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29.09.2008, 21:26
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by rhinoneil: 29.09.2008 21:48.
Poker is great, but I have to remember that all it takes is one mistake, one slip in concentration and it can really cost you. In tournament poker it is often the case that one error can boot you out of the tourney, but if you are single tabling its easy to move on to the next table.
In cash games, it can ruin a whole nights work.
Tonight I played 298 hands of excellent poker, even though I do say so myself and was $156 up and looking good. I started playing at 8, two tabling at NL100, and at 9.55 decided I would carry on until 10 then walk away with whatever profit I had.
Of course, a minute later I managed to mess it up.
Hand 299, I make the call from middle position with 44, SB calls, BB checks.
Flop is 4d,Jd,7s. BB bets out $3, I raise to $9, he reraises to $33. Hmmm I think, what is he checking in the BB with which he now feels like reraising me with? I decide that he must be on the flush draw so I push to take him off it. He thinks for a while then calls all in. What has he got? 77 thats what!
What do they say about never going bust in an unraised pot?
I think I have found a serious flaw in my game. I am too quick to put someone on a particular hand and once I make my mind up about it, I am either too short sighted or just too stubborn to see that its the wrong call.
I will have to have another look at this aspect of my game and make a concious effort to re-analyze according to each betting response.
Anyway, the upshot is that I finished the night only $28 up. I suppose that finishing a session in profit should be considered a success but I know it should have been a lot better.
Incidentally, I watched Devilfish last week playing in a tv tournament. He was my first hero of poker from the days of watching Late Night Poker and I had the pleasure of meeting him when I played the Poker Million. He was strutting through the hotel looking like he owned the place. I dont think I have ever met anyone with such confidence in his own ability. Anyway, I watched this tourny and it was unbelievable how many times he called the exact hand that his opponent was holding. I mean seriously unbelievable. This guy is just amazing. I know he has a huge amount of experience but even so, his ability to read an opponent not just their visible tells but the way they bet and play a hand is just phenomenal. Some people say that the fish has lost it, that he has had his day and cant compete with the new wave of internet pros, but I say thats just what they want to believe. Watching him, I realise that I have an awful lot to learn!