Originally Posted by bortron5000
So if the dust has settled around this thread...
Not a CT reg, but have been going recently and will continue until Maryland Live opens up (sorry! I live in DC so it'll be about half the distance).
Had a super rough session last time I went, though I'm fairly sure I jinxed myself right off the bat. Second hand at a newly formed table, lots of limping, I call in LP with A3 off. Flop comes AA7 unsuited, seat 2 bets about half the pot, everyone folds to me, I call, figuring unless a 3 comes, this guy has me in bad shape. Turn is a card > 7, same action, pot is up to about 60. River is another card > 7, no straight or flush threats, and seat 2 checks. I check behind fairly confident I'm beat and he shows A5. I didn't realize it was a chop AND I MUCKED! I realized during the next hand, and I couldn't believe it! Super noob mistake. The whole time, I was ready for him to turn over a bigger ace than mine, which in my brain meant I lost, but I didn't bother to check his kicker vs the board at the end... ughh.
Suffice it to say, things only got worse. Had Aces cracked early on, UTG I raise to 8, got 3 or 4 callers. Flop is uncoordinated except for two clubs, so I bet a healthy amount, 20 I think, and get two callers. I put at least one of them on a flush draw. Next card is 3s, as blank as it gets, so I put in a really healthy raise, 60 I think, and only one caller, he's in first position. The last card is Jd, and first position goes all in for 100, leaving me with ~60 behind if I make the call. I call and he shows J3 of clubs for 2 pair.
Not sure how I could have won that pot besides going all in PF or maybe on the turn, since he was clearly ready to gamble. Advice is welcome though!
Lost with kings to a flush, that one's not even worth discussing since it was a few hands later and I was steamy, so I just pushed and pushed without thinking.
Ironically, the only hand that redeemed my session was a super suck out, I raise PF with A9c, get a few callers. Flop comes Q94 with one club. It was late and I was down to the last ~50 of my effective bankroll for the evening, so I shove, and get called in two spots (second caller was J3 man from the earlier hand). The guy to my left had QQ for top set, no clue what J3 man had. Luckily, I got running clubs for the nut flush. Dude to my left was so blown, he left for 15 minutes, then came back, and 10 minutes later told me how that flush had killed him. I conceded to sucking out but let him know that I was in for 300 and only had about 140 in front so I felt his pain.
Other than losing, the session was a lot of fun, I've found that most people are very friendly, if a bit quiet, at the table. Going back on Thursday and hoping for a little redemption. I'll plan on folding aces and kinds pf this time, lifetime I'm about -170 with them, HA. They say beginners tend to overplay Aces and Kings, I'm pretty much the poster child for that at the moment.
One love.