Well being that time of year when we could all use a boost to the wallet, I found myself up a little on stars this morning. I took advantage of my good form lately and withdrew everything but $600. I know that may seem like a lot, but my credit card needed paying and with Christmas presents on the go, it seemed like a good idea.
So I now had $600 dollars (notice the word 'had') and I immediately hated seeing my balance being displayed with only three digits. Yuck. I figured that a few solid hands and I could be right back to $1000 and a nice cashout still in the mail. I went on to a 50/1 table. I got KQs in the BB my first hand. Not one of the first hands, THE first hand, it was raised to $4 by a big stack and I called. Flop comes KKJ. Nice. I bet $8, he raises to $20. Hmmmmmm. Am I behind here? I flat call the $20. Turn is a Q. THE NUTS. I check. He goes all in. I call. River is a J. He flips quads. God damnit, the guy hit a one outer. The table starts berating this guy on his luck. I think I now know why he had a big stack. Disgusting hand, total cooler. I log off the table not wanting to see his stack with my money and I go to another table. After about six hands or so, I get AA on the button. I raise to $5 with two limpers. The small blind calls, the BB reraises me to $15. The limpers fold and it is back to me. I re-reaise to $40. The small blind folds, the big blind then goes ALL IN!!! I call immediately. Because it is a cash game, the cards are not flipped over. The flop comes Q67 turn is another Q river is a T. He flips over AQ. I couldnt believe it. I wanted to kill him. Honestly? What the hell could I do? I went from total confidence with hopes of erasing my cash out, to my present balance of $371.97. (I lost another $29 when I went to a table after the AA hand and logged off after a few hands before any more damage was done)
I am sick right now. I am glad my cashout is on its way but I feel totally defeated right now. I am going to the fiancee's parents' summer home tomorrow for five days. There is no internet access there so I am taking a break from internet poker. I am glad in a way as it gives me time to regroup without the temptation to log back on. I am not sure what tables I am going to play, not sure if I can play the 10/25 tables or the 25/50. I may play some turbos again. I dunno. Really mixed feelings right now.
Until I post again in five days...may your cards be lucky.
Ouch! Sick, sick hands there! But at the same time it shows you and your readers the importance of good bankroll management. 2 horrific beats have crippled your bankroll, having 20-30x the buyin would mean although these beats would have stung, they wouldn;t have made much difference overall.
ReplyDeleteDrop down to the NL25 tables mate, they are so soft it is untrue. As Hellmuth said "if it wasn;t for luck I'd win every game I played in" or something like that. I believe that about NL10 and NL25!
Best of luck rebuilding!