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did something semi-right last night
4/1/08
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
played the BBT Skillz like an omatard.... I knew there were people at my table that had a habit of betting and raising low-only draws and raising naked lows on the river - but I kept getting them confused with the good players who were playing smart and pwning me. It's a habit from cash LO8, where I tend to call down way too light by talking myself into a longshot 6-1 turn peel - and that's a bad thing in a limit tournament - probably why I love PLO8 tourneys instead, I don't make silly calldowns and there's a little more value in aggression and raising in that game.
Long story short, I pay off far too often with strong but beaten holdings, I finish about middle of pack, 44 of 90something - just could never get any traction or build a stack. Oh well. I didn't play good enough to deserve to get any deeper.
However, I did make some SnG money, and decided to play what I thought would be a short $2+1 rebuy+1 addon tournament - only 162 runners.... gee, four hours and change later....
I was down 2-1 in chips heads up, and never could quite find the one hand to close the gap. He made a couple of interesting overbet shoves where I repped a big hand but couldn't even beat a bluff - and then finally, I raise AT on the button with a 16BB stack, he shoves with 55 and I don't catch....
I screwed up long before that, thought, I had him nailed in a limped pot three handed.
I limp A7o on the button, he checks from the big blind, flop A75 two spades, he bets the 11K pot, I raise to 33K, he calls.
Turn's a third spade, and he shoves for 160K or so?
I really, really wanted to call, and really should have, but 1) the other stack was pretty short, so I knew we should be heads up soon enough, and 2) I couldn't shake the feeling that he was playing a flush really fast. I thought I'd be far worse off being wrong than better off being right, and folded.
He said he had an Ace. Top Pair. I don't know if I believe him, but I make a bad, tight fold again in a big spot.. Sigh. I still play well, but I gotta trust my feeling in those spots.
Most of the time, as I fall into a Heff Idiot Moment I know it's a bad idea as I do it.
Anyhow, was up for the night, starting the slow build back up, felt good about my NL play, at least.
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did something semi-right last night
Long story short, I pay off far too often with strong but beaten holdings, I finish about middle of pack, 44 of 90something - just could never get any traction or build a stack. Oh well. I didn't play good enough to deserve to get any deeper.
However, I did make some SnG money, and decided to play what I thought would be a short $2+1 rebuy+1 addon tournament - only 162 runners.... gee, four hours and change later....
I was down 2-1 in chips heads up, and never could quite find the one hand to close the gap. He made a couple of interesting overbet shoves where I repped a big hand but couldn't even beat a bluff - and then finally, I raise AT on the button with a 16BB stack, he shoves with 55 and I don't catch....
I screwed up long before that, thought, I had him nailed in a limped pot three handed.
I limp A7o on the button, he checks from the big blind, flop A75 two spades, he bets the 11K pot, I raise to 33K, he calls.
Turn's a third spade, and he shoves for 160K or so?
I really, really wanted to call, and really should have, but 1) the other stack was pretty short, so I knew we should be heads up soon enough, and 2) I couldn't shake the feeling that he was playing a flush really fast. I thought I'd be far worse off being wrong than better off being right, and folded.
He said he had an Ace. Top Pair. I don't know if I believe him, but I make a bad, tight fold again in a big spot.. Sigh. I still play well, but I gotta trust my feeling in those spots.
Most of the time, as I fall into a Heff Idiot Moment I know it's a bad idea as I do it.
Anyhow, was up for the night, starting the slow build back up, felt good about my NL play, at least.
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