$1-3 – Playing like a donkey part 1 of 4

Hi guys! I had my first big losing session yesterday. I’m gonna take full responsibility for my lost. It was a combination of me tilting at work, playing very bad, and missing a lot of value like I usually do. The game was amazing, but I was playing non-thinking poker and paying dearly for it. I took note of 4 spots where I made big mistakes. They are in no particular order.

At this point, I was in the game for 1k, still kinda stunned from being stacked earlier in the session. I was fairly active at this table and my image may have been a maniac as I was showing up with marginal hands.

The villian in this hand was playing very tight I thought. The only hands he showed up with were literally AK at show down. Earlier in the session, I had tried to bluff him off top pair, but he didnt buy the hand I was trying to rep. I think his image of me at this point was loose aggressive. In this hand I went with the default set-mining plan.

Hero Hand: 2c2h
Hero stack: 850
Hero Postion: HJ

V1 Hand: K6s
V1 Stack: 600
V1 Position: Cut

Preflop
Two early position limps, hero limps looking to set mine, V1 raises to 15, one limper calls with 1k behind, hero calls

Flop: As 4s 2d
checks to hero, hero decides to donk bet 35, V1 raises to 75, limper folds, hero reraise to 175, V1 calls

Turn: 6s
Hero bets 200, V1 all-in, hero calls

River: 5c

My preflop call was to setmine my opponents. The villain in this hand had position and the betting lead. I was taking notes for a previous hand, and when the flop came, I stopped taking notes and waited for my turn to act. However, when I wen’t to put my phone down, I had dropped it from the table. I went to pick it up and the action was on me.

For some donkey-of-a-reason, I forgot v1 in this hand. I asked the dealer if it was checked to me, and then donk-bet. I usually do not donk-bet. And I really cannot give you a real reason why, but I did it without even thinking.

V1 decides to raise to 75 and it’s back on me. I think I made another mistake here, after catching my first mistake. I looked a the board and thought its fairly wet. I suspected he had an ace in his hand or a premium pocket pair 88+. His reraise, to me at the time, seemed like he was trying to bully me out of the hand, as I had been playing very weak up to this point. My hand was strong enough for a reraise, and I think my size here was the mistake.

V1 tanks for a good minute. He even says outloud, “You probably have a set here.” He finally decided on a call, and I told myself, he has the ace!

The turn did not bother me, as I put him on an ace. I followed up with 200 for value, and he snap raises all-in. I snap call right back, without hesitation. =(

I got it all wrong.

• This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Han.