30 Oct 08 Poker recap – Last Saturday
This is a repost from my old poker blog. I will be making these available as I don’t want to lose some of those postings. Hopefully you will enjoy these the second time around.Well I told everyone that I would give a recap of what happened last Saturday. As I mentioned before it is a ring-game (not a tournament) with a $5 buy-in. Most people buy-in for $10 but I don’t usually feel a need to do that. In any case I felt like the old me. The old me is aggressive most of the time. The old me will push on draws and made hands. The old me was happy when he played because he felt that others were afraid of him (it might not be true that they are afraid of me but the old me though so). Recently however I have been timid. I have been off my game. Last Saturday I was back.
There was really only one hand that I hated how I acted. I was in earlier position than Turd-Head (his name has been changed to protect him from you federal marshals but he really is a turd-head so I hope the nick-name sticks). The flop is A-9-J with 2 hearts. I bet my top pair and get a call from Turd-Head. Now I know what was going through my head and I won’t share it here as Turd-Head will have to pay me for that information but at this point I start putting him on every damn hand but the one he really has. The turn is a blank and I check. Turd-Head checks behind me. The river is a 10 (no flush possibility) and I bet. Turd-Head raises me by putting all of his blue chips in. I ask him how much it is and he says $10 but it turns out it was more like $8.50. The only hand I am really afraid of here is K-Q and I just can’t seem to put him on that. I make the call and sure enough… K-Q is what he has. No doubt he is a Turd-Head but I hated the way I played that hand. I was too timid on the turn and that is the way I have been playing lately. I hate being timid I can’t swing and make knockouts if all I do is jab or block. I played that so badly all the way around.
In the end I was down $2 for the night. I was very happy with pre and post Turd-Head hands. I just really needed to pull my head out of my butt after that hand and I was able to do just that. Unfortunately another oportunity to beat his rear never surfaced before I had to go home.
Good game Turd-Head!
Tags: Hold 'em, Poker, Ring-Game, Tournament, Turd-Head
