I didnt know were to post this but tonight I took cooler after cooler while playing live in my local card room.
Sometimes I make good progress with my poker but of lately I am just becoming a pure nit and WILL ONLY PLAY the nuts I am now becoming scared to enter pots with middle pairs or AQ in fear a bigger hand out there, the more coolers I take the more I nit up. Last month I had 3 out 3 winning sessions and netted a profit of over $1200 now this month is total different I have played 2 sessions and both times have lost a total of $950.
Okay so picture this if you will we are about to start the game with 5 players, we play a round of each. I buy-in for $250 and I get dealt pocket 4's first hand on the BTN. 2 players fold to me and I raise to $10 and the SB folds and BB calls.
Flop: 7
6
4
BB checks, I bet $20, BB insta-calls.
Turn: 10
BB checks, I bet $55, BB insta-shoves all in, Hero insta-calls
River: 5
BB shows 8
5
WOW first hand I flop trips someone flops the nut straight, now as the dealer deals the next hand I start to think maybe I could of FOLDED on the turn to his C/R so these thoughts now creep into my head. I have a funny way to tilt instead of being a spew-monkey and chase my loses, I fold way more than hands. I just fold and fold and fold and think of reasons NOT to enter the pot any excuse will do like position, ot chip stack I look for reasons to fold. So this is what I am thinking and we are now on to Omaha,
Again I am on the BTN with K
K
4
3
UTG limps in, CO raises to $10,
I fold, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.
I was thinking at the time "my kings are not suited" I am only calling to hit a King if I miss I am going to check/fold, these players dont really fold any draws so its hard to win when they dont fold and I dont want to go the turn/river cards with just a pair of kings with no re-draw to anything and he could already have aces so just fold now. And I fold.
Flop: K
T
6
OMG...........sick right but wait there is so much more to come.
BB checks, UTG checks, CO bets, BB calls, UTG folds.
Turn: 6
BB bets, CO calls.
River: 3
BB bets, CO calls
BB shows pocket frecking 6's QUADS I would of lost and now confirm to myself that folding pre-flop was good.
So 3 hours pass and new players have joined the game and I havnt played a hand until I pick up AQ o/s on the BTN again, same guy as above raises to $10 UTG and I re-raise to $30, SB calls, BB calls, UTG now makes it $100, I fold, SB and BB folds and he shows pocket Kings. I keep running into hands.
So I fold some more and we are back playing Omaha I am in MP with
A
A
J
7
I dont raise because my aces are not suited so its multi-way to the flop.
Flop: K
K
4:diamond
Everyone checks. free card
Turn: Q
Everyone checks, free card
River: A
UTG bets out $15 and gets a weak caller in the middle and I pop it to $45 thinking its for value, UTG then makes it $160 which would put me all in, 1 guy folds, and I call.
Need I tell you what he, yes of course he has K
K
, cold deck? WTF I am supposed to do here.
How can I overcome my tilt problems?