Hello everyone. New player here. I have only been playing live poker maybe a year. 1-2 NL Texas Holdem Though I have read, like, maybe 25 books. I watched videos on Youtube. I play very low stakes NL poker online (.05/.10) lol. Just for practice.
There's a hand that I hate. His first name is Big and his second name is Slick. I hate, hate, hate Big Slick.
Call me a nit. Call me a rock. Call me a tight-ass. Say I'm a newb. You are right. But I will never again play Ace-King. I have lost soooooo much money with Ace-King over the past few months, it's not funny. I am now paranoid I think.
Examples:
A few weeks ago, I get Ace-King UTG, I raise to $17 and there are 2 callers. Flop comes A-9-4. I bet $35. Villain hesitates and calls. Turn card comes a King. I go all in. Villain calls. he was trapping with a set of 9's. I lost about $150 on that hand.
Another example., I have A-K on the button. 5 limpers, I bet $20. 5 callers. Flop comes Ah 10s,9s. It's checked to me. I bet out $50. 1 caller. Turn comes the 8 of clubs. He checks. I bet $25. he calls. River is a blank. He bets $75. I think for a while and I just call. He shows me Qs-Js and he's got the nuts.
I get A-K again in mid poisiton and this time I decide that if someone wants to hit, they got to pay. I raise to $45. Someone goes all in. Pretty tight - aggressive player. I get nervous and I fold. He shows me big slick himself.
I just don't know what the f* to do anymore with A-K. So now I abandoned it. I think I have lost 1200 off of A-K alone in the past 2 months or something like that.
I admit I suck.
What am I doing wrong?