gah

Bad day today. Very bad. Ended up a very depressing $7.42 down, more than wiping out my first two days play. I think what I learned today is that holding high pocket pairs are a very good way of losing lots of chips. I think about $5 of the $7.42 was lost while holding a high pocket pair. At least half of them I think I played correctly for what I had (there were some infuriating losses to people making unlikely straights on the river), but that doesn't really mean much when I'm dropping a couple of dollars because I can't let go of a pair of aces.

On the bright side, I'm still in profit overall, so I should probably consider this a learning experience. It's probably been a bit arrogant of me to just assume I'll win every time - this has brought me down a bit. Next session I'm going to focus more, try to tighten up and think a bit more before I call a large raise.

I don't like to end on a down note, so here's a song...

Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round....

Okay, forget the song. Instead enjoy this hand where I take a nice amount from the guy who derided me last session.

#Game No : 6098461107
***** Hand History for Game 6098461107 *****
$5 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 26, 16:27:59 ET 2007
Table Table 126041 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: charli441 ( $4.76 USD )
Seat 3: frenkman ( $2.02 USD )
Seat 9: Phony333 ( $7.05 USD )
Seat 10: e_r_c ( $3.76 USD )
Seat 1: Chipie0711 ( $6.26 USD )
Seat 4: GreedyGold ( $2.51 USD )
Seat 6: BetFlopBoy ( $4.86 USD )
Seat 7: zana2003 ( $3.02 USD )
Seat 5: Insolent9 ( $5.11 USD )
e_r_c posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Chipie0711 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to e_r_c [ Ac Jc ]
charli441 folds
frenkman folds
GreedyGold folds
Insolent9 folds
BetFlopBoy folds
zana2003 calls [$0.04 USD]
Phony333 folds
e_r_c raises [$0.10 USD]
Chipie0711 folds
zana2003 calls [$0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, Jd, Js ]
e_r_c bets [$0.16 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.16 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
e_r_c bets [$0.36 USD]
zana2003 calls [$0.36 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
e_r_c bets [$0.50 USD]
The_AKing has joined the table.
zana2003 calls [$0.50 USD]
e_r_c shows [ Ac, Jc ]three of a kind, Jacks.
zana2003 doesn't show [ Ks, Qc ]two pairs, Queens and Jacks.
e_r_c wins $2.21 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Jacks.


This month's profit: $3.75