One word: Ugh.
This night wasn't very much fun for a variety of reason. First of all, the cards weren't great. Even the ones I threw away wouldn't have made for a winning hand after looking at the board. I also had a couple yahoos at my table that felt compelled to talk about everything, including the board and the cards in their hand. Other little things didn't help either: the fellows on both sides of me insisted on having trays of food next to them which crowded the table, people would leave the table for a fairly long time and would have to be called back...but maybe I'm just trying to come up with excuses for why I lost nearly $150, when in fact I lost money because I was off. Of course I should have considered a table change but the part of me was thinking that a good poker player should be able to overcome these obstacles and this was good practice. But since I was playing at a casino with dozens of tables nearby, there was no reason why I shouldn't have tried to find a table that was less irritating to my psyche. After all, I'm here to have fun and bring home a little extra money.
As is typically the case when I play at the $3/$6 limit hold 'em table
I bought in for $100. The first memorable hand gave me QJ suited. I was
the small blind and when I raised everybody came along for the ride.
The flop was A,K,2 with two of my suit. I bet and there wasn't a raise.
The turn brought a K. Not of my suit sadly. I checked and subsequently
folded when it was a bet. The river brought a 9 (again, not of my suit)
and the pot was taken with trip kings.
I then had a very long time of dull hands. Just nothing really playable, and when I did have something I could limp in with, I totally missed the flop. After nearly an hour and a half I flopped a nut straight but wasn't able to bring many people into the pot. I scared everyone off when I re-raised on the turn, but in a limit game that's usually the best place and I guess nobody had anything worth chasing.
A half an hour later I was down to about $30 when I got K2 of hearts in late position. What the hell, might as well play it, right? Actually, I shouldn't have played it but I was feeling a little bored (that's one of my biggest problems at the table, I need to spend more time looking at other players when I'm not in the hand. More on that later). The flop came out with two hearts, so I bet, was raised, then I called. Another heart on the turn gave me almost the nuts, but it was clear from the play that there was another flush. I hoped he didn't have the ace, and we both bet strong on the turn. The last card was a blank, but at this point I only had $2 left so I went all in. If I had had more money, I bet he would have raised and I would have re-raised. So because I didn't have enough chips, I lost out on at least $4, and maybe $10 or $16. It turns out that he had only medium hearts and my king high flush took the nearly $100 pot.
I hadn't had much in the way of pockets during this session, so when I finally had a medium pocket pair of 9s, I was pretty excited. I was the small blind, and it wound up three bets to me. I called, as did 5 others. A pair of queens came on the flop and I checked, but it was only one bet by the time it came back to me so I decided to come along. The turn brought a 9. I checked, the big blind bet and 4 people called. When it came to me I called time and after thinking about it, I raised. The big blind re-raised, and a couple people actually came along for the ride. The river was an A. I bet, was re-raised, and I figured that I would go for it. Hell, I had 9s full of queens after all. I re-raised, he called and turned over the A,Q. (Why didn't he raise? The only thing that could beat him was there wasn't a QQ out there since he had one, so the only thing that could beat him was AA.) I got up and cashed out my remaining $11 in chips, down nearly $150 for the night.
I then had a very long time of dull hands. Just nothing really playable, and when I did have something I could limp in with, I totally missed the flop. After nearly an hour and a half I flopped a nut straight but wasn't able to bring many people into the pot. I scared everyone off when I re-raised on the turn, but in a limit game that's usually the best place and I guess nobody had anything worth chasing.
A half an hour later I was down to about $30 when I got K2 of hearts in late position. What the hell, might as well play it, right? Actually, I shouldn't have played it but I was feeling a little bored (that's one of my biggest problems at the table, I need to spend more time looking at other players when I'm not in the hand. More on that later). The flop came out with two hearts, so I bet, was raised, then I called. Another heart on the turn gave me almost the nuts, but it was clear from the play that there was another flush. I hoped he didn't have the ace, and we both bet strong on the turn. The last card was a blank, but at this point I only had $2 left so I went all in. If I had had more money, I bet he would have raised and I would have re-raised. So because I didn't have enough chips, I lost out on at least $4, and maybe $10 or $16. It turns out that he had only medium hearts and my king high flush took the nearly $100 pot.
I hadn't had much in the way of pockets during this session, so when I finally had a medium pocket pair of 9s, I was pretty excited. I was the small blind, and it wound up three bets to me. I called, as did 5 others. A pair of queens came on the flop and I checked, but it was only one bet by the time it came back to me so I decided to come along. The turn brought a 9. I checked, the big blind bet and 4 people called. When it came to me I called time and after thinking about it, I raised. The big blind re-raised, and a couple people actually came along for the ride. The river was an A. I bet, was re-raised, and I figured that I would go for it. Hell, I had 9s full of queens after all. I re-raised, he called and turned over the A,Q. (Why didn't he raise? The only thing that could beat him was there wasn't a QQ out there since he had one, so the only thing that could beat him was AA.) I got up and cashed out my remaining $11 in chips, down nearly $150 for the night.
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