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This is the hand that ended my session. I checked in with myself mentally and was doing alright. I was not being result orientated and told myself, “Each hand is an isolated situation from the last”
Hero stack: 150
Hero hand: A5s
Hero position: BBV1 stack: 350
V1 hand: A4o
V1 position: SBPreflop:
Btn opens to 15, V1 calls, Hero callsFlop: Ac Ah 8d
V1 checks, hero checks, BTN checksTurn: 4d
V1 bets 35, hero raise to 100, BTN folds, V1 all-in, hero callsThis is where I was at a lost for words. I couldn’t believe this hand. I didnt think my opponent had an ace, and I just wanted to take down the hand. When he clicked it back to me, I just could not level myself into thinking he had an ace.
My luck box is broken
So I’ll just comment on this thread instead of all 4. You pretty much got coolered in every hand. I can really only give a small bit of advice.
In hand one, that min-raise is a pretty bad decision for a few reasons. First, you’re pricing the original raise and everyone else in the hand. If you make it 40, you might just win the pot as is, but you’re also not as likely to go multi-way.
When you’re playing against short stacks, you don’t want to play small-ball with them. People tend to play short stacks in a way so that when they hit their hand they bet big. They either win the pot then or double up. It’s a hard strategy to play, and most people are bad at it, but it’s frustrating when they hit.
Hand 2 (flush vs flopped house) – just a cooler.
Hand 3 (76o) – don’t limp and call pre. Granted, this was a small pot, and as played no problem. Since he was short, you can’t really do much else. But there are only a few hands here that you beat when villain is OMC – sets (and maybe AA/KK). He’s got virtually no 2 pair here (maybe JT). Outside of that, he’s got a flush here a lot. Again, not much you can do with his small stack, but just some consideration for big stack OMC.
Hand 4 – Huge cooler.
My only advice overall is to watch big bets by players at 1/3. Very rarely are people making big bluffs here. There are the occasional bluffs, but most turn or river raises is a strong hand.
That said, this sounded like a brutal session. We’ve all had them. Just makes it even worse that this was your first session back from a break.
Thank you for the feedback John. Its really unreal the luck I’m running into. I had a morning session, where I raised with AJs and got called from the SB with A5o. Flop was AA5. Opponent c/raise on the flop, and I just couldn’t believe it.
You know, I might nickname myself Mr. Freeze. I don’t know if I’m making mistakes. Could I fold in these spots at all?
I left the morning session to do other stuff and get my mind off it. I’m going to the an evening session. I really hope this will all turn around soon.
I had a great evening session. Action packed, and I think I was fairly active as well. Was up 175 in the session for 3 hours of play. I took a lot of notes, and hope I can hear your thoughts on it.
I think these are coolers. It is worth noting though that (especially in 1/3) what could the opponent on the A5 vs AJ hand be check raising you with besides an Ace? Pocket 5s maybe? I’m probably calling too, but its worth thinking about. Especially if you find yourself in a similar spot with a weaker Ace.
So I took a look back at hand 1. I played that hand very bad.
The preflop min-raise is small. I should’ve let the UTG make the mistake of calling my reraise with such a small stack. Would be an easy fold, if there is aggression from them. My sizing did price villain into the hand.
As played though, I think my flop play was pretty standard.
On the turn. There are lot of hands that could beat me here: Flush, AK, 33, and of coarse A3. His min-raise on this board texture should have raised alarm bells. I honestly got stubborn here.
Villain does not bluff and I find that most players at these levels do not bluff at a high enough frequency. My hand could’ve been the best hand on the flop, but the turn should’ve smashed his preflop calling range.
Its very hard to fold this hand. I’m not drawing dead, but drawing very thin to 2 outs.
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