WTF?!?!?!

I am just going to put up this hand history. You all can guess what the heck I am talking about.

Table '28499731 170' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: JustSeven (2425 in chips)
Seat 2: XxGeneralxX (2855 in chips)
Seat 3: enginedan (4835 in chips)
Seat 4: cccollector (6530 in chips)
Seat 5: Maynie (3080 in chips)
Seat 6: Ezarc (2870 in chips)
Seat 7: StakeNEggen (1170 in chips)
Seat 8: Tastedznutts (3535 in chips)
Seat 9: SJTERROR (1265 in chips)
JustSeven: posts small blind 50
XxGeneralxX: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ezarc [Ah Ad]
enginedan: folds
cccollector: calls 100
Maynie: calls 100
Ezarc: raises 300 to 400
StakeNEggen: folds
Tastedznutts: calls 400
SJTERROR: folds
JustSeven: folds
XxGeneralxX: folds
cccollector: calls 300
Maynie: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Ks 3s]
cccollector: checks
Ezarc: bets 900
Tastedznutts: calls 900
cccollector: calls 900
*** TURN *** [8d Ks 3s] [4d]
cccollector: checks
Ezarc: bets 1570 and is all-in
Tastedznutts: calls 1570
cccollector: folds
*** RIVER *** [8d Ks 3s 4d] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ezarc: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Tastedznutts: shows [5d 2d] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
Tastedznutts collected 7290 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7290 | Rake 0
Board [8d Ks 3s 4d 6h]
Seat 1: JustSeven (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: XxGeneralxX (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: enginedan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: cccollector folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Maynie folded before Flop
Seat 6: Ezarc showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: StakeNEggen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Tastedznutts showed [5d 2d] and won (7290) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 9: SJTERROR (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

July 24,2006

Ok, haven't posted for a while. Problem, let myself get to medium stack size and it comes down to crunch time. Final push to bubble land and the money. Get into the hand with a stack bigger/or a touch smaller hit two pair, trips and it is push time. Lately all I am seeing is the other guy calling and hitting his flush or straight or some other miracle runner runner to put me out or cripple me.
Not playing as much. Same senarios with different people. No different. All of it is just wearing me the heck out.
And I am out for now, if you have any thoughts about let know.

Entry for July 14, 2006

Ok, just a short one for today.

"Playing the cards, the players, and the draws available is more important with how I play stud and omaha. With NL holdem, you can control the pot odds to change how the cards, players, and draws fall into play." From a chat with Yo_Bee.

Other thing is I am going through the Hand histories looking for those hidden gems, I have some ideas to work on but the most important thing is that there are some really messed up people playing poker. The chats and some of the play is absolutely some of the funniest stuff around.

Entry for July 13, 2006

Was just reading a bit on pocket5s.com. People saying how they can't stand all the bad beats. They can't make money with all the donkeys around. (sounds a bit familiar)

Now the point of the article is that if you play long enough you should beat the variance, right? But these guys aren't newbies and are still mostly having trouble.(Again, very familiar) So, you play by the textbooks, by the odds, and you are still getting screwed? Have you looked at just how and why you are getting slammed? Not folding enough, not betting enough, playing out of position, calling when the scare cards hit, not calling often enough when the scare cards hit, and how ever else you are pissing off your chips. Well, it might be time to really look at where you are getting killed most often. Break down your hand histories and see. Hmmmm, bet, bet, bet, check and call when the river was the flush card. Wow, happened again. Get the idea. Time to say the books might not be right for playing donkeys, the numbers are only good for those that believe in them, and we all know donkeys can't count.

So, time to look at some HHs and see if I can find my worst donkey moments. Time to do a bit of cleaning.

Entry for July 11, 2006

Last night was the cardplayer league tourney. A lot of good players and some really good people as well. I took 5ht out of the 50 some odd people in there and placed solidly in the money. Talked with yo_bee this morning about some of the things with the tournament and how things went, styles, problems, and such. Wow, it feels great to go over some of these things with another player. I think I might cut and past some of the highlights of what happened and what we talked about.

Ezarc: it is like seeing an a-q when short, I know I am dying then

Ezarc: doesn't matter if I am ahead or trailing, always lose with that when I am short.

(If I know it is the kiss of death, why move with it? Just a thought.)

Yo_Bee: when you do raise a nice amount (3x to 4x the BB) 50% of the pot and you get a reraise

Yo_Bee: what do you do

Ezarc: Heh, depends on the hand and who has reraised you.

Yo_Bee: WC or SYN

Yo_Bee: and you are in position on him

Ezarc: You have position and a real hand, ak, tens or better, smooth call

Ezarc: AJ or AQ, pockets 7s-10 you have to either push or fold.

Ezarc: First situation you have position and can read the board texture and see where it takes you. Second situation you need to figure out the chips, the odds, and weither this is the hand you think you might die for.

Ezarc: Never die with an ugly hand unless you are that short you have too.

(Not that I know anymore then Yo_Bee, it is just the situation of being stuck between two very aggressive players had him frustrated. He is actually a better player then me most of the time. Follow this from a little later.)

Ezarc: Always seem to guess wrong when the guys who are making alot of plays raise or reraise me.

Ezarc: last nights I just rolled over in most of those situations.

Ezarc: Took my good cards to the bank when I could.

(I didn't go shooting for a showdown when I held a marginal hand. Let it go, screw the odds and look for a better situation.)

It was a much different tournament for me then most. A lot less aggressive. More patience with so many really aggressive players out there. Just tight weak, which is a style I don't play that often. Much different feel to it. I guess I am just learning to lay down better as well. Need to continue on like this.

Entry for July 09, 2006

Sucked out, bad beat, donkey squashed is what I feel like right now. Played some really loose low nl games and got my butt handed to me. Get in with the best, they call and suck out. Try to nickle and dime it and can't hit a draw or a set to save myself. Bad play by me for some of it but lost a bunch to people hitting there cards with the money in. Need to make less of the dumbass stupid mistakes and the bad beats will still happen but at least I cut down on losses from my mistakes.

Entry for July 08, 2006

Ok, I see this at times. Do this at times. Why? Not sure. A few limps into a pot and someone with over 15x bb will go all in. With what? Called and then they show, pp 2s-jack or hands as weak as jack-8 suited. Now I know this is a semibluff of a sort but with how many donkeys are around why bother? You haven't learned anything about the limpers and you might be able to ditch the hand if the board is nasty. It also gives you the chance to flop a monster and have it be quiet and build up the huge pot. Are you really so scared of your post flop play you need to make a move like this?

*I know the dates will look wrong, moving this all over from another site.*