Coaching, Wins looses, etc...

Whats happening party people. So after a coaching session with a good mate of mien Andrew “higgerwattage” Watson, I have plugged a few leaks in my tournament game and have over the past few weeks managed to have a couple of deep runs and win a couple of nice SnG’s. My First deep run was in a $2.2 $4k Gt, and I place 5^th out of 5000, which was actually a bit of a let do as I went into the Final table as the Chip leader, I remember one had where I made a call of the short stack holding A5 and he had AA. And then I lost a had with AK > AQ with Q hitting the Board, after all in Pre Flop. And then Finally pushing my Button with K♠7♠ and running into K 10, and of course the board bricked out.

But that gave me over $400, bucks that I took out and paid for a few things with that week and put $200 into my bank roll. Lately I have been doing great with my normal SnG’s with a couple of 1^st, in $7/45 man ones, on Monday I played 4, cashed in 3 with one 1^st, boosting my online roll up to $160. So that should keep me a float for a few days.

My work friends decided to go for a casino run, last night and I had an arrangement to get staked by my mate into the $500 cash game, but when I rocked up he had blown over 600 on BlackJack and was not in the mood any more. So I took that $200 out and played the $1-$2 blinds, $200 NLH table and was off to a rocky start with trying to bluff this guy out after about sitting there for an hour card dead, of course this bluff didn’t work and I was down to $140.

On the button I was dealt K♠ 4♠, and made it $8 with a couple of limpers, and got 4 callers the board came:

K♥ J♥ K♦,

Everyone checked to my button and I bet out $16, the SB called and everyone folded.

I’m putting him on any J, or Flush draw, with may be QT and aswell.

The turn brought a 3♣, and he checks. And I bet out $35. He calls.

I think now based on his play that QT is gone, and flush draw is not that likely unless is is like A♥ 10 ♥ or something like that, so most likely he has a J with good kicker like Q, as I he likes to call his top pairs down.

The turn brought a 10♠. And he checks again, I push my remaining $85 into the pot, and he calls. And mucks when he see’s my 3 K’s.

K♥ J♥ K♦ 3♣10♠.

My hand: K♠ 4♠ oppents hand ? ? Pot $280+.

A few more hands go by and I manage to build over $300. When I get dealt the 3♣ 4♣, and make it $8.

I grab 4 callers again, this time I am UTG with two early position callers and, the BB tag along.

Flop brings:

5♣ Q♣ 2♣

Bingo Flush, ok now how do I get the money in? I continue again for $16, and get one caller, and  the same guy from my last big pot makes it $50. The SB gets out of the way. Now I go through my head as what this guy could have and of course I think yea he could have a bigger flush but – lets face it, this is Hold’em not Omaha, it is unlikely, so I’m more likely putting him on a set, or a really good Q with a Club in his hand, Like K♣ or even A♣, remembering he doesn’t really like raising me pre-flop without big pairs in his hand. And if he has the bigger flush, I don’t see myself folding anyway.

I made my decision and I grabbed a pile of chips, and pushed them in the middle, the dealer counted out $175 total. And he starts to literally shit himself, scratching himself, thinking what to do, like he has never been re-raised before. But to my surprise he goes all in and I instantly call and he turns over A♣ Q♦.

The turn brought the 10♣, I still have the 6♣ for a straight flush but the river brings a J and my hand goes dead.

Pot was over $600, my hand was a big favourite to win. Would have been nice, when I was up $100, I was thinking of how good it was to shout Stef, but then the $600 pot came along and all I was thinking about was how good it would be to pay a chuck off my loan, and take Stef out for dinner. I still took Stef out for a great meal at our favourite Japanese restaurant. Back to the online grind for a few weeks.

Lately I have been reading DevilFish’s auto-biography and it has been pretty interesting so far, there a good quote that I like from it that should sum up a poker player’s feeling about money and the ability to cope with bad beats, “As long as you realise the money means nothing, then your ahead”. And lets face it, you are ahead– well 80% of the time at least.

I’m looking forward to the Sydney champs coming up in September, with a few backers still needed, so get in touch if you are interested!