pocket Jack, this time, in the SB. It's folded round and the button raises. I decide to re-raise in case he is stealing, and he calls. The board is all undercards, 3c-6d-9c. I check and he bets, I re-raise and he calls. The turn is 7h and the board is getting a bit straighty for my liking, so I lead out for $1.00 and he calls again. It's getting very expensive if he is chasing a draw, and he has only left himself $1.80 back. The river is 4c and now I am getting worried.
He shoves and I have to make a decision - was he floating? Does he have an overpair?
The pot is too big to fold and I make the call. Kh-Qd, for no draw whatsoever, just overcards.
It's my biggest pot of the night and I am back on track to try and recover some of my losses.
Hand #449
At this stage my buy-in's have cost me $19.00 and my stack is about $9.00. I pick up As-Td in the small blind and call a min-raise from UTG. We see a Th-Kd-Tc board and I need to get the maximum. I check and he leads into me, I re-raise and he shoves. Just what I wanted, I insta-call. He's got Kc-Jc. The turn is a safe 3d, so no straight or flush draws materialise, I just need to fade a 2-outer, only one of the two remaining Kings is good enough.
I'm gobsmacked as the Kh hits the river. Can this night get any worse?
I'm busted back down to about $6.50.Hand #500
This was the 3rd time I'd seen the Pocket Rockets this evening and on both previous occasions I had raised and everyone folded. This time I re-raised an early position bet and it was called.
The flop was 8d-9s-6s. Straighty and flushy I decide to lead out. This is just flat-called. The turn is the 6h. I bet again and this is just flatted. The river is the Ac, now I know I am golden, and I bet about $1.00. This is (eventually) called, and he turns up Qc-Qd.
How come on a board full of undercards he cannot find a shove - how does all the money not end up in the middle? I've done my stack twice this evening, with QQ running into both KK and AA - how come he loses the minimum?
Hand #597
Not a big hand, just posted this as it was the only time in the entire night that I completed a flush. It took 597 hands.
Hand #639
This hand is a prime example of how, when I have the nuts, the board runs out so scary that I am either losing, or the action is completely killed.
I've got 8c-9c and call a small mid-position raise, from the cut-off. The flop is 7d-5s-As.
He leads out for about 2/3 pot and I tank with just a gut-shot. I decide it's a good spot to float, and if a 3rd spade comes down I might be able to take it away. It's slightly better, as the 6d hits me in the gut and I make my straight. Now, I am in the position where I feel I have led my opponent to believe that I was chasing a flush. He checks and so do I, keeping up appearances.
The river is just about the worst possible card - 8d. This puts the flush and 4-to-a-straight out there. He checks and so do I, believing I am only going to get called by a better hand.
He had a decent Ace and I could have made a pretty good value bet on the river if the 8d hadn't completely killed the action. This seems to be a constant theme when I make decent hands.
Hand #648
It took about 2 hours and 648 hands before I finally got it all in ahead, got called, and won.
I've got pocket 6's UTG and limp. This is raised to 4xBB from mid-pos and I make the call.
Ts-Ah-6s is the flop and I have to make the most of this. I check and he bets just under the pot.
I re-raise about 3x his bet and he tanks for a while before shoving. I make the quick call.
What I don't want to see is any flush draw - and I don't, it's Ad-Kd and he is miles behind.
It's going to take runner-runner for me to lose this one. No sweat, he's drawing dead when the 4c hits the turn and I can breathe a sigh of relief.
I finally got out of the session with $15.25, and my loss was only $3.75. At one point I was down over $16.00. What I want to know is why it took over 600 hands for me to find a decent pot? Why can't this happen 40-50 hands in and I can quit after half an hour with a profit, rather than chasing my tail all the time?
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