Weatherford Game (August 28)

This is going to be a short post because when you lose $300 in 45 minutes there really isn’t much to talk about.

I lost half of my first $100 buy-in with jack-10 of hearts when a jack was the highest card on the flop, the turn gave me the flush draw, and I didn’t improve on the river. I bet a little more than half the size of the pot on the flop and turn hoping to improve, but was eventually beat out by queen-jack, giving my opponent the same pair as me but a better kicker.

I went through the rest of my money when I re-raised pre-flop with pocket 10s and was called by two players, leaving myself $30 for the flop. The flop came with a queen, jack and low card. I pushed all in and was called by a guy who said he thought he was making a bad call.

I hate hearing people say that because they don’t really think that. They are just saying it to cover themselves if they happen to lose, and they look less foolish because then they can just say, “Well, I said it before I made the call that I was behind.” But the only punishment for being wrong when you make that kind of statement is winning a pot.

The guy had A-J and won when I didn’t improve.

My next buy-in was foolishly wasted on two hands. The first was a waste when I tried to make a play on my cousin Clint, who I was pretty sure had a draw and wouldn’t call a raise on the river when he missed his hand. Everything worked out according to the plan (because Clint really was on the draw as was shown when the hand was over) except for the guy who called the turn bet from Clint after checking first. He then led out on the river and I was pretty sure I couldn’t beat him with my king-high hand.

The rest of that buy-in was flushed down the drain with 5-6 offsuit when I made a frustratingly aggressive play on the flop with middle pair when a five hit. I was beat by pocket sevens.

My third buy-in only took one hand to go through. As I was sitting down with my new chips I was dealt ace-king offsuit. Three people called the $2 pre-flop bet and I raised it from the small blind to $10 total. The three limpers and big blind called the additional $8 and we had a $50 pot going into the flop.

The flop was K-Q-9. I quickly led out with $45, letting everyone know I wasn’t screwing around on this hand. The big blind folded. The next guy struggled with what to do and eventually called. The next two players folded.

Before the turn ever flipped over, or came off the deck for that matter, I pushed my left over $45 into the pot and said all in. The turn came out as a 10 and the guy, once he realized I had already acted, called and showed K-J for the straight. I didn’t improve and was saying my goodbyes. Not a good night at all.

Between $265 and $300 losses my last two times to play poker, things are not going very well lately. Hopefully I can turn things around next month.