Frustration much?

Frustration much?


Played 7 22 dollar SnG's tonight. 1 2nd, 1 win.

That's REALLY bad for me. Basically, I've lost 6 out of 7. I think I made 1, maybe 2 mistakes.

One mistake was obvious. Pocket queens, in mid position, raised 6x the big blind (it was early), big blind comes over the top for 3x my bet. QQ kills me. I KNOW the guy's got KK or AA, but I go all in anyways, on the off chance he/she didn't. Of course he/she calls with KK and takes me down. Totally my fault there.

The rest? 2 marginal, 3 totally ridiculous.

Marginals - Heads up, dealt pocket 5s, raise to 4x, he goes all in. He's got me covered. It's heads up, he could have anything...I figure with a pocket pair, I'm no worse off than even odds (ended up 52/48 for me). I call. I lose to K10. Oh well. Next, pocket 4's, big blind. Short stacked, 6 left. Everyone folds to small blind, he goes all in, I call. I'm ahead (ended up ahead 53.5/46). Lose to AJo.

Next, AK on the button. 6 left. Guy 2 places to my left likes to go all in with A anything all the time. He does just that. I call. I got him AKs over A8o. I'm bout 3.5-1 to win. 2 8's on the flop. Bye Tim.

Next, AK in the small blind. 5 left. Everyone folds to me. I raise 3x the blind. He goes over the top all in, thinking I'm stealing. I call. I'm up AKo to AQo. Just over 3-1 in my favour. Q on the river. Bye Tim.

Next, and my favourite. KK in mid position. Start of the game, 9 left, even chips. Guy ahead of me goes all in. I call. He's got 77. I'm a clear 4-1 favourite. I dodge a 7...but 4 spades makes him a flush. Unbelievable. Bye Tim...don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out.

Despite all these beats, I'm up a HUGE 8 dollars, due to my win and 2nd place earlier. Should I play one more, and see if I can get sucked out again and go into the hole for the night...or just quit while I'm ahead?

It's 8 fucking dollars. What the fuck do you think I'm gonna do?

STUPID POKER EDIT

4 more SnG's. Out of the money. Stupid beer. Can't blame beats on this, just stupid gameplay. Except for one situation that I have never been able to figure out. I just emailed Scott Fischman and Dutch Boyd about it...I hope they respond. It's pretty simple. If y'all got any advice, hook a brotha up:

SnG. 4-5 left. Big blind is 20-25 percent of my stack. I'm on the big blind. Short stacked, or not far off. Dealt pocket 10's or pocket Jack's. A player in early position raises to 3x the big blind. The bet totally fucking screams AQ or AK. If I go all in, I'm 56-57 percent to win. If I fold, I'm further behind. If I call, I'm pot commited, so it's the same as going all in.

Any advice?

Now i'm down 60 bucks. After being up 116. You realize what that means? I haven't money'd in EIGHT STRAIGHT SnG's, 1 off my record. But I set that record at 6 DOLLAR SnG's. 8 straight? Wow, down 48 bucks. 22 dollars? Try being down 176. I repeat:

Stupid beer.

I can blame my earlier sessions on plain old bad luck. The last 3 were totally unnecessary. I managed to make it down to 4th in 2 of the 3, and both times, the above scenario came up. Both times I lost. More beats? What are the fucking chances?

UPDATE - Played 1 more. Finished 2nd. Ended down 22 for the night.

Go poker!