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A Different Kind of Sick Day

by BadgerPro on 10/11/07

Still feeling sick which sucks but it's not enough to keep me in bed just enough were I feel like crap all day. Not sure if it's been good for me to play since I have that slow groggy feeling where it seems like your brain is thinking in slow motion. Hopefully this will disappear soon.

Yesterday was another ridiculous day and about 2/3s of the way through it I thought it was gonna be the mirror opposite of Tuesday. I started out 8 tabling again and was doing pretty decent to start. Then things went bad and one player in particular put me on tilt. He was stacking off with any draw, any pair, and playing 75% of his hands. But somehow he kept hitting monsters on me and stacking me and then dumping my chips to the rest of the players. So about 2.5 hours into my session I was down $1200. I knew I wasn't playing my best before but I took a deep breath and decided to try and get back to my usual game and just grind back. So after 4 hours of total play I was back up $50 on the day. After a day like Tuesday where you just kill the tables this may be the second best feeling you can have, digging yourself out of a hole to get to even.

I played another 3 tabling session while playing the 33r PCA satellite again later in the night. Went about the same as yesterday. I cashed the PCA satellite but didn't win so I basically got my money back (a little less this time since I had to double rebuy during the rebuy period). Also was up another $150 at the cash games for a total of +$200 on the day. My high point was +$600 but I played a few hands poorly toward the end of my session.

Stars is also starting to run some 'step' sngs to the PCA that I will probably play a few of. For those who weren't around in the Party Poker days here's a link to what a step sng is. PCA Steps

Not sure what the plan is for today. I really need to go get some grocery shopping done but I don't feel like leaving the house. Also, the cable still isn't working so I need to call the cable company again and get on their ass. So unless something crazy happens tonight I probably won't have another blog up for a few days.

Here are the hands against the maniac yesterday:

This is the hand that started me on tilt. It looks really bad without reads but he's stacking off with probably any 8, and straight draw and probably any 6 or flush draw combo on the turn.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1577728

Hand number 2:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1577731

Third overpair in a row against this guy and I have to hit a two outer to beat him:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1577737

I'm not sure what the odds of those three hands happening is but while they weren't one immediately after the other I didn't get any other big pairs in between them. So for him to flop trips twice and hit his set (boat) the other time has to be ridiculous.

Now it's time to "FINISH HIM" though:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1577748

Oh no wait, he picks up another monster against me... ok try again:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1577757

Like I said he was doing that the whole time even with a full stack. So I got a little redemption at the end which helped me to get off tilt and make the little comeback on the day.

5 Comments

Comments

Anonymous says

The harding thing for me is to do my best to not TILT. You did a good job holding it together and playing through it. I looked at those hands and it brought back nightmares. Sometimes the same guy just has your number. About a year ago, while playing 5/10 NL this one guy had a habit of sucking out on me time after time. I think he took 5k off of me in about 3 days. Every single time he got his money in when behind. It sucks.

10/11/07

Anonymous says

That AJ hand was nice.

10/11/07

Anonymous says

Get well soon!

10/12/07

Anonymous says

I love and hate this post. I love that you played through it and didn't let you get the best of you, I hate it because it makes me re-live all the sessions I have had like it. Yuck. I feel dirty after reviewing these hands.

10/13/07