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02.13.07
Winning Pots Is Not The Object Of Poker
posted by Absinthe | 7:00 PM
….but it, let’s say, helps.
Won one pot. Out at the first break. Nice structure in these – T2500 to start, 25-25 blinds, one hour levels – pity I couldn’t take advantage of it.
Card-deadness continues. For the two hours of play I got, I got no pairs, one big ace (AJ s00ted in EP), one suited connector (QJ UTG), one otherwise pretty hand (KJ s00ted), and that’s it.
How did I go from 2500 to zero in two levels, anyway? Good question., considering I’d still have plenty of chips if I just took a nap for the first two hours. I made a good flop raise against someone with a medium pair (that was good) but the turn card killed the hand I was representing; I think otherwise I’d have been able to take it. Unfortunately I stabbed at the turn anyway and it was a moderately expensive stab.
Down to a little over 1k, I got a cheap look from the SB with QJo, flopped top two on a QJ9 board, checkraised the button all-in (a substantial overbet), he called with TT and missed. Hey, chips!
Yeah, that was the pot I won.
Lost about 20% of my stack to a raggedy straight on the river, then lost the rest against an aggressive, big-stacked table captain who turned the nut straight against my second nuts. I missed the three-outer for the chop and that was it. Not my day.
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February 14, 2007 at 9:05 PM
i feel your pain Ryan. i’m not running well at all right now. hang in there.