Nutcracker

Posted by wynn on Dec 22, 2009 in Bad Beats, Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

I am now on day three of my bad run. I have lost in four out of five sessions and for three consecutive sessions. I played well and was not outplayed by anyone. I simply got unlucky. Again. Very discouraging. Here are the hands I played in a three hour span and the percentage of my stack lost on the hand: K-K: Lost to a river set of queens. 15% 7-7: Lost to A-K...

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Mother Slowroll

Posted by wynn on Dec 12, 2009 in Buy-in, Table Talk | 0 comments

There are many things at the poker table that can put one on tilt. Bad beats. Hit and runs. Hollywooding. The thing that jacks me off the most is slowrolling. I don’t even have to be in the hand to get tilty when someone slowrolls. Last night, I saw the mother of all slowrolls. The kid sitting next to me had been losing all night. Frustrated, he tosses the...

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Don’t Slowroll Me Bro

Posted by wynn on Jun 11, 2009 in Donkeys, Table Talk | 0 comments

I am a level-headed player. Big wins don’t excite me and bad beats don’t anger me. I go full-on tilt when someone either does a hit-and-run or slowrolls me. Given a choice, I prefer the hit-and-run. Last night, I am under the gun with A-Q off. I make it $10 to go and get 8 callers. With $90 in the pot and a flop of Qc-6c-3d, I bet $90. Three players...

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