Stickin with it
I had a bad run at nl100 yesterday; after going +150 in the first 1 and a half hours, I dropped $4hundo in like 50 hands. Some was cooler, but some was bad play. This bad play I speak of was not terrible, I dont think, except 1 play.
POKERSTARS GAME #14776950892: HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/01/23 - 21:04:20 (ET)
Table ‘Geraldina III’ 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bennymac28 ($84.35 in chips)
Seat 2: The Amoeba ($99 in chips)
Seat 3: EtOi ($228.70 in chips)
Seat 4: xtioo ($100.15 in chips)
Seat 6: gonZodinHo ($101.10 in chips)
Seat 7: sofa604 ($106.05 in chips)
Seat 8: PanTax ($36.95 in chips)
Seat 9: XbonezX ($112.15 in chips)
The Amoeba: posts small blind $0.50
EtOi: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Amoeba [Th Tc]
xtioo: calls $1
gonZodinHo: calls $1
sofa604: folds
PanTax: folds
XbonezX: folds
bennymac28: calls $1
The Amoeba: calls $0.50
EtOi: checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 7c 9d]
The Amoeba: checks
EtOi: checks
xtioo: bets $3.70
gonZodinHo: folds
bennymac28: folds
The Amoeba: calls $3.70
EtOi: folds
*** TURN *** [8h 7c 9d] [As]
The Amoeba: checks
xtioo: checks
*** RIVER *** [8h 7c 9d As] [4c]
The Amoeba: checks
xtioo: bets $5
The Amoeba: raises $25 to $30
xtioo: calls $25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The Amoeba: shows [Th Tc] (a pair of Tens)
xtioo: shows [6d Ad] (a pair of Aces)
xtioo collected $69.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $72.40 | Rake $3
Board [8h 7c 9d As 4c]
Seat 1: bennymac28 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: The Amoeba (small blind) showed [Th Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 3: EtOi (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: xtioo showed [6d Ad] and won ($69.40) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: gonZodinHo folded on the Flop
Seat 7: sofa604 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: PanTax folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: XbonezX folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Okay… I TRIED TO REPRESENT TJ ON THE RIVER. IT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WORK LOL. I have no idea what came over me… I would never play JT or any other powerhouse hand like this. Here’s the even SICKER part of it. For some reason, I thought he might FOLD A SET. PEOPLE DONT FOLD SETS EVEN WHEN THE BOARD IS 1-SUITED AND THERE ARE 5 STRAIGHT CARDS.  Ugh so I guess that was a bit of tilt. The good thing is that even though my thoughts were absolutely asinine, there were at least some thoughts going on heheheh…
So after my first tough mini-run I was thinking that today, I’d just drop down to nl50 for a quick crusher session. However, I was reading 2p2 on my lunch break, in a good state of poker mind, I got home and took a refreshing nap, and when I woke up, decided to stick with the nl100 for today. Hey, what are bankrolls for??? So I’m glad I stuck with it because I made a full recovery and a little bit more. I’m sizzling hot right now, but @ the same time, when I do cool off I think I will be able to hang at nl100 for a while. I really am looking forward to the end of the month, so I can look back at my completed goals and feel good while taking a 3 day break for the super bowl 