Saturday, June 16, 2007

These should be obvious folds...

I honestly don't know what happened. Well... actually, I think I kinda do know what happened. I think I was on a slight tilt... not the anger tilt but one of those "it's in the back of your head and so you're tilting but you're not quite aware of your tilt until you take a step back and look at it" type of tilt. Ever had those? Well, here's me, being a super donkalicious idiot...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2677625819: Table Spruce Fern - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:42:00 ET - 2007/06/15
Seat 1: RecessRampage ($409.80)
Seat 2: LTFisher ($70)
Seat 3: Tilty_Poo ($363)
Seat 4: SDRI MAFIA ($342.50)
Seat 5: RedBird101 ($129.85)
Seat 6: vavavavoom ($154.10)
Seat 7: rjdee17 ($263.30)
Seat 8: TwistedDonkey ($400)
Seat 9: coldsmoke1 ($233.40)
TwistedDonkey posts the small blind of $2
coldsmoke1 posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [Qd Qc]
RecessRampage raises to $14
LTFisher calls $14
Tilty_Poo folds
SDRI MAFIA folds
RedBird101 folds
vavavavoom calls $14
rjdee17 folds
TwistedDonkey folds
coldsmoke1 folds

*** FLOP *** [Th 7s 9d]
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
RecessRampage bets $32
LTFisher raises to $56, and is all in
vavavavoom has 15 seconds left to act
vavavavoom raises to $140.10, and is all in

Well, I was going to call first all in but when the guy comes over the top for another all in, based on what's on the board, I can't beat much. So, here's me doing the sensible thing.

RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act <--- still hurts
RecessRampage folds
vavavavoom shows [Tc Ts]
LTFisher shows [Ad Td]
Uncalled bet of $84.10 returned to vavavavoom
*** TURN *** [Th 7s 9d] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Th 7s 9d 3s] [4d]
vavavavoom shows three of a kind, Tens
LTFisher shows a pair of Tens
vavavavoom wins the pot ($189) with three of a kind, Tens

Obviously a good fold by me but this is actually a normal fold in my opinion. But, it still sucks when I have to fold an overpair like that... However, my mentality should be that I'm glad I saved money, not it sucks to lay down an overpair... because otherwise, you can make a tilt-induced play, say like 15 minutes later...

15 minutes later...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2677773573: Table Spruce Fern - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:57:30 ET - 2007/06/15
Seat 1: RecessRampage ($309.45)
Seat 2: 7SaVa2 ($300)
Seat 3: PoorNapoleon ($407.50)
Seat 4: SDRI MAFIA ($391.80)
Seat 5: CHRIS8364 ($402.80)
Seat 6: agore111 ($463.20)
Seat 7: newera13 ($396)
Seat 8: TwistedDonkey ($408)
Seat 9: coldsmoke1 ($294.20)
PoorNapoleon posts the small blind of $2
SDRI MAFIA posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [Kh Kc] <--- finally... it's been a slow night for me so I need to make something happen here!!
CHRIS8364 calls $4
agore111 folds
newera13 folds
TwistedDonkey folds
coldsmoke1 calls $4
RecessRampage raises to $22 <--- stupid limpers...
PoorNapoleon folds
SDRI MAFIA calls $18
CHRIS8364 has 15 seconds left to act
CHRIS8364 raises to $402.80, and is all in
coldsmoke1 folds
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act

Ok, let's think about this for a second. This guy just limped UTG, had another limper, then a raise, then a BB calling that raise... so, clearly some of us have something here... nonetheless, he pulls the classic "wait let me think about it, ok I'm all in" move... the classic "let me advertise that I'm a little unsure about this decision so HOPEFULLY I'm right" move... yes, simply put, weak is strong... we all know this. I believe this is poker 101. He clearly has AA.

RecessRampage has requested TIME <--- what... what am I doing? Dude, why are you thinking??? He's got aces! HE'S GOT ACES!!!!!! Your kings are no good!!!!

RecessRampage calls $287.45, and is all in <--- HEE HAW
SDRI MAFIA folds
CHRIS8364 shows [Ac As] <--- of course
RecessRampage shows [Kh Kc] <--- all the donkeys in the world are embarrassed with this call
Uncalled bet of $93.35 returned to CHRIS8364
*** FLOP *** [2d Ad 9s]
*** TURN *** [2d Ad 9s] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [2d Ad 9s 3c] [Ks]
RecessRampage: I can't believe I called
CHRIS8364 shows three of a kind, Aces
RecessRampage shows three of a kind, Kings
CHRIS8364 wins the pot ($643.90) with three of a kind, Aces

I think this was one of the worst calls I made in a while. Personally, I'm ok with making calls based on my reads, even if my reads are incorrect. At least I trusted my reads and I went with it. What I hate is when I go against my reads. I've played long enough, I've studied the game enough, and I've developed my read good enough... so if I can't trust my reads, what the hell am I doing at the poker tables??? And this type of play really pisses me off and like I said, once I think about it the next morning and think about what I was thinking last night, it was clearly tilt induced. The only positive of this hand was actually the fact that it slapped me out of my tilt and I played solid the rest of the night. I, unfortunately wasn't able to get anything going, but at least I snapped out of it...

3 comments:

Mike Maloney said...

I know exactly what you mean, and yes, I hate it when I go through that kind of tilt

Chad C said...

I do that sometimes in tournaments with next to nothing, so I guess you never know. The old limp, all in with AA trick is played out in my opinion, but people still believe it is a good play. In a cash game though I think you have to fold KK there. Really, there is not much other than AA he is going to do that with. Maybe KK or QQ, but doubtful.......

Klopzi said...

For what it's worth, I hate the fold in the first hand and love the call in the second hand.

Thinking the opposite seems a little too results-oriented, doesn't it?