I saw a mark at 50/100 today and sat down. On literally the first hand he doubled through...
No-Limit Hold'em, $100.00 BB (2 handed) -
Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from
FlopTurnRiver.comSB ($8000)
Hero (BB) ($20000)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 10
, 10
SB bets $150,
Hero raises $700, SB calls $600
Flop: ($1600) A
, 2
, 3
(2 players)Hero checks,
SB bets $1600, Hero calls $1600
Turn: ($4800) Q
(2 players)Hero checks,
SB bets $5600 (All-In), Hero calls $5600
River: ($16000) K
(2 players, 1 all-in)Total pot: $16000
Results:
SB had 10
, K
(one pair, Kings).
Hero had 10
, 10
(one pair, tens).
Outcome: SB won $15999.50
No matter though because 5 hands later I scooped my biggest pot ever!
No-Limit Hold'em, $100.00 BB (3 handed) -
Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from
FlopTurnRiver.comSB ($10000)
BB ($20946.50)
Hero (Button) ($20500)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 7
, 8
Hero bets $300,
1 fold, BB calls $200
Flop: ($650) 8
, 7
, 7
(2 players)BB bets $650, Hero calls $650
Turn: ($1950) 5
(2 players)BB bets $1950, Hero calls $1950
River: ($5850) A
(2 players)BB bets $5850,
Hero raises $17600 (All-In), BB calls $11750
Total pot: $41050
Results:
Hero had 7
, 8
(full house, sevens over eights).
BB didn't show
Outcome: Hero won $41049
I then sat at some 5/10 tables because nothing higher was running and I wanted to play my rush. I've played less than 6000 hands of 5/10 this year and I quickly remembered why – I can't take the damn limit seriously anymore. After twice 5-bet jamming preflop with AJo, once into a cold 4-bettor who had QQ and the second time into a back-raiser who had AK, and having neither win, I was officially on tilt. I proceeded to donk off two more 5/10 buy-ins before quitting about 7K down from my peak (the other 3K I lost in standard spots at 10/20).
I always try to take something from my bad sessions, and from this session I think the lesson is clear: don't play 5/10 anymore Joey! Of course, I doubt I'll be able to avoid 5/10 altogether (especially if certain famous fish are sitting) but I'm going to do my damn well best to try. What I'm definitely not going to do is do what I did today and that is play a genuine 5/10 session. I've only played about 3 of those this year and I'm pretty sure all of them ended up in the red. I think it's fine if I supplement my normal 10/20 tables with 5/10 tables, but if I'm playing 5/10 exclusively or even predominantly I end up trying to win every pot and become a -EV, FPS-monkey.
In other news I'm running pretty badly this month, but I've run well this year so I can't complain too much. I just want to make sure I still finish up for the month because I really don't like having negative months. It makes you feel like you've gone backwards...
