Last Saturday was the anniversary tournament of our little poker room and I played terrible. Completely the opposite of the last tournament. Early in tournament I was check raised, and it was too big of a raise to call. I had 9s 9h and flop was Js 8d 7s - the check raise was far too big (if I recall it was 3k on a best of 400) - I thought fold, and called anyway. We checked the turn and the river paired the board, so we checked. He had AJ -
About 4 hands later I had Ah Kh I raised in early position with cut off call and SB - flop As 7s 19s - we all checked, turn Ad, checked to me and I bet, cut off raised about the same as last hand - I knew I should fold and I called hoping for my kicker I guess. She flopped the flush, checked river. So bad!
Anyway, I couldn't really get a hand after that, lasted through the 4th round, then I doubled up and felted in two hands.
Played the cash game and ended up winning a total of 7 hands in 16 hours of play. I made about 3 bad calls after the flop in all that time, but not for any significant amount - I just knew I was behind and should not call. Any other hands I went past the flop with, I was cold decked on river 100%. It was a sick night. There was so much money on the table - I never really thought I should leave, although I did talk myself into believing the cards were going to change "soon"... lol I even went as far as to be willing to be $1000 deep - I've always thought it wasn't worth it in that card room. There are a small number of players that are willing to do that, a few have profited from making the investment but most don't. I really is not a "safe" room to go that deep because the game could break in a second with no back up options. I surrendered at $850 stuck and won't ever be willing to go that deep again.
I did think about my blog while I was on this losing run. (I believe that's a good thing, because of how I believe this blog is supposed to help me reach my goals.) Now I'm reflecting on the goals I've set - and the fact that I've done it publicly. Just like Steve told me in response to one of my postings; I should set more short term goals. I'm going to do that and I'm going to also set some of my goals to include personal spendings.
I'm not trying to get to $100K without enjoying some of the cash - so, I'm going to give myself credit for the spending of what I will call "capital" purchases. Items like laptops, ipads etc. for school or our home - home decor.
I surrender!
