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I was really in the mood to play. My mind was clear. I was not tired. I even took a moment to check in with myself, making sure nothing could distract me from the game. All of that didn’t really help at all with this very short session.
Hero stack: $400
Hero Hand: KK
Hero Position: UTGVillain stack: $1800
Villain hand: 66
Villain position: MPPreflop:
Hero raise to 15, UTG2 calls, villain calls, HJ calls, blinds fold.Flop: J 6 3 c d h
Hero bets 45, only villain callsTurn: 5s
Hero bets 75, villain raise 275, hero all-in, villain snap callsRiver: 4x
I had just gotten to the table and was sitting in seat 9. I can tell how long I had been there because my casino has a little monitor embedded in the table and keeps track of your hours. There were a few players at this table with more than 1k in front of them. I only recognized two people at the table. The villain in this hand, I had never seen before in this poker room.
The game was ok in my opinion. Seat 8 was tilted from a hand she had lost, as I was settling into my seat. I was eager to get in a hand with her.
I didn’t get playable hands until this hand was dealt to me. Literally, the first hand I entered a pot with. I opened my standard raise at this game.
I thought this board was amazing for my hand. I bet out on the flop, looking to target a Jx holding or a straight draw.
The 5 on the turn, completing the rainbow, bothered me a bit. I looked at the villains stack size and thought how he could amass such a huge stack. I assumed that he loves to play his draws, and had been getting lucky with them. My first mistake.
I bet out 75 wanting to charge his draw and possibly value from top pair. His raise and sizing to me at the time, was screaming a draw. Especially with his huge stack, I thought he was trying to bully as well. I go all-in, thinking I can make a stand. Nope. My second mistake.
The snap call, said it all. On top of that, he even was yelling for another six on the river. Push my stack into the middle and looked over at the clock. I tell the dealer I’m done. I make the 30 minute trip home. And when I tell the dealer, I’m done……I nearing the end of my rope.
You recognized two of your mistakes, but I think you made one earlier in the hand. On the flop, you bet pretty big – 75% of the pot. This flop is really dry, the only draw is 54. So you’re doing two things with this bet. First, you’re saying that you have a big hand, usually an overpair. Lots of players have sizing tells with overpairs, and I don’t think you bet this big with AJ or AK.
And second, you’re only allowing really good hands to stay in the pot. There shouldn’t be any 2 pair combos here, so the only hands that beat you are the sets, which are obviously calling. AJ can call, KJ maybe. Some players will call with any jack, but at this level against most players I’m probably folding QJ or JT against your line. You just have an overpair so much here. So you have to think about what he can call your bet with and then what he can raise you on the turn with. Very few bluff raises here.
That, and you fell in love with your kings. No matter how card dead you are you have to learn to let those premiums go.
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