KING OF THE WORLD #1
In an effort to display my cash game idiocy to the world (while possibly learning something along the way) I’m introducing two new features to the blog. King Of The World, and The Biggest Loser.
The day after I play a cash session I will revue the Poker Tracker numbers and then post either the biggest winning hand or the biggest losing hand depending on which is greater. Yesterday it happened to be a winner.
Staying true to my work (kinda) I started the day at a 25NL table. Within an hour I was up three buy ins and decided to take some of that money and buy in to a 50NL game. About forty minutes later that buy in was gone and I was back at a 25 table. I managed to take a little more money and ended the day up around $60. I don’t know why but I can’t get a handle on the 50NL tables. It seems from looking at the histories that I’m bluffing way to much but I don’t know why I keep doing it.
Anyway let’s move onto my KING OF THE WORLD hand.
I could try to justify my play here but from an odds standpoint I really had no business staying in the hand after the SB pushes. I really felt I had the best flush draw and I just knew the button would call based on his past play. In the moment I thought the call was right. Feel free to rip in with constructive criticism.
June 18th, 2007 at 4:20 am
it’s always hard to move up. usually the play ain’t much better, but somehow our mind tells us this more money is something else even though we would win when we play as solid as we did a limit lower.
June 18th, 2007 at 4:23 am
ps added you to my blogroll, some interesting stuff you write about. I can find myself in some of your posts and just know how hard it is to change game plans when you do wrong and know it.
June 18th, 2007 at 6:14 am
An overshove like that, I think worst case scenario he has an 8, and best case scenario, A high flush. Just curious what you figured the button would call behind with for you to make the orignial call?
June 18th, 2007 at 9:37 am
I have a hard time believing that a player is going to overshove with a better flush than mine. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it done with a lone A drawing to the flush.
What value would he get from shoving the best flush?
Are players really that weak that he would get a call often enough to make that profitable?
The guy behind me was a loose cannon. He saw over 40% of the flops and once he was in a hand he wasn’t going anywhere if he had any possibility of a draw.