Attempted New Leaf
I played a mini session of tournaments online tonight, and in line with my last post decided to try and play with enjoyment in mind. This worked for a while, but my mood turned darker hour by hour as illustrated below:
Status Happy
Someone raises to 90, I make it 270 with AA.
They call…flop is 7TJ. They bet 800, I shove for 2.5k total and they call with 89. Great.
Literally 45 seconds later:
Status still happy
Different tournament, different software.
Someone raises to 120, I make it 370 with AA.
They call…flop is 7TJ. They bet 1100, I shove for 3k total and they call with 89. WTF!?
Status neutral
Omaha tournament - I call a raise from a tight player with JT76 in an attempt to crack Aces.
Flop is J73 giving me the ace cracking two pair. They bet 1k, I shove for 5k and they find a call with QQ88 (?). Turn is Q.
Status Grumpy
Omaha tournament - I raise with 78K5 DS
Flop is 569 with 2 hearts giving me the nuts + king flush draw. We get it in - he also has the nuts but has 5678. I guess my re-draw is better slightly but he immediately houses up.
Status Fuming
These hands happen SIMULTANEOUSLY. Literally, the all in flops happen at the same time so I don’t know where to look. I get opponents all in for significant pots with 99 v 44 (?) and JJ v AT sooted (?). I lose both on the river, one to a river 4, the other to a runner, runner, runner, runner flush. I use the “c” word normally only reserved for Gordon Brown and Ed Balls, and tilt into oblivion.
I eventually calm down and am placed 7th out of 12 remaining in an FT tournie. I have been having a ding dong with Moorman, one of the top UK online players on my table. I raise his blind with A6 and he shoves - I don’t believe him and call, but he has A8 and I bust in 12th for $300.
Lost £300 for the night.