Poker: March Started Off Well, Could Be Headed South Though...

I think I have some sort of "winner's tilt", where I steadily recover from losses, pass a previous plateau and then lose a bunch the next session and then it either spirals downward or I play breakeven for a long stretch.

I was doing awesome this month. Today, I had my first losing session of the month. So I made it through the first week of this month playing very little (mostly short sessions) and steadily winning. Earlier today, I finally topped my previous bankroll total. So I stopped for the morning. Playing this afternoon, it didn't take long for me to drop back down. I lost 2.5 buy-ins... mostly on two big hands. One was a cooler and the other I just played badly.

Hands below the break.


The first hand is the one that I played badly. In both hands, the villains were spewy fish stacking off with weak hands in previous hands. So I felt pretty confident. The first villain was running 45/0/1 so, not exactly a tight player.

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

SB: 74.50
BB: 78
Hero (UTG): 259.50
MP: 102.50
CO: 192
BTN: 119.5

Pre Flop: (1.50) Hero is UTG with A A
Hero raises to 4, 3 folds, SB calls 3.5, 1 fold

Flop: (9) A T 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 5, SB calls 5

Turn: (19) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 15, SB calls 15

River: (49) Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 50, SB raises to 124.50 all in, Hero calls 74.50

Final Pot: 298
SB shows K 8 (a flush, Ace high)
Hero shows A A (three of a kind, Aces)
SB wins 285.50
(Rake: 12.50)

I know it was dumb move to call the reraise shove with three suited cards on the river here. Especially, when I had noted earlier that the fish I was up against was a "soot" player, playing any two suited cards. Like I said, winner's tilt.

The next hand is just a cooler. Maybe I could've gotten away on the river, but I honestly put him on a weak ace making trips, or maybe even two pair.

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: 133
UTG: 122
Hero (CO): 270
BTN: 97.50
SB: 363

Pre Flop: (1.50) Hero is CO with J Q
1 fold, Hero raises to 4, 2 folds, BB calls 3

Flop: (8.50) T K A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 10, BB calls10

Turn: (28.50) A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 30, BB calls 30

River: (88.50) 5 (2 players)
BB bets 89 all in, Hero calls 89

Final Pot: 266.50
BB shows A K (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
Hero shows J Q (a straight, Ten to Ace)
BB wins 254
(Rake: 12.50)

The lack of a preflop 3bet made me eliminate AA, KK, and AK from his range. Calling my over-sized cbet on the wet flop was no surprise. This guy was calling down with anything in other hands. The donk shove on the river didn't even make me pause. Like I said, I was putting him on a weak A making two pair or TT making a set.