EdmondDantes says

Dude, those are some chilly hands, but as long as your reviewing and thinking, you'll be fine. KK v AA...2x in one session? Gross. You only run into AA with KK every 22 times or so. Set over set...maybe once in a hundred times. Can't speak for the QT or TT hands but my sense is the math will turn things around here soon enough. Keep hammering.

09/13/07

Anonymous says

Hang in there Landlord...poker happens. :)

09/15/07

Landlord79 says

Before that 10 buyin downswing ended, I ran into KK vs AA again for a full buyin!!! Luckily that's all behind me now!!!

09/15/07

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Well, I wish that I had an awesome trip report to come back with, but unfortunately, ole lady Luck has reversed her favor on me. After posting my best month ever last month, I've proceeded to drop 8 buyins between Live $200NL and online $25 to $100NL. This has erased 2/3's of my win from last month, but I'm playing it safe and hanging in there.

One thing that I'm doing while running bad is playing less and studying more. I believe that desire has a lot to do with our win rate, "If I want to, I will. If I don't care, I won't!" It's that simple. By playing less, I'm letting my desire grow and keeping my money off the table when things just aren't going my way. I wish that I would have played a little less in Biloxi though so that I could have saved some more of last month's win.

Good friends are necessary when you are running bad, especially when it's a big fall after you're been running golden. BJJIII has really been there for me, I was getting down on myself but he was there to let me know that I wasn't making bad decisions, (some of them were close, but not that bad.) As a poker player, I just want to make good decisions, and that's the best that I can do.

IMHO, I really don't like timed rakes. In fact, in the future, I'll be avoiding it like the plague. The Beau is really nice and all, but going forward, any trip to Biloxi will have the majority of my table time being spent at the Hard Rock. That place had a great set up, I just wish that it was a bigger room.

I also played at the Isle of Capri, my luck wasn't any better there. It's a temporary room and will be replaced when the new bulding gets completed. I look forward to visiting this new room, especially since the staff members at the Isle were so nice. I sat down at the 4/8 O/8 game w/ a 1/2 Kill for about and hour and dropped $80, and for future reference, I was highly out matched at this table, it was full of regulars, but I just can't turn down a game as fun as O/8.

Some losing hands from the Beau this weekend:

Set over set when my flopped top set got caught up on by KK on the turn. AA stayed in that hand to make it a really big win for the guy w/ Kings.

I had KK vs AA 2x.

I had my SB (2 seat) raised by the button (9 seat) when it folded to him, I called w/ Q-10o and the BB came along as well. The flop was AAJ and it checked around. The turn was a total brick and after the blinds checked, the button led out for $15 into the $30 pot, I didn't put him on any of that and called. The river was a K, that filled my gutter, I led the pot for $60 and the button pushed for $25 more, I still thought that I was good, but he turned over AK FTW. I really wish that I had payed closer attention to this guy during the hand, I'm sure if I could have seen him around the dealer that I could have picked up on some sign of strength.

With pocket 10s on the button, I made it $10 to go and got called in 4 places. The flop was 4 , 4 , 3 and it checked to me. I bet $40 into the $50 pot and got called in 2 spots. The turn was an offsuit K and it checked to me again. I stuffed my $142 into the pot and got instantly over-pushed by the SB who turned over KK. I don't understand his over-stuff in that spot w/ the 2nd nutz, but hey, he won what was out there!

My online losses have been just about as vicious, but I won't bore anyone w/ that.

I did post a small win at $25NL tonight after posting losses in 2 earlier sessions today, one at $100NL and the other at $25NL. I feel like I'm playing well, though I may be pushing the small edges a little too far. I'll keep fighting the good fight and I'll keep you guys updated on how it goes.