CARDRUNNERS

What's Your Edge

Andrew

August 02, 2006

Day 2 - oops...finally get a bad session in at PP

Today was a roller coaster ride. I started off down one buyin right away and wasn't feeling good about the session. I decided if I dropped one more soon, I would just quit. I ended up catching a pretty good rush and got up to about +5k.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?438476

Here I made a pretty good call on the river. Pretty standard on flop. I decided to raise the turn because the board was so draw heavy and I was likely still ahead. I wanted to protect my hand and get a better idea of where exactly I stood. He called and I was pretty sure he was on a draw. I wasn't sure if it was a flush or straight draw. The river completes the flush but his bet is strange. It doesn't look like a value bet to me. He only bet 1/2 the pot. I thought about it awhile and decided that he was trying to push me off the pot without risking a lot. I called and he showed a straight draw.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?438474

Example of pushing AK allinpreflop. Sassy and I have played a lot and he has a pretty wide range there against me. Also, he only had 1600 to start the hand. I figured hed fold most of the time. Pretty standard push.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?438472

Here it starts to go bad. I've known this guy forever and played a decent amount with him. I probably should have folded the turn, but I made a bet that I hoped he would push over the top of. I think he does that with 77+. I had been pushing him around and he was ready to make a stand or so I thought. I thought QQ was pretty likely. I was wrong.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?438469

Guess I misjudged my opponent here. Sure seems like a dumb way to lose a 8k pot on my part. He instacalled the river fyi. I think I bet too fast on everystreet and that made it look like a bluff. I need to make sure I slow down 100% of the time. I thought he was calling me pretty light but was ahead and thats why I bet the river. Too bad it wasn't a 5 or 6, because he def pays me off there.

I would have prefered to get a few wins under my bealt before having to use the stoploss, but whatever, I will recover. I'm gonna play a ton next week. I will want to be ahead of my pace by next Friday. If not, I might start to worry a little bit.

I've had a sick run on party poker. I'm up around 30k in my 5 sessions or so there so I really can't complain.

Today -5689.62
Overall +575.42

4924.58 behind pace

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