I immediately found myself in a 30 dollar hole. It was brutal. One of those times where everytime i raise a premium hand it folds, every time i open light i get 3bet. If i cbet light he jams and if i cbet strong he folds. It was ugly. I couldnt get anything going and was begining to get frustrated.
I took a minute to take a deep breath and realize that as long as i keep my head up i can fight through this. I started to as i flopped a set and got it in vs a bare OESD and held. This hand left me stuck only 15 or so dollars, not even a buy in. Then the floodgates opened. I proceeded to lose or chop 4 brutal pots in a row against medium stacks (40-60bbs).
First I got AA vs AQdd all in on the turn on a 2342 rainbow board. We chopped the 65bb pot on a 5 river. Seconds later I managed to get 55 all in vs QJ on a T346 turn. he called off his stack with no pair no draw and managed to river the 6 outer. Just as this hand ended i got QQ on a different table and managed to get my stack in vs AJ on a T64 flop. Again no pair no draw gets there on the turn. That was a 25 dollar pot, about 5o bbs each. The final bad beat was a relatively standard one as i got KK all in preflop vs the mighty AQ.
All of a sudden i found myself again down to about 460 and begining to steam. i controlled myself and continued playing. This hand came up to give me some hope:
unfortunately it wouldnt be enough as i continued to just get hammered and keep missing flops. One hand that out is a 3bet i made with KK. I 3bet quite large and ended up seeing a heads up flop in which sticks an ace flops. Out of position, i cbet and promptly got shoved on and felt that i had to fold. This kind of situation happened constantly tonight. Unfortunately playing this hand out, 3betting, cbetting, folding, costs about 6-8 dollars which represents a good chunk of my stack.
When the dust settled i was left with a meager 463.
Is this the amount that i had when i last blogged? yes
Is this the amount that i had when i started this session? no
I had a sick after work session putting me to above 5o0 for the first time that didnt include a tourny score. All those after work profits are gonzo.
Will i be able to get these bills back tomorrow? hell yes
Tomorrow im working a 13.5 hour day. I plan on watching a deuces cracked video or two to refresh and get my head on straight and then hopefully grind all day.
As disappointing as it is to not have 500 in my roll right now i must realize a couple things. I still have 55 dollars more than when i woke up this morning. I could have lost a ton more but i was able to control my tilt and still grind. I will win this money back
Now, if at any point tomorrow my roll hits 413 i will stop playing 25nl for the rest of the day and reevaluate after a number of hours of reflection. (unless i play tournies or whatever, stop loss = 2 buy ins)
I am confident that a good night sleep will help me be refreshed and hungry to play poker tomorrow.
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