Bronco232
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Joined: 20 Dec 2005
Posts: 197
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 Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject: Story of my last month... |
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If you all read my post about Quads, then you know that I had my share of luck on that hand, but guys and gals, I need to vent here, so please humor me. I simply cannot win a hand vs. a flush draw. I'm so frustrated right now I can't even explain. My girlfriend has been gone on vacation for a week, which has allowed me to play a ridiculous amount of poker!!! Which is great, but I think I am burned out. One of my New Year's resolutions was to take notes, so as of Jan 3, 2006 I have tracked certain stats by hand (yuck). I realize this isn't a big enough sample size, so please don't get upset at me, but that doesn't mean this still doesn't piss me off.
Anyways, I have been all in with a pair/2 pair/straight vs. a flush draw over the past month a total of 43 times (after the flop). Sometimes the odds for the flush have been a little better, like with me holding an overpair vs. top pair w/flush draw, and others have been me holding a set vs. strictly the flush draw. So while the odds may differ a tad from hand to hand, you can see I've been a nice favorite each time. How many have I won? 17 pots. Not even half? This is killing me.
This hand happened tonight, and is no big deal i guess, by itself, but it was just kind of the last straw that goes along with the above statistics.
Full Tilt Poker Game #543612491: Table Oso Blanca - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:42:19 ET - 2006/04/03
Seat 1: phils ugly mole ($8.05)
Seat 2: Trazor ($27.85)
Seat 3: Ezalbman ($9.50)
Seat 4: Pnut72 ($25)
Seat 5: Gizmo1951 ($14.95)
Seat 6: dbofizzle ($15.60)
Seat 7: Bronco232 ($26.05)
Seat 8: charlierose ($14.75)
Seat 9: MTSlim ($9.10)
Ezalbman posts the small blind of $0.10
Pnut72 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bronco232 [Qh Qd]
Gizmo1951 has 15 seconds left to act
Gizmo1951 folds
dbofizzle folds
Bronco232 raises to $0.75
charlierose is sitting out
charlierose folds
MTSlim calls $0.75
phils ugly mole folds
Trazor folds
Ezalbman folds
Pnut72 folds
*** FLOP *** [Td Kd Kc]
Bronco232 checks
MTSlim bets $1.85
Bronco232 raises to $3.70
MTSlim raises to $8.35, and is all in
Bronco232 calls $4.65
MTSlim shows [3d Ad]
Bronco232 shows [Qh Qd]
*** TURN *** [Td Kd Kc] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Td Kd Kc 4s] [Ah]
MTSlim shows two pair, Aces and Kings
Bronco232 shows two pair, Kings and Queens
MTSlim wins the pot ($17.65) with two pair, Aces and Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.55 | Rake $0.90
Board: [Td Kd Kc 4s Ah]
Seat 1: phils ugly mole didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Trazor (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Ezalbman (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Pnut72 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Gizmo1951 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: dbofizzle didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Bronco232 showed [Qh Qd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 8: charlierose didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: MTSlim showed [3d Ad] and won ($17.65) with two pair, Aces and Kings
After this player bet the flop, my read was correct that he did not have a K, and I put him on A10. We end up all in and he hits one of his 3 additional outs besides his flush draw. Again, this hand isn't crazy, or hitting some 2 outer on the river, but I'm venting here as all I want is to win more than half of these. Due in large part to hands like this, I'm up a whopping $12.40 the past two months. I know I'm whining like a baby, but damn, this hurts!!! I do want to stress that I'm not saying this is some horrendous beat, but whether its a hand like this, or one where I'm an even bigger favorite, it isn't holding up and in turn, I gotta imagine its effecting my play. I'm going to play a bit more this week fellow message boarders, then I am going to take a break from this game and try and come back refreshed. Maybe I'll read Barry Greenstein again to have a better mental aspect of these hands.
So I'll peek at the boards when I can all, but I won't be around as regularly, so good luck to all message boarders and may you all hit your draws  . |
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