Poker Entry No. 2 Updated

To continue transferring poker posts from my other blog, here is the second entry where I will be looking at the way I played in the past and deciding whether I would play the same hand a different way or not. So here we go.

The next record comes from October 6, 2004 and is labeled “Poker Entry No. 2." The date of the actual game was from October 2, 2004. There were 13 players at an entry fee of $10. Rebuys were not allowed and I ended up placing 5th, resulting in no money won.

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This game was at Mike Steed's house. I enjoyed playing with them and had a good time. There were a couple of incredibly stupid people, however we will keep names to ourselves (I actually can still recall who these knuckleheads were). I only made two mistakes at this game. One was an incredibly stupid mistake. We will start with the second and more crushing mistake.

Second mistake: Two hands before my exit I had very little money and tried bluffing at someone who was a call station. I'm not really sure what I was thinking. I had limped in to see the flop with A-6 offsuit. I didn't hit anything and we both checked it on the flop. I decided to try and win the pot on the turn and he called my bet. I only had $14 left, with blinds being $4-8. I decided to fold when he bet on the river and I went all in two hands later when I was the big blind (With so few details about the hand it is really impossible to give an updated opinion on the play).

Lesson #1: I shouldn't have bluffed the guy. I knew he would call me.

First mistake: My first mistake was a miscalculated judgment. I had K-J suited and raised $8 when blinds were $1-2. Mike went all in for another $9.50. I didn't want to call and I should have folded it, but I already put $10 in the pot and didn't want to see it go away so easily. In addition, I was the chip leader at our table and could lose another $9 without it being terribly hard hitting (Raising the blind five times was definitely the mistake and had it been less then you could have gotten away from the all-in move more easily).

Lesson #2: I shouldn't have raised so much and I could have gotten away from the hand easier.