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Originally Posted by AceDeuceSuited
I was having a pretty good session at 1/3, ran 300 up to 700 or so and my table broke. I decided to play longer and won a few more small pots and was developing a good image at this new table and was looking at a pretty big W. Then this happened.
I had As9c in the BB. There was an open to 10. There were a few callers and I called as well.
Flop came down 9s 3s 2s.
I had TPTK and the NFD. I check, intending to check-raise. One of the field callers bet 15. I ask how much he has behind and he shows about 80. I raise to 45, wanting to string him along since I'm either ahead already or I have a ton of equity, committing his stack for any future bet. He calls.
Turn is 4d. I push him all-in and he calls. River is a blank, 7c. I announce my pair of 9s. He turns over A5o for a gut-shot straight draw that hit his 3-outer on the turn. I was 90% on the flop, in even better shape than I imagined. I guess that happens sometimes when I correctly try to entice someone who was well behind to call, still hate it though. That was about a 250 dollar pot that would have gotten me to a high water mark for the session.
After losing another few small/medium pots, mostly against a pair of Asian brothers who were seated directly behind me (fairly sketchily -- occasionally speaking Mandarin to each other when out of hands, checking down against each other with the nuts, etc.), I had another frustrating moment. One of the brothers button straddled, and several players limped.
I had AdKc in the HJ and raise to 30. The button jams all-in for 160 total. A few other players hem and haw before folding, with one declaring that he would have called if I wasn't left to act behind. I think I see the player across from me fold a K, which is both good (less likely button has KK) and bad (fewer outs for me if he has QQ), but I wasn't sure. I called, announced my hand, and he turned over AQcc. The board ran out 775 3r (looking good!) 5, so we ended up chopping in what was my best chance to recoup those losses. Ugh.
I left shortly thereafter with a modest win, but one that should have been much bigger.
I know this is pretty much standard "stuff that happens in poker", but I still hated it, and this is where I get to post about it.
In my last 2 sessions IÂ’ve had 3 hands where IÂ’ve got the villain all-in on the turn when villain had 1 out and lost on all of them (had between like 87 and 92% equity). Had no hands where I got it all in on the flop with +75% to win an lost both.
It is really hard to build up a bankroll to move up in stakes when you take 700bb beatings like this over 2 sessions.
This, combined with never winning a coin-flip all-in means my actual winnings in bb/100 is 300% below EV. IÂ’m pushing an EV Bb/100 of 18+ but only winning at 6 bb/100.
ItÂ’s just the game though. You have to remember that over the long run, playing better hands, you will profit.
Your first hand shows the problem of playing hands with low SPR. Like what are you supposed to do on the flop bet? I donÂ’t like calling here - I mean you have top pair and multiple outs to the nuts - I would want to build the pot. But you canÂ’t really raise his flop bet because then you are pot committed so might as well jam - but then you are up again an opponent with a wide range of hands including sets of 2s and sets of 3s, and 2 pair 4-3, and if you jam here you will likely only get called by hands that beat you. So you are forced to call and then get screwed on the turn..
