5:44am: It’s never fun to report nights like these, but being the objective webmaster that I am — it is my duty to report to you both the good and the bad. Not that tonight was back-breakingly bad or anything, but a day that started out with so much promise (3-0) quickly went south, and I found myself fighting to keep myself above water all night long.
First and foremost, there were the suckouts. There were many of them. Basically, whaever my opponents needed tonight, they received. My favorite one of the night is below, but please keep in mind that there were probabably about 6-7 similar to this hand (although not quite as bad):
PokerStars Game #19606205413: Tournament #102055335, $100+$5 Hold’em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2008/08/14 - 05:30:36 (ET)
Table ‘102055335 1′ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: trujm (2500 in chips)
Seat 2: ssolknitsua (500 in chips)
trujm: posts small blind 15
ssolknitsua: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trujm [Ah 9d]
trujm: raises 60 to 90
ssolknitsua: raises 410 to 500 and is all-in
trujm: calls 410
*** FLOP *** [7c 3d As]
*** TURN *** [7c 3d As] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [7c 3d As Js] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ssolknitsua: shows [Ks Td] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
trujm: shows [Ah 9d] (a pair of Aces)
ssolknitsua collected 1000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1000 | Rake 0
Board [7c 3d As Js Qc]
Seat 1: trujm (button) (small blind) showed [Ah 9d] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: ssolknitsua (big blind) showed [Ks Td] and won (1000) with a straight, Ten to Ace
This hand pretty much sums up everything I experienced tonight. That being said, I’ve been through nights like these more times than you’d care to imagine. While all of these things might anger other people, they light a fire under my ass to do everything in my power to make sure that it doesn’t happen the next time. Although many situations are preventable, there’s a such thing as putting yourself in a position to get unlucky, and not doing so is my goal for tomorrow.
Here is the breakdown of the sets:
1. 3-0
2. 1-2
3. 2-1
4. 1-2
5. 1-2
6. 1-2
7. 2-1
8. 1-2
Positives:
-If you notice, I went 1-2 five times, which means that I was 5-0 in the ever-crucial hinge game (will talk about it more later today).
- People are still putting the money in beind, which is music to my ears. I won’t be worried until I’m actually the one getting it in behind (which doesn’t happen often)
- One match I played is the PERFECT match for the next tutorial because he was hyperaggressive and I pulled off a big momentum-changing bluff that allowed me to win the match.
- It’s been 55 sets since I’ve gone 0-3 in a single set
- Not even once today did I get angry at the results, and I kept my composure even when things were turning bad.
- Still have not had an overall losing session (from a win/loss perspective) since switching to the 3/8/24 game format.
Negatives:
- When you finish even on the day, you still have to pay rake. $120 to be exact (for 24 games)
- Fell short of my goal of hitting 30k today. A $300+ winning day would have also secured me a spot in the top 20 in total profit on Sharkscope for $36-$100 heads up.
- I took some risks today that I could have been more patient and didn’t have to take. Will correct that next time.
Overall, the day was destined for mediocrity from that start. I started to say around the fifth set that the night was going to be a long one, and I was right. I had a feeling I was due for one of these. Thank god that the worst nights I’ve had so far have all been nights where I finished 12-12. Not looking forward to the first time I finish under .500.
Anyways, good luck to anyone playing a morning session. Will be back to grinding mid/late afternoon after I run some important errands.
Start a Clean Slate at a New Room, a New Sharkscope, and Keep HFL Free in the Process