Was off work today due to having to go in tomorrow. So I thought I might as well play poker.
Played a shed load of hands online today. Basically started at 11am and played the first session was going along on 5 tables probably a pound or two down but basically nothing was happening, then got 6-3 suited in the small blind. Folds to the button who limps, I complete and BB checks, flop comes down 3-6-2.
thats nice, bet out and get called by the button, I put him on an overpair as there is no flush draw, turn is another 6 - BINK. I bet again. He calls. River is an ace, well that annoying as his range is full of overpairs and the ace is a scare card, if I check though he is just going to check behind so I put in a small value bet, he insta shoves.......weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I call. He obviously has AA. WTF. HOW? So I lose £20 there.
Fortunately I get KK myself on another table not too long after this. Raise to 80p and a call in front of me, I stick in a raise to £3. Original raiser shoves on me, not again? I call he has JJ, yippee, oh that will be a jack on the flop then.
I am then £40 down for the day, I continue and pull back about £15 after hitting TPTK with AK against AQ. Then I lose most of that on one hand where I raise, with AJ, C-bet on a raggy flop. Hit my ace on the turn and fire twice into a calling station only for him to show up with two pair. I end my morning session down £41.
I take a break and feel a bit annoyed about the way it is going overall. I consider switching sites to Betfair or Pokerstars, but decide to stay where I am as I already have some points on the cash for points offer and the whole point of moving from "Stars to Sky was to suuport Blonde and try and help make their sponsorship a success.
So I log back on, fire up 5 tables and away I go. I drop about $10 early just doing standard stuff raising and c-betting, then I hit TPTK against a player who I feel I have a good read on. I bet and he calls. I am now fairly confidetn I have the best hand and fire out big on the turn. He agains calls. The board is Ace high and I am pretty sure I have the best hand. When he checks to me on the river I have got him pinned down on the smaller ace, I am just convinced of it. I fire an overbet all-in. Instacall. $%^&. He shows me AJ. Oh wait a minute AK beats that, I actually won a pot.
Not to long after this though I get dealy KK on another table. I am first to act I think and I make the raise to 80p. A reg who I consider to be decent 3-bets me to £3. I 4-bet to £10 and he shove, I call. He obviously has AA. I think at this point I kind of got up swore at the screen looked at the flop and said "oooh a king - get in there" and sat back down. So now I am only £10 down on the day.
I take a quick break and fire up again
I recover the £10 and go ahead (only by a couple of quid but I am still up, which is usual lately). At this point though my confidence is high again.
In the next two hours I am hitting hands, I get dealt AA three times and KK twice. I end up getting ahead but about £30 and suddenly getting away from hands where I am beaten is no problem, I am controling pots and pricing out draws like I am supposed too. I can"t remember all the hands, and Sky poker does not let me review then in poker tracker, but I end up winning £62 on the day, After being £50 down this is a great result and hopefully stops the rot right there.
I am very happy with my play overall today but am still annoyed with myself for making too many mistakes in general. I am fully confident if anybody had been watching this afternoon they would have said I was playing fine and nothing to be concerned about. I HAVE to play this game more often though. I know my A game is as good as anybodys (to be totoally honest I believe it to be better than the vast majority) but I play it about 10% of the time. My B and C game are probably worse than most peoples and, given the fact I am playing them 90% of the time, this is a big problem.
Online cash poker for the year is now -£44.07 (without cash for points)
Live cash is +£101 (2 sessions)
Online Tournaments are +£7.50 (11 Tournaments)
Live Tournaments are -£125 (2 APAT Tournaments)
