I can only conclude that I am not good enough to beat the combination of decent players and 5% rake at Stars. After 20K hands I have fought my way back to -$30. LOL.
It doesn't help when your very first orbit of the day goes like this:
$3/$6 Texas Hold'em Full Ring (first orbit so no reads...bar 3 regulars at the table).
I'm in middle position with pocket Queens, and it's folded to me. I raise, everyone folds, button re-raises, blinds fold....
I just call here, I'm out of position and I've never played this guy before, if no A or K flops I'm going to war.
Flop: T clubs, 5 spades, 2 hearts. Eureka.
I check, viallin bets, I raise, villain makes it 3 (He has AA, KK?) I cap, he calls. I decide I'm check/calling him down now....probably incorrectly.
Turn: 8 clubs.
I check, villain bets, I call.
River: J spades.
I check, villain bets, I call.
Villain show's down 88 for turned trips, I muck with a sigh, and note villains poor play.
THE VERY NEXT HAND.
Dealt to me: pocket aces.
Early position player (EPP) raises, I re-raise, villain cold calls (WTF??!...now I'm convinced he's a clown) everyone else folds, EPP calls.
Flop: Kspades, 2spades, 7hearts.
EPP bets.....I figure a raise here isn't pushing a flush draw off the hand so I just call (with the intention of going to war if the turn doesn't bring a spade), villain calls.
Turn: 9diamonds.
EPP bets, I RAISE, villain cold calls (WTF??!), EPP just calls (EPP does not have KK, nor does villain).
Turn: 2spades, ffffff, the scare card for me.
EPP checks, I check, villain immeadiately bets, EPP calls, I make the crying call.
EPP turns over QQ, villain flips 22 for rivered trips. Outrageously bad play.
3 hands later, dealt to me UTG: KK, christ, more money down the drain I think.
I raise, everyone folds (including villain.....gutted) bar the button who reraises, I make it 4.
Flop is Q high and rainbow.
I bet, button calls.
Turn is a blank 5.
I bet, button raises, I re-raise, button caps.....oh fuck, I'm beaten here and I know it, probably by QQ I think...I call hoping that the button has fallen in love with AQs.
River: Blank Ten.
I check, button bets, I call.
Button shows pocket Aces.
First orbit and I'm $106 in the hole.
Meanwhile, I played the Gold Star $100K donkament on Saturday, managed to get myself to 2400 chips from a start of 1500 when my re-raise all-in against the table bully was cold called by the button (bully then folded). I had pocket 88's coldcaller flipped Ace-5 offsuit. Obviously he flopped his ace. Still, I got my chips in as 70/30 favourite so can't complain....also I'm no donkament player.
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Sample Size...
I've run breakeven over 50K hands. Checkout davidross' posts where he has TWO 500BB downswings.
You're absolutely right of course, 20K hands really isn't enough to draw any conclusions.
DavidRoss: Zoo Legend. I use to love reading his threads, massive inspiration to me.
I did a quick search for his posts and found this site....makes finding his writing much easier. Definitely worth a read for any aspiring pro.
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