APAT Madness
Having sat down at the table and wished everybody luck (because I'm such a nice guy lol), I took it upon myself to liven up the play and started opening 90% of pots in the first level with trash. What possessed me to lose the plot, I just can't explain. It didn't help that I got dealt AK in the first hand. I showed some bluffs to establish a loose image, knowing I would get looked up more later. I kind of knew what I was doing but have to admit I nearly lost control on the following hand.
A couple of hours later, with blinds at 100-200, after two players limped in, I raised 600 with 74 off suit on the button with approx 10k stack. I was extremely restless at my table, it was so boring but nonetheless I acknowledge now just how careless it was to even play the hand! I get 2 callers and the flop comes down QJ8 two clubs, I bet out for half the pot (1,100) and get one caller. Turn is a Kh and he check raises me to 3,200. I call, knowing I can push him off the pot on the river. The pot is worth 10,700 now; we both have about 5k left. The river brings a Qc. He checks, I raise 3,400 with 1,200 behind to make him think I'm value betting. After a long dwell, he folds, I show him the 74offsuit, get a couple of laughs on the table and I can see he is tilted by this. I still can't figure out who's more retarded- Me for playing 74o in the way I did or him for folding on the river facing just a 3,400 bet into a 14k pot. Anyways a few hands later I take all his chips when I come over the top of his pre-flop raise and he pushes in the rest of his stack 5k, but his Jacks are no good against my Aces.
Peaking at 20k, this was unfortunately about as good as it ever got for me. I lost 8k when 83 beat my 99. I start making moves, some bluffs I show to the table as they are definitely playing back at me, re-raising my bets which is what I want them to do as I want to establish a loose image so I will be able to play my monster hands more aggressively and get maximum value out of them. My exit hand is just how I wanted it to be played. Blinds at 200-400, folded around to me on the button. I've 14k. I find QQ and raise to 1,300. This is a perfect situation; it looks like a steal when it really isn't. SB folds, BB is a solid player, he has caught me bluffing earlier. He's got about 16k. He re-raises to 5k. I think he thinks I’m at it so I’m more than happy to push here. His insta-call made me think he had either aces or kings. I was delighted to see AsKs, as my queens are a 55% favourite.Flop: 2s5sJd Turn: 10s (BOLLOCKS!) River: Blank.I’m sent tumbling out somewhere in the wilderness of 90thish place out of 140 runners. I’m not too upset about my exit hand; I would gladly accept a race against AK with queens every time if my tournament life depended on it. At least I got the chips in good and that’s the very best I can do really.I go downstairs to play Blackjack for a wee while, losing €60. Then I see a regular from my local game and he persuades me to play €20 rebuy Omaha/Hold’em ROE tournament. I am still getting to grips with Omaha but decide to play anyway for a laugh. I lose my starting stack and rebuy. I lose it again and I decide against another rebuy as I’m hopeless at Omaha. I see Julianne and Susan playing cash; I’ve €135 left so I put my name down on the waiting list for the 50NL game even though I know I struggle at cash games. I finally get a seat at around 11pm or so and lose half my money before doubling up with JJ.I had meant to go home at 12pm but end up staying on, vowing to catch the next bus at 2.30am. But by that time I was still nursing a €135 stack but felt the game was so soft, it was only a matter of time before I could profit from it. There were some awful players who were spewing away money although there were a couple of players that I thought were handy so I avoided tangling with them unless it was necessary. So I abandon any plans to go home and make the most from a game in which I felt I had an edge. (That sounds egoistical but that’s not how I want to sound!) But anyway I eventually left at 7am cashing out with €810. I could have stayed on longer but I felt the tiredness kicking in as I had been in the casino since 2pm. It was a nice bit of a confidence booster but I'm not gonna fool myself into thinking that I’m suddenly shit hot at cash as I know there’s a lot of areas I need to work on!!
Peaking at 20k, this was unfortunately about as good as it ever got for me. I lost 8k when 83 beat my 99. I start making moves, some bluffs I show to the table as they are definitely playing back at me, re-raising my bets which is what I want them to do as I want to establish a loose image so I will be able to play my monster hands more aggressively and get maximum value out of them. My exit hand is just how I wanted it to be played. Blinds at 200-400, folded around to me on the button. I've 14k. I find QQ and raise to 1,300. This is a perfect situation; it looks like a steal when it really isn't. SB folds, BB is a solid player, he has caught me bluffing earlier. He's got about 16k. He re-raises to 5k. I think he thinks I’m at it so I’m more than happy to push here. His insta-call made me think he had either aces or kings. I was delighted to see AsKs, as my queens are a 55% favourite.
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