Well, I made it back to Blackhawk today
and I left with a decent profit. I feel good because I think I didn't
make any bad mistakes. There is only one hand I regret folding and
statistically I still think folding was the right thing to do. I
received the mighty 4-2 a few times during my 4 hours of play, but
the situation always forced me to fold (I couldn't even limp). That
is until I was BB, got dealt 4-2 off suit and was the pot was limped
by 3 or 4 other players. I checked my option and and the flop came
down 35T rainbow. A $10 bet from a player in early position and one
caller made the pot almost $30 when it folded back to me. I was
getting 3 to 1 on a call, but only had 8 outs, that's like 17% just
to see the turn and I doubted I would get a free look at the river if
I didn't make my straight on the turn. I folded and the turn was a 6
which made my straight. There were probably implied odds, but I'm
too tight a player to deal with the greater variance when playing
implied odds.
I also had pocket AA one hand, popped
it to $10 preflop and got two callers. The flop came A26 with two
hearts. It went check – check to me and I be the pot, about $30. I
took down the pot and did not feel like I lost any value. I now kinda
feel that big pairs should be played in a way such as not to loose a
big pot. The saying “Win a small pot or loose a big one” rings
true.
I made my profit for the day with J9
crubs in the hole. A limp pot again and we saw JKQ with the K and Q
of clubs. I check-call a $10 bet and see a river 7 of clubs. I check
– raise all in (about $40 more) from a $30 bet and get called. An
Ace on the river did not change my hand and I raked in $190 pot. The
other player said he had the Ace of clubs. I play another orbit and
then quit for the day.
Some thoughts on what went different
this week. I took some time off since my big loss a few weeks ago. I
did not take advantage of the free drinks. In other words I did not
get loaded on coffee like I sometimes do. I was very patient, and
fairly tight. I laid down most of my draws. I did not play too long.
I choose to quit while I was ahead instead of quitting when I busted.
I'm still way down overall, but I got some confidence back.
Next week is the HPT. I'm going to
splurge for a $120 buy in to a satellite to a qualifier to the main
event. Yes, that is three tourneys if I make it that far.
