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Took a shot at 25/50 ='(

Calvin Jiang
December 15, 2010 12:23:33 AM EST

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Not a good night for me. lose 10BI at my normal game cus I'm a spewtard. I get a chance to play an uber fish at 5kNL, and play. Throughout the whole game I'm playing scared as sh*t and my heart wont stop pounding at 150mph. In maybe 100 hands, I 3b once (JJ) and called like 2 of his 3bets. My gameplan was to play in position, and take him to valuetown, but I didnt get any cards and playing like a f***ing ***** prob didnt help either.

Anyways 2 interesting hands where you guys can lol at me for playing terribad.

Fish raises to $150, I call $100 with Q9

Flop is 77K

I check, Fish cbets pot (his std cbet size), I raise to $750, Fish calls $450.

Turn is J

Check, check

River is Q

I check, Fish pots after thinking $1850, I somehow call him, and he shows K8 for the $5500 pot. Top 5 biggest pots I've won or lost

I open to $100 with 55, Fish calls. Flop is 552. Fish checks, I bet $50 into $200, Fish calls. Turn is 3, Fish checks, I bet $100 into $300, Fish calls. River is 7. Fish checks, I bet pot, Fish calls the $500 with A7.

Anyways I manage to slowly lose 5k before fish leaves. I had auto top off on, so wasnt short stacked. Lesson learned: Dont take shot at even uberfish with almost 10% of online bankroll, when you know you're gonna be playing like a ******.

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Michael Santora
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December 15, 2010 1:57:30 AM EST

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What did you do wrong on the 2nd hand? Looks good to me.
Ronin1085 .
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December 15, 2010 3:46:00 AM EST

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Toro wrote...
What did you do wrong on the 2nd hand? Looks good to me.
Lederer stacked the deck with two 5 of spades LOL
Michael Santora
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December 15, 2010 5:23:22 AM EST

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Ronin1085 wrote...

Toro wrote...
What did you do wrong on the 2nd hand? Looks good to me.
Lederer stacked the deck with two 5 of spades LOL
Good eye Ronin.
Mike Canu
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December 15, 2010 6:43:52 AM EST

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I think it is fine to take a shot but you have to do it cause you KNOW you are a much better player than your opponent. The most important part though is you need to play your game. By playing differently you are giving the less superior player an advantage.
Deleted Member
December 15, 2010 8:12:00 AM EST

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hey at least it is only 10% of your roll, I don't understand why u were scared and ur heart was beating so hard, 10% of your bankroll against what u thought was a terrible opponent?? sounds like a spot you should be comfortable.. .still sucks losing 10% but at least u didn't stick around for more ha
Ronin1085 .
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December 15, 2010 8:59:12 AM EST

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You took a hit -- but at least you didn't go broke.
Anthony Martino
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December 15, 2010 9:50:49 AM EST

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Well, I give you props for taking the shot, that's one of the characteristics of the top players. But as Matusow says.......scared money makes no money!

If you're playing and your heart is pounding, that's probably a sign that you should get out, since you're apt to make decisions that cost you money (in lost +EV or of course -EV mistakes as well)
Anthony Martino
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December 15, 2010 9:51:30 AM EST

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Oh yeah, and this is a brag post about the size of your roll
Ronin1085 .
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December 15, 2010 9:54:14 AM EST

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I think it's in the nature of a poker player to take their shots.
Ian Ross
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December 15, 2010 10:39:54 AM EST

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Hey, if you don't try something a little above the normal now and again, then none of us would progress far in life. Sometimes you've just got to have the balls to try something different.

You gave it a shot and didn't feel comfortable so leave it alone for a while then try again.
Mike Canu
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December 15, 2010 11:14:17 AM EST

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dmman wrote...
hey at least it is only 10% of your roll, I don't understand why u were scared and ur heart was beating so hard, 10% of your bankroll against what u thought was a terrible opponent?? sounds like a spot you should be comfortable.. .still sucks losing 10% but at least u didn't stick around for more ha

10% is a very large percentage to put on the line at one time.
Deleted Member
December 15, 2010 6:38:55 PM EST

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against a terrible opponent you're pretty sure u can beat it's not that large, i dont gamble like that, but losing 10% isn't the end of the world