Saturday, April 05, 2008

Mistakes will Donkey Make.

After reviewing several tournaments i realized i'm a huge donkey. I just make too many mistakes, and spew like crazy. Even when i play relatively well i usually make that one huge mistake down the stretch that end any chance i have of winning. I'm playing horribly right now.

I will be posting these donkish plays and trying to analyze what i did wrong or could've done differently on this blog... no bad beats.. no brags.. just pure donkishness. I have to slow down and think through my dicisions better.

ok to the hands...

Hand1 from a $4 180 man sit n go

Poker Stars, $4 + $0.40 NL Hold'em Tournament, 75/150 Blinds, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com Hand History Converter

SB: 3,525
BB: 1,330
UTG: 3,510
UTG+1: 3,490
MP1: 3,210
MP2: 2,040
CO: 6,425
Hero (BTN): 7,110

Pre-Flop: (225) 9h Qh dealt to Hero (BTN)
2 folds, Hero raises to 450, SB folds, BB raises to 1,330 and is All-In, 3 folds, Hero calls 880

Flop: (2,885) 3d Tc Ac (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (2,885) Qd (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (2,885) As (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 2,885 Pot (2,885 Rake)
BB showed 9c 9d and LOST (-1,330 NET)
Hero showed 9h Qh and WON 1,330 NET


Table was playing tight and i decided to raise with a pretty hand, unfortunately i was in EP and once shorty shoved i think i had to call. Fold PF in this position.
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Hand 2
Poker Stars, $4 + $0.40 NL Hold'em Tournament, 75/150 Blinds, 9 Players
LeggoPoker.com Hand History Converter

SB: 3,825
BB: 1,230
UTG: 3,285
UTG+1: 2,740
UTG+2: 1,920
MP1: 1,275
MP2: 1,755
CO: 5,975
Hero (BTN): 10,240

Pre-Flop: (225) 4h 4c dealt to Hero (BTN)
2 folds, UTG raises to 450, 5 folds, Hero calls 300

Flop: (975) 2c 6h 7s (2 Players)
Hero bets 600, UTG raises to 2,835 and is All-In, Hero calls 2,235

Turn: (6,645) 9c (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (6,645) 8c (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 6,645 Pot (6,645 Rake)
UTG showed Qs Qc and WON 3,285 NET
Hero showed 4h 4c and LOST (-3,285 NET)


Call pf was ok i think, but i have to let it go on the flop... there's not much i beat that shoves after i lead flop. just spewey.
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Hand 3
Poker Stars, $4 + $0.40 NL Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds, 7 Players
LeggoPoker.com Hand History Converter

SB: 9,015
BB: 8,026
Hero (UTG): 7,004
UTG+1: 15,164
MP: 11,881
CO: 9,927
BTN: 8,155

Pre-Flop: (450) 5c 4c dealt to Hero (UTG)
BB folds, Hero raises to 900, UTG+1 calls 900, MP calls 900, 3 folds

Flop: (3,150) 3d Kc 5s (3 Players)
Hero bets 2,100, UTG+1 raises to 14,239, 2 folds

Results: 7,350 Pot (7,350 Rake)

spewage. I will sometimes raise with suited connectors from this positon, but i just put too much of my stack in with this hand.I think i have to adjust to my image better and let these type of hands go when i've been active.

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Poker Stars, $4 + $0.40 NL Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com Hand History Converter

UTG+1: 18,094
Hero (MP1): 9,353
MP2: 4,425
CO: 6,580
BTN: 2,533
SB: 7,455
BB: 17,630
UTG: 4,415

Pre-Flop: (675) Ac Qh dealt to Hero (MP1)
2 folds, UTG+1 calls 300, Hero raises to 1,500, MP2 calls 1,500, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls 1,200

Flop: (5,175) Qc 6d 2d (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets 900, UTG+1 raises to 1,800, Hero raises to 7,828 and is All-In, MP2 calls 2,000 and is All-In, UTG+1 calls 6,028

Turn: (23,731) Jc (3 Players - 2 are All-In)

River: (23,731) Td (3 Players - 2 are All-In)

Results: 23,731 Pot
UTG+1 showed Ah Ad (a pair of Aces) and WON 23,731 (+14,378 NET)
Hero showed Ac Qh (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-9,353 NET)
MP2 showed Qs As (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-4,425 NET)

I simply failed to think through this hand. There's no way i shouldve stacked off with TPTK in this spot.

If i had just followed the sequence of events i couldve folded;

chipleader limps utg+1
hero raises 4x+1
MP cold calls
Chipleader calls
Hero chks
MP bets
Chipleader Min Check raises
Hero folds!!!!!

At the very least i shouldve put him on a set and folded. this was bad, i had a nice stack with about 33 remaining. :(

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