Friday 21 January 2011

1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back!

I have no idea what is wrong with me, my poker story is basically groundhog day, grind for a few days, a week win steadily then Tilt and Lose….Grind for a few days win steadily then get drunk and degen and lose.

Following my last post I played a few short sessions Tuesday and finished up $115, not many hands played just awesome game selection. I took a break Wednesday and went back to it last night.

Last night. Oh what a night.

Again game selection was key, I was playing Football Manager and scouting the heads-up tables for fish, when I found one I’d put FM on hold and play, it wasn’t a hugely successful night but I was up about $50 and approaching a bankroll of $1100.

Then two bad things happened. My mrs went to bed and I opened up a can – I figured that as I was playing opponents with $25 stacks or less the damage wouldn’t be too bad if I got unlucky – I didn’t figure in the fact that if I got drunk I wouldn’t know when to quit or If I got drunk tilt is magnified by a hundred.

I went to a Omaha table and found some ugly Hungarian dude with $25, 2 hands later he has $75 - WTF.

I don’t quit I carry in, at one point he had over $200 over my money, I somehow come back and win it all back. And head to the safe haven on No Limit Hold’em

Hit and Run, Hit and Run – im getting worked up at these clowns. I lose a $90 pot when I flop trip 5’s I bet the shit out of it but the river brings the 3rd diamond and I cant fold.

Back to Omaha, again I double some tard up twice…. At this point I’ve lost the plot im on my 5th pint can, not enough to be hammered but with tilt as well I genuinely cant remember what really happened.

I only quit when a bloke im playing sits out and says “ill be back, I need a piss” I take this as a sign that im obviously a ripe fruit that he wants to pick so I log off and go to bed – ive been playing heads up for 3 hours.

The damage actually wasn’t to great, $70 down for the night, but $120 down for the drunken degen session.

It could have been a lot worse, check my Omaha Graph and some of the big hands I won, they could easily of gone the other way.

Not sure what to say, should I quit and use the $950 odd in my account for something useful? I am ever going to be a sensible winning player or am I a drunken degenrate bum?

Will update my figs for the month tonight.





PokerStars Game #56281715488: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/01/21 0:30:44 WET [2011/01/20 19:30:44 ET]
Table 'Tantalus XX' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: tommy arra ($95.15 in chips)
Seat 2: The_Shocker7 ($92.70 in chips)
The_Shocker7: posts small blind $0.25
tommy arra: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The_Shocker7 [Qh 6s Ah 7d]
The_Shocker7: raises $1 to $1.50
tommy arra: raises $3 to $4.50
The_Shocker7: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [9h 5h 4c]
tommy arra: bets $7
The_Shocker7: raises $22.55 to $29.55
tommy arra: raises $61.10 to $90.65 and is all-in
The_Shocker7: calls $58.65 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($2.45) returned to tommy arra
*** TURN *** [9h 5h 4c] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [9h 5h 4c 6h] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tommy arra: shows [6c 9c Qd 5c] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
The_Shocker7: shows [Qh 6s Ah 7d] (a flush, Ace high)
The_Shocker7 collected $184.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $185.40 | Rake $0.50
Board [9h 5h 4c 6h 3c]
Seat 1: tommy arra (big blind) showed [6c 9c Qd 5c] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 2: The_Shocker7 (button) (small blind) showed [Qh 6s Ah 7d] and won ($184.90) with a flush, Ace high

PokerStars Game #56278542814: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/01/20 23:27:55 WET [2011/01/20 18:27:55 ET]
Table 'T #827537478' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stolichnaya8 ($141.75 in chips)
Seat 2: The_Shocker7 ($88.15 in chips)
Stolichnaya8: posts small blind $0.25
The_Shocker7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The_Shocker7 [Tc 9d 9h Js]
Stolichnaya8: raises $1 to $1.50
The_Shocker7: raises $3 to $4.50
Stolichnaya8: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [Ac 9c 3c]
The_Shocker7: checks
Stolichnaya8: bets $5.50
The_Shocker7: calls $5.50
*** TURN *** [Ac 9c 3c] [2s]
The_Shocker7: checks
Stolichnaya8: bets $17.50
The_Shocker7: calls $17.50
*** RIVER *** [Ac 9c 3c 2s] [2d]
The_Shocker7: bets $54.50
Stolichnaya8: calls $54.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The_Shocker7: shows [Tc 9d 9h Js] (a full house, Nines full of Deuces)
Stolichnaya8: mucks hand
The_Shocker7 collected $163.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $164 | Rake $0.50
Board [Ac 9c 3c 2s 2d]
Seat 1: Stolichnaya8 (button) (small blind) mucked [Jc Kh Ts 5c]
Seat 2: The_Shocker7 (big blind) showed [Tc 9d 9h Js] and won ($163.50) with a full house, Nines full of Deuces

PokerStars Game #56276526398: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/01/20 22:51:17 WET [2011/01/20 17:51:17 ET]
Table 'T #827537478' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stolichnaya8 ($114.60 in chips)
Seat 2: The_Shocker7 ($59.95 in chips)
Stolichnaya8: posts small blind $0.25
The_Shocker7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The_Shocker7 [8s 7s 6d Js]
Stolichnaya8: raises $1 to $1.50
The_Shocker7: raises $3 to $4.50
Stolichnaya8: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [5d Kh 8h]
The_Shocker7: bets $4.50
Stolichnaya8: calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [5d Kh 8h] [9s]
The_Shocker7: bets $10
Stolichnaya8: raises $37.50 to $47.50
The_Shocker7: raises $3.45 to $50.95 and is all-in
Stolichnaya8: calls $3.45
*** RIVER *** [5d Kh 8h 9s] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The_Shocker7: shows [8s 7s 6d Js] (a straight, Five to Nine)
Stolichnaya8: shows [9h Ah 4h 9d] (a flush, Ace high)
Stolichnaya8 collected $119.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $119.90 | Rake $0.50
Board [5d Kh 8h 9s Jh]
Seat 1: Stolichnaya8 (button) (small blind) showed [9h Ah 4h 9d] and won ($119.40) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: The_Shocker7 (big blind) showed [8s 7s 6d Js] and lost with a straight, Five to Nine